On 2019-07-26 1:26 a.m., Arlen G. Holder wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:26:59 -0700, sms wrote:
>
>>> For a company that isn't worried - they're sure spending many (many)
>>> billions of dollars to get a hold of 5G technology.
>>
>> No company wants to be dependent on others for the core technology in
>> their products, if possible. Obviously Apple isn't going to get into the
>> screen business, but they are very good at designing processors and will
>> eventually become very good at designing modems.
>
> Hi sma,
>
> The main point of this thread is simply to inform Apple aficionados that
> Apple is very close to buying out the leftovers from Intel's failed bid in
> 5G modems.
>
> It's clear that Apple lost their shirt to Qualcomm - even though you,
> yourself, clearly did the math wrong (and never admitted that you did it
> wrong).
"Lost their shirt", "Arlen"?
Really?
What was the total amount you claim they "lost"...
...and how does it compare to a single quarter's profit?
>
> The fact is that Apple lost their shirt to Qualcomm simply because they
> needed 5G modem technology - which - they had bet the farm that Intel could
> second source it - and when Intel failed - then Apple is left to do it on
> its own.
> o Apple may have paid something like two and a half to three and a half billion USD to Qualcomm (which is going to be paid by the poor Apple consumer)
> <
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/wuNSobnMdCU/6f7OlTtfCwAJ>
>
> Bearing in mind that Apple's gift is MARKETING - and NOT technology - it
> remains to be seen if Apple will _ever_ catch up to Qualcomm. Personally, I
> doubt it because Apples's key strength is MARKETING of imaginary
> functionality, and not delivering actual functionality.
All the "A" processors Apple designs and builds: those are marketing,
are they?
Since NO iOS apps work outside the walled garden, your "test" is a sham.
>
> Even the processor technology is licensed from ARM, and, as you're well
'The Apple A5X is a 32-bit system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed by Apple
Inc., introduced at the launch of the third generation iPad on March 7,
2012.'
'The Apple A6X is a 32-bit system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed by Apple
Inc., introduced at the launch of the fourth generation iPad on October
23, 2012.'
'The Apple A7 is a 64-bit system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc.
It first appeared in the iPhone 5S, which was introduced on September
10, 2013.'
'The Apple A8 is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by
Apple Inc. It first appeared in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which
were introduced on September 9, 2014.'
'The Apple A9 is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC), designed by
Apple Inc. Manufactured for Apple by both TSMC and Samsung, it first
appeared in the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus which were introduced on September
9, 2015.'
'The Apple A10 Fusion is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC),
designed by Apple Inc. and manufactured by TSMC. It first appeared in
the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus which were introduced on September 7, 2016.'
'The Apple A11 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC),
designed by Apple Inc.[6] and manufactured by TSMC.[1] It first appeared
in the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X which were introduced on
September 12, 2017.'
'The Apple A12 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC)
designed by Apple Inc.[7] It first appeared in the iPhone XS, XS Max,
XR, and 2019 versions of the iPad Air and iPad Mini.'
> aware, Apple has almost never even made the best camera, where, the
> Apple
> iPhones are generally in the bottom of the top ten at any one point in
> time, with many Android phones having far better camera output
> consistently
> over Apple.
In reality, Apple cameras currently rank 3 and 4 here:
<
https://www.creativebloq.com/features/best-camera-phone>
>
> These are simply facts.
> o The apologists _hate_ these facts.
Since you rarely present any, how could you know that?