The iPhone 16 Pro series is expected to support Wi-Fi 7 but requires chips from other manufacturers

According to foreign media reports on December 20, an analyst who has been paying attention to Apple’s supply chain for a long time revealed that the iPhone 17 Pro series launched by Apple in 2025 will be equipped with Apple’s self-developed Wi-Fi 7 chip, and is believed to be launched in 2026. The iPhone 18 series will be adopted by the entire series.

Judging from foreign media reports, although Apple’s self-developed Wi-Fi 7 chip will not be used until the iPhone 17 Pro series, Apple’s iPhone is expected to support Wi-Fi 7 earlier.

Foreign media mentioned in reports that some analysts expect that the two Pro versions of the iPhone 16 series launched by Apple next fall will support Wi-Fi 7, but they will not be equipped with Apple’s self-developed Wi-Fi chips, but Supplied by other manufacturers.

Judging from Apple's past application of new components and new technologies on iPhones, if the iPhone 16 Pro series supports Wi-Fi 7, the iPhone 17 series launched in the following year will support the entire series, which means that it will not be equipped with Apple Wi-Fi 7. The two models with self-developed Wi-Fi chips will also be upgraded to support Wi-Fi 7, but like the iPhone 16 Pro series, they will also use Wi-Fi chips supplied by other manufacturers.

The iPhone 16 Pro series supports Wi-Fi 7 and will have faster wireless LAN speeds.

Foreign media also mentioned in reports that supporting Wi-Fi 7 will allow the iPhone to send and receive data through the 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz frequency bands at the same time on supported routers, thereby achieving faster Wi-Fi network speeds and lower bandwidth. latency and a more reliable connection.

Regarding the network speed of Wi-Fi 7, foreign media mentioned in reports that according to information from Qualcomm, the peak network speed of Wi-Fi 7 exceeds 40 Gbps, which is four times that of Wi-Fi 6E.