Isikhathi esingaphezu kwesonto eledlule, U-Apple noQualcomm bamemezele ukuthi bafinyelele esivumelwaneni ukuxazulula izingxabano ezehlukene zomthetho ezibhekene nabo ngonyaka odlule nohhafu nokuthi okwamanje ilimaze kakhulu abafana baseCupertino, okungenani eJalimane naseChina.
Abahlaziyi abahlukahlukene baqinisekise ukuthi isivumelwano phakathi kwalezi zinkampani zombili bekubize i-Apple cishe ama- $ 6.000 billion, isibalo esingekude kakhulu neqiniso, ngokusho kwedatha yezimali yekota yokuqala yonyaka eyethulwe ngumkhiqizi we-processor futhi i-Axios efinyelele kuyo.
Ngokusho kuka-Axios, AbakwaQualcomm bazobika izimali eziphakathi kuka- $ 4.500 billion no- $ 4.700 billion yesivumelwano esifinyelelwe ne-Apple, isibalo esifaka phakathi inkokhelo yemali evela ku-Apple kanye nokuphela kwawo wonke amacala amacala namacala okulindwe zombili izinkampani, ukuze konke kuqhubeke kuze kube yilapho zombili lezi zinkampani ziqala impi yazo yemidondoshiya.
Ayikho inkampani enikeze imininingwane ethile ngalesi sivumelwano, kodwa lelo nani ekuqaleni bekucatshangelwa ukuthi beliphakathi kwama- $ 5.000 billion no- $ 6.000 billion. Isivumelwano kufaka phakathi isivumelwano selayisense seminyaka eyisithupha kanye nesivumelwano seminyaka eminingi sokunikezwa kwe-chip, lapho iQualcomm ezoba ngumhlinzeki omkhulu we-chip ye-5G yama-iPhones azayo angena emakethe.
Emahoreni ambalwa ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kwesivumelwano phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili, i-Intel imemezele ngokusemthethweni ukuthi isishiyile ukwakhiwa kwe-chip ye-5G, kusukela iklayenti layo eliyinhloko futhi cishe kuphela elizoba yi-Apple uqobo. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple ayifuni ukuthembela kuphela kuQualcomm futhi izobheka kakhulu abanye abahlinzeki.
AbakwaSamsung bangaba omunye umphakeli wezinhlamvu ezingama-5G i-Apple ihlela ukuqala sebenzisa kumamodeli ahlukahlukene e-iPhone azokwethulwa emakethe kusukela ngo-2020, noma kungeke kube ukuphela kwayo, ngoba Huawei y I-MediaTek basebenza nakwezinye zazo.