The fight that Apple and Qualcomm are having seems that at the moment it is far from over. First it was China, who through a judge banned the sale from iPhone 6s to iPhone X. Now it is Germany's turn. On December 21, as my colleague Jordi informed you, A German judge issued an order that Apple had to stop selling the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8.
But in order to comply with this order, and to ensure that when the trial is held the Cupertino-based company can be compensated for this ban if it is finally right, Qualcomm has had to deposit 1.350 billion dollars. Once you have deposited it with the court, The order has gone into effect and Apple has recalled the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 from the German market.
If we take a look at the website of Apple in Germany, we can see how in the upper part of the web, the devices are shown ... iPhone Xr, iOS 12, AirPods ... while in the rest of the world we can see how they are show… iPhone Xr, iPhone 8, iPhone 7, iOS 12, AirPods… This ban only affects Germany, one of the countries where Apple has regularly clashed with other companies over patent issues.
None of the 15 Apple Stores available in Germany You can sell iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, just like the website. However, these terminals can continue to be purchased at authorized retailers, retailers that can take advantage of this court ban to increase their sales, even if they are not the best-selling terminals.
We do not know if Qualcomm intends to continue suing the Cupertino-based company in more countries, but if it continues down this route, it can hurt you a lot, which would be added to the estimate of sales decline that the company announced a few days ago and that We explain in this article.
