Apple's 2018 iPhones may finally support dual SIM cards: Report

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has been providing a lot of information lately on Apple's plans for the iPhone in 2018. Earlier this month, Kuo reported that the Cupertino giant could launch three iPhones next year, all of which are expected to sport an iPhone X-like design language. Now, Kuo has added that at least one of the phones will sport modems from Qualcomm and that all of them will come with support for dual-SIM.

Kuo's report comes following an earlier rumour that Apple is looking to Intel for a majority of the modems. One of the following reasons behind this Apple's ongoing legal disputes with Qualcomm. However, Kuo now reports that Qualcomm will still supply modems, but in limited numbers. Intel will provide 70 to 80 per cent of the modems, while the rest will be provided by Qualcomm.

The iPhone models in 2018 will feature Intel's XMM 7560 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X20 modems with both supporting 4x4 MIMO technology that would enable faster LTE transmission speeds, Kuo said.