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Rumors suggest Apple is planning to integrate its own mmWave 5G modem in iPad Pro. (Photo: Dose Media/Unsplash(BY CC 2.0))

Apple may use its own mmWave 5G modem, which some sectors suggest are already in the advanced stages, for iPhone 13 and iPad models set for release in 2021.

For some time, prevalent rumors are suggesting that Apple may develop and integrate its own mmWave 5G modem in iPhone 13. Recently, talks surfaced that the company is already in fact in the advanced stages of their modem development and that it may integrate the same technology in a 2021 iPad Pro.

The mmWave 5G modem is a small communications device capable of transmitting and receiving huge chunks of data over a broad bandwidth spectrum. Millimeter-wave or mmWave for short is a high-frequency network technology that has 5G, or 5th generation mobile network, capability. This 5th generation mobile network technology allows for a new type of network designed to connect virtually everyone and everything, including devices, machines, and objects. With mmWave 5G capability, users can expect to transmit or receiving huge amounts of data at super-fast speeds. If rumors about Apple developing and using its own mmWave 5G modem for use in iPhone 13 and iPad Pros set for release in 2021, then the company may already be preparing for a broad whole new world of wireless communications.

According to industry observers, the rumors appear to come from various supply chain sources who said that Apple's mmWave 5G modem development is already in the advanced stages that it is likely the company will integrate it into a 2021 iPad Pro and iPhone 13. These whispered talks followed recent rumors that the Cupertino-based tech giant will also release an OLED iPad Pro during the second half of 2021.

  The rumors about Apple's mmWave 5G modem development and its plans to integrate them in iPhone 13 and possibly iPad Pro set for release in 2021 have been going on for some time now. These rumors also indicate that Apple pushed back the production of the 5G iPad Pro to early 2021 because of the prevailing health crisis. Recent whispered talks indicate, however, that whether or not that particular model arrives, the Cupertino company plans to release an iPad Pro version that will include Apple's own mmWave 5G modem design in the second half of next year.

A report in Digitimes cited reliable information that the supply chain expects to see a rise in demand for the 5Gmm Wave Antenna in Package (AiP) modules. Industry observers attribute this increase to the massive use of similar modules in the iPhone 12 models, and apparently, the success of that mobile device. If these reports are true, then they lend credence to rumors about the advanced stage of Apple's mmWave 5G modem development and that is plans to integrate the modem in iPhone 13 and possibly iPad Pro set for release in 2021.