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Apple's Roadmap for Using Qualcomm's 5G Modems in Future Products Revealed, Including X60 in 2021
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It wouldn't surprise me to see the 2021 models given the 's' naming scheme as next year will more than likely be nothing but spec bump rather than the hardware redesign we had this year.
Then the all-new fully wireless model in 2022 which has been strongly rumoured & discussed.
Well, they are the leaders at what they do. Look how advanced their LTE modems were compared to the Intel junk the iPhone's had. And no one has anything to match their 5G modems for the foreseeable.
I'm delighted to see Qualcomm modems in the 12 series and beyond.
Qualcomm holds standards essential patents for LTE as well which applies to the 5G chips.
QC has clever array of patents and license agreements which is not obliged to share its modem tech that too its 5G at throw away prices. Apple, like Samsung, Huawei, MediaTek can design, implement, test its own modems. That requires heavy capital investment, skilled engineering team, very long term & slow testing with hundreds or thousands of providers all over the globe....let's see what Apple can do....no wonder it seeks 30%(double dipping iPhone owners) from everyone while it wants preferred treatment from others...
Same, really tired of beating down apple fanbois Defence of intel’s hot garbage of modem for the last couple of years
I was initially guessing that Apple would skip the number 13, but they didn't with iOS so....
Qualcomm also owns SEP for Wi-FI.
It's hard to make anything with a wireless technology and not pay Qualcomm.
Even when Apple makes it's own chips it will still be paying Qualcomm.
I just feel like Apple may avoid “S” models in the future so we don’t end up with the iPhone 12 S Pro Max. We don’t want Samsung naming schemes, do we? 🤣
Why is it sad? QC objectively has the best modem on the market available for Apple to use today. Do you not like using the best?
Or is it just your petty dislike for Qualcomm as company? Newsflash: Apple is just as evil of a company with their business practices.
The Rio Hotel in Las Vegas is an interesting one. They skipped all of the 40s because of the Chinese superstition but they kept 13. Even more odd is they didn't skip 4, 14, 24, and 34. /shrug
Why do you assume I hate Qualcomm because I think it’s sad that everyone is depending on Qualcomm and why do you assume I don’t want QC models in my phones?
I think everyone is glad that Apple is using Qualcomm models instead of crappy Intel ones.
It’s sad that there’s no other players on the market pushing for innovation, probably because it’s so hard to catch up to QC. Competition pushes all companies to move forward and take bigger leaps. Competition is good for customers.
Right so if Qualcomm is in that position, they should not be able to "double dip" on the fees.
What a stupid comment. Look up what a standard-essential patent is and realize what you just said makes no sense in addressing the issue.
Why do you say there is no competition or Qualcomm is not innovating?
I would argue that Qualcomm does have competition. Huawei, Samsung, and Mediatek are all working on or have made 5G modems that compete with Qualcomm. Even though many of those aren't options for Apple they are still competing on other phones with the Qualcomm modem. That does in fact force Qualcomm to innovate. They have just be then best at it...... so far.