Apple-Qualcomm Billions Put at Risk as Phone Alliance Frays
- Qualcomm is already getting fewer iPhone-related payments
- Apple covered up iPhone performance disparites, suit says
McNamee Says Law May Favor Qualcomm in Apple Dispute
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Qualcomm Inc.’s countersuit against Apple Inc. threatens a relationship that helped both companies rake in billions of dollars as leaders of the smartphone revolution.
The acrimony in Apple’s suit and Qualcomm’s response late Monday raises the prospect of Qualcomm losing a big portion of the revenue it gets from one of its biggest customers. For Apple, it suggests doubt about the iPhone’s ability to remain a prestige product without the chipmaker’s wireless technology.