Apple latterly signed a 7 - class , $ 56ish million contract with wireless engineering firm InterDigital . harmonise to an mired analyst , the licensing agreement cover “ various 2 G and 3 G cellular technology encompassing bandwidth parcelling , vagabond and mogul efficiency controls , and most likely also include some eccentric of packet information coding and delivery . ” Oh , and some chunk of this technology licensing warrants another $ 20 million payment from Apple down the line .
Does this mean anything today ? No . But it ’s concrete evidence that a 3 chiliad iPhone is on the celestial horizon , however far off it may or may not be . [ cnetandeweek ]
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