After fierce court battles between them, Apple and Qualcomm two days ago reached a surprise settlement. While it was certain that the settlement had cost Apple painful concessions, the exact value of those compromises was not yet known.
In this regard, the Macromers site on Apple News revealed that the manufacturer of iPhone phones would probably pay its rival Qualcomm between $ 5 billion and $ 6 billion as part of that judicial settlement, according to estimates shared yesterday by UBS analyst Timothy Arkory.
These billions will be intellectual property fees and the use of patents that Apple stopped paying to Qualcomm during two years of judicial battles between them.
In addition to these billions, Apple will also pay Qualcomm $ 8 to $ 9 for each iPhone as part of the continued use of Qualcomm's patents, and this number was reached based on Qualcomm's guidance figures after the settlement.
Apple previously paid $ 7.5 to use Qualcomm's patents for every iPhone, so the new amount meant the company would pay more than it had previously paid.
Macromers said Apple had no choice but to settle with Qualcomm, as it had no other way to get 5G chips for its iPhone series in 2020. Apple initially planned to use Intel chips, but rumors say Intel will not keep pace with development goals, which led to tension between Apple and Intel.
Hours before the Apple-Qualcomm deal was announced, Intel said it would emerge from the industry of the 5G smartphone modems industry and would not manufacture 5G chipsets for smart phones at all.
It is not clear whether Apple has decided to reach a compromise with Qualcomm because it has learned of Intel's plan to stop the development of chipset 5G or whether Intel has made its decision after learning of Apple's plans for a Qualcomm deal. But in either case, Apple has no choice but to return to Qualcomm's For the future iPhone, albeit through a settlement considered by observers to be "humiliating".