TwelveSilverSwords@alien.topB to HardwareEnglish · 10 months agoApple to Discontinue Custom 5G Modem Development, Claim Reportswww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: apple
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkApple to Discontinue Custom 5G Modem Development, Claim Reportswww.macrumors.comTwelveSilverSwords@alien.topB to HardwareEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square67fedilinkcross-posted to: apple
minus-squarecountingthedays@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago there are other roadblocks in technology, Like not getting your ass sued off for violating some patent that some troll somewhere owns.
minus-squareBen-D-Yair@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWht y there are so many of patents related to modems, but not on other things like cpu, gpu or idk what
minus-squareExist50@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoApparently not a problem for Qualcomm, Mediatek, Samsung, or Huawei. And Apple certainly doesn’t shy away from litigation.
minus-squarecountingthedays@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIt’s not that Apple can’t do it, it’s that they don’t think it’s going to be worth the expense to them.
minus-squareExist50@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThey’ve been trying. And thus far, failing.
Like not getting your ass sued off for violating some patent that some troll somewhere owns.
Wht y there are so many of patents related to modems, but not on other things like cpu, gpu or idk what
Apparently not a problem for Qualcomm, Mediatek, Samsung, or Huawei. And Apple certainly doesn’t shy away from litigation.
It’s not that Apple can’t do it, it’s that they don’t think it’s going to be worth the expense to them.
They’ve been trying. And thus far, failing.
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