Of course ;). Although I’ve spent hours Googling/Redditing this topic and it’s indeed an opinion held by n>1. Not to mention the 40 or so neighbors that I’ve chatted about this with over the years.

I’d really, really like to have the latest hardware iPhone that handles cellular services in poor signal conditions. I don’t have a skin in the game as to Intel vs Qualcomm. I just want it to work well.

It's not just an anecdata: http://cellularinsights.com/iphone7/

This story has been going on for years. Apple wanted to find a second supplier for the modems. They asked Intel but they underdelivered constantly.

Edit: spelling

Yeah could be the antenna or something else that is making the difference.