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mperhamlast Wednesday at 4:16 PM4 repliesview on HN

Whoa, shipping their own baseband modem for the first time, skipping the Qualcomm tax. That's huge, even for Apple.


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BrandonSmithlast Wednesday at 4:32 PM

I'm sure Apple still pays patent licensing fees to Qualcomm even if Apple is now manufacturing their own modem.

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OptionOfTlast Wednesday at 4:32 PM

I'm interested to see how these perform at the edge of reception, which still is a massive drain. Before I had an iPhone with satellite reception, turning on airplane mode when hiking was essential for battery life.

My current iPhone (and I had to check which one I have...) actually is much more sticky to satellite. It wont switch back to cellular immediately.

fionaellielast Wednesday at 5:18 PM

Thank you for knowing how to spell "whoa".

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antithesis-nllast Wednesday at 4:35 PM

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