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But People are not buying an iPhone because of LTE, as almost every other phone has that too, but because of the Apple brand, app ecosystem, lock-in, ease of us
by ralfd 9y ago
But People are not buying an iPhone because of LTE, as almost every other phone has that too, but because of the Apple brand, app ecosystem, lock-in, ease of use, design, manufacturing quality, marketing, etc etc ... all that is value Apple provides, not Qualcomm.
FRAND stands for "fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms". How is it not discriminatory to charge companies, who operate in different market segments, different amounts for the same needed part?
- aey 9y agoThe whole point of granting a patent is that it's a monopoly. I think it can be argued that the amount of time the patent is valid for is not optimal for maximizing the most social gains over all possible futures, but I think it's greater then 0. Yes, people buy apple products for lots of reasons, but would apple have made 50% of Qualcomms market cap in profits from iPhone each year if it was a gsm device? Qualcomm can argue that it's pricing is Fair and Readonable since it does not inhibit Apple from making a mountain of money. There is nothing out of the ordinary for charging people a different price (unless it's because they are a protected class, but that's a separate issue)