iPhone 7's Qualcomm, Intel soap opera dumps a carrier lock-out on us
Analysis Love rat Apple two-times its long-suffering squeeze Qualcomm with dishy Intel – and it's going to keep the baby but only let some of us see it.
Over a cheap bottle of chardonnay one dark night in Cupertino, Intel wooed Apple with flimsy promises. The pair felt a connection (around the 1.9GHz mark) after the iPhone maker opened up about its long-distance relationship with San Diego's Qualcomm.
"I don't want to get too tied down," Apple sighed. "I'm not ready for the commitment."
"Baby, I'm here for you," said Intel.
"But you don't know anything about mobile."
"I've changed, baby, I've changed."
Apple's heart melted like a Galaxy Note 7 in a child's hand. Now, thought Intel, if only it could scheme its way further into the MacBook maker's life to wreck any plans to move from x86 to ARM.
Cheesy, but I like cheesy.
Tldr; the article talks about how the new iPhone 7 radio modems kind of suck.
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