alt Hacker News> extremely difficult for Apple to cut out Qualcomm
it was extremely difficult, they have been working on this since at least ~6 years, maybe longer and involved buying intel 5G modem business
it also is lacking UWB which either Apple has given up on or is bringing back with future revisions of their modem
My best guess is that it’s for differentiation. For example, the SE never had Qi when the rest of the lineup did.