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US watchdog sues Qualcomm for 'bribing' Apple to swallow chips

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Re: Apple the Victim of a Patent Bribe?

Everyone is vulnerable, just depends on who has the power. Apple HAD to have CDMA to sell phones in the US that worked across carriers, so they had no choice but to give in. Now that CDMA is becoming less important, Qualcomm is losing their power - as seen by Apple using an Intel chip in some phones last year. An inferior chip, sure, but in order to justify investment to make it better Apple had to agree to buy some, Intel isn't going to do all that work for free.

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