
At the point, when Apple consented to use just Qualcomm’s modem chips for the iPhone, it worked out yearly, $1 billion “incentive fee” that it would get from the chip producer.
Apple at that point went to a hearing held by the South Korea Fair Trade Commission and took a stand against Qualcomm’s chip licensing practices.
In the meantime, Qualcomm discovered that Apple was planning on using Qualcomm and Intel modem chips for the iPhone 7.
Apple called Qualcomm’s chips useless in arguments it made to officials, regulators, judges, and juries while secretly raving about the company’s components.
Indeed, just before the settlement was declared, Apple and Qualcomm were squaring off in a San Diego courtroom with billions of dollars in play.
Apple had a plan to reduce royalty payments it was making to Qualcomm