Kwaye le yimfazwe enzima esele ihleli etafileni ixesha elithile kwaye yayiza kuyishiya i-Qualcomm ngokupheleleyo kwizixhobo ze-Apple, zombini kwii-iPhones kunye nee-iPads. Oku kunokubonakala kungabalulekanga, kodwa ngokungathandabuzekiyo sisibetho esikhulu kwi-Qualcomm kunye ne-Apple ngokwayo kuba bebesebenza kunye iminyaka engaphezu kwe-10.
Inyaniso kukuba le yenye yeendaba ukuba amajelo eendaba amaninzi ayexela kwangaphambili ngedabi elinzima. Zombini iinkampani zisebenze kunye iminyaka emininzi, kodwa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka zangena kumlo womthetho kunye bawela iimfuno ezinokuthi ngoku zikhokelele esiphelweni esipheleleyo sombutho.
Oko kuthetha ukuba i-Apple sele inokhetho oluvela kwi-Intel, MediaTek kunye nezinye iifemu ezisetafileni ukubonelela ngeechips kwiimodeli zayo ezilandelayo ze-iPhone. Into ebonakala ikude kakhulu ngoku kwaye ngoku sithetha ukuba ngo-2018 iApple ayisayi kuphinda ibonelelwe ngezi zixhobo zeQualcomm. Ngale nto kubalwa ukuba I-Qualcomm iyakuyeka ukuthengisa i-20% yeetshiphusi zayo kwaye konke oku kuya kuthetha ilahleko yenzuzo esondela kwi-3.200 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
Kwimodeli yamva nje ye-iPhone, i-iPhone Iindaba ezivela kumajelo osasazo adumileyo The Wall Street Journal ichaza ukuba ngaphaya kokufumana isisombululo esivunyelweneyo phakathi kweefemu zombini, abafana baseCupertino baya kucwangcisa ukuyeka ukusebenzisa zonke iinqununu zeQualcomm kwiidevices zabo. Kuya kufuneka ukuba ulandele lo mbandela ngokusondeleyo kwaye bona ukuba oku kupheliswa kweetshiphusi zeQualcomm ngenene kugqiba ukuzaliseka kwezi zixhobo zilandelayo Apple.