As early as August, it was reported that Apple was debugging the iPhone 12 to support the Beidou navigation system, and EDN Electronic Technology Design also reported that “Apple does not support Beidou? Or this reason! ”, then, will the iPhone 12, which will be released tomorrow (October 14), support Beidou? If supported, what chip will be used?
For the iPhone 12 series of mobile phones, although the 120Hz high refresh rate expected by many people is gone, this upgrade has a lot of selling points and fully supports 5G. The iPhone 12 supports 5G by relying on Qualcomm’s 5G baseband. In the past two years, the two sides have fought a lawsuit, but Qualcomm’s patents on the baseband are too strong, and Apple can’t bypass it. In the end, a settlement was made. Apple spent 4.5 billion The dollar licensing fee returns to the Qualcomm baseband.
Replacing the Qualcomm 5G baseband may bring about two changes. One is the mobile phone signal. The iPhone X and other mobile phones have been questioned for a long time because of this problem. If there are any signal problems, the fruit fans are very unhappy.
Secondly, after switching to 5G, Apple’s iPhone 12 should also upgrade the RF system this time, and support for Beidou navigation is a new feature worth looking forward to.
Regarding the Beidou support for iPhones, this is not a big but not a small problem. It used to be said that China’s Beidou system does not have GPS capabilities, but now it is different. The global coverage was completed ahead of schedule in the first half of this year.
Earlier, Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation System Management Office and Beidou satellite navigation system spokesman, said, “The Beidou system has a lot of cooperation with mobile phone manufacturers. At present, only Apple mobile phones have not cooperated in China.”
This matter will have a negative impact on Apple’s marketing and promotion in China. It does not mean that the positioning will immediately become better after supporting the Beidou system. This problem has been solved.
Apple has said that the Beidou satellite navigation system is already part of the company’s existing positioning data system for the iPhone 11. However, taking the latest iPhone 11 series as an example, the introduction on Apple’s official website in China shows that the positioning function of the iPhone 11 supports GPS, GNSS, digital compass, wireless local area network, cellular network and iBeacon micro-positioning. The support of the Beidou system is not listed alone, which is why Apple is complained by many netizens. Huawei’s P40 lists the above four systems separately. Samsung S10+, OPPO, Xiaomi and other mobile phone brands also support the Beidou satellite navigation system.
On August 8, Ran Chengqi, a spokesman for the Beidou satellite navigation system and director of the China Satellite Navigation Office, said in an interview with the media: “Apple will use the Beidou navigation system sooner or later, because if the Beidou system is easy to use, of course they will use a better one. Navigation System.”
On the same day, it was mentioned that Apple had already debugged the performance of the iPhone 12 series, including compatibility tests for Beidou navigation. In addition, it is reported that after the end of this Apple’s new product launch, Apple will clearly announce on the official website that the new generation of iPhone will support the Beidou satellite navigation system, in order to reduce users’ complaints about the product.
Earlier, EDN Electronic Technology Design’s report “BeiDou-3 Civilian Chip List Exposure” mentioned that Beidou chips have been 100% domestically designed.
On September 29, in order to speed up the promotion and application of Beidou basic products, according to the results of the Beidou special test and evaluation, the China Satellite Navigation System Management Office officially released the “Announcement on the Release of Beidou-3 Civil Basic Products Recommended List (Version 1.0)”. Provide users with basic products with functions such as navigation and positioning, satellite-based enhancement, ground-based enhancement, precise single-point positioning, integrated navigation, etc. or industry application requirements.
Among them, the RNSS RF baseband integrated chip product list includes five products, the details are as follows:
Entering the era of globalization, China’s Beidou is also the world’s Beidou. At present, Beidou is one of the four major global satellite navigation systems recognized by the United Nations. At the same time, the compatibility and interoperability with satellite navigation systems of the United States, Russia and the European Union and the cooperation between the systems have continued to deepen. Up to now, it has successfully held the China-Arab Beidou Cooperation Forum and the China-Central Asia Beidou Cooperation Forum, built the first overseas Beidou center in Tunisia, and won the bid for the Algeria Foundation Enhancement Network Project. Afghanistan agreed to continue to promote in-depth cooperation. At present, Beidou-related products have been exported to more than 120 countries and regions, providing services to more than 100 million users. Beidou-based land surveying and mapping, precision agriculture, digital construction, and smart ports have been successfully applied in ASEAN, South Asia, Eastern Europe, West Asia, and Africa. .
Ran Chengqi told a news conference in August that most smartphones sold in China support the Beidou positioning function, and smartphones that support high-precision applications are already on the market.
According to Ran Chengqi, the global positioning accuracy of the Beidou system is more than 10 meters, and the timing accuracy is more than 20 nanoseconds, and its performance in the Asia-Pacific region is even better. Ran Chengqi said that so far, the Beidou system has been applied to industries such as transportation, public security, disaster relief, agriculture and urban governance, and has been integrated into China’s important infrastructure construction, including electricity, finance and telecommunications.
At present, Beidou satellite navigation system services cover more than 200 countries and regions, with more than 100 million users and more than 200 million daily services. In addition, Beidou satellite navigation system products have been exported to more than 120 countries and regions, serving hundreds of millions of users. Beidou-based services have been successfully applied in the fields of surveying and mapping, agriculture, and digital construction in ASEAN, South Asia, Eastern Europe, West Asia and Africa.
So, with the release imminent, will Apple iPhone 12 support Beidou? If supported, what chip will be used? The answer will be revealed at 1 am tomorrow (October 14).
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