Apple complies with German court order, halting regional iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 sales

As if Apple didn’t have enough on its plate dealing with weaker than anticipated demand for its newest iPhone generation, which was partly b...

As if Apple didn’t have enough on its plate dealing with weaker than anticipated demand for its newest iPhone generation, which was partly blamed for a big downward revision of the company’s latest revenue forecast, Qualcomm took its legal war against its erstwhile ally to the next level yesterday.

By posting bonds of over $1.5 billion required by a German court in a December 20 ruling, the semiconductor giant forced Apple to halt local sales of a number of older iPhones found to be in infringement of some of Qualcomm’s patents relating to the handsets’ power-saving technology. 

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