A few days ago, we informed you of the agreement reached by Apple and Qualcomm for terminate the disputes between the two companies in recent months, disputes that had caused some iPhone models to stop being available for sale in both Germany and China.
Although the terms of the agreement have not been made public, everything seems to indicate that Apple will have to pay about $ 6.000 billion in addition to still being forced to pay between $ 75 and $ 80 for each iPhone that Apple put on the market, due to the use of patents. Shortly after Intel announced that it was withdrawing from the competition for the creation of 5G modems.
Initially, Intel's CEO stated that the profitability of smartphones had been declining in recent years, until it is not really profitable to make the planned investment necessary to be able to develop 5G modems.
But as we can read the Wall Street Journal, the real reason for the decision It was due to the agreement that Apple and Qualcomm had reached, the latter keeping the part of the cake that was initially planned for Intel if no agreement had been reached.
Apple does not seem very willing to continue going through the Qualcomm ring and a few days ago a rumor was published stating that Apple could trust Samsung when it comes to implementing 5G chips in future iPhones, an idea that is not far-fetched at all, since it would be ideal for Apple to follow reducing the dependency it has and will continue to have on Qualcomm for years to come.
For now, the first iPhone with 5G technology It will not reach the market, according to most rumors, until 2020, so there is enough time for Apple to implement valid alternatives in its terminals.
