Auf die Clickbait-Überschrift folgen diese harten Fakten: The speed-test data, reviewed by Bloomberg, show that Samsung’s Galaxy S9 phones had an average download speed — across carriers in the U.S. — of 38.9 megabits per second, based on about 102,000 tests over the past three months. The larger model, the S9+, delivered speeds of 38.4weiterlesen

Letzte Prognose von Ming-Chi Kuo (KGI): „We expect Intel to be the exclusive supplier of baseband chip for 2H18 new iPhone models, while Qualcomm may not have a share of the orders at all.” Kuo previously expected Intel to supply 70 percent of the modems, with Qualcomm providing the remaining 30 percent of orders, butweiterlesen

iFixit: Qualcomm MDM9645M LTE Cat. 12 Modem, September 2016 The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €997m for abusing its market dominance in LTE baseband chipsets. Qualcomm prevented rivals from competing in the market by making significant payments to a key customer on condition it would not buy from rivals. This is illegal under EU antitrustweiterlesen

iPads mit „Wi-Fi + Cellular“-Konnektivität kosten je nach Speicherkapazität zwischen 50 und 150 Euro mehr als das reine Wi-Fi-Modell. Der Grund sind unter anderem Patentlizenzen für den verbauten Funkchip. Funkchip-Lieferant für Apples Tablet, aber auch Apples iPhone sowie die meisten andere Smartphones, ist Qualcomm, die aufgrund von unfairem Wettbewerbsverhalten und fragwürdigen Vertragsbedingungen zum Jahresauftakt von derweiterlesen

It has been reported that Samsung is working on optimizing its software for the Galaxy S6 to near-Nexus levels, and we now have exclusive info that the company is removing every add-on feature that can be downloaded as an application, and slimming down the software by a wide margin in the process. We’re unsure whichweiterlesen

via iFixit – Apple A7 Teardown “I know there’s a lot of noise because Apple did [64-bit] on their A7,” said Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Qualcomm, in an interview. “I think they are doing a marketing gimmick. There’s zero benefit a consumer gets from that.” via TechHive Übersetzung: Qualcomm ist spätweiterlesen

Nachtrag. Reading between the lines, it sounds like Samsung had refused to license its standard-essential patents (SEPs) unless Apple offered its non-essential iPhone patents — the company’s crown jewels — in return. Philip Elmer-Dewitt | Fortune Tech Grundlagenpatente sind nach „fairen, vernünftigen und diskriminierungsfreien Bedingungen“ zu lizenzieren (und nicht in einer Art Kuhhandel auszutauschen). Verkaufsverbote,weiterlesen

Wie die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters am heutigen Morgen berichtet, befinden sich Apple und China Mobile, der weltgrößte Telefonanbieter mit aktuell 667 Millionen Kunden, weiterhin in „aktiven Gesprächen“ um den iPhone-Vertrieb. China Mobile is the only Chinese operator that does not officially carry the iPhone because its homegrown 3G technology is not supported by the chips usedweiterlesen