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Subject: Re: iPhone SE 4 Launch is Imminent - we were right all along
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 12:55:40 -0800
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On 2025-02-08 11:45, Marion wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 04:56:28 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :
> 
> 
>> With that ridiculously insecure IOS design in mind, here are highlights:
>> ... snip ... u. Apple is expected to debut its in-house modem in the 
>> iPhone SE 4
>> v. Which, much like Apple's Intel/Qualcomm modem fiasco, should be fun
> 
> Forbes has a discussion about the modem which should be interesting, as
> I've always shown Apple's chip designers to be sophomoric, at best, given
> almost every SoC produced by Apple ends up with unpatchable flaws in it.

Unpatchable flaws are a reality of chip design, doofus.

> 
> *This article has been updated with details on Apple's new 5G modem*
> ���<https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2025/02/08/apple-iphone-se- 
> release-launch-date-leak-mwc-new-iphone/>
> 
> "Update, Saturday Feb 8, 2025: One interesting quirk of launching earlier
> is the feedback Apple will get from the iPhone SE's 5G modem. 9to5Mac
> reports that the SE will debut Apple's in-house modem rather than the
> Qualcomm chipset that has served countless iPhone models over the last
> decade. This will be Apple's first modem following the purchase of Intel's
> smartphone modem division for $1 billion in July 2019.
> 
> Apple will be keen to bring the modem stack under its complete control
> rather than following Qualcomm's roadmap and timescales. The iPhone SE will
> be the first public step in this process. No doubt, a further step will be
> taken in Sept 2025, with at least one of the new iPhone 17 models coming
> with an Apple modem.
> 
> The early launch of the iPhone SE in late February, compared to potentially
> mid-April, which was previously discussed, will give Apple user data from
> the modem some six weeks earlier, which will give more than enough time to
> contribute to the final design of the iPhone 17 family."
> 
> Given Apple has never designed a best-in-class SoC in its entire history,
> it will be interesting to see how this modem turns out, shall it not?

Apple Silicon CPUs are best-in-class, doofus.