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Qualcomm's Strategic Position in the Smartphone Modem Market
Apple sued Qualcomm, saying it was using its market position as the dominant smartphone modem supplier to force manufacturers into paying excessive fees. Apple has always used either Samsung processors in the first iPhones until they switched to their own. The way that I essentially perceived this and why Apple eventually initiated the lawsuit is Qualcomm got greedy. They leveraged those patents in basically every way possible.