iPhone 17 series with Apple’s own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips: Kuo
Apple could equip the iPhone 17 series with its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip, according to details shared by TF Securities International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The company has been working to develop more components for its smartphones, which would reduce its dependence on existing suppliers such as Broadcom. Meanwhile, Apple is also tipped to integrate its internal Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips, as well as the rumored 5G chip – expected to debut on the iPhone SE 4 – into more products from the second half of 2025.
Apple’s own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip may debut on the iPhone 17 series
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kuo states that Apple wants to “rapidly reduce its dependence on Broadcom” for more than 300 million chips that enable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity on the company’s devices. To do this, the company will use its own chips for upcoming products, starting with the iPhone 17 series, the analyst said.
Kuo claims that Apple’s internal Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip will be built on TSMC’s N7 (7nm) process and will support the latest Wi-Fi 7 communications protocol. Although the iPhone 17 series – the successor to the iPhone 16 series unveiled in September – would be the first with Apple’s chip, the company will also introduce new devices with its own chip.
This isn’t Apple’s only internal chip expected to hit the market in 2025. The company is reportedly planning to launch the fourth-generation iPhone SE model with an Apple 5G modem, and Kuo says it will feature a Broadcom chip for Wi-Fi. Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.
Apple is expected to launch new devices in the second half of 2025, including the alleged iPhone 17 series. These devices will be equipped with the new internal Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip, but will not have the new 5G modem.
The analyst too adds that Apple’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip and its upcoming 5G chip are different and produced using different TSMC processes, meaning the scheme for integrating the chips could overlap. Kuo claims that Apple plans to equip almost all of its products with its own chips in the next three years.
