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Qualcomm chip sales down 25 percent, plans layoffs

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Re: Qualcomm chip sales down 25 percent, plans layoffs

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Post by 6510 »

mirekrusin wrote: post #8
rubyn00bie wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple never bought Qualcomm’s CPUs, and I don’t think they ever competed with NVidia. I think it’s just smartphone vendors are seeing a decline in sales; leading to a decline for Qualcomm.

Maybe we created enough good-enough phones for every human being and it's just that? Ie. not recession.

It seems they are not progressing. They have the same features as before, perhaps dramatically improved, nothing worth upgrading. Compared to the early days things are quite unimaginative. With the size of these companies it cant be easy to reinvent themselves.

Re: Qualcomm chip sales down 25 percent, plans layoffs

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Post by bothSidez »

lockhouse wrote: post #10
mirekrusin wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe we created enough good-enough phones for every human being and it's just that? Ie. not recession.

Rampant inflation, mass layoffs, record homelessness, ever increasing credit card debt among the middle class. Most Americans are unprepared for a $400 emergency expense. This is fine, the economy is doing great. Ignore what you’re seeing and believe what the party tells you.

Yeah but those memes existed in the 80s. Did the world end?

Both parties say capitalism is great and inflation exists?

By your logic, those things don’t exist so where’s the problem?

Have you ever considered you’re a paranoid hallucinating the importance and existence of such things?

Re: Qualcomm chip sales down 25 percent, plans layoffs

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Post by gloryjulio »

rubyn00bie wrote: post #7
josephjrobison wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have to assume a lot of it is Apple making its own chips? And the rise of NVIDIA?

Apple never bought Qualcomm’s CPUs, and I don’t think they ever competed with NVidia. I think it’s just smartphone vendors are seeing a decline in sales; leading to a decline for Qualcomm.

10 years ago each upgrade is leaps and bounds faster. And it's required too as the apps would be more demanding by the year.

Nowadays everything is stale. There are no killer apps to drive upgrade. A 2020 flagship is still in top condition to handle any apps except 3d games.

Re: Qualcomm chip sales down 25 percent, plans layoffs

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Post by pjmlp »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #14
xony wrote: post #3

why ? recession coming?

Android sales are down across the board because we're (consumers) already in a recession, so spending is down.

Additionally, most people on Android world use pre-paid and only replace the phones when they break down, get lost, stolen,....

Besides that, phones have plateaued in meaningful features for average consumers, they are good enough for their job.

Re: Qualcomm chip sales down 25 percent, plans layoffs

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Post by mirekrusin »

lockhouse wrote: post #10
mirekrusin wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe we created enough good-enough phones for every human being and it's just that? Ie. not recession.

Rampant inflation, mass layoffs, record homelessness, ever increasing credit card debt among the middle class. Most Americans are unprepared for a $400 emergency expense. This is fine, the economy is doing great. Ignore what you’re seeing and believe what the party tells you.

I'm not interested in politics and I don't live in US.

Re: Qualcomm chip sales down 25 percent, plans layoffs

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Post by hulitu »

mirekrusin wrote: post #18
lockhouse wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rampant inflation, mass layoffs, record homelessness, ever increasing credit card debt among the middle class. Most Americans are unprepared for a $400 emergency expense. This is fine, the economy is doing great. Ignore what you’re seeing and believe what the party tells you.

I'm not interested in politics and I don't live in US.

It is the same in EU.

Re: Qualcomm chip sales down 25 percent, plans layoffs

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Post by hulitu »

6510 wrote: post #11
mirekrusin wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe we created enough good-enough phones for every human being and it's just that? Ie. not recession.

It seems they are not progressing. They have the same features as before, perhaps dramatically improved, nothing worth upgrading. Compared to the early days things are quite unimaginative. With the size of these companies it cant be easy to reinvent themselves.

> perhaps dramatically improved

The only thing which has "dramatically improved" is the reshufling of GUI elements and the passive agressive warnings covering half of the screen which you cannot dismiss.

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