With such a rich and powerful body of evidence, it's going to be hard for Qualcomm to persuade the appeals court (the Ninth Circuit) that the facts are favorable to its defenses. And the above list of industry players shows that Qualcomm-aligned op-ed authors, analysts and organizations completely overstated the weight that Huawei (the Chinese bogeyman) and Apple really have here. It's about an issue affecting an entire industry, not just two companies at the heart of conspiracy theories Qualcomm's allies planted in the media.
Between this and the judge all but calling most Qualcomm witnesses liars, QCOM has a very steep uphill battle if they choose to appeal. One likely strategy would be to appeal while negotiating a settlement with FTC, and then dismiss the appeal upon settlement.