Launched in January, Huawei's modem "5G Balong 5000" was introduced as the world's most powerful 5G modem and the first that fully supports both, Non-Standalone (NSA) and Standalone (SA) 5G network architectures. Chinese smartphone-maker Huawei could be considering selling its high powered 5G-enabled modems and chipsets to Apple.

"A source with knowledge of the situation has confirmed that Huawei is now 'open' to selling its '5G Balong 5000' chipsets, but only to Apple," Engadget reported on Monday. The development comes at a time when Apple is in a tight spot with its current chipset supplier — Intel which supplies wireless modems for iPhones and iPads. It’s 5G-ready XMM 8160 modems would be available for its customers in the second half of 2019. But a report claims that Apple has “lost confidence” in Intel after the world’s largest chipset manufacturer failed to meet certain development deadlines.

Launched in January, Huawei's modem "5G Balong 5000" was introduced as the world's most powerful 5G modem and the first that fully supports both, Non-Standalone (NSA) and Standalone (SA) 5G network architectures. Chinese smartphone-maker Huawei could be considering selling its high powered 5G-enabled modems and chipsets to Apple.

"A source with knowledge of the situation has confirmed that Huawei is now 'open' to selling its '5G Balong 5000' chipsets, but only to Apple," Engadget reported on Monday. The development comes at a time when Apple is in a tight spot with its current chipset supplier — Intel which supplies wireless modems for iPhones and iPads. It’s 5G-ready XMM 8160 modems would be available for its customers in the second half of 2019. But a report claims that Apple has “lost confidence” in Intel after the world’s largest chipset manufacturer failed to meet certain development deadlines.