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I was actually idly curious about why the latest iPhones got WiFi 6 but the MacBook Pro 16" didn't, from your (fantastic) comment I guess it's because Broadcom
by kalleboo 6y ago
I was actually idly curious about why the latest iPhones got WiFi 6 but the MacBook Pro 16" didn't, from your (fantastic) comment I guess it's because Broadcom doesn't have their WiFI 6 chipset out and I guess whoever does the iPhone chipset (iFixit identifies it as "Apple/USI") doesn't have a 3x3 version?
- ksec 6y ago> iPhone chipset..... That was Broadcom as well. >I guess it's because Broadcom doesn't have their WiFI 6 chipset They did, as per iPhone. But Broadcom didn't have a WiFi 6 3x3 implementation then, and I guess Apple doesn't want to compromise to WiFi 6 2x2 ( 80Mhz ) implementation on 16" Macbook which would actually be slower ( On paper ) than its previous 3x3 WiFi 5 / 802.11ac. All these is on the assumption Apple wants to continue with 3x3 WiFi. They could wait for WiFi 6E and call it a day. A 160Mhz on WiFi 6E gives you 2400Mbps on paper.