Tomas Chlebek U-Sharp, umenzi wokubonisa wase-Japan, ukhiphe isitatimende namhlanje ekuseni emukela isipho esivela ku-Foxconn, uzakwethu omkhulu wokukhiqiza we-Apple, sokuthenga inkampani. Nokho, akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani, uFoxconn wabambezela ukusayinwa kokugcina kwenkontileka, njengoba kuthiwa uthole “idokhumenti eyisihluthulelo” engashiwongo evela kwa-Sharp enikeza umthengi ulwazi okwakubalulekile ukuthi alucacise ngaphambi kokuthenga. UFoxconn manje unethemba lokuthi lesi simo sizocaciswa maduze futhi ukutholwa kungaqinisekiswa ngasohlangothini lwayo.
Isinqumo sikaSharp siwumphumela womhlangano wezinsuku ezimbili wabaphathi bale nkampani oqale ngoLwesithathu. Inqume phakathi kwesipho sikaFoxconn se-yen yaseJapan eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-700 (imiqhele eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-152,6) kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali kwe-yen yaseJapan eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-300 (imiqhele eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-65,4) yi-Innovation Network Corp yaseJapan, inhlangano yebhizinisi exhaswe nguhulumeni waseJapan. U-Sharp uthathe isinqumo esivuna iFoxconn, okuthi, uma ukutholwa kuqinisekiswa, izothola ingxenye yesibili kwezintathu enkampanini ngendlela yamasheya amasha cishe emiqhele eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-108,5.
UFoxconn waqala wakhombisa intshisekelo yokuthenga iSharp emuva ngo-2012, kodwa izingxoxo zabhuntsha. Ngaleso sikhathi u-Sharp wayesecicini lokuqothuka futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ubelokhu edonsa kanzima ezikweletini ezinkulu futhi usevele wadlula kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi yi-bailouts, ukutakulwa kwezimali kwangaphandle ngaphambi kokuqothuka. Izingxoxo zokuthenga noma ukutshalwa kwezimali eSharp ziphinde zabonakala ngokugcwele kulo nyaka ngo January futhi ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari, uSharp wayencike ekunikezeni kukaFoxconn.
Uma ukutholwa kudlula, kuzoba okubaluleke kakhulu hhayi kuFoxconn, Sharp kanye ne-Apple kuphela, kodwa nakuwo wonke umkhakha wezobuchwepheshe. Kungaba ukutholwa okukhulu kwenkampani yobuchwepheshe yaseJapan yinkampani yangaphandle. Kuze kube manje, iJapane izamile ukugcina izinkampani zayo zobuchwepheshe zikazwelonke ngokuphelele, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokwesaba ukubukela phansi isimo sezwe njengomsunguli omkhulu wezobuchwepheshe futhi ngokwengxenye ngenxa yesiko lebhizinisi lapho elingathandi ukwabelana ngemikhuba yalo nabanye. Ukuthengwa kwe-giant efana ne-Sharp yinkampani yangaphandle (i-Foxconn izinze e-China) kungasho ukuvulwa okungenzeka komkhakha wezobuchwepheshe wase-Japan emhlabeni.
Mayelana nokubaluleka kokutholwa kwe-Foxconn ne-Apple, ithinta kakhulu i-Foxconn njengomkhiqizi nomdayisi kanye nomhlinzeki omkhulu wezingxenye namandla okukhiqiza e-Apple. “Ubukhali uqinile ocwaningweni nasekuthuthukisweni, kuyilapho u-Hon Hai (elinye igama leFoxconn, inothi lomhleli) ekwazi ukunikeza imikhiqizo kumakhasimende afana ne-Apple, futhi unolwazi lokukhiqiza. Ndawonye, bangathola isikhundla semakethe esiqinile," kusho u-Yukihiko Nakata, uprofesa wezobuchwepheshe kanye nesisebenzi sangaphambili se-Sharp.
Kodwa-ke, kusenengozi yokuthi i-Sharp ngeke iphumelele ngisho nangaphansi kokubusa kukaFoxconn. Isizathu salokhu kukhathazeka akukona nje kuphela ukungakwazi kukaSharp ukuthuthukisa isimo sayo sezomnotho ngisho nangemva kokutakulwa kwezimali okubili, njengoba kufakazelwa ukulahlekelwa okubikwayo kwezigidi ezingu-918 zamaRandi (ama-22,5 bhiliyoni imiqhele) esikhathini esiphakathi kuka-April no-December wangonyaka odlule, okwakungaphezulu nakakhulu, ekuqaleni kwale nyanga.
Yize i-Sharp ingakwazi ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bayo bokubonisa ngempumelelo iyodwa, uFoxconn ubekwazi ukuzisebenzisa kahle kakhulu, kanye nomkhiqizo wenkampani uqobo. Izama ukuthola ukuhlonishwa okwengeziwe hhayi ngokuyinhloko njengomhlinzeki, kodwa futhi njengomkhiqizi wezingxenye ezibalulekile nezisezingeni eliphezulu. Ngakho-ke kungaba namandla, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukusungula ukubambisana okuseduze kakhulu ne-Apple. Lokhu kuqinisekiswa ukuhlanganiswa kwemikhiqizo kanye nokukhiqizwa kwezingxenye ezingabalulekile ikakhulukazi ze-iPhone.
Ngasikhathi sinye, izingxenye ezibiza kakhulu zama-iPhones ziyizibonisi ezikude. Ngosizo lwe-Sharp, i-Foxconn inganikeza i-Apple lezi zingxenye ezibalulekile hhayi nje kuphela ezishibhile, kodwa futhi njengozakwethu ophelele. Njengamanje, i-LG ingumnikezeli oyinhloko wezibonisi ze-Apple, futhi i-Samsung izoyijoyina, okungukuthi izimbangi ezimbili zenkampani ye-Cupertino.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusenokuqagela ukuthi i-Apple ingaqala ukusebenzisa izibonisi ze-OLED kuma-iPhones kusuka ku-2018 (uma kuqhathaniswa ne-LCD yamanje). Ngakho-ke iFoxconn ingatshala imali ekuthuthukisweni kwayo ngeSharp. Phambilini uke washo ukuthi ufuna ukuba umphakeli womhlaba wonke wezibonisi ezintsha ngalobu buchwepheshe, obungenza izibonisi zibe mncane, zibe lula futhi zivumelane nezimo kune-LCD.
