So iPhone customers will be getting a slice of Apples winnings then.
Now this made me laugh
So iPhone customers will be getting a slice of Apples winnings then.
It might be a crappy business tactic by Qualcomm but is this not a free market economy? Aren’t Qualcomm entitled to set their prices as high as they like? Eventually they’ll price themselves out of the market.
God knows Apple have a high-margin strategy when it comes to their own products.
I’m no expert in law but I can’t see what Qualcomm has done that might be illegal.
So iPhone customers will be getting a slice of Apples winnings then.
It might be a crappy business tactic by Qualcomm but is this not a free market economy? Aren’t Qualcomm entitled to set their prices as high as they like? Eventually they’ll price themselves out of the market.
God knows Apple have a high-margin strategy when it comes to their own products.
I’m no expert in law but I can’t see what Qualcomm has done that might be illegal.
Why don't Apple drop these idiots and make their own then? If they're smart enough to make their own CPU, they are smart enough to make their own modems.
Its not about setting their own prices. It is about FRAND licensing for essential technology patents. No smartphone can be made without a radio modem and for a very long time (until Intel recently) Qualcomm had a virtual monopoly. FRAND licensing was established to prevent technological chokepoints from holding back innovation (ie. the iPhone). The alternative is not granting licenses for core technologies, but that also diminishes innovation, because what company is going to pay millions to develop a technology that they can't guarantee they are going to make money off of. The middle ground is FRAND and this is what Apple is saying Qualcomm is violating by setting their price as a fraction of the cost of the phone as opposed to a set price for each modem and its license.
This stuff is always tricky. You know, three sides and all, but it seems like Qualcomm is violating at least the spirit of FRAND if not the actual the law.
You get what you pay for with crappy radios.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/back-to-samsung-from-the-apple-iphone-for-one-reason-signal-strength/
It might be a crappy business tactic by Qualcomm but is this not a free market economy? Aren’t Qualcomm entitled to set their prices as high as they like? Eventually they’ll price themselves out of the market.
God knows Apple have a high-margin strategy when it comes to their own products.
I’m no expert in law but I can’t see what Qualcomm has done that might be illegal.
This reminds me of the landmark decision in Plessy V. Ferguson mainly because I have no workable knowledge of the law.
So iPhone customers will be getting a slice of Apples winnings then.
Why don't Apple drop these idiots and make their own then? If they're smart enough to make their own CPU, they are smart enough to make their own modems. They're just riding on the popularity of Apple's devices and just want more.
Thats not the same. You can get other mail apps for example, but apple does allow them to be set as default.Would you argue McDonalds is anti competitive for not sellling whoppers?
Apple accusing someone else of overcharging? Is this an Onion article?
Pretty cogent explanation there, Chaginxin.
However, I just wonder what would be Apple's stand if the roles were reversed.
[I always do a "role reversal" test, when there is a dispute]
Thats not the same. You can get other mail apps for example, but apple does allow them to be set as default.
Thats not the same. You can get other mail apps for example, but apple does allow them to be set as default.
No they aren't. Qualcomm's patents in question are SEP/FRAND type patents. These are special patents that are put into are particular standard. If you want to use that standard (e.g. LTE, CDMA, GSM, etc), then you must design your product to use those patents. In return for getting the patent approved, Qualcomm must offer licenses to those patent at "fair and reasonable" rates.It might be a crappy business tactic by Qualcomm but is this not a free market economy? Aren’t Qualcomm entitled to set their prices as high as they like? Eventually they’ll price themselves out of the market.
Apple's argument is 2-fold.I’m no expert in law but I can’t see what Qualcomm has done that might be illegal.