Xed

hmlongco said:

So is that a button on the bottom left side, or a sim tray? Existing phones (or at least mine) no longer have sim trays, so are they adding it back?

Or is this--shudder--the fabled "AI" button?

That mockup does include a SIM tray based on the pin hole addition.

I think only the US models are sans the SIM tray (thankfully). I can't wait until the rest of the world can eschew the physical SIM for eSIM so that space can be regained for all.

mattinoz said:

Xed said:

Hedware said:

You lot voted him to be President and so you can’t complain about your poor choices. 

Which lot is that? All Americans?

Well by the time you add those who voted for him and those who choose not to voter against him that is a way bigger majority than has ever been used to claim a “mandate” 

so yes “all of you”

155 million cast ballots. 77 million voted for Trump. So you're blaming the 75 million that voted for Harris?

Additionally, 155 million Americans voted out of 340 million people. Of those, a google search says that around 244–245 million Americans are eligible to vote. That's nearly 100 million people who are at the whims of the people that can vote. One example are the over 3 million are Puerto Ricans who have taxation without representation. Then you have all the people who are under the age of 18, which is by far the largest group. Explain to me how it's all of their fault that Trump was elected?

But you're choosing to double down on Hedware's comment that not a single American can not like that Trump won by a small margin in what seems like a free and fair election regardless if they didn't vote for him or weren't able to vote at all? Did I get that right?

bestkeptsecret said:

Is this the start of that phase where competitors start showing stats as to how better their product is compared to Apple's - just as Apple steadily starts pulling further and further away?

The irony of all this is that if Apple's C1 modem — that is in a single, low-end device — was so inferior to anything Qualcomm could produce then Qualcomm would've just ignored it.

johnwhite1001 said:

Xed said:

johnwhite1001 said:

sflocal said:

johnwhite1001 said:

Qualcomm have always been the best modems.  Very disappointing that Apple is trying to incorporate inferior technology in iPhone.  Apple always has to try and save a few cents - and yet still charge the highest price for a product.  

Are you trolling or just ignorant?

Apple and Qualcomm have had a very tense relationship for many years along with very expensive lawsuits.  QC tried extorting Apple.  Apple jettisoned QC like a bad habit and QC rightfully deserved it.

Apple's own modem is just their v1.0 release.  It's only going to get better while QC's revenue stream will take a major hit (like Intel) when Apple is completely off their chips.

No not trolling.  Just 35 years experience in RF engineering.  Buy a lot of Apple products.  Do not want to end up with a iPhone Pro that ends up having poor performance in low signal environment.  There is a real chance of that happening.   The modem is the most critical component a cell phone has.  If you are going to ask top dollar for it then it better not have diddly squat RF performance.  I am just not a fanboy is all.  I want the best technology is all.

1) You say you want the best technology while you rail against innovation and competition in that market? Makes sense. 🙄

2) Considering the iPhone 16e isn't Apple's "best technology" you, by your own admission, were not a potential customer of the iPhone 16e, which makes it even more of a head scratcher that you're upset with Apple creating and deploying the C1 modem into the 16e.

3) How about this, keep using the smartphone you think is best and if that is no longer the case after the iPhone Pro models start using future C-modems, then either keep the iPhone you have until it is or switch to an Android-baed smartphone? If someone else makes something that suits your needs better then go for that product. That's it. 

It is not likely Apple will ever exceed Qualcomm.

Perhaps they won't, but that will be because Qualcomm worked their ass off innovating, not simply because they felt they because they had always had the lead that they always will. Neither one of us knows the future, but I can detail a lot of scenarios, with more than a handful from Apple alone, that show that disruption in a market is very likely to occur. Intel is feeling that right now.

Can you show me any independent studies that show that the C1's power efficiency is worse than Qualcomm's? Is that not important or does it not really matter because you've made up your mind that only Qualcomm should make cellular modems.

Qualcomm has so many patents for technology needed for peak modem performance.

And Apple doesn't with their 4,000–6,000 just from the Rockstar consortium that Qualcomm isn't a part of? And how many patents has Apple created in-house since then? We'll eventually move beyond 5G, too, and those will need patents.

Very unlikely so I guess I will end up switching to Samsung in a couple of years.

Why wait? The iPhone 16 Pro only uses the Snapdragon X75 while the Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro use the X80. I think you're missing out.

“We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in.” — CEO of some company that has been lost to time

johnwhite1001 said:

sflocal said:

johnwhite1001 said:

Qualcomm have always been the best modems.  Very disappointing that Apple is trying to incorporate inferior technology in iPhone.  Apple always has to try and save a few cents - and yet still charge the highest price for a product.  

Are you trolling or just ignorant?

Apple and Qualcomm have had a very tense relationship for many years along with very expensive lawsuits.  QC tried extorting Apple.  Apple jettisoned QC like a bad habit and QC rightfully deserved it.

Apple's own modem is just their v1.0 release.  It's only going to get better while QC's revenue stream will take a major hit (like Intel) when Apple is completely off their chips.

No not trolling.  Just 35 years experience in RF engineering.  Buy a lot of Apple products.  Do not want to end up with a iPhone Pro that ends up having poor performance in low signal environment.  There is a real chance of that happening.   The modem is the most critical component a cell phone has.  If you are going to ask top dollar for it then it better not have diddly squat RF performance.  I am just not a fanboy is all.  I want the best technology is all.

1) You say you want the best technology while you rail against innovation and competition in that market? Makes sense. 🙄

2) Considering the iPhone 16e isn't Apple's "best technology" you, by your own admission, were not a potential customer of the iPhone 16e, which makes it even more of a head scratcher that you're upset with Apple creating and deploying the C1 modem into the 16e.

3) How about this, keep using the smartphone you think is best and if that is no longer the case after the iPhone Pro models start using future C-modems, then either keep the iPhone you have until it is or switch to an Android-baed smartphone? If someone else makes something that suits your needs better then go for that product. That's it.