Four things to know about the Apple-Qualcomm war that is silently changing your iPhone


  • TECH
  • Sunday, 08 Oct 2017

An iPhone 8 is displayed at the Apple Orchard Shop in Singapore September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su

It's not commonplace that a clash between tech giants go unnoticed, but the feud between Apple and wireless technology mogul Qualcomm has flown under the radar for quite some time. 

On Oct 4, Bloomberg pulled the veil shrouding the war between the Cupertino tech giant and the San Diego semiconductor giant, chronicling how and where the feud began down to its last juicy details. 

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