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Apple is officially going to acquire Intels modem business. One more step to total vertical integration. 

  1. ARikozuM

    ARikozuM

    One step closer to a monopoly. 

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    and anti-trust lawsuits. 

     

  2. captain_to_fire

    captain_to_fire

    It’s not an anti-trust if they would simply drop Qualcomm modems and use their in-house modems for their own devices only. Prior to the iPhone 4 with the in-house A4 chip, iPhones 3GS (600 MHz) and older uses Samsung designed SoCs and yet no one cared. 

  3. ARikozuM

    ARikozuM

    But it does become an anti-trust issue if iPhones take the majority of the market; leaving the rest with only a fraction of market does become anti-trust. 

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