I was referring to Samsung not Apple. I would venture to guess that networked devices might be crippled online rather than a chip being used in the future. The technology definitely exists and it would make it very difficult to detect and they know this...
There I have to agree with you. . . when I got together wilt my girlfriend, she had a drawer full of obsolete smartphones. . . all Samsung that had quit before the end of her contracts and had to be replaced at her expense. Now she swears by Apple iPhones.
She used to swear at her Dell laptop computer. . . and believed the crap that was spread about Apple Macs. I let her use mine a few times. . . and she tossed her Dell in the garbage (literally, after i backed up her photos and stuff) and had me take her down to the Apple Store and she bought a MacBook Air. She's never been happier.
Unfortunately, her work (she works at home) supplies her with a Dell computer that she has to work with. . . and she swears at it daily. . . especially after the IT department does something new to it. It is frequently down. . . and sometimes will not work with their online partners, and sometimes won't allow her to connect to their VPN. I can't touch it because it's proprietary even though I KNOW what the problems are and could fix it for them, but then they couldn't get the big money they are bamboozling out of management. So I leave it alone. . . and she gets on her Mac and gets her work done. We just won't tell them that's what she's doing. LOL!
At least her work is enlightened and now provides an iPhone for work. YAY! Maybe they will get rid of the IT department guys and get Macs for their employees. Their productivity would skyrocket. . . just by getting rid of all that down time.