Sinesinye isahluko se- impi yasenkantolo phakathi kwe-Apple neQualcomm. Kulabo abangazi, inkampani yaseCupertino isemkhankasweni wokufuna imali enhle kwaQualcomm ngoba ngokweqembu likaTim Cook, ibilokhu liyikhokhisa iminyaka uchungechunge lwama-royalt obekungewona awalo ngempela. Kodwa-ke, iQualcomm iphikisane nayo ngokuthi iyiphike futhi isuse impi yelungelo lobunikazi esezuzile vimba ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone emazweni afana ne-Germany.
Manje sibhekene nesinye isidingo, UQualcomm manje ubiza u- $ 31 million enkampanini iCupertino komunye umdlalo welungelo lobunikaziKubukeka sengathi le mpi isesekude kakhulu nokuthi iphele.
Ngenkathi u-Apple ahlose ukuthi u-Arjuno Siva afakaze eSan Diego, sithola ukuthi akazange aye ngosuku lwakhe lwenkantolo. Inkampani yaseCupertino isole ukuthi iQualcomm icindezela ofakazi, Lokhu kuthembekile kwezobuciko obubi abeluleki bezomthetho bezinkampani zalolu hlobo abazimisele ukukwenza ukunqoba leli cala (kungakhathalekile ukuthi yi-Apple noma iQualcomm). Iqiniso ukuthi konke kubonakala kuyinkimbinkimbi manje nge-Apple.
Ngokusho kwe-CNET I-Qualcomm manje ihlose ukukhulisa u- $ 31 million kwa-Apple (okulingana ne- $ 1,40 nge-iPhone ethengisiwe) yamadivayisi athengiswe phakathi kuka-2016 no-2017, ikakhulukazi amamodeli we-iPhone 7 ne-iPhone 7 Plus. Kusukela lapho i-Apple ibikhiqiza ama-iPhones ngama-Intel chips, okungangabazeki ukuthi azosusa izimangalo zikaQualcomm ngaleso sikhathi. Ukucela leyo mali iQualcomm isola ukwephulwa kwamalungelo obunikazi amathathu asiza ukuxhumeka kwe-inthanethi okusheshayo kwamafoni uma kuvuliwe, kanye neqoqo lezinqubo ezithuthukisa isivinini sokulanda nokusetshenziswa kwebhethri. Okwamanje, icala liyaqhubeka.