According to VentureBeat, the total cost of licensing 5G technology for a single smartphone could be well over $21, compared to an average cost of $9.60 for a 4G device. For Apple, that extra cost in licensing fees alone — that excludes the actual 5G components — may not be worth it. As smartphone unit sales continue to drop, Apple needs to make more and more profit on every handset if it doesn’t want to see its iPhone business decline. Licensing fees, which directly eat into Apple’s profit margin, are a logical place to make a saving.Read more …
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