Qualcomm is also the primary supplier for chips for Windows Phone devices from HTC, Nokia and other phone makers. Those phones primarily use single-core Snapdragon S2 chips, and Qualcomm does not have a supply problem with those chips, which are made with an earlier process.

In the second fiscal quarter of 2012, ended March 25, Qualcomm reported net income of $2.23 billion, growing 123 percent compared with the same quarter in the previous year. The company's revenue was $4.94 billion, up 28 percent year over year. The company's shipments of MSM chipsets, which includes Snapdragon, totaled 152 million units, growing 29 percent year over year.