[RicoElectrico]

Honestly was ever Qualcomm not a master of proprietary cash grabs? After all, even in 90s they had their own standards as opposed to GSM. It is in their DNA.

We could have been better off had any of the more "universal" chip companies won the Android SoC race (like TI, Freescale and so on)

[wkat4242]

Even after GSM they lobbied for their CDMA standard which is why 3G and its successors are based on it. Due to their parents.

It's too bad because GSM was good tech with guaranteed cell capacity and better on weak connections.