Apple states it has no choice but to stop selling iPhone models in Germany equipped with Intel chips as it needs to agree to court rules
Apple will resume the sales of the previously banned iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models in Germany, but it comes at a small price. In a nutshell, only those iPhone variants with Qualcomm chips will be allowed to sell in the country. One reason why models with Intel’s baseband silicon will not be allowed to sell in the region is due to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 lineup infringing on Qualcomm patents. Apple previously called the cellular modem manufacturing giant ‘desperate’, displaying that both firms are on each other’s bad sides.
In the ongoing global legal spat between Qualcomm and Apple, the latter said in a statement to Reuters that the chipmaker is using injunctions against Apple’s products in an attempt to extort the latter. As for the 2018 iPhone lineup which solely uses Intel’s baseband chips, they are still on sale.
