1. Qualcomm is still allowed to buy , use and sell ARM's Design IP. i.e Going back to Cortex X series. 2. Mediatek is available, mostly with latest ARM's IP. A

1. Qualcomm is still allowed to buy , use and sell ARM's Design IP. i.e Going back to Cortex X series. 2. Mediatek is available, mostly with latest ARM's IP. And extremely competitive. The only thing missing is Qualcomm Modem. It isn't Mediatek's modem are bad, they are at least far better than whatever Apple's Intel Modem had used or planned. The only problem is Qualcomm is go good customers still prefer it for the relatively little price they are paying for. 3. It is not like Android OEM cant make their own SoC. Especially considering the smartphone market can now be largely grouped as Apple, Samsung and Chinese. Together they are 95%+ of Market share.