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Apple doesn't pay Qualcomm directly, thus the retail price you see in apple stores means nothing here. Companies like Foxconn pay Qualcomm to make those phones,
by dis-sys 9y ago
Apple doesn't pay Qualcomm directly, thus the retail price you see in apple stores means nothing here. Companies like Foxconn pay Qualcomm to make those phones, because they are the M (Manufacturer in MSRP) here.
Open data such as custom export data indicates most iphones shipped by companies like Foxconn are valued at around half of the retail price you see in apple stores.
- icebraining 9y agoYeap. In fact, Apple pays Foxconn which pays Qualcomm which pays Apple! https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/09/21/qualcomm-loses-two-key-rulings-in-its-patent-royalty-fight-with-apple https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/09/21/qualcomm-loses-tw...