苹果解释iPhone XS/XR信号弱：不是不想用，是高通不肯卖基带
在去年iPhone XS/XS Max、XR高价发售后，被不少用户抱怨其移动网络信号偏弱，虽然苹果在随后的软件更新改善了这个问题，但大家都明白这种硬件不足软件补的做法，实质是治标不治本，分析都认为这归咎于苹果选择在这一代iPhone抛弃高通，全面采用英特尔提供的网络基带，而后者的技术不够成熟导致的信号问题，但事实上并非苹果故意不用高通的基带，在近日苹果表示是高通根本不愿意卖芯片给他们。
苹果在2017年初开始因为通讯专利收费过高而与高通对簿公堂，两家自2011年iPhone 4S开始的合作也陆续因为这起纠纷而中断，大家本以为苹果去年在iPhone XS系列、XR上放弃高通的网络基带，是他们以此扼制高通的手段，但苹果其实也大喊无辜，据外媒CNET最新报道，在近日美国FTC（Federal Trade Commission、联邦商务委员会）针对高通垄断案的法庭审理中，苹果COO Jeff Williams作为公司证人代表，提到了高通虽然目前仍为他们提供iPhone 7系列在内旧款机器的基带，但在2018年初，他向高通CEO寻求为去年新iPhone提供基带时，遭到了对方的拒绝，才被迫转投英特尔，让后者帮助供应全部网络基带。
这听起来很让人不可思议，以往苹果掌控了iPhone零部件供应链的最高话语权，这次怎么被高通给左右到了？但这些是法庭上的证言，所以可信度很高，事实上，高通在2017年年中便表示他们已经中断了与苹果的后续合作，要求苹果支付授权费，而到去年十月，苹果已经拖欠他们7亿美元的专利授权费。
至于苹果此前因专利授权费要把高通告上法庭，当中主要是因为高通的收费太高和收费方式不合理，苹果每部iPhone都需要向高通支付7.5美元的专利授权费，按照iPhone每年亿万级的出货量计算，苹果每年都有超过10亿美元的授权费被高通收走，苹果认为通讯专利费应该是按芯片本身的价值来计算，而按每部计算的方式使得他们在iPhone上做的诸多创新，却要被高通无缘无敌如同收税般拿走一部分收益，这无疑是垄断的做法。
只是苹果也为他们与高通的抗争付出很大的代价，不仅影响了现阶段的iPhone，还导致了苹果无法在今年赶上首发5G，高通在今年年初便可以为手机制造商提供商用的5G网络基带，而英特尔最快要到2020年，但高通早在去年7月的公司会议上，其芯片业务的主管Cristiano Amon却表示他们在5G时代很乐意能与苹果重新合作。
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