Sina Technology News Beijing time
on the morning of September 19th, according to reports, teardown analysis shows
that Apple's iPhone 14 uses Qualcomm satellite chips, but additional
Apple-customized components are added to implement the phone's most important
new features.
Satellite communication is an
important new feature of the iPhone 14 that can send emergency messages when
WiFi and cellular data networks are unavailable.
Apple said earlier this month that
the iPhone 14 includes new hardware to enable the emergency messaging service.
Apple plans to enable the service in a November software update. But the
company did not disclose the hardware details related to it.
An iFixit teardown analysis of the
iPhone 14 Pro Max on Friday revealed that the phone uses a Qualcomm X65 modem
chip.
The Qualcomm chip powers the phone's
5G cellular connectivity, but can also call on the Band n53 frequency used by
Globalstar's satellites.
Globalstar struck a deal with Apple
earlier this month, which will use 85 percent of its satellite network's communications
capabilities to enable the iPhone's latest emergency communications
capabilities.
Apple said in its statement that the
company did use additional proprietary hardware and software in the iPhone 14
to implement the new messaging features.
Apple said: "iPhone 14 includes
custom frequency band components, and the new software is completely designed
by Apple, and the combination of the two will enable emergency SOS
communication through the new iPhone 14 models."
Qualcomm has yet to comment.
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