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I doubt it would pass antitrust review were that the case. Qualcomm is the only viable US market chip company that high-end phones can use. All the existing pat
by vlozko 8y ago
I doubt it would pass antitrust review were that the case. Qualcomm is the only viable US market chip company that high-end phones can use. All the existing patents and agreements don’t go away if it were to be acquired.
- wyldfire 8y agoMaybe you misunderstood my comment, here's some additional context for what I wrote: (1) Apple competes with Qualcomm today (indirectly via many vendors who ship snapdragon-based phones). (2) Apple is pretty good at supply chain controls. (3) Apple uses [until recent designs] Qualcomm modems in their iphone/ipad.