• @athairmor
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    253 days ago

    Both Google and Apple seem to be tired of Qualcomm’s shit.

      • @halcyoncmdr
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        103 days ago

        This is why they’re trying to expand into regular computing with their new windows laptop chip lineup.

        They’ve been burning relationships with their customers for years, and now those customers have viable alternatives.

  • Avid Amoeba
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    3 days ago

    WTF to they mean “break away”, Google isn’t using Qualcomm modems in any Tensor. They’re using Samsung’s modem, the one that ships in various Exynos-based devices. And 4 generations of Pixel have been using Tensor.

  • ditty
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    123 days ago

    Hopefully the mediatek modem ends up being as reliable as the equivalent Snapdragon would have been. I’m generally leery of unproven tech

    • Blaster M
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      23 days ago

      They can easily handle gigabit 5g speeds if my friends’ speed tests using chinese phones with the mediatek systems says anything

    • @hate2bme
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      33 days ago

      Not really. Look up the modem user in the pixel 9