But this isn’t just about independence from a supplier you dislike. It’s about the power of controlling your own destiny, Apple silicon style.
"If the new modem works well, then the way will be open for Apple to restart its patent fight with Qualcomm but if Apple decides it needs 6G early, then it will be back to square one." — Richard Windsor
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Apple hopes to ultimately overtake Qualcomm’s technology by 2027.
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"On January 13, 2021, Qualcomm announced it would acquire NUVIA, a server CPU startup founded in early 2019 by ex-Apple and ex-Google architects, for approximately $1.4 billion." — Wikipedia
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"It was speculated that Samsung would handle device hardware integration, while Qualcomm would serve as the chip provider, and Google with the software license."
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Although Apple’s plan is to bring its own modem to all its devices in the future, the company chose to put it in the iPhone SE 4 first as a sort of experiment.
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Android's choice: Higher price or less phone?
10 months ago
10 months ago"Which one do you prefer: downgrading to keep the same price, or upgrading to a higher configuration with a moderate price increase?" — Redmi's Wang Teng Thomas
But the company is unlikely to replace Qualcomm's modem for another five or so years.
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Is Qualcomm crazy? (video)
1 year ago
1 year ago"In what can only be described as sheer lunacy,... the company brought Justin Long back for another ad."
"The net result is an impossibly thin iPad Pro (which I don’t think anyone asked for)."
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