According to Reuters, at the financial report meeting, Qualcomm stated that it will adjust the patent licensing fee for its core business and set a limit of US$400 (about 2529 yuan). Prior to this, Qualcomm’s patent license fee was sold as a whole. The price will be pumped in, that is to say, a mobile phone with an adjusted price of more than $400 will pay a lower patent fee.
Speaking of patent licensing fees, he had to raise the $1 billion in lawsuits caused by Tonghe and Apple because of the problem. Qualcomm’s chief financial officer, George Davis, disclosed to investors in a conference call: Season (first season), we spent about 125 million U.S. dollars in these cases, and we expect that related expenses will increase further in the third quarter.
Earlier today the IT home reported that the Fast Company report stated that Apple is currently planning to allow Intel to provide 70% of the baseband chips for this year's new iPhone models. Qualcomm got the remaining 30% of orders.
Qualcomm's adjustment to the core business patent licensing fee may be a compromise for Apple. After setting the upper limit, the price of future high-end mobile phones will have room for downward adjustment. Of course, this depends on the conscience of manufacturers.