Qualcomm Says Apple is $7 Billion Behind in Royalty Payments

[kdarling]

My comment was sarcasm toward Qualcomm saying Apple was ruining their business...

Considering what a tiny fraction of Apple's revenue the Qualcomm fees are, that would go for Apple's claims of paying too much as well

They're both just companies trying to maximize income.

 

[bayelrey80]

Typical apple. While some android phones will be 5g ready. iPhones will be 2yrs behind!

Where are the 5G networks? By the time 5G becomes the new thing, will you still be using your 2-3 year old Android device? And imagine 2-3 years advancement on cellular modems. WAY overblown. Especially when you won't even get beyond 2 years of software support on Android so the likely good those devices will work well on 5G is slim. Jump off the spec train.

 

[djgamble]

I see this as more a situation (all too common, unfortunately) of biting off more than one can chew. It wasn't just about furnace expenses and yields, if I understand correctly, but of them taking on something they were incapable of pulling off with $$$ in their eyes. I've seen this out in the business world way too often... you even hear expressed in a 'take the job, then figure out how to do it' kind of way.

So, IMO, the story goes more like... potential sapphire produce courts and BSs Apple into picking them as a supplier, then can't pull the job off. Apple then dumps them, and they go under because their debts are way too high to possibly survive.

Sounds about right. While I wanna blame them, my country (dunno about the USA) has a legal principle called 'promisory estoppel'. One of the leading cases involves some guys being told a big supermarket would rent a site but only if there was a new, fancy building on it. They knocked down the old building in anticipation, started building the new one and then the supermarket bailed.

While it's easy to say they took on more than they could handle... I have NFI what happened during negotiations. Apple mighta been at fault if they made promises and the other party acted upon them.

 

[maflynn]

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