Apple Could Drop Qualcomm Components In Next Year’s iPhones, iPads: Sources
Apple Inc has designed iPhones and iPads that would drop chips supplied by Qualcomm Inc, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The change would affect iPhones released in the fall of 2018, but Apple could still change course before then, these people said. They declined to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with the media.
The dispute stems from a change in supply arrangements under which Qualcomm has stopped providing some software for Apple to test its chips in its iPhone designs, one of the people told Reuters.
The two companies are locked in a multinational legal dispute over the Qualcomm’s licensing terms to Apple.
“We are committed to supporting Apple’s new devices consistent with our support of all others in the industry,” Qual...