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They may have had a contract for a certain number of chips for lightning and they’re using them in the lower iPhones instead of taking a loss.

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TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The old chips are on a larger node and cheaper to make. They are reserving the expensive chips for the expensive phone to save margin.

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gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
They also may simply not have had enough supply of chips for the newer iPhones

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- LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  That too. But likely just engineered premium.
  
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