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Yes, Apple is throttling download speeds for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Verizon and Sprint versions
Apple wanted the cost savings and flexibility of having two chip sources but also wanted the different versions of the phone to be as similar as possible…
Apple’s modem choices may leave Verizon iPhone users feeling throttled
It turns out not all iPhone 7 units are created equal…
Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus has huge LTE difference between carriers
The iPhone 7 Plus you buy might offer inferior LTE performance versus the same model you could buy from another carrier…
Tests show iPhone 7 Plus models with Qualcomm modem perform significantly better than those with Intel modem
Over the past five years, Apple’s modem supplier was Qualcomm, but this year, Apple has taken a different approach…
The real reasons Apple’s iPhone 7/Plus ended up with an Intel chip inside
By October 2015, Intel had at least a 1,000 people working on this failure-not-an-option project…
Intel supplying wireless chips in some Apple iPhone 7 models
Apple Inc. is using wireless chips from Intel Corp. in some models of the new iPhone 7…
Google’s Android platform has a serious flaw
Google’s Android 7.0 is finally here! It looks smooth and makes several improvements…
What’s delaying Apple’s new Macs? The iPhone
Yep, the MacBook Pro is getting old: on that pretty much everyone can agree. The design seems almost frozen in time at this point…
‘Quadrooter’ security flaws said to affect over 900 million Android devices
Four newly-discovered vulnerabilities found in Android phones and tablets allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected device…
Intel may have started shipping XMM 7360 to Apple
It has been rumored for quite some time that microprocessor giant Intel is set to provide its XMM 7360 modems…
Analyst: Intel beats Qualcomm to supply 50% of Apple iPhone 7 units
No. 1 chipmaker Intel could supply more than half of the Apple iPhone 7…
Some versions of Apple’s iPhone 7 will use Intel chips; Intel gets first mobile win
For the iPhone used on AT&T Inc.’s U.S. network and some other versions of the smartphone for overseas markets, Apple will use Intel…
Apple’s potential switch for key iPhone component hits Qualcomm
Apple Inc. may be going in a new direction for a crucial iPhone component…
Apple’s taking big steps toward controlling even more primary technology
Things may be about to get tough for some Apple partners as the company invests in…
Apple operating secret laboratory in Taiwan to develop new, thinner displays for iPhone, iPad and Macintosh
Apple Inc. opened a secret production laboratory in northern Taiwan where engineers are developing new display technologies…
What an Apple supplier just revealed about 2016’s iPhone 7 and 2017’s iPhone 7s
A semiconductor company that, among other things, provides radio frequency, or RF, components to smartphone vendors…
Alphabet Inc.’s Google looks to copy Apple yet again
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is apparently looking at ways to exert more control, Apple-style, of Android smartphones by…
Intel have won significant presence in Apple’s iPhone 6s/Plus
Apple has been evaluating Intel’s model for a while. Intel will capture roughly 50% of Apple’s…
Apple’s iPhone 6s/Plus to double LTE speeds, run more efficiently
One of the main upgrades to the next iPhone’s internals…
GlobalFoundries to make next-gen Apple chips in Malta, New York
Apple has awarded the contract for its next-generation A9 chips…
More evidence that Apple is building its own modem
From a strategic perspective, it’s starting to make a whole lot of sense for Apple to…
Cyanogen CEO: Samsung will get ‘slaughtered’ and Apple will have ‘problems’ from cheap handsets
CEO of Cyanogen Kirt McMaster’s company has recently partnered with Qualcomm…
Cyanogen and Qualcomm offer alternative to Google’s Android
At Mobile World Congress, Cyanogen and Qualcomm announced details of a collaboration…
TSMC sues former ex-employee over leaking trade secrets to Samsung
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest chip foundry…
After eating Intel’s mobile lunch, Apple could next devour Qualcomm’s Baseband Processor business
Eliminating Qualcomm by creating a custom, in-house baseband chip…
Samsung and GlobalFoundries reportedly win majority of Apple A9 chip orders
Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries have secured…
Apple’s 64-bit chip ‘gimmick’ is about to deliver a huge blow to the iPhone wannabes
When Apple launched the iPhone 5s in late 2013…
GlobalFoundries could stamp out Apple A9 processors in upstate New York
Globalfoundries is striving to be among Apple’s major contract chipmakers…
Driven by Apple’s blockbuster iPhone 6/Plus, TSMC notches record net profits
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd…
TSMC lands order for Apple’s A8X processor bound for 12.9-inch iPad, sources say
The SoC of the A8X will be larger than that of A8’s, which could pose…
Galaxy Note 4, other Samsung Android devices facing potential sales ban in U.S.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to investigate…
TSMC overtakes Samsung in FinFET, confident they will land Apple A9 orders
TSMC, which has more than half the global foundry business, has overtaken Samsung…
iFixit teardown: Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus includes chips from Qualcomm, Skyworks, others
Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus uses chips from Qualcomm, Skyworks, Avago, and…
Bernstein: Why Apple Will Leave TSMC Next Year
Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co….
Samsung, Intel, Dell team up on home automation framework
Samsung Electronics, Intel Corp and Dell have joined to establish standard ways…
One thing that could derail Apple’s HomeKit plans
There’s a quiet storm brewing in the home automation space…
Samsung/Globalfoundries, TSMC fight to land Apple A9 processor orders
The Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries team reportedly…
Will Apple finally buy Broadcom’s cellular business?
Now that Broadcom has finally thrown in the towel on its cellular business…
Qualcomm spins off Apple iBeacon-compatible location awareness technology
Gimbal meets standards for iBeacon technology used in Apple stores…
Why Apple’s dazzling 64-bit A7 SoC demolishes the competition
Apple produced a chip so much more powerful than its rivals…
The strange thing about Apple’s recent hires
Over the past three years, Apple has hired at least thirty mid- to senior-level…
