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Android Always Beats the iPhone To New Features, Qualcomm Says (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the tussle-continues dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Qualcomm has published a somewhat self-congratulatory blog post that lauds the company and its Android partners for achieving a series of industry firsts that include wireless charging, dual-camera systems, OLED smartphone screens, edge-to-edge displays, and more -- features that the upcoming iPhone is expected to have. Apple and Qualcomm are currently embroiled in what's turning into a vicious, global patent licensing dispute. So the timing of this adulation for Android -- hours before Apple's big September event -- doesn't really strike me as coincidental. It can't be. Qualcomm never mentions Apple by name; the closest the company ever comes is with this line: Inventions from Qualcomm lay the foundation for so many technologies and experiences we value in our smartphones today -- on Android and other platforms.

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  1. Re:To be fair, who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually wireless charging is a big thing for the automotive use case. With the advent of WiFi and BT wireless communication, you can just throw your phone in a wireless charging cubby hole and away you go..I agree on the edge display.. it's a gimmick, since the cost of the device is so high people are adding cases, negating the utility of edge displays.

  2. That's a common misconception by Solandri · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You do realize Apple doesn't actually make any of this stuff, right? They buy them from the same suppliers who make it for Android phones. They get their flash memory from Toshiba and Samsung (the Samsung memory is slightly faster). RAM is from SK Hynix. They get their LED screens from LG, and will get their OLED screens from Samsung. Their camera is sourced from Sony. The cellular and wireless chipsets are from Qualcomm. The much-hyped headphone jack-less audio is by Cirrus Logic. Same with virtually every component that goes into the iPhone.

    The only things which are Apple's are the CPU (which they designed, although they use third party fabs to manufacture it - Samsung and TSMC), the fingerprint scanner (they bought the company which makes them back around 2012), and the software.

    So the Apple fans who tell themselves that "Apple makes it best" are deluding themselves as a way to rationalize paying an exorbitant price for the same components which go into Android phones.