• kyralfieOPB
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    1 year ago

    Mediatek is a Taiwanese company so there should be no restrictions in selling, buying or importing them in NA.

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      1 year ago

      That’s true, but Qualcomm basically has a monopoly in NA because of its patents that make it nearly impossible for anyone else to have a modem that works there.

      This is the reason why Samsung always uses Snapdragon in NA even when it’s Exynos everywhere else.

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        1 year ago

        That’s just wrong. For a high profile example, see Pixel/Tensor with its Samsung modem.

        This is the reason why Samsung always uses Snapdragon in NA even when it’s Exynos everywhere else.

        The exact geographic split has varied a ton over the years, but has never been exclusively Snapdragon in the US.