A surprising detail that emerged during the FTC’s antitrust suit against Qualcomm is that Apple actually wanted to use Qualcomm chips across its 2018 iPhone lineup. Notably, Apple hasn’t utilized Qualcomm chips since the iPhone 7 and, as a result, it was widely assumed that Apple was flat-out refusing to work with the chipmaker. As it turns out, it was the other way around.
According to testimony from Apple COO Jeff Williams (via CNET), Apple wanted to use both Qualcomm and Intel modems in its iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max models. Qualcomm, however, balked and thus caused something of a mini-panic inside Apple.
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Apple wanted to use Qualcomm modems on its 2018 iPhone lineup originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 21:30:14 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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