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  • Apple To Discontinue 5G Modem Development

    From John@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 29 11:17:59 2023
    If this turns out to be true then it is great news. iPhone then will
    continue to use superior Qualcomm technology - which Apple was foolish
    to try and replace. So far the story is unconfirmed.

    https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/29/apple-5g-modem-discontinued-reports/

    So hoping it is true because I do not want an inferior iPhone in future
    years.

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  • From Tyrone@21:1/5 to John on Wed Nov 29 20:58:22 2023
    On Nov 29, 2023 at 2:17:59 PM EST, "John" <nopam@nospam.com> wrote:



    If this turns out to be true then it is great news. iPhone then will continue to use superior Qualcomm technology - which Apple was foolish
    to try and replace. So far the story is unconfirmed.

    https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/29/apple-5g-modem-discontinued-reports/

    So hoping it is true because I do not want an inferior iPhone in future years.

    I can't imagine that anyone really cares about this. Samsung makes screens for various Apple products. Should Apple be making screens also?

    Apple already designs and builds the most important stuff. The SOC and all the software. Some things are best left to the experts in those fields.

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  • From John@21:1/5 to Tyrone on Wed Nov 29 14:10:01 2023
    On 11/29/23 12:58 PM, Tyrone wrote:
    On Nov 29, 2023 at 2:17:59 PM EST, "John" <nopam@nospam.com> wrote:



    If this turns out to be true then it is great news. iPhone then will
    continue to use superior Qualcomm technology - which Apple was foolish
    to try and replace. So far the story is unconfirmed.

    https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/29/apple-5g-modem-discontinued-reports/

    So hoping it is true because I do not want an inferior iPhone in future
    years.

    I can't imagine that anyone really cares about this. Samsung makes screens for
    various Apple products. Should Apple be making screens also?

    Apple already designs and builds the most important stuff. The SOC and all the
    software. Some things are best left to the experts in those fields.


    People should care. If the modem does not work properly there will be
    lots of dropped calls and sluggish data. Modems are very hard to design
    and it took Qualcomm years to get it right. Best to leave it up to the experts.

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  • From Tyrone@21:1/5 to John on Wed Nov 29 23:22:16 2023
    On Nov 29, 2023 at 5:10:01 PM EST, "John" <nopam@nospam.com> wrote:

    On 11/29/23 12:58 PM, Tyrone wrote:
    On Nov 29, 2023 at 2:17:59 PM EST, "John" <nopam@nospam.com> wrote:



    If this turns out to be true then it is great news. iPhone then will
    continue to use superior Qualcomm technology - which Apple was foolish
    to try and replace. So far the story is unconfirmed.

    https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/29/apple-5g-modem-discontinued-reports/ >>>
    So hoping it is true because I do not want an inferior iPhone in future
    years.

    I can't imagine that anyone really cares about this. Samsung makes screens for
    various Apple products. Should Apple be making screens also?

    Apple already designs and builds the most important stuff. The SOC and all the
    software. Some things are best left to the experts in those fields.


    People should care. If the modem does not work properly there will be
    lots of dropped calls and sluggish data. Modems are very hard to design
    and it took Qualcomm years to get it right. Best to leave it up to the experts.

    That's what I just said. You literally repeated my last line.

    Thanks for agreeing with me.

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