When Apple and Qualcomm fight, the iPhone suffers

Qualcomm's striking back at Apple.

The chipset maker announced on Monday it's countersuing Apple in response to a lawsuit from earlier this year.

It's yet another case of pure corporate drama that you, me, and most consumers don't really need to stick our noses in — just another normal day where one big tech giant sues another tech giant for suing it first. What else is new, right?

There's a very simple reason why you should care, though: your iPhone suffers.

But let's backtrack for just a sec to understand how this messy battle between the two tech titans started in the first place. Read more...