Well, we will have to see how the lawsuit is going and this will have to be settled by late this year if there is any chance Apple will use Qualcomm's 5G modems for next year's iPhone.
but but... He started it.Goodness reading about Qualcomm and Apple these days reminds me of all the gossip about middle school squabbles I hear when I pick the kids up from school.
It’s really shocking how similar this all is to a big row my kid was having with her best friend for six months when they both hit puberty at the same time and lost their minds. They finally put it past them and are conducting themselves with impressive dignity these days. Apple and Qualcomm have been at this for years and are allegedly run by adults. It’s rather discouraging.
Apple needs to hurry up and design their own modem.
Did you make an account just to complain about Apple? Maybe it's time to move on to another site - life's too short to read news on a company you don't want to associate with. I heard Samsung has a foldable phone with Qualcomm. Boom - perfect for you.Is Apple actually going to pay for the parts or will they back out after again?
Why would Qualcomm settle now, when they appear to have all the leverage? If Apple can't build iPhones without them, they're screwed.They also believe such a deal may result in the two companies settling their ongoing lawsuit.
Yeah, but you can't just swap out a critical component like that at the last minute. They'd need a long lead time for integration and testing, not to mention manufacturing. All the components need to be locked in well in advance.Also alot of time for Intel to get their stuff fixed. Time will tell.
If Qualcomm refused to license their SEP, they’d get hit by so many fines it wouldn’t be funny.
You don’t get fined for that.
Q wants to make money and Apple wants to use the superior part. It’s a delicate dance, but when it clicks, it’s quite lucrative for both parties.Q didn't want to sell anything to Apple which is why they went all in with Intel on latest phones. So, what's different this time around?
Except Apple will likely still have to pay Qualcomm royalties on all of the patents they own even if they use an in-house developed modem. Also, developing a modem is extremely difficult. Even Intel with their almost unlimited resources makes terrible modems.Once Apple designs their own modem, it's going to be game over!!!
That wouldn’t be an antitrust issue. It would be a patent law/licensing issue.You do get fined for anticompetitive practices.
[doublepost=1547756138][/doublepost]It doesn’t matter. If apple made peace..and go back to business “friends,” iphones would have better connectivity than intel.
Except Apple will likely still have to pay Qualcomm royalties on all of the patents they own even if they use an in-house developed modem. Also, developing a modem is extremely difficult. Even Intel with their almost unlimited resources makes terrible modems.
You don't sign a contract you think is unfair.I agree with what you say, but FRAND clouds the issue quite a bit. Companies using Qualcomm tech (and this includes all the phone makers, not just Apple) are and have been sort of forced into contracts that they do not feel are fair. There wasn't a true "meeting of the minds" to borrow your phrase, they just didn't have any choice. And society has decided that tech that falls under FRAND regulations is considered essential and beneficial to society. So its interests extend beyond just the two parties to the contract.
You don't sign a contract you think is unfair.
Under some circumstances you do. Sometimes you believe the alternative is worse than the unfairness which you are agreeing to. That happens fairly often.
Apple's (and that of other device makers) choice was to agree to Qualcomm's improper terms or not be able to make certain kinds of iPhones (and smartphones). Qualcomm had an effective monopoly with regard to certain kinds of modems. So Apple agreed to (what it and lots of others consider) improper terms for a period of time until it could do otherwise - until Qualcomm no longer had the leverage to impose such terms.
Qualcomm used its monopoly and a number of improper tactics, which worked together and reinforced each other, to force much of the industry to submit to its improper terms. That's why so many regulatory bodies have found that Qualcomm acted illegally, and so many industry participants (beside Apple) have come out against Qualcomm's practices.
Right.. poor Apple.
Clearly, this wouldn't have happened if you worked for them.
You don't sign a contract you think is unfair.