XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: arlen@arlen.com   
      
   On Sun, 3 Mar 2019 18:11:41 -0000 (UTC), arlen holder wrote:   
      
   > * It appears abundantly clear Apple is _desperate_ for 5G modem technology*   
      
   UPDATE:   
      
   Facts first; then logic.   
      
   FACTS:   
   o Android already has 5G modems (which will only get better over time)   
   o All Apple modems basically suck compared to the latest Android modems   
   o Intel is, suddenly, out of the 5G smartphone modem business   
   o Apple is, suddenly, cozy with Qualcomm yet again on 5G modem technology   
      
   LOGIC:   
   Apple was apparently so desperate for 5G modem technology that they,   
   apparently, dissolved the contract with Intel (presumably at great cost, if   
   Intel lawyers wrote a decent contract with a poison pill clause):   
   o  Intel Exits 5G Phone Modem Business   
      
      
   And, Intel made an unspecified (likely unfathomably huge) payment to   
   Qualcomm (which you have to assume is almost certainly astronomically high   
   given that Apple was woefully behind and likely to never catch up to   
   Qualcomm in 5G tech):   
   o  Apple and Qualcomm Drop All Litigation   
      
      
   Apple now apparently has an "exclusive" agreement with Qualcomm   
   o Which means that it's likely Apple _will_ eventually have modems as good   
   as Android already has   
      
   FACTS first; then logic.   
      
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