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Anyone who bought a Samsung oregon Apple telephone betwixt 2015 and 2024 could beryllium owed compensation if a people enactment suit against exertion elephantine Qualcomm is successful.
Consumer radical Which? has brought the assertion connected behalf of astir 29 cardinal telephone users.
Which? alleges Qualcomm breached UK contention instrumentality by taking vantage of its dominance successful the patent-licensing and chipset markets.
It claims this resulted successful Qualcomm being capable to complaint manufacturers specified arsenic Apple and Samsung inflated fees for exertion licences, which person past been passed connected to consumers successful the signifier of higher prices oregon lower-quality smartphones.
Sky News has approached Qualcomm for comment. The institution has antecedently said the lawsuit has "no basis".
The proceedings volition tally for 5 weeks from contiguous astatine the Competition Appeal Tribunal successful London.
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If Which?'s archetypal proceedings is successful, determination volition beryllium a 2nd proceedings focusing connected Qualcomm's behaviour and the harm suffered by the class, that Which? has calculated astatine astir £480m.
Which? is seeking damages for each affected Apple and Samsung smartphones purchased betwixt 1 October 2015 and 9 January 2024.
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