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751.
by tooltalk 9y ago
they are not necessarily better in quality, but are required to be declared and be licensed under FRAND to be adapted by all willing buyers.
752.
by tooltalk 9y ago
is that after rebate or before?
753.
by tooltalk 9y ago
doesn't really matter. SEP/FRAND doesn't mean cheap, as Apple seems to believe. Apple can't demand Samsung to pay the moon only because their patents aren't SEP either. While there are no firm rules, most courts
754.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Are you saying that if Apple wins, we are going to pay less for iPhones? ;) Apple's manufacturer Foxconn pays Qualcomm on their manufacturing costs (selling price to Apple), or $250-$300? Qualcomm's baseband is sold separately.
755.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Not sure what you mean. It's pretty much the industry standard to use entire device as the royalty basis. Further, many companies like Qualcomm, Nokia, Ericsson, do publish their per-device rates publicly. http://www.inves
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by tooltalk 9y ago
I'm a bit biased, having followed Apple's legal misadventures last few years. Apple believes that their frivolous patents (eg, slide-to-unlock) are worth $7-$8 per device, while everyone else's patents, especially when it co
757.
by tooltalk 9y ago
based on Appple's past lawsuits with Nokia, Ericsson, etc, Apple for the most part ended up paying up after a brief licensing renegotiation dance.
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by tooltalk 9y ago
Apple isn't probably thinking about doing this themselves. Note that Cook is going to "support," not actually build themselves. They are most likely to invest in Foxconn to help them open up shops in the US.
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by tooltalk 9y ago
I moved to lower Lower Eastside just a few blocks away from Chinatown two years ago. I can't really say the article is on the money. I was really excited when I moved here first and thought the grocery shopping would be the one of t
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by tooltalk 10y ago
where can I find an iPhone with single-core A processor that outperforms a MBP?
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by tooltalk 10y ago
nVidia made similar claims against Samsung (and Qualcomm) a couple of years ago. A lot of folks speculated that Samsung would lose not only because nVidia is a leader in GPU business, but also because Samsung is a foreign company. Long sto
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by tooltalk 10y ago
Ummm No. It probably means more money on Apple's cash pile in Ireland.
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by tooltalk 10y ago
According to some high-ranking North Korean defectors, they actually built it themselves with no direct assistant from China or Russia -- which explains why they are so crappy. Their nuclear program is still young and poorly funded.