Apple’s in-house modem project has encountered significant hurdles, including performance issues and overheating. As a result, the…
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Qualcomm CEO says he’s expecting iPhones to use Apple’s modems in 2024
Apple will be using its own 5G modem chips for its 2024 iPhones, current modem supplier Qualcomm’s CEO Cristiano Amon believes…
Ming Chi-Kuo: Apple will use Qualcomm modems for 2023 iPhone
Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at TF International Securities, wrote in a tweet on Tuesday that he sees Apple using the company’s 5G modems in…
Qualcomm accuses EU of pro-Apple ‘bias’ in $1.2 billion court fight
Qualcomm accused European Union investigators of being “biased” towards Apple when they ordered a 997 million-euro (US$1.2 billion) antitrust…
Apple’s iPhone 12 models use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 modem
Apple’s iPhone 12 family of smartphones are equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 modem, which matches rumors…
iPhone 12 may use Apple-designed 5G antenna with Qualcomm modems
Apple’s iPhone 12 may use an Apple-designed 5G antenna. The company has decided to design a custom antenna for this year’s 5G iPhone because Qualcomm…
Qualcomm President: Top priority is launching Apple’s 5G iPhone ASAP
Qualcomm really wants to sell Apple as many 5G modems as they can before time runs out when Apple-designed modems take over…
Apple reportedly shelves ‘Walkie-Talkie’ feature allowing iPhone-to-iPhone communication sans Wi-Fi or cellular
Apple has shelved a “walkie-talkie” feature that would’ve allowed iPhone users to communicate with each other in areas without cellular coverage, such as while skiing or hiking…
U.S. FTC objects to Qualcomm submission of internal Apple documents in antitrust case
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday objected to a move by mobile chip supplier Qualcomm Inc to introduce internal Apple Inc documents…
U.S. judge rules Qualcomm practices violate antitrust law
Qualcomm Inc unlawfully suppressed competition in the market for cellphone chips…
Behind the Intel-Apple modem divorce
Johny Srouji, the Apple executive in charge of building chips for the company’s devices…
Qualcomm effectively granted Apple a late-payment discount worth billions of dollars
After Apple, its contract manufacturers and Qualcomm settled their antitrust and contradict dispute…
Apple’s 5G modem project lead Ruben Caballero has left the company
Rubén Caballero, a lead for Apple’s nascent 5G modem project, has left the company…
Apple poached Intel 5G leader weeks before settlement with Qualcomm
Apple poached the lead developer of Intel’s 5G smartphone technology just weeks before…
Intel admits Apple-Qualcomm settlement led to it dropping 5G modem
Intel Corp. lowered its financial expectations for the year and reported its first decline…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple’s 5G iPhone coming in 2020 with bigger battery, modem chips from Qualcomm and Samsung
Apple could release iPhones in 2020 equipped with 5G modems…
Prior to settlement, Apple got Qualcomm’s fake patent injunction lifted in Germany
Days before the sudden settlement between Apple and Qualcomm, a German appeals court…
After settlement with Apple, Qualcomm still faces other potential legal fallout
Apple and mobile chip maker Qualcomm have settled a bitter financial dispute…
Qualcomm and Apple settle, agree to drop all litigation
Qualcomm and Apple today announced an agreement to dismiss all litigation…
Apple lawyers compare Qualcomm chips to fried chicken as trial begins
A trial opened Tuesday in a complex contract and anti-trust dispute between Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc…
Billions at stake as Apple v. Qualcomm trial begins
Apple chief Tim Cook and Qualcomm’s CEO Steve Mollenkopf are both expected to appear during the trial…
Apple, allies seek damages of up to $27 billion in U.S. trial over Qualcomm’s predatory business model
Apple Inc and its allies on Monday will kick off a jury trial against chip supplier Qualcomm…
Frosty relationship between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf has deepened dispute
A meeting between Tim Cook and Steve Mollenkopf a year ago at Apple Inc.’s headquarters started with a tense moment…
Qualcomm president on Apple’s 5G modem ‘struggles’: They have our phone number
Apple is reportedly struggling with its effort to add 5G to next year’s iPhones…
Apple CEO Cook, other top execs to testify in Qualcomm trial
Dozens of executives and engineers are expected to take the witness stand…
Hometown San Diego jury awards Qualcomm $31.6 million in Apple case
Mobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday won a legal victory against iPhone maker Apple Inc…
U.S. judge rules Qualcomm owes Apple nearly $1 billion in patent royalty rebates
A U.S. federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling that Qualcomm Inc owes Apple Inc nearly $1 billion…
Apple counsel maintains claims of witness tampering in Qualcomm patent case
Apple and Qualcomm continued feuding over alleged witness tampering…
Testimony on stolen patent deals huge blow to Qualcomm’s San Diego infringement case against Apple
The ongoing Qualcomm v. Apple patent infringement trial in San Diego…
Former Apple engineer says Qualcomm tech was his idea but doesn’t claim inventor status
A former Apple engineer testified Monday that some of his ideas are at the heart of a contentious…
Apple loses star witness Arjuna Siva in Qualcomm trial
Apple said Thursday that its star witness in a patent trial against Qualcomm doesn’t intend to appear…
Apple says Qualcomm stole idea for smartphone boot-up tech from engineer
Apple and Qualcomm kicked off the latest chapter in a long-running legal battle…
The Qualcomm v. Apple patent jury won’t get these simple, brutally honest instructions
Obviously, the jury will get nonjudgmental instructions in accordance with the law from Judge Dana M. Sabraw, but…
Qualcomm puts value of its patent portfolio on line in Apple jury trial
Qualcomm Inc. is putting the value of its patent portfolio on the line in a California courtroom…
Qualcomm launches patent challenge to Apple ahead of antitrust case
Qualcomm Inc on Monday kicks off a patent challenge to Apple Inc, capping off a two-year legal strategy…
Patently absurd: Qualcomm charges a 5% wireless patent royalty on iPhone repairs
One of the best examples of hidden costs that we — the consumers — don’t know about, but who are the ones who have to foot the bill…
German court stays Qualcomm patent infringement suit against Apple; patent-in-suit likely invalid
The real showdown between Apple and Qualcomm will take place in San Diego starting April 15…
With 5G hype high, smartphone users risk disappointment
The telecoms industry is gearing up for 5G, the next generation wireless networks…
Intel modem announcement likely means no 5G iPhone until 2020
Apple is currently believed to be leaving out 5G connectivity as a feature of the 2019 iPhones…
Verizon to launch 5G service in 30 cities this year
“Verizon finally offered some details about its 5G launch today…
Apple’s workaround for German fake injunction exacerbates Qualcomm’s antitrust woes
At the end of my shareholder-value-focused analysis of Qualcomm’s $1.5 billion deposit…
Apple resumes selling iPhones in Germany, but with only Qualcomm modems
Apple said it had “no choice” but to stop using some chips from Intel Corp in iPhones headed to Germany…
