this is for their "design patents" issued in 2007.
which can basically be described as "a phone as a box with a touchscreen and no keyboard"
all they "make" is the box. they don't own the rights to any of the parts inside it (although they do have exclusive distribution rights for the versions of the components they put in the box)
OK they write their own firmware for those boxes. but none of that is actually that good. anyone using their latest kit knows their phones don't even work that good as a phone.
apple as a company won't survive past the last of Steve jobs patents expiring. which is no later than 2028.
Apple designs the best mobile CPUs in the industry. They're years ahead of Qualcomm and the rest. They have some of the best hardware and software engineers on the planet.
which can basically be described as "a phone as a box with a touchscreen and no keyboard"
all they "make" is the box. they don't own the rights to any of the parts inside it (although they do have exclusive distribution rights for the versions of the components they put in the box)
OK they write their own firmware for those boxes. but none of that is actually that good. anyone using their latest kit knows their phones don't even work that good as a phone.
apple as a company won't survive past the last of Steve jobs patents expiring. which is no later than 2028.