Since Apple and Qualcomm have soured and switched to Intel's baseband chips, the users ' complaints about Intel's baseband chips as high as Qualcomm have not stopped.
This year Intel grabbed all of Qualcomm's iphone baseband chip orders, and consumers complained about the latest iphone xs and xs Max's poor Signal. Apple official support forum, MacRumors community and Reddit on the emergence of a large number of new iphone 4G signal poor, Wi-fi received poor Post.
The content has attracted official attention from Apple.
Apple is in contact with some iphone xs, xs Max users who claim to be experiencing a signal problem, Apple insider reported, and asked them to allow baseband loggers to be installed on potentially problematic iphones to track network Connectivity. Twitter user Devin Meredith wrote in Wednesday, ' Apple just contacted me and asked if I could answer some questions about my iphone XS Max receiving Failure. They are reaching out to users affected by the same problems and asking for them to install the baseband recorder to track the Phone's network Connection.
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While many speculate that this is the reason for using Intel baseband, Apple has not identified the root cause of the problem-it could be a hardware flaw or a software failure, may exist in an iOS system, or it may be in the Operator's firmware. Apple Insider quoted Apple insiders as saying the company is currently doing ' limited data collection '.
If the problem is serious, Apple may introduce a smaller temporary solution. In general, Apple will not make a large-scale recall if the phone has a non-lethal problem with 4G Signals. After confirming the severity of the problem, Apple is likely to upgrade the iphone xs, XS max, and network performance via software Updates.
The company is already testing iOS 12.1, which may contain related fixes. There was a report from the Curiosity journal last November about whether Intel's baseband chips were really flawed.
Ifixit and Tech Insights two professional dismantling agencies each split an iphone 8 Plus for Intel and Gotongki with the Intel XMM 7480 and MDM 9655, respectively. The results show that the performance of the two baseband chips is quite different.
The XMM 7480 has a theoretical downlink rate of 600Mbps, while the High-pass X16 baseband can reach up to 1Gbps.
The main reason Intel was able to take over the High-pass orders later on was the yuwengdeli of Apple's dispute with Qualcomm. Qualcomm and Apple have worked closely together, but over the past two years, they have launched more than 50 lawsuits.
Qualcomm thinks Apple has defaulted on royalties, and Apple thinks Qualcomm charges are too high to cover the Overlord Clause. This September, Apple and Qualcomm began a second round of hearings at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Qualcomm has requested a court decision banning Apple from selling the latest iphone in the U.S.
Qualcomm believes that Apple has stolen confidential information, provided to Qualcomm's rival Intel for improved chip performance and for use on Apple Devices. September 28, The ITC magistrate Mr Pande (Thomas Pender) decided that Apple only violated a Qualcomm power management technology patent, and dismissed Qualcomm's ban on apple, saying it would not ban the import of iphones into the United States.
' Public interest factors ' is one of the reasons for the Court's decision not to favour Qualcomm. Both Apple and Qualcomm have responded to the results of the latest ITC Decision. "we are delighted that ITC has prevented Qualcomm from damaging competition, undermining innovation and American consumers ' intentions," said Apple's Spokesman.
' Don rosenberg, Director of Qualcomm's General Counsel, said in a statement, ' it's good to see that the judge did find a patent infringement, but if it refuses the import ban and allows the infringement to continue, it will be Meaningless. ' This violates the responsibility of the ITC to protect American innovators by blocking imports of infringing products. There are many ways Apple can stop infringing our patented technology without compromising the public interest. We look forward to a comprehensive review by the ITC in the coming months and to continue to follow up on more than 40 other patent infringement cases filed against Apple Worldwide.
