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EU slaps Qualcomm with $1.23 billion fine over illegal chip payment to Apple
Umm, you do realize that by the time apple started to use intel, this agreement had already ended, right? this contract ended in 2016, which is the time apple started to use intel.gatorguy said:
Apple was never "forced" as demonstrated by their use of Intel in some iPhones. There are few entities that can FORCE Apple to do anything.jameskatt2 said:Rayz2016 said:So they paid Apple to use their hardware?
Isn’t this what people usually call ‘a discount’?
Not when it forces Apple to only use Qualcomm modems. Then it is called abuse of monopoly. That is why Qualcomm was fined $1.3 BILLION.
Apple was willing to go along with Qualcomm pricing as long as it benefitted their business. Now it presumably doesn't. That's the gist of it. Apple still signs contracts with companies like Philips, LG, Ericsson, Nokia and others that collect royalties based on the entire device price and not just a component. When it is no longer in Apple's interests to do so, and as Apple becomes ever more powerful, they may cause a ruckus with those contracts as well. They've started similar dust-ups with Nokia and Ericsson claiming unfair licensing practices in recent years only to come around to agreements with them too and settle out-of-court, and paying royalties to the IP owners based on a finished device cost just as Qualcomm would like to continue doing.
It's simple business and really nothing more, companies fighting over money to see who can keep more of it. PROFIT!
It's folks like us on forums that make it into something nefarious because we're fans and proceed to make statements of "unfair, it's against the law", "it's not FRAND!", "no one else does this" and other claims of illegal dealings with little understanding of the industry licensing practices for standards-committed and non-essential IP.
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Android O, Google's response to Apple's iOS 11, will be revealed next Monday amid solar ec...
Actually, unless the operating system itself supports these features half of those won't work on older android versions.Muntz said:
You’re so full of shit. Are you an editor on this site that just shit posts to drum up controversial conversations that drive arguments to bolster ad clicks?gatorguy said:
Of course it matters just as I said. But if you are looking forward to some announced new Apple Maps feature there's only one way to get it. Same if you want an updated Calendar app. Or any other update of an Apple feature. With Google you can update to the very latest Google app features whenever Google offers them rather than waiting for your annual iOS update. Don't want to update some specific feature? No problem if you are on Android.Soli said:
The foundation counts. You can't Bolt the spoiler of a Ford GT supercar onto a Ford Pinto and then claim the Pinto is just as good as the GT.gatorguy said:Comparing OS versions between iOS and Android is a bit misleading anyway. With iOS new features are delivered only via an OS update. With Android many of the very latest features are available to nearly every user. Android owners aren't as dependent on the latest OS version as iOS users might assume.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3216104/android/android-upgrade.html
Here's what I suspect will be a surprising list of the Android enhancements that have been made available in just the past four months, totally independent of any OS update and available to almost any Google Android user regardless of OS version.Contacts 8/14/17 Photos 8/14/17 Allo 8/14/17 Duo 8/14/17 Google 8/11/17 Calendar 8/10/17 Gmail 8/10/17 Google Play Services 8/10/17 Translate 8/10/17 Docs 8/9/17 Android Pay 8/9/17 Phone (limited to Google's own devices) 8/9/17 Maps 8/9/17 Trusted Contacts 8/9/17 Chrome 8/8/17 Android System Webview 8/8/17 Sheets 8/7/17 Slides 8/7/17 Keep 8/7/17 Clock 8/7/17 News & Weather 8/4/17 Street View 8/3/17 Android Messages 8/2/17 Play Books 8/2/17 Play Movies 8/1/17 Drive 7/31/17 Gboard 7/28/17 Play Games 7/28/17 Trips 7/28/17 Android Device Policy 7/26/17 Cloud Search 7/25/17 Play Music 7/7/17 Cloud Print 7/5/17 TalkBack 6/21/17 Calculator 6/14/17 Play Newsstand 6/13/17 Pixel Launcher (limited to Google's own devices) 6/6/17 Find My Device 5/17/17 Wallpapers 5/2/17 Text-to-speech 4/10/17
It's two different ways of trying to accomplish the same goals and both have advantages.
For example, talk back will still be crapp on android 4.4, but not in 7.0.
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Former Google exec Vic Gundotra praises Apple iPhone 7 Plus camera, says Android photograp...
Computational photography, and how apple is able to implement it via a software update, and across apps via an API.zouzka said:
But his point doesn't make any sens. "Should I use the Samsung Camera? Or the Android Camera" But on an S8 there is only the Samsung Camera app, so it's not confusing at all.therunningvm said:
That's not the point he was trying to make…zouzka said:
" Gundotra is talking about the entire experience, from the lenses to the Phone's hardware, to the software, rather than just lens quality."
Yeah, big deal, people still think the app, the quality, the experience etc is better on a Pixel.
It won't take years for them to be on iPhone's level, they already have years ago now.
You can't do that on android, or google takes a long time to implement these features on android by default, without being locked to, say, a samsung phone for example. -
Former Google exec Vic Gundotra praises Apple iPhone 7 Plus camera, says Android photograp...
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New 5K iMac GPU configurations at least double best performance of MacBook Pro
No, the fastest mac video card is AMD vega coming in the iMac pro.xzu said:The fastest Mac video card is 5.5 Tflop.The $500 - Nvidia 1080 is 9 Tflop in a 5 year old Hackintosh? Is there any reason anyone questions the need for a modular Mac or why the AIO does not work for a lot of people? I would caution anyone paying that much for so little.
Around 11tflops.
