Sometimes an extra option is desired by companies like carriers just so they can pit all the options against each other and get better deals. Similar happens in

Sometimes an extra option is desired by companies like carriers just so they can pit all the options against each other and get better deals. Similar happens in the OEM space. An OEM may be happy with Qualcomm, but they are going to flirt with NVIDIA and use them occasionally just to get better deals from Qualcomm.