5G iPhone 12 Roll-out Plan for 2022 Detailed in New Note by Analyst Kuo

A new investor note by renowned Apple tree analyst Ming-Chi Kuo outlines the 5G roll-out plans for 2022 iPhone models. The annotation claims that the number of 5G iPhone volition business relationship for fifteen to twenty% of total iPhone shipments in the second half of 2022. This is a surprisingly depression figure as Apple is expected to announce three new iPhone 12 models with 5G networking engineering in 2022, which should significantly increase the adoption.

As per the annotation obtained by 9to5mac, 5G iPhones will support both 5G mmWave and sub-6GHz bands, cheers to modems supplied by Qualcomm.

We look that the shipment allocation of iPhone models that support 5G mmWave will account for 15–xx% of the total shipments of new 2H20 iPhone models. This will do good LCP FPC usage a lot, given the 5G mmWave iPhone uses three LCP FPC units (vs. other iPhone models' unmarried LCP FPC unit).

The new iPhones will utilize LCP (Liquid Crystal Polymer) Antenna pattern, which was first introduced with iPhone Ten and iPhone 8. Apple tree is also expected to use LCP in Apple Picket Series 6, iPhone SE 2, and iPad Pro 2. This will increase Apple'south utilization of LCP across iPhones, particularly since 5G requires iii LCP FPC units, compared to one for 4G. The do good of using LCP is that information technology provides fast networking performance at varying temperatures, with very piddling loss.

Despite the benefits, Apple has not even so used LCP FPC antenna in all iPhone models. Last year'southward iPhone XR and this year'south iPhone xi relied on older antenna tech. The primary reason for this is production, as current suppliers cannot meet the demand for an increment in product shipments with LCP. Apple is looking for more suppliers to ensure that they take a reliable supply of LCP for futurity products.

Every bit per Kuo, iPhone models with LCP FPC will increase from twoscore-l% in 2022 to 70-75% in 2022 due to the fact that non-LCP iPhone shipments will decline or completely stop past the time iPhone 12 releases.

Now that the iPhone xi is out, all optics are now on iPhone 12. It is expected to send with a new design with an all-metal frame, like to iPhone 4 and iPad Pro. All 3 iPhone 12 models are rumored to include OLED screens, with 120Hz ProMotion technology. An A14 Bionic will power the new smartphones, equally well as the upgraded triple-lens camera system with a time-of-flight sensor to support 3D sensing for augmented reality enhancements. The addition of 5G networking and USB-C would make the iPhone 12 a very compelling upgrade.