Apple and Qualcomm are currently in the middle of a legal fight Due to the fees imposed on Apple by the processor and component manufacturer Qualcomm, this had a direct impact on other fronts and caused cross statements between both brands with a rather hostile tone.
All this makes sense when we see the potential of both companies and it is true that many of the statements could be avoided, but this issue is important to both and they are putting all the meat on the spit. So much so that Qualcomm has just announced in a statement that its income and long-term forecast of these will be affected because Apple has suspended payments until the lawsuit in which they are immersed is resolved.
Falsifying device data, taking advantage of each other's innovations or disproportionately increasing prices, are some of the accusations that have been made between both companies and that in the end have reached the courts. This is a stick for Qualcomm that according to some media like Reuters, already report on the decline in shares due to the statement issued. We're not really talking about direct money for Qualcomm, it's about withhold all royalty payments for iPhone and iPad manufacturers, who then pay Qualcomm, but in this case they will not see the money until the legal issue is resolved.