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> Even Apple iphone(tbf, also made in China) double-source important components inside their phone(modem)

Samsung goes a bit further. Depending on where you buy e.g. a S23 FE, you'll get entirely different SoC architectures - the US model ships with Qualcomm Snapdragon, the international model with Samsung Exynos.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S23



At least Samsung is using different model numbers for that. And it's not exactly supposed to be hidden since they support different frequencies.




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