I-Apple ibilokhu ibeka ukuphepha nobumfihlo babasebenzisi bayo phezulu ohlwini lwamanani. Kusho kakhulu kuye impi yamanje engakaze ibonwe noMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US ufuna ukunqamula ukuphepha kwe-iPhone. Ngokusobala, yingakho i-Apple iqashe umphathi omusha wezokuphepha.
I-ejensi Reuters Icaphuna imithombo yayo, ibike ukuthi uGeorge Stathakopoulos, owayeyiphini likamongameli wezokuphepha kolwazi e-Amazon futhi ngaphambi kokuthi umphathi jikelele wezokuphepha komkhiqizo kwaMicrosoft, ujoyine i-Apple. Kwa-Apple, uStathakopoulos uzoba yiphini likamongameli wezokuphepha kolwazi lwebhizinisi.
Nakuba inkampani yaseCalifornia yenqaba ukuqinisekisa ngokusemthethweni ukuqinisa okusha, nokho, ngokusho Reuters UStathakopoulos ujoyine i-Apple ngesonto eledlule. Lokhu ngokusobala kuyimpendulo eqondile engxabanweni ebhekwe ngabomvu phakathi kuka-Apple nohulumeni wase-US. Zombili izinhlangothi zizovela enkantolo ngoLwesibili.
Ibika ku-CFO, i-Stathakopoulos izoba nesibopho sokuvikela amakhompyutha asetshenziselwa ukwakhiwa komkhiqizo nokuthuthukiswa kwesofthiwe, kanye nedatha yekhasimende. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izikhulu ze-hardware ne-software zizoqhubeka nokubhekana nokuphepha nokuvikelwa kwemikhiqizo ye-Apple.