[EAS] So THERE !!!

[Robertm]

The elephant in the room is Apple's multibillion lawsuit against Qualcomm the company that in the past supplied CPUs. Those CPUs contained the FM receive capability, there was no so called 'FM chip'. Apple has transitioned to Intel CPUs which no longer have the FM feature. As of the iPhone 7, Intel chips were in ATT and Tmobile handsets and Qualcomm in others. IPhones 8 and X will be at least 70% Intel. A cellphone is not exactly the best device to use in an emergency since batteries last only a portion of one day. I have a crank up radio on the fridge, a big flashlight and a kerosine lamp with plenty of fuel and matches as well as all sizes of batteries in the fridge from aaa to D. All low tech but proven effective in a prolonged outage.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/06/01/apple-escalating-use-of-intel-modems-for-iphone-8---report


On Oct 10, 2017, at 12:08 PM, Ed Czarnecki <ed.czarnecki at monroe-electronics.com> wrote:

>A big problem with Apple's responses is that they are not being as
>forthcoming as they should on their own products (some may indeed have FM
>chips, some not.  Some may have antenna links though internally not
>connected; some may not).