All zero of them.They must be working out all of the apparent health and cancer risks associated with the 5G network... /s
All zero of them.They must be working out all of the apparent health and cancer risks associated with the 5G network... /s
Your words, not mine. As I said, any patents Apple needs are available for license. Reading is hardOh, so Qualcomm doesn’t license anything themselves now? Given the last 40+ years of tech I find that hard to believe.
I just wonder how Apple will spin their phone's cellular capabilities this year with so many people knowing that the Intel modems aren't great.
There will be (a) licensing agreement(s). Can’t happen otherwise.Given all the players in the modem space, and how long back they go, it should be extremely difficult to make a modem and at the same time circumvent all the existing patents.
Not at all. Look at how quickly Apple can deliver new emojis and animojis! Cook knows how to put the most important things first [/sarcasm]With the trillions of dollars they have, Apple is so slow.
Oh, so Qualcomm doesn’t license anything themselves now? Given the last 40+ years of tech I find that hard to believe.
They’ll emphasize how good they are at other things, which they are, until they contain QC modems next year.I just wonder how Apple will spin their phone's cellular capabilities this year with so many people knowing that the Intel modems aren't great.
But is Qualcomm the end all and be all of ALL the varied technologies and processes that go into making a cellular modem? I don’t believe that’s the case. Technology IP is a vast network of patents that have to be stitched together to make certain products.Qualcomm licenses their patents (they are required to under FRAND) and part of Apple's settlement with them was the repayment of the outstanding licensing fees Apple and it's suppliers owed as well as re-pricing them to a level more favorable to Apple (and I have read that once Apple becomes their own modem manufacturer, FRAND will lower those license fees even more).
You are aware that emoji are not an Apple product, right? Or is it that you still think emoji jokes are funny?Not at all. Look at how quickly Apple can deliver new emojis and animojis! Cook knows how to put the most important things first [/sarcasm]
Again, Qualcomm is the only IP holder for everything that goes into making a modem? Just because they have made a deal with Qualcomm does not mean they have the totality of what’s required.Your words, not mine. As I said, any patents Apple needs are available for license. Reading is hard![]()
But is Qualcomm the end all and be all of ALL the varied technologies and processes that go into making a cellular modem? I don’t believe that’s the case. Technology IP is a vast network of patents that have to be stitched together to make certain products.
But that’s what I’m getting at, there are other patent holders in this field. Signing a deal with just Qualcomm doesn’t mean the field is completely clear for Apple to proceed. Intel already had a sizable portfolio pertaining to modems, Apple already has some too, but there’s far more to chip building than just one company’s licensing deal. Hell, even the process of physically making a chip is an IP hellscape, regardless of the technology built into it.That I cannot say, but they do own the majority of those patents. Intel had the same licensing deal with them to build their family of modems that Apple now does and I presume other cellular modem manufacturers do, as well.
What do you think all the servers that mobile apps talk to run on?What is wrong with Intel? I feel like it's seriously a company with a totally wrong vision (maybe I am wrong here) - but the future is mobile. Once iPads begin running a hybrid if iOS and Mac OS on A series chips, and Androids begin dual booting Chrome OS and Android Mobile OS... they are DONE. And I think we are a LOT closer to this happening then most people think.
Pretty much proves the Intel modem in the Xs Max is inferior to the qualcomm modem in the X. Too bad we are stuck with the crappy Intel modem for one more cycle.
5G "health and cancer risks" which track back to Russian social media disinformation campaigns, rather than to, you know, actual science.They must be working out all of the apparent health and cancer risks associated with the 5G network... /s
One possible reason would be that then they would have to be a vendor to other manufacturers. Otherwise they would be losing a lot of money just making modems for their own phones.Why didn't/doesn't Apple just buy Qualcomm?
That is why I do not understand why some people thought Apple could easily develop a modem (like poof! magically) and deliver the best performance that somehow is able to beat Qualcomm's? This is call pure fanboy-ism
Why didn't/doesn't Apple just buy Qualcomm?