I heard they hired many excellent engineers from Q. If they do still keep it, that says to me that long term they still plan to make them in-house eventually. Does anyone know?
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Yes Apple will develop a modem. SM gave away all IP with cross licensing.
They just have to create an RF360-competitive solution by themselves that does not use Q’s non-SEP IP.
With all sorts of issues including site costs and pushback from locals. LTE coverage around the Bay Area is not universal. If a phone can’t talk 1X, I can’t receive phone calls from my apartment. The BTS/range extender this building has for AT&T and Verizon definitely does not do 4G.
Will never own a ‘droid. Search www.theregister.co.uk for malware reports. It will take you a week to read all of them. Google will never do anything to benefit humanity unless they can data-mine every thing you do for their advertising business.
Apple will be at a cost disadvantage until they can integrate the modem and apps proc into the same package. Right now, the modem has to have a separate PMIC. That isn’t sustainable.
Having said that, don’t want an iPhone with 5G or a glass back for wireless charging. So, it will be interesting to see what they announce.
Meanwhile, I hoard BNIB iPhone7+ Containing Qualcomm chips like Armageddon is coming. Sure, the cameras have improved. But, so has my GoPro. I can still navigate Europe without my GoPro.
Downvote this if it helps you feel better. Doesn’t change anything.