My AT&T iPhone 7 (which has the Intel modem) has MUCH worse reception out in the country than my 6S did! It's almost unusable when I'm in my house. Very disappointed.
My co-worker has an AT&T iPhone 7 and it's basically unusable when they're in the office. They didn't have this problem with the 6. Consumers shouldn't have to worry about these things. It should just work.
hey let me match that amazing anecdote with this one -- my at&t 7 has no problem at work, and my SO's 6S has problems at her work.
youre re trying to prove causation where you cannot.
This isn't an apples to apples comparison unless you test both her ATT 6s at your work and you test your 7 at her work.
My AT&T iPhone 7 (which has the Intel modem) has MUCH worse reception out in the country than my 6S did! It's almost unusable when I'm in my house. Very disappointed.
My co-worker has an AT&T iPhone 7 and it's basically unusable when they're in the office. They didn't have this problem with the 6. Consumers shouldn't have to worry about these things. It should just work.
hey let me match that amazing anecdote with this one -- my at&t 7 has no problem at work, and my SO's 6S has problems at her work.
youre re trying to prove causation where you cannot.
This isn't an apples to apples comparison unless you test both her ATT 6s at your work and you test your 7 at her work.
Yes! They should trade places for 1 week and than report back!
I think Intel is likely giving these away for free. Similar to what they did with Atom early on. I dont see how Apple could have use them if it wasn't free or ridiculously cheap.
Apple knew exactly how much these baseband chip would cost to Intel since they are manufactured with TSMC. ( Yes, ironically enough ) Even Apple buying at BOM cost would be a great deal.
There is also the patent issues, which is cheaper going with Intel.
But apart from the cost, you cant argue Qualcomm is technically much more superior the Intel offering, the X12 is on 20nm, while Intel's is on TSMC 28nm. ( Not confirmed yet, they could have moved to 20nm, but TSMC not longer offer 20nm, most of the capacity has been moved to 16nm ) So Qualcomm is actually a little more power efficient. Qualcomm also support more bands. The X12 should rivals or even beats the coming Intel 9480 baseband chip. One is shipping now in iPhone 7, one is not even ready yet.
So yes, I really wish someone could tell me the Why, did Apple choose Intel. And why Apple decide to use the newer 9x45 ( X12 ) instead of the 9x35 in iPhone 6S which is similar to Intel's 9360.
See post before mine ^
Oh joy, now the paranoid schizophrenics who obsessed over which CPU was in their iPhone (remember the Samsung vs TSMC hand wringer?) will now demand to have their Intel modem replaced with a Qualcomm modem. Tech bloggers will stir things up by figuring out how to tell which modem your iPhone has. Apple users are WEIRD!
Forget the battery, Apple should have made the modem user-replaceable!
See post before mine ^
Oh joy, now the paranoid schizophrenics who obsessed over which CPU was in their iPhone (remember the Samsung vs TSMC hand wringer?) will now demand to have their Intel modem replaced with a Qualcomm modem. Tech bloggers will stir things up by figuring out how to tell which modem your iPhone has. Apple users are WEIRD!
Forget the battery, Apple should have made the modem user-replaceable!
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And what about this other story that the memory used for the 32GB iPhone 7 is much slower than the memory in the 128 and 256?
Dont worry, Intel has been a huge success though, it produces most reliable & high quality chips in the world. In recent days, it is also growing at the pace in which this world is growing........ It will be always on top forever.... Next version will be the conquering one!!!!!
Dont worry, Intel has been a huge success though, it produces most reliable & high quality chips in the world. In recent days, it is also growing at the pace in which this world is growing........ It will be always on top forever.... Next version will be the conquering one!!!!!
See post before mine ^
Oh joy, now the paranoid schizophrenics who obsessed over which CPU was in their iPhone (remember the Samsung vs TSMC hand wringer?) will now demand to have their Intel modem replaced with a Qualcomm modem. Tech bloggers will stir things up by figuring out how to tell which modem your iPhone has. Apple users are WEIRD!
Forget the battery, Apple should have made the modem user-replaceable!
/s
And what about this other story that the memory used for the 32GB iPhone 7 is much slower than the memory in the 128 and 256?
that "story" pops up from time to time, last time in macbooks. larger SSD drives are faster. non issue controversy for clicks.
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Apple knew exactly how much these baseband chip would cost to Intel since they are manufactured with TSMC. ( Yes, ironically enough ) Even Apple buying at BOM cost would be a great deal.
There is also the patent issues, which is cheaper going with Intel.
But apart from the cost, you cant argue Qualcomm is technically much more superior the Intel offering, the X12 is on 20nm, while Intel's is on TSMC 28nm. ( Not confirmed yet, they could have moved to 20nm, but TSMC not longer offer 20nm, most of the capacity has been moved to 16nm ) So Qualcomm is actually a little more power efficient. Qualcomm also support more bands. The X12 should rivals or even beats the coming Intel 9480 baseband chip. One is shipping now in iPhone 7, one is not even ready yet.
So yes, I really wish someone could tell me the Why, did Apple choose Intel. And why Apple decide to use the newer 9x45 ( X12 ) instead of the 9x35 in iPhone 6S which is similar to Intel's 9360.
Forget the battery, Apple should have made the modem user-replaceable!
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But how does it compare to the Galaxy Note 7?
it could be a worthwhile tradeoff, depending on where you are, to trade battery life for somewhat worse reception...