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So, basically, the reason everyone is using Snapdragon is because it is cheaper to license (comes with all that functionality) instead of having to add a separate radio chip like Apple does?

Isn't that illegal?

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tkeith Member since:

Cheaper to license, maybe but separate chips takes up more room and battery. Look at the early LTE phones, battery life went up when everyone went to Qualcom.

Must be bad if Google went to them, TI got out, and Samsung and Nvidia seem to have their drive problems as well. Maybe that's why the Nexus 4 had it's LTE disabled? Makes you wonder if Google will still go with them for the next Nexus phone.

Either way this is bad for AOSP. It's disappointing that Having such a popular open source operating system(skip the "definition of open" replies please) hasn't improved the driver situation much.

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robojerk Member since:

Why did TI get out of the game??

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