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HipPriest

Mar 31, 2005, 10:08 PM
Using their own (or TIs) chipsets arguably gave Nokia a strategic advantage, and is perhaps why their CDMA phones work better than the rest of the Verizon lineup.

A complete monoculture of Qualcomm chipsets can't be good for a healthy CDMA phone market.
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muchdrama

Apr 2, 2005, 3:11 PM
HipPriest said:
Using their own (or TIs) chipsets arguably gave Nokia a strategic advantage, and is perhaps why their CDMA phones work better than the rest of the Verizon lineup.

A complete monoculture of Qualcomm chipsets can't be good for a healthy CDMA phone market.
That's very true...I never really thought about it like that. I imagine that after all this time, other manufacturers have made inroads to making a better, or improved CDMA chip compared to Qualcomm. At least in some aspects. Thanks for the insight.
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SPCSVZWJeff

Apr 4, 2005, 11:23 AM
The only reason Nokia has used the TI chipset is not for a better mousetrap but because it did not want to pay royalties to Qualcomm. The Nokia phones on Verizon's network have been very inconsistent while the other phones are consistent.
Qualcomm does not build all of the chips it merely licenses them under their patent.
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muchdrama

Apr 4, 2005, 1:18 PM
SPCSVZWJeff said:
The only reason Nokia has used the TI chipset is not for a better mousetrap but because it did not want to pay royalties to Qualcomm. The Nokia phones on Verizon's network have been very inconsistent while the other phones are consistent.
Qualcomm does not build all of the chips it merely licenses them under their patent.
Well, whatever the case, my 3589i has been very consistent.
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HipPriest

Apr 6, 2005, 12:29 AM
There's nothing wrong with not wanting to pay chipset royalties to Qualcomm. It creates a more competitive market. Nokia 5185, 3589i and 6015i have been very good on Verizon, from personal experience.

Who else designs a CDMA chipset besides TI and Qualcomm, and what phones is it in? I'm not talking about the patent license, but the actual chip design.

Hey, I made some money on QCOM stock, but don't romanticize this company.
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SPCSVZWJeff

Apr 6, 2005, 11:37 AM
The exclusive patent on CDMA will run out in a few years and then there will be a feeding frenzy of CDMA chip designs. Many won't be worth the silicone they are made from but others will be good. As the designer of the technology I believe Qualcomm has an advantage over others. They know more about what will work and what won't. That could change. The TI chipset is very stable and that is good. CDMA technology is very complex and there is much that can go wrong as the early Nokia and Motorola phones prove.
The Europeans are wrestling with this complexity with UMTS but they have it figured out. For those of you who would like to argue about differences between UMTS and CDMA please remember that UMTS began with the purchase of a CDMA patent ...
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PhoenixAshes

Apr 6, 2005, 3:01 PM
SPCSVZWJeff said:
The exclusive patent on CDMA will run out in a few years and then there will be a feeding frenzy of CDMA chip designs. Many won't be worth the silicone they are made from but others will be good. As the designer of the technology I believe Qualcomm has an advantage over others. They know more about what will work and what won't. That could change. The TI chipset is very stable and that is good. CDMA technology is very complex and there is much that can go wrong as the early Nokia and Motorola phones prove.
The Europeans are wrestling with this complexity with UMTS but they have it figured out. For those of you who would like to argue about differences between UMTS and CDMA please remember that UMTS beg
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