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Apple CEO Tim Cook: We Feel Good About Resolution With Qualcomm

Cook breaths a sign of relief that he didn't have to testify. Another dodge of the hard fight. Weak CEO x 10!
 
I dont think "feelings" or "sentiments" has anything to do with it: the business numbers made sense in some sense for both parties, no more no less

Qualcomm can secure shipments by striking a deal to have their chips in iPhones that fly off shelves, and Apple's internal radio team isn't up to par yet, nor is their other business partner Intel with whats to come on the 5G roadmap it would appear.
 
LOL, companies like Apple love to spend millions on their spin doctors much like the politicians do. They have to keep their investors happy and try to do so by spreading the BS really thick. On the other hand the media would never have let them get away with simply making a deal and quietly slinking away because the media loves to trumpet those deals all over the internet for trolls who don't understand business practices and are always looking for something to complain about or freak out about. So a lose lose situation.
 
"emoji Tim": You speak like a politician. Why don't you give us the details of the settlement and let us decide if it is a "feel good" thing?
 
Carnegie said:
On what do you base the idea that Apple was going to lose the trial? (I assume you're referring to the one which Judge Curiel was hearing.)

Had you been paying attention to the rulings in that case? On the whole, it was setting up to Apple's advantage.
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Yeah I'm sure a anti-competitive law suit Qualcomm was facing wouldn't have been good for business.
 
Since that dirtbag Tim Cook is no longer preoccupied with throwing Qualcomm under the bus maybe he can tap into Qualcomm's treasure chest of IP such as 40ms AptX Low Latency or new 50ms AptX Adaptive bluetooth audio since AirPods have poor 250ms latency.

https://stephencoyle.net/airpods

Bluetooth Latency Demonstration
 
I'm sure he also felt good to sue them in the first place.
I wonder what he is going to feel tomorrow......
 
Da_Hood said:
Funny, “vindication” requires the court endorsing Qcomms practices. Apple on the other hand, only needs a better deal to be vindicated. Whilst Intel forced Apples hand here, Qualcomms motives to settle are unclear. In fact you could argue they vindicate Apple, as why else would Qcomm seek a mutually acceptable compromise if they were in the right. In fact if Apple had erroneously besmirched me repeatedly and so publicly I would revel in smacking them down via court, and would go after damages from every angle.
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https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1123689226900520960

$4.5billion payment is enough to consider to be vindicated IMO
 
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farewelwilliams said:
pretty much: "We feel like we were going to lose the trial"
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It's clear that Intel had told Apple they were getting out of the mobile chip business well before the Qualcomm resolution. Therefore, I disagree. If the FRAND lawsuit had been run to conclusion, I don't see how Qualcomm could have won.
 
mi7chy said:
Since that dirtbag Tim Cook is no longer preoccupied with throwing Qualcomm under the bus maybe he can tap into Qualcomm's treasure chest of IP such as 40ms AptX Low Latency or new 50ms AptX Adaptive bluetooth audio since AirPods have poor 250ms latency.

https://stephencoyle.net/airpods

Bluetooth Latency Demonstration
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The convenience of the airpods trumps the alleged latency. All day, every day.
 
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avanpelt said:
Translation: Intel’s modems suck and we don’t have what we need in order to ship our own modems yet so hello again, Qualcomm.
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LITERALLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!!!
The amount of network issues Apple has been facing in the past few generations of products, it's really time to pay the piper and just bit the bullet.
It's nothing bad to admit that others do a better job so lets pay them.
I think what went wrong was the fact that Apple has the mind set that they are the best in everything, so let's save the cost and do it our own, which to a certain level, true, but the fact that Apple's development has been facing away from Software / Hardware quality, it's time to let others do what they are best at.
 
I think the only reason Apple "felt good" and "bowed down" because Apple couldn't do without Qualcom, otherwise they'd be still trying to defend themselves.

You don't settle an agree if you reckon your right.....
 
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