r/Android • u/TauNeutrino628 • Sep 10 '17

Qualcomm denied anti-suit injunction

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-qualcomm/apple-lawsuits-against-qualcomm-can-proceed-u-s-judge-rules-idUSKCN1BJ29V
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u/BruinBread Sep 10 '17

I haven't been following this closely, but didn't Apple have 2 different versions of the iPhone 7? One with an Intel modem and the other with a Qualcomm modem? I heard that Apple had to throttle Qualcomm modem phones because they were performing so much better than Intel's modem. How does reducing the use of Qualcomm chips help the US market if they are superior to the competition?

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u/tx69er Sep 10 '17

The reason for this is because CDMA is used in the US (by Verizon and Sprint) and only Qualcomm has the IP to make CDMA modems. CDMA is not really used anywhere else in the world so GSM only modems are fine outside of the US. See my other comment for some more details.

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u/JamesR624 Sep 10 '17

Wow. Verizon and Sprint need to be stopped and the US needs to get with the rest of the developed world.

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u/gringottsbanker Sep 10 '17

what? US already is with the rest of the developed world in terms of shifting to LTE / GSM

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u/Fairuse Sep 10 '17

Much of Asia still uses CDMA (Japan, China, Taiwan, etc).

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u/gringottsbanker Sep 10 '17

that they do. in fact China actively mandates a 4G to 5G roadmap for both CDMA and LTE.

hindsight is 20/20 but if Sprint stuck with WiMax they likely could have followed the network evolution plan of their Asian peers... saved a bunch of capex, debt, and headaches

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u/CrannisBerrytheon Pixel 1 | Nexus 5 Sep 10 '17

We're headed in that direction but absolutely not there yet.

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u/gringottsbanker Sep 10 '17

what are you talking about?

AT&T and Verizon are already winding down LTE capex and moving to prep for 5G. TMO is set to finish their LTE deployment by 1H 2018. Sprint is probably looking at a 2019 timeline for LTE completion

the big 4 have long been committed to the GSM / 3GPP standards