HTC denies Apple's paying $ 8 for Smartphone
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
The recent news that HTC and Apple entered into a licensing agreement for a period of 10 years, gave birth to a set of assumptions about what the cost of Taiwan manufacturers to stop current and potential litigation with Apple. In particular, referring to the "internal" sources and calculations of analysts, the data on the drive that HTC will pay Apple for about $ 8 for every smartphone sold. CEO of HTC Piter Chow shed some light on these guesses.
"It seems to me that such estimates are totally unfounded and very, very incorrect. This is an outrageous figure, but to comment on the more accurate amount, I'm not going to. We are more than happy to resolve the conflict. "
From his words can be understood that in the framework agreement does HTC will pay Apple, but apparently a much smaller amount.
It will be recalled that the conclusion of an agreement krosspatentnogo marked by mutual withdrawal of all court cases, and the very conditions of the deal have remained under a veil of secrecy. Naturally, many of the largest steel producers wonder at what the HTC conditions to agree and that it promises to other companies.
Ahead of the rest as usual Samsung. The Korean giant has asked the court to oblige Apple and HTC to provide public access to the terms of their agreement. We look forward to continuing.