It’s a garbage article. Apple is working on their own cellular modem, and Bloomberg wants to paint a picture of high stakes drama, that either Qualcomm or Apple is doomed (or both), and that Apple is going to have to make newer, better versions of the chips that they’ve been making better, faster versions of for 15 years, otherwise, again… doomed.
weaselmaster
joined 2 years ago
Fuck Bloomberg.
Their ‘journalists’ are judged on whether their articles ‘move the market’, so they’re incentivized to make any company look invincible or doomed regardless of reality or if there’s even a basis for an article in the first place.
So we get this constant stream of drivel, about how Apple is one false step away from disaster.
For $1599, I should get 500 lbs. of repetitive, manufactured, internet outrage!
How will I feed my kids without a daily dose of outrage?
My only real skill is being outraged about some phone or computer spec, regardless of the real world utility or user experience, so I’ll be out of work if I don’t work up a good lather of outrage!
What outrage do we have planned for tomorrow? I need to eat!
Opportunity?
I think it’s just called an exchange rate. They (and all other companies) adjust pricing periodically to adjust for devaluing currencies.