Reviewing the history, the Xscale/StrongARM sale to Marvel went through in June 2006. The original iPhone was released in June 2007 with a 620 MHz Samsung ARM.

Reviewing the history, the Xscale/StrongARM sale to Marvel went through in June 2006. The original iPhone was released in June 2007 with a 620 MHz Samsung ARM. That was awfully close. I wonder if Apple was consulted on the sale, and what else was privately said between the two corporations. Intel certainly had the iPhone in their grasp. The Wiki says that the Blackberry Bold used an Xscale PXA930, the Torch used a PXA940, and the Xscale IOP348 was hitting 1.2GHz. Unbelievable that Intel walked away, after pushing several mobile products with the leading smartphone manufacturer of the time.