> More explicitly. In 2006, Apple asked Intel to make a SoC for their upcoming product... the iPhone.
This isn’t strictly true. Tony Fadell and one of t- the creator of the iPod and considered co-creator of the iPhone - said in an interview with Ben Thompson (Stratechery) that Intel was never seriously in the running for iPhone chips.
Jobs wanted it. But the technical people at Apple pushed back.
Besides, especially in 2006 less than a year before the iPhone was introduced, chip decisions had already been made.
This isn’t strictly true. Tony Fadell and one of t- the creator of the iPod and considered co-creator of the iPhone - said in an interview with Ben Thompson (Stratechery) that Intel was never seriously in the running for iPhone chips.
Jobs wanted it. But the technical people at Apple pushed back.
Besides, especially in 2006 less than a year before the iPhone was introduced, chip decisions had already been made.