On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 06:19:26 -0800, KWills Shill #2 wrote:
>>What do I think about 5G?
>>
>>A modern mobile device _must_ have it.
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> Not quite must. 4G will be viable for a while yet.
FACTS + ASSESSMENT.
If you compare all phones, including $100 phones like my Moto G7, your
statement is valid - but you must think about Apple's price range phones.
Think about the key fact that Apple is all MARKETING of "premium" devices.
o How can a "premium" device sell, at premium prices, in 2020, without 5G?
Even today, my cheap $100 Mot G7 has vastly more app functionality than
_any_ iOS device ever sold (at any price)... and lots of modern hardware
functionality that isn't on even the most expensive of the primitive iOS
devices ... so think about how bad it would be for Apple if they didn't
surrender to Qualcomm on 5G.
While I grant you that most people aren't technical enough to realize how
utterly primitive iOS app functionality is, you can rest assured nobody
would have been ignorant of a thousand dollar phone that couldn't even get
something as simple as a modem to work.
Even the least technical person would have known that their thousand dollar
iPhone was a fraction of the networking speed of a modern Android phone.
>>Which is why Apple surrendered _billions_ to Qualcomm, to get it.
>>
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> All manufacturers will eventually offer devices that can use 5G.
FACTS + ASSESSMENT.
My role on this newsgroup is to speak sense & adult logical reason.
o Bear in mind everything I state is backed up by the facts.
Apple spent upwards of 6 billion dollars to get their hands on 5G in 2020.
o That's how important getting their hands on 5G was to Apple's business.
Notice the Apologists claimed Apple "wasn't worried" about 5G; but if they
weren't worried, why did they spend six billion dollars to get their hands
on it by 2020?
How many projects do you think Apple spend six billion dollars on anyway?
>>See details here on the deals (which cost Apple about 6 billion!):
>>o *Apple would have died as a company if it didn't surrender to Qualcomm*
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https://groups.google.com/d/msg/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/jUEvxhLv2Gk/P49VzY_SCwAJ>
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> Nah. The deal with Qualcomm didn't hurt Apple, and most feel
> Apple isn't happy with the arrangement, but there's nothing to support
> a claim that Apple would have failed without it. The company would
> simply license the technology as all other manufacturers will.
FACTS + ASSESSMENT.
First off, the deal "didn't hurt Apple" because Apple felt getting their
hands on 5G by 2020 was one of the most critical business objectives for
the company.
They traded six billion dollars for that 5G functionality.
It "didn't hurt Apple" because Apple would have died without it.
o How many projects do you think Apple spend six billion dollars on anyway?
Apple MARKETING runs the business - where the evidence shows that Apple
sells "premium" phones which would have taken a huge hit by being dog slow
in 2020 compared to the already far more modern Android phones.
Bear in mind, facts easily prove there is no app functionality on iOS that
isn't already on Android, and, worse, there is plenty of modern app
functionality on Android that isn't on iOS.
Also, bear in mind that it's more expensive to buy Android exploits than
iOS exploits simply because facts show the market is flooded with iOS
exploits.
FACTS + ASSESSMENT.
I agree with you that it's not clear to non technical laypeople how
shockingly primitive iOS app functionality is compared to modern Android
app functionality, but rest assured, EVERYONE would know how slow Apple's
modems would have been if Apple had not surrendered to Qualcomm to get 5G
by 2020 & beyond.
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