alt Hacker NewsVery cool to see a new entry into the modem market. Obviously not available for anyone other than Apple, but I’m interested to see how it shapes up over time much like their SoC has done.
This has been a long time coming since Apple bought Intels modem division several years ago.
I’m also interested to see if it enables cellular in laptops. Afaik the limiting factor has been that Qualcomm charge a percentage of device rate , which would be exorbitant for a laptop. Having it be in house might allow for it now.
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> I’m also interested to see if it enables cellular in laptops
Are WWAN cards not a thing already? I've never looked much into them at all, but they do seem to exist, at least (and seem to be around $20-$50 and plug into M.2 slots)
Maybe now they can put a cellular modem in a MacBook Pro.
Why doesn’t iPhone tethering solve this problem already? Why pay for two modems? Genuinely curious.
I think the long term plan is for the modem to be part of the SOC. That would probably lead to even better efficiency and cost/space savings. If that happens I fully expect the modem to end up in the M series as well.
The modem might be the most interesting thing about this phone. They've spent years trying to get one out the door.