Apple-Qualcomm legal dispute slows down iPhone's 5G adoption
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- AnonD-731363
- SH3
- 18 Jan 2019
If i were Qualcomm i would completely stop any trade exchange between them and apple.
I would close bussiness completely.
They deserve nothing else just a bankcrupcy.
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- FaceGle
- Q5i
- 17 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019Pretty sure apple doesn't care for 5g this year. Not like t... moreWhat? I didn't quite understand what you're trying to say.
Say it again please. Try to edit your comment.
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- Anonymous
- Q5i
- 17 Jan 2019
Produced iphone/Unit 45,000,000.00/ units
iPhone X price $999.00
Apple Profit $44,955,000,000.00
QualcommRoyalty $7.50
Qualcomm Royalty Profit/iPhone $337,500,000.00
Apple Earning $44,617,500,000.00
$7.50 is still small compared to the price that apple asking for their customers.
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- Vegetaholic
- dQc
- 17 Jan 2019
IpsDisplay, 15 Jan 2019Funny how apple complains that it's too high charges their ... moreThere is two thing Apple is care about, profit and product cost margins. They dont care their products cost fortunes, as long as someone buys them, and their second concern is how cheaply to get parts from suppliers and patent holders to make profit margin higher, there is no other agenda with corporations besides profit.
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- Anonymous
- kr1
- 16 Jan 2019
FaceGle, 16 Jan 2019This is what happen to apple if they didn't pay for the pat... morePretty sure apple doesn't care for 5g this year. Not like they're are any places with it and it will take years from now for Mass adoption. 4G and I mean LTE and not what marketing refer HSPD+ to, took years and years . Apple added LTE with iPhone 5 and still it wasn't that abundant. I still to this day in the UD sometimes swwitch to 3g or none LTE because it's not there. If apple didn't have 5g on there phone the next 2 years it won't affect them
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- Anonymous
- kr1
- 16 Jan 2019
O S, 16 Jan 2019Apple baited Qualcomm into the bribery mess. Apple told Q... moreIf Intel is the one developing the moden it's them who stole it. Why would apple give intel the technology, Intel been doing their thing. Apple happened to use Intel. And been for years Qualcomm is hurt that they don't get a piece , they are a monopoly and evil , why would a modem cost more than 30, 30 alone is absurd. That's why we can't have cheap tablets with data or laptops because one one wants to pay 100+ to add the chip that they might not be that often
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- Anonymous
- kr1
- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019Wasn't apple reportedly working on home-baked 5G chips? Whe... moreThey're still a monopoly if no one else can provide a replacement.
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- someone
- Bct
- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019Wasn't apple reportedly working on home-baked 5G chips? Whe... moreThey are ...but are very slow to adopt and by the time they perfect it would take another 3 years for them .. in the mean time other flagships would have already launched multiple 5G phones ... in the mean time they want someone else to provide and they are being cheap shot and bargaining with qualcomm
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- Anonymous
- th9
- 16 Jan 2019
Wasn't apple reportedly working on home-baked 5G chips? When they got plans like that, why do they even still hang on to a supplier or two? Qualcomm does not need to supply Apple either. They could relinquish themselves from being tagged as practicing (or playing) monopoly
- Rutherford
- t7F
- 16 Jan 2019
Mzma PIB, 16 Jan 2019WTF.. Couldn't believe 7.50 can drive IPhone price to >1... moreWhat do you think covers research and development, software, marketing, logistics (shipping), component and contractual costs?
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- mix
- 16 Jan 2019
Bewildered , 16 Jan 2019As you will see from the linked articles Qualcomm for reaso... moreApple baited Qualcomm into the bribery mess.
Apple told Qualcomm they are dropping their modems in the entirety and won't have to pay any royalty since they would be switching to Intel and according to Apple, Intel developed their modem without using Qualcomm patents. So Qualcomm would be losing all their business.
Apple then tells Qualcomm if they charged less than Intel they would use Qualcomm modems, but Qualcomm can't charge Apple less than it is charging its other customer. So they reach an agreement that Qualcomm will pay Apple the difference in a bogus transaction (this is the bribery).
Qualcomm later discovers Apple stole its technologies and passed it to Intel and that is how Intel develop the said modem Apple used to bargain with Qualcomm. So Qualcomm refuses to make next payment of bogus transaction (i.e. bribe) which lead to Apple using Intel modems (with stolen tech).
Qualcomm then takes Apple to court for stealing their tech, only for Apple to report Qualcomm for bribery.
- Fulljack
- tDT
- 16 Jan 2019
I don't think 5G infrastructure will be ready this year. not really a loss.
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- AIq
- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019why would you want 5g anyway? i'm very ahppy with my 3 mbps... morethats nothing i once used 500Gb in a month
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- FaceGle
- Q5i
- 16 Jan 2019
This is what happen to apple if they didn't pay for the patent of Qualcomm.
That's why from iPhone 7 below are banned from some countries.
And now apple is kneeling coz Qualcomm refused them to have 5G modem for their apol handset
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- Anonymous
- LQv
- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019Why not get from Huawei instead?? :PApple use modem from Intel.
The thing is all mobile modem use tech from Qualcomm, no matter who made the modem..
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- OSasmatteroffact
- u7V
- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019Why not get from Huawei instead?? :PBecause of the market war between the two countries, note that you may thought mediatek of which Apple considered to be Chinese company but actually they're Taiwanese company so they're in the option
- Kiyasuriin
- nYT
- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019Well if you ditch your home ISP and use your mobile data al... moreI see...
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- Anonymous
- 0BG
- 16 Jan 2019
Kiyasuriin, 16 Jan 2019I'm with 100 GB data plan. and I barely spend 40-50 GB in a... moreWell if you ditch your home ISP and use your mobile data all the time, easily. Some months i back up my music to google drive and only upload itself takes 100GB (I use several gdrive accounts).
- Kiyasuriin
- nYT
- 16 Jan 2019
SilentAsian11, 16 Jan 2019Wow How did you spend 250 gb in a single month, are you tor... moreI'm with 100 GB data plan. and I barely spend 40-50 GB in a single month. how the heck one spends 250 GB?
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- Mzma PIB
- KZ8
- 16 Jan 2019
WTF.. Couldn't believe 7.50 can drive IPhone price to >1000 mark.. Apple oohhh Apple..