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I-Apple ngoLwesithathu iphawule okokuqala ngqa ngezindaba ezimangazayo zokuqothuka kwe-GT Advanced Technologies, umkhiqizi wengilazi yesafire. Izinkinga zezimali kanye nesicelo sokuvikelwa kwabakweletwayo akumangazanga nje abatshalizimali kanye nababukeli bezobuchwepheshe, kodwa futhi ne-Apple ngokwayo, umngane oseduze wenkampani.

I-GT Advanced ngonyaka odlule kusayiniwe inkontileka yesikhathi eside ne-Apple, okwakufanele inikeze ingilazi yesafire ngemikhiqizo ezayo. Cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-600, i-Apple ayikhokha kancane kancane, bekufanele asetshenziselwe ukuthuthukisa ifektri e-Arizona, lapho inkampani yaseCalifornian ngaleso sikhathi yayizothatha ingilazi yama-iPhones (okungenani i-Touch ID namalensi ekhamera) futhi kamuva futhi ne-Apple. Buka.

Isitolimende sokugcina senani lamaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-139, obekufanele sifike ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba, kodwa i-Apple wama, njengoba i-GT ihlulekile ukuhlangabezana neshejuli okuvunyelwene ngayo. Noma kunjalo, i-Apple yazama ukugcina umlingani wayo. Kunkontileka, kuvunyelwene ngokuthi uma inani lemali yakwa-GT liwela ngaphansi kwezigidi ezingu-125 zamaRandi, i-Apple ingafuna ukukhokhelwa.

Kodwa-ke, inkampani yaseCalifornia ayizange ikwenze lokho futhi, ngokuphambene nalokho, yazama ukusiza i-GT ukuthi ihlangabezane nemingcele ebekwe yinkontileka futhi ngaleyo ndlela ifanelekele isitolimende sokugcina sezigidi ezingu-139. Nakuba i-Apple yazama ukugcina umlingani wayo encibilika, I-GT ifake isicelo sokuvikelwa kwabakweletwayo ngoMsombuluko.

Kuze kube manje, noma kunjalo, umenzi wesafire akakanikezi enye incazelo ngokunyakaza kwakhe okumangazayo, ngakho-ke lonke udaba luyindaba yokuqagela. I-Apple manje isebenza nabamele i-Arizona ezinyathelweni ezilandelayo.

"Ngokulandela isinqumo esiyisimanga se-GT, sigxile ekugcineni imisebenzi e-Arizona futhi sizoqhubeka nokusebenzisana nezikhulu zikahulumeni nezendawo njengoba sibheka izinyathelo ezilandelayo," kusho umkhulumeli wakwa-Apple uChris Gaither.

Kufanele sifunde imininingwane yokuqala ngoLwesine, lapho ukulalelwa kwecala lokuqala kuhlelelwe ukusetshenziswa kweSahluko 11 sokuvikela ukuqothuka kubabolekisi. I-GT kufanele ichaze ukuthi yini eholele ekutheni imemezele ukuqothuka ngoMsombuluko, okwehlise inani lemakethe lenkampani lacishe lacishe lafinyelela ku-zero. Nokho, nakuba i-GT isenkingeni enkulu yezezimali, intengo yesheya elilodwa ikhuphuke kancane emahoreni amuva nje.

Umthombo: Reuters, I-WSJ
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