On Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with CNBC and spoke all-things Apple, including a defense of the company’s recent rare earnings miss, calling out reports of a failing iPhone XR and the future of Apple’s services business. During the interview, Cook was quick to address the ongoing lawsuit with California-based chipmaker Qualcomm.
When asked about a possible settlement with the company, Cook replied,
The rebuke comes in the wake of multiple Qualcomm executives speaking publicly over the prior months, continually claiming a resolution with Apple was right “on the doorstep”. Even president Cristiano Amon said the battle with Apple was ending “one way or another” just last December.
Immediately following Cook’s response, a spokesperson for Qualcomm was again, quick to retort.
Cook summarized Apple’s issue with Qualcomm during yesterday’s CNBC interview, explaining,
We have been consistent for the last 18 months in making clear that we have, at various times, been in discussions with Apple about a possible resolution to our licensing dispute.
At any rate, it seems all but guaranteed that these two companies won’t be settling anything, ultimately leaving the decision up to the courts.
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