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> Android has never been about driving the hardware narrative Apple has been building its own hardware from the beginning, but still also uses Broadcom chips.
by conradev 6y ago
> Android has never been about driving the hardware narrative
Apple has been building its own hardware from the beginning, but still also uses Broadcom chips.
- serf 6y ago>Apple has been building its own hardware from the beginning do you mean designing? I'm not familiar with any point in time where Apple was building phones, but maybe i'm mistaken. A quick google search indicates that even the first generation phones were built by Hon Hai.
- mondoshawan 6y agoThey have been integrating hardware from the beginning, not making it all themselves. What they do, though, is demand the ability to vet and fix vendor firmware.
- skzv 6y agoThey acquired Intel's modem division, so that may change in the future as well.