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With Qualcomm's 845 produced in Samsung's 10LPP Apple will be the only one to have 7nm SoCs in most of 2018.
But at the end of 2018 we may see Kirin 980 at 7nm too. Transistor count for Kirin 970 is already 5.5 billion and chip size is ~97mm² - that's very big for a non-Apple SoC.
I think HiSilcon will aim for that density improvement 7nm has to offer. 

@Tjwolf ;
The modem doesn't have to be integrated on die - Apple could integrate the modem into the PoP (SoC + RAM + modem). Intel is rumoured to bring production of the next-gen modem inhouse (10nm process, same desity as TSMC's 7nm).

ipilya said:

what I don't understand... how did he buy it "new" if it was released in 2011.... that is a 3 year difference from when he bought it. Wasn't this phone already out of circulation?

The iPhone 4s was discontinued 2014-09-09.
And the article doesn't tell when in 2014 the iPhone was purchased and when in 2016 it cought fire.

I'm using a 2009 Mac Pro. Everything that could be upgraded was upgraded. I'm looking forward to put in a Vega graphics card this year.
When this Mac Pro dies I will set up a Hackintosh.
Being kicked out of Apple's target group I will not buy an iMac, I will not buy a MacBook Pro, I will certainly not buy that tin can!