Good. I was surprised that Apple Silicon Macs don't have a built-in cellular modem. This reminds me how iPhone launched without a 3G modem, and I hope Apple will similarly fix the lack of cellular connectivity in the next generation of MacBooks.
Qualcomm takes a cut on the product for selling the modem. In a 1000 dollar phone, Apple ends up paying more than 500 dollar Huawei, which ends up competing with iPhone. Qualcomm gets away with it because it can.
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[ 3.9 ms ] story [ 28.2 ms ] threadIt’s not like there hasn’t been legal fighting between Apple and Qualcomm about this very issue: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/14/18307820/apple-qualcomm-l...
Would be interesting to know how this would get apple around the claimed sweeping internet-connected-phone patent.