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Esethulweni se-iPhone 4, iningi lethu lakhangwa ukubukeka kwemodeli emhlophe. Khona-ke izindaba ezimbi ukuthi i-Apple inokukhiqiza kwayo izinkinga ezibalulekile. Ipulasitiki emhlophe ithinte ikhwalithi ye-sensor chip. Yavula ukukhanya. Ukuqala kwedethi yokuthengisa kuhlehliswe izikhathi ezimbalwa, futhi kwase kubukeka sengathi kuzoqala ukukhiqiza ngesikhathi esingaziwa.

Emasontweni ambalwa ngemva kokwethulwa kwefoni, isithombe sikaSteve Wozniak ephethe i-iPhone 4 emhlophe sahamba emhlabeni jikelele. Akukho ndawo. Osemusha oyedwa nje ohlakaniphile ogama lakhe lingu-Fei Lam.

UFei Lam wayenokuxhumana naye ngqo eFoxconn, lapho ayethumele khona izembozo ezimhlophe. Ukusebenza kwesitolo sakhe se-inthanethi whiteiphone4now.com kuye bekufanele ngabe unemali ehloniphekile engu-$130 ekuthengisweni kanye nenzuzo engu-$000.

Kodwa akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside ukuthi uLam azithole esohlwini olufunwa kakhulu yi-Apple. Ngakho wakhansela isiza futhi ibhizinisi elinenzuzo laphela.

Umnyango wezomthetho weCupertino awuzange ukhiphe umvuzo we-Fei Lam ngoMeyi 25. Okungenani lokhu kwenziwa ngendlela ezungezayo, ngokuthweswa icala kwakhe nabazali bakhe, okuthiwa bamkhuthaza futhi bamsiza ezintweni ezingekho emthethweni.

"Ummangalelwa uLam ngokuzenzela ngaphandle kwemvume wasebenzisa izimpawu zokuthengisa ze-Apple ku-"White iPhone 4 Conversion Kits" azithengisayo, ezihlanganisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, amaphaneli angaphambili nangemuva anophawu lwe-Apple kanye nezimpawu zokuthengisa ze-"iPhone", ezisetshenziswa maqondana ukukhangisa nokudayiswa komakhalekhukhwini abaziwayo bemishini yedijithali ye-iPhone 4 Ummangalelwa wayazi sonke isikhathi ukuthi u-Apple wayengakaze agunyaze ukuthengiswa kwamaphaneli amhlophe e-iPhone 4 nokuthi lawa maphaneli wawathola emithonjeni eyayingagunyaziwe ukuthi adayiswe noma yikuphi. I-Apple noma abahlinzeki bayo.”

Icala lihlanganisa nezingcaphuno zemilayezo ye-elekthronikhi u-Lam axhumana ngayo no-Alan Yang wase-Shenzhen, e-China, onikeze uLam izingxenye. Le mibiko ithi u-Yang wayejwayele ukuba nenkinga yokuthumela izingxenye ngenxa yabenzeli ababengathandi ukuphulwa kophawu lwentengiso.

I-Apple ifuna ukunikezelwa kwayo yonke inzuzo evela esivumelwaneni nezinye izinhlawulo.

Ngokushesha ngemva kokufakwa kwefayela, u-Apple walihoxisa icala (nakuba benethuba lokulivuselela futhi esikhathini esizayo), ngoba bafinyelele esivumelwaneni esasingase sibe khona ngaphandle kwenkantolo.

Futhi siyini isifundo kulokhu?

Uma ungafuni ukungena enkingeni nge-Apple, ungathengisi imikhiqizo yabo ngemuva. Noma okungenani luma i-apula kolunye uhlangothi bese uqamba kabusha i-iPhone kufoni yakho, isibonelo.

Umthombo: www.9to5mac.com
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