M'mawa woyamba wa Ogasiti 1, Qualcomm adalengeza lipoti lachitatu la ndalama zomwe zapeza chaka cha 2019. Lipoti la zachuma likuwonetsa kuti ndalama zonse za Qualcomm m'gawo lachitatu zinali madola 9.6 biliyoni aku US, chiwonjezeko cha 73% poyerekeza ndi nthawi yomweyi chaka chatha. Pambuyo pochotsa phindu la nthawi imodzi, ndalama zonse zinali $ 4.9 biliyoni, kutsika 13% kuchokera nthawi yomweyo chaka chatha. Phindu la Net linali $ 2.1 biliyoni, kuwonjezeka kwa 79% poyerekeza ndi $ 1.2 biliyoni mu nthawi yomweyo chaka chatha
Ndikofunika kudziwa kuti pafupifupi 48% ($ 4.5 biliyoni mpaka $ 4.7 biliyoni) ya Qualcomm $ 9,6 biliyoni ya ndalama idachokera pazobweretsa patent zomwe Apple idalandira. Kupatula gawo ili la ndalama, kugulitsa kwa Qualcomm kunali $ 4.89 biliyoni, kutsika poyerekeza ndikuyerekeza kwa akatswiri a $ 5.09 biliyoni.
M'mbuyomu, Qualcomm ndi Apple adayambitsa milandu yopitilira 50 motsutsana wina ndi mnzake m'maiko angapo chindapusa chiphaso. Pambuyo pokhazikitsidwa, Apple idalipira Qualcomm pansi pa mgwirizano wokhalitsa. Omwe adakhudzidwa ndi nkhani yokhazikika, pa Epulo 17, magawo a Qualcomm adatseka 23%. Qualcomm ikuyembekeza kulandira $ 4.5 biliyoni mpaka $ 4.7 biliyoni pamalipiro a patent kuchokera kumalo okhala ndi Apple.
Mtsogoleri wakale wa Qualcomm Steve Mollenkopf adati zidakwaniritsa kukula kwamabizinesi kotala monga kufunika kwa zida za 4G kumachepera ndipo msika uli wokonzeka kusintha kupita ku 5G padziko lonse lapansi. Monga othandizira kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi pa tchipisi cha smartphone, Qualcomm akadali ndi vuto la kufooka pamsika msika wa 5G usanachitike.