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I-China ibaluleke kakhulu ku-Apple, u-Tim Cook ngokwakhe ukugcizelele lokhu izikhathi eziningana. Kungani kungenjalo, lapho imakethe yaseShayina ingeyesibili ngobukhulu, ngemva kweMelika, lapho inkampani yaseCalifornian ingasebenza khona. Kodwa kuze kube manje, ayikwazanga ukwenza impumelelo ebalulekile e-Asia. Isimo singashintshwa ngesivumelwano ne-opharetha enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, kodwa lesi sakamuva sibeka izimo zayo. Futhi i-Apple ayikujwayele lokho...

Izingxoxo nama-opharetha omakhalekhukhwini emhlabeni zenzeke ngokwesimo esisodwa. Umuntu onentshisekelo yokudayisa ama-iPhone weza kwa-Apple, wasayina imigomo ebekiwe wabe esehamba nenkontileka esayiniwe. Kodwa eChina isimo sihlukile. Amanye amabhrendi abusa imakethe lapho. I-Samsung ihamba phambili, ilandelwa ezinye izinkampani ezinhlanu, ngaphambi kokuthi i-Apple ilandele. Lesi sakamuva silahlekelwa ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuthi ayithengisi i-iPhone kunethiwekhi yenkampani enkulu kunazo zonke ezweni, i-China Mobile.

Esinye sezizathu zalokhu ukuthi i-iPhone 5 yamanje iyabiza. Amakhasimende e-China awanamandla kangako kwezezimali njengase-United States, futhi i-iPhone 5 cishe ngeke ihambe ibanga elide kangako ngisho noma ibikhonjiswa kuzo zonke izitolo zamaselula zase-China. Kodwa-ke, konke kungashintsha nge-iPhone entsha, i-Apple ezoyethula ngoSepthemba 10.

Uma ukuqagela kuqinisekiswa futhi i-Apple empeleni ikhombisa uhlobo olushibhile lwefoni yayo, i-iPhone 5C yepulasitiki, isivumelwano ne-China Mobile singase sibe lula kakhulu. Amaphesenti amakhulu kakhulu amakhasimende e-China asevele ezwa ngocingo lwe-Apple olushibhile. Phela, abakwaSamsung nabanye abakhiqizi bayabusa lapha ngenxa yokuthi bagcwala imakethe ngama-smartphones ashibhile e-Android.

Kodwa ukuthi ukubambisana kuzofezeka yini ngeke kuncike kakhulu ku-China Mobile, engathanda ukunikeza i-iPhone1, kodwa ku-Apple ukuthi izovuma yini ukuhoxa ezimfuno zayo zendabuko. "I-China Mobile iphethe wonke amandla kulobu budlelwano," kusho u-Edward Zabitsky, umqondisi ophethe we-ACI Research. "I-China Mobile izonikeza i-iPhone Isikhathi I-Apple Yehlisa Intengo Yayo."

Intengo ye-iPhone 5 e-China isuka ku-5 yuan (imiqhele engaphansi kuka-288) iye ku-17 yuan, okuyinani eliphindwe kabili kune-K6 IdeaPhone, i-smartphone ephambili ye-Lenovo. Ingowesibili emakethe yaseChina ngemuva kwe-Samsung. "Ukungabaza kwe-Apple ukunikeza noma yisiphi isaphulelo esizwakalayo kanye nokungabaza kweChina Mobile ukuxhasa imishini ebizayo kuze kube manje kuvimbele isivumelwano," ngokusho komhlaziyi uJohn Bright we-Avondale Partners. "I-iPhone eshibhile, ethengekayo engxenyeni enkulu yamakhasimende e-China Mobile, ingaba ukuyekethisa okuhle." Futhi ukuthi i-China Mobile ibusiswe ngempela ngamakhasimende ngaphansi kwebhande layo, ilawula amaphesenti angama-63 emakethe yezigidigidi.

Sekuvele kuqinisekile ukuthi indlela eya ekuvumelaneni okufanayo ngeke ibe/ibingelula. Izingxoxo phakathi kwe-Apple ne-China Mobile bezilokhu ziqhubeka iminyaka eminingana. Kakade ngo-2010, uSteve Jobs waxoxisana nowayengusihlalo ngaleso sikhathi u-Wang Jinazhou. Uveze ukuthi konke kwakusendleleni efanele, kodwa kwabe sekufika abaphathi abasha ngo-2012, futhi kwaba nzima ku-Apple. Umqondisi Omkhulu u-Li Yue uthe uhlelo lwebhizinisi nokwabelana ngenzuzo kufanele kuxazululwe ne-Apple. Kusukela lapho, umphathi we-Apple u-Tim Cook ngokwakhe useye eChina kabili. Nokho, kungenzeka ukuthi isivumelwano siyasebenza ngempela. Apple ngoSepthemba 11 umemezele inothi eyisipesheli, ezobanjelwa ngqo e-China, ngosuku olulandelayo ukwethulwa kwemikhiqizo emisha. Futhi kumenyezelwa kwesivumelwano ne-China Mobile okungenzeka kube yisihloko.

Kepha into eyodwa eqinisekile - uma iChina Mobile ne-Apple bexhawulana, kuzoba yisivumelwano esingakaze sibonwe ngaphambili. Kunenkulumo yokuthi opharetha waseShayina uzophoqa ngisho ingxenye yemali etholwayo e-App Store. “I-China Mobile ikholelwa ukuthi kufanele ithole ucezu lokuqukethwe. I-Apple kuzofanele ivumelane nezimo kakhulu ngayo yonke le nto. ” ilinganisela uchwepheshe ohlonishwayo emakethe yaseShayina u-Tucker Grinnan wakwa-HSBC.

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1. I-China Mobile ngokuqinisekile inesithakazelo ku-iPhone, eyakufakazela ngenkathi yethula i-iPhone 4. Inethiwekhi yayo ye-3G yayingahambisani nale foni, ngakho ngenxa yokwesaba ukulahlekelwa amakhasimende ayo aphambili, yaqala ukunikeza amakhadi esipho afinyelela ku-$441 futhi ngo- ngesikhathi esifanayo wakha inethiwekhi ye-Wi-Fi , ukuze abasebenzisi bakwazi ukuphequlula iwebhu futhi bashaye izingcingo kunethiwekhi yayo yefa le-2G kuma-iPhone abo. Ngaleso sikhathi, umlingani oyinhloko we-Apple e-China kwakuyi-opharetha i-China Unicom, lapho amakhasimende ase-China Mobile ashintshela khona.

Umthombo: Bloomberg.com
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