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Apple to Continue Using Qualcomm Modem Chips for 2023 iPhone 15 Models

zorinlynx said:
Why the heck doesn't Apple want to use Qualcomm modems? That company practically invented the wireless standards we use. I actually feel better about my phone having a Qualcomm modem than Intel or something Apple whips up in house. Qualcomm has been doing this far longer than Apple, and specializes in this work.
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always money related
 
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Karma*Police said:
But that architecture paid dividends right away. Steve knew what he was doing. Tim does not as evidenced by the fact that he’s spending 10x more than Steve but Apple’s not reaping even a 1/10 of the benefits.

And I think it’s fair to blame WFH considering it has hurt every company that adopted it… it’s not a coincidence that we witnessed the biggest productivity drop YoY since 1947.
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WFH is not the oggie boogie man of productivity.

Some reports show many industries saw productivity gains in WFH employees.

I worked hybrid/WFH for basically 20 years. So have my co workers and we’ve generally been regarded as providing as good and better results than fully onsite teams.

WFH is not the issue, individuals and managers abilities to lean into it rather than use it as an excuse for productivity gaps is.

I’m pretty sure if we look at the current productivity declines we can find other contributing factors.
* economic issues can be demotivational. Personal budgets, stocks, retirement accounts, housing issues/costs, inflation/deflation, interest rates, etc.

* isolation can be demotivational

* COVID. as a whole had a psychological impact

* Companies trying to force Return to Office, when people have learned how valuable that commute time was for their family, etc.

so on an so forth.
 
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now i see it said:
Intel was not able to manufacture 5G chips that met Apple's standards.

And neither can Apple
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I truly believe that if Intel was close to getting it they would not have sold the modem shop to Apple along with Intel's patents for modems. it is easy to make chips but the problem is coming up with your own non design or patent infringing chips. the M chips are on licensed technology and were thus easier to achieve than starting over from scratch. I can see what and why Apple wants to have their own modems but sometimes you can see what you want to achieve but the path there is obfuscated.
 
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I hope Apple will not be successful in making a modem. I want wireless or other important components of iPhone to be manufactured and provided by others. They will after all not lower the price of their products and will have another reason to charge more. They will have tighter price control for the bill of materials.
 
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LilNasX said:
doesn't sound like they are anywhere close to being done with their modem.
2025 at the earliest?
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People on this forum laughed when I said it wouldn't be done.

They said Apple had the best engineers.

What people hopefully realize is that trying to make a cellular modem is actually pretty hard and you can't buy your way into it.

Apple won't have a modem until 2025 or 2026 that competes with Qualcomm and even then theirs will be old compared to Qualcomm.
 
blazerunner said:
You sound like a corporate boss that NOBODY likes to have.
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I'm incurably lazy and don't have the Type A temperament to become a boss, let alone a corporate one. I much prefer to be the bane of their existence, but even I wouldn't have to gall to claim that WFH is productive - with a straight face.
 
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