2018 bai kasance mai kyau ba ga Apple, amma kuma bai kasance ga Qualcomm ba, kodayake na ƙarshen ne Da alama ya san yana da iko sannan ya bude wasu bangarori da dama don kokarin tilasta wa Apple cimma yarjejeniya, yarjejeniyar da aka kirkira ta makonnin da suka gabata don mamakin kowa.
A cewar majiyoyin Apple na cikin gida, an tilasta wa kamfanin cimma yarjejeniya da Qualcomm saboda ba su yi kyau a kan sa ba. ci gaban Intel's 5G chip, guntu wanda za a aiwatar da shi a cikin ƙarni na iPhone wanda ya zo a cikin 2020. A zahiri, Apple ya ɗauki hayar a watan Fabrairun da ya gabata ɗayan waɗanda ke da alhakin Intel a wannan fannin.
Da zarar an tsara yarjejeniyar, Intel ta sanar da cewa ta yi watsi da ci gaban wannan guntu, yana ba da jin cewa sun rabu da matsala. Wannan yarjejeniyar ta lakume wa Apple kudi da yawa (tsakanin dala miliyan 4.500 da 4.700) wanda ya ba wa manyan manajojin kamfanin Qualcomm damar rarraba kyaututtuka masu ban sha'awa ta hanyar hannun jari.
A cewar CNBC, Babban Daraktan Kamfanin Qualcomm Steve Mollenkopf shi ne wanda ya fi samun kudi bayan wannan yarjejeniya, yana samun Hannayen jari 40.794 na kamfanin, hannun jarin da aka kiyasta kimanin dala biliyan 3.500.
Christian Amon, shugaban Qualcomm, ya samu hannun jari 24.930 na dala biliyan 2.100, CTO James Thompson 19.264 hannun jari na dala biliyan 1.650 yayin da CFO David Wise ya samu hannun jarin da ya kai dala 253.915 albarkacin hannun jarin 2.958 da ka samu. Amma ba za su kadai ne za su ci gajiyar ba, tunda a cewar David Wise, ma’aikatan kamfanin suma za su ci gajiyar wannan yarjejeniyar.
Apple da masu kawo shi sun riƙe kusan miliyan 7.000 na dala ga Qualcomm a yayin shari'arta ta farko, amma da alama a karshen an rage adadin zuwa dala miliyan 6.000 a cewar masu sharhi da suka bi matsalar da ta fuskanta kamfanonin biyu kuma cewa Apple din ma ya biya da zarar yarjejeniyar ta tabbata. .