If it’s Thursday, it must be realityOS. Signs of Apple’s mixed reality moves turn up on GitHub. TMO Managing Editor Jeff Butts joins Ken to kick that around. Then, Qualcomm seems to be setting the smart car bar pretty high. Jeff tells us what’s coming down the road.
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iPhone Rumors and AirPods Max Attacks - TMO Daily Observations 2023-02-28
Having taken it off the table earlier this year, TF International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has put iPhone SE 4 back in play. TMO Managing Editor Jeff Butts joins Ken to talk about what Apple building its own 5G modem for the SE could mean for other Apple gear. Plus – Bad guys are stealing AirPods Max off of people’s heads in NYC. HOW COULD YOU NOT HEAR THEM CO… oh… yeah…
Apple to Continue to Use Qualcomm's 5G Modem for 2023 iPhone Models
Reports from “Bloomberg’s” Mark Gurman indicate that Apple will continue to use Qualcomm’s 5G modems for 2023 iPhone models.
Europe's General Court Rules Qualcomm Won't Have to Pay $1 Billion Fine for Paying Apple to Use Its Chips Exclusively
Europe’s General Court ruled Qualcomm does not need to pay the $1 billion fine imposed for paying Apple to use its chips in iPhones.
Apple's Issue With In-House 5G Chip May Be a Legal, Not Technical Problem
Apple’s own 5G chip likely won’t be ready for the iPhone 15, and this may may be due to a legal problem between Apple and Qualcomm.
Qualcomm Dodges $1 Billion EU Fine Over Apple LTE Deal
European Commission fines against Qualcomm for its LTE chipset deal with Apple were overturned. The Commission can appeal to a higher court.
Qualcomm's New Snapdragon Chip Aims to Defeat Cops and Robbers
A report from PCMag today discusses Qualcomm’s latest chip, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. It has anti-spoofing technology to protect against Stingrays.
Spoof cell sites can now be run on small, widely available boxes that pass bad data and phishing messages, Qualcomm said at its Snapdragon Summit today. Otherwise known as “Stingrays,” these faux cells can be run by criminals, law enforcement, or security agencies to collect your personal data without your permission.
Qualcomm Sets Out Apple Silicon Competitor
Qualcomm is preparing for battle with Cupertino and its M-series chips. It laid out its competition to Apple Silicon for Windows device, which will launch in 2023, The Verge reported. Perhaps most interesting of all is the fact that those working on this project used to work for Apple.
Dr. James Thompson, Qualcomm’s chief technology officer, announced the plans for the new chips at the company’s 2021 investor day event, with the goal of getting samples to hardware customers in about nine months ahead of product launches with the new chip in 2023. The new chip will be designed by the Nuvia team, which Qualcomm had bought earlier this year in a massive $1.4 billion acquisition. Nuvia, notably, was founded in 2019 by a trio of former Apple employees who had previously worked on the company’s A-series chips.
Apple Begins Work to Create its Own Cellular Modem
Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies, said the company has begun efforts to create its own cellular modem.
Custom 5G Apple Modem has Goal of 2022 Release
Reports say that Apple has moved its timeline for a custom 5G Apple modem to 2022.
It won’t be easy. In fact, bringing a new modem to the finish line in two years is really pushing it, my source said. After all the design work is done, and the fabrication of the chips themselves is underway, an arduous testing and certification process still awaits.
Right now I think 5G is overhyped and even the previous rumor of a 5G iPhone in 2020 didn’t make sense.