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sflocal said:

A problem that only .0000000001% of the users will care about ...

The math needs work here. Assuming 7 billion people in the world, .0000000001% works out to only 7/1000 of one person. That or the iPhone market includes at least 142 aliens for every human customer.

Apple shouldn't have done this. Both versions of the phone cost customers the same price. But those with Intel modems limit a customer's future choices, and their phones have less resale value. Apple should have insisted any alternate modem chip be comparable to the Qualcomm one.