Analog is hard, especially when connecting to other devices not made by you. Plus they have to invent solutions that don't infringe on Qualcomm patents. For s

Analog is hard, especially when connecting to other devices not made by you. Plus they have to invent solutions that don't infringe on Qualcomm patents. For some reason Apple bought Intel's modem division that had also failed and added it to their team. I'd have understood if they'd bought just Intel's IP portfolio, but no, they took the whole team and added them to a project in process. It's hard to see how that could speed anything up. I agree the M series is great. In fact Apple's silicon story for the last 15 years has been quite good -- in contrast to their 80s/90s silicon efforts (apologies to my friends who worked there then).