It is a known secret that the 2017 iPhone is practically going to receive an extensive redesign to celebrate the range’s 10th anniversary, but now it seems the big news could be as much inside as out…
Reports from Reuters has revealed that Apple is working on an absolutely new in-house technology to deliver improved battery life for its upcoming iPhones. This would replace the long-term partnership Apple has had with power management integrated circuit (PMIC) provider Dialog.
"In our view, there is strong evidence that Apple is developing its own PMIC and intends to replace the chip made by Dialog at least in part," Reuters quotes Bankhaus Lampe analyst Karsten Iltgen as saying. Lampe cites unnamed industry sources which claim Apple is setting up power management design centers both in Munich and California.
Sources also quotes “a source familiar with the matter” who confirmed Apple is recruiting top Dialog engineers in Munich and said "They are poaching like crazy.”
Apple declined to comment on the report, while Dialog claimed it was business as usual but the market disagreed with shares in Dialog falling 36 percent in a single day off the back of the news. In 2016 the iPhone accounted for over 70% of the company’s total sales.
Excitement about Dialog’s involvement in Apple’s record breaking iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus as well as the upcoming 10th anniversary iPhone had seen their shares more than double towards the end of last year. Reuters reports Dialog had been trying to diversify for some time but merger talks with Austrian sensor chip maker Ams AG collapsed in 2014 and it failed with a bid to buy chip maker Atmel in 2015.
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