We know that on December 10, Qualcomm announced the ban on Apple iPhone by Fuzhou intermediate people's court. Although the ban covers up to seven models, several new models, such as the iPhone XS series and the iPhone XR, are not on the ban list. However, although Qualcomm has the upper hand, it has not reached the situation it really wants.
According to the latest news, in an interview with the media on the evening of December 18, don Rosenberg, general counsel of Qualcomm, said that the injunction issued by the Chinese court had taken effect last week. The command cannot be circumvented by software or operating system upgrades, as apple has said. Rosenberg said it would ban all iPhone 6S to iPhone X and above.
At the same time, Qualcomm also said it was seeking to expand the scope of the ban, and had begun to apply to the court for inspection of Apple's latest models. In case of any infringement of Qualcomm's patent, it also banned the sale. "Soon the order will come down for the new model, and we are already in the process of seeking to include the new iPhone in the ban. '
So does Qualcomm's injunction to force apple to comply work? At present, it seems that the effect is not obvious. So far, Apple has four subsidiaries in China. However, after the ban was issued, only one of the four subsidiaries in Fuzhou accepted the ban, while the other three refused to sign the ruling, and Apple's official website continued to sell the banned models.
China is the most important smartphone market in the world, and the second largest revenue source market for apple, second only to the United States, whose importance is self-evident. The new iPhone is responsible for the main sales volume of Apple's mobile phones. Although apple is circumventing the ban by various means, if the new iPhone is also included in the list of only for sale, it will undoubtedly be a fatal blow to apple.