▲ iPhone 11 series
According to the report, the reasons for the expected increase in the proportion of iPhone models equipped with LCP soft board include: the upper antenna (UAT) of iPhone 11 uses MPI soft board, and the successor model of iPhone 11 is expected to upgrade UAT to LCP soft board; the iPhone 7 series without LCP soft board will end mass production in 2019; the iPhone XR without LCP soft board will significantly reduce its shipment in 2020.
In addition, the report predicts that in the second half of 2020, about 15 & ndash; 20% of new iPhone shipments will be for models supporting 5g millimeter wave. Because the millimeter wave 5g iPhone needs to use three LCP soft boards (other iPhones only use one LCP soft board), which helps increase the LCP consumption.