UDan Pražák Ngo-December 2013, ngemva kwezinyanga zama-alamu amanga, wamemezela I-Apple isayine isivumelwano ne-China Mobile - inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni yezokuxhumana. Kwakungeyona neze inkontileka encane ye-Apple - imakethe yaseShayina yayisho abathengi be-iPhone abangaba izigidi ezingu-760 ngaleso sikhathi, futhi u-Tim Cook wayenethemba elikhulu ngeChina.
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Ondrej Holzman "I-China iyimakethe ebaluleke kakhulu kwa-Apple, futhi ukusebenzisana kwethu ne-China Mobile kumelela ithuba lokuthi silethe i-iPhone kumakhasimende enethiwekhi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni," kusho uTim Cook esitatimendeni esisemthethweni ngaleso sikhathi. "Lawa makhasimende ayiqembu elinomdlandla, elikhula ngokushesha e-China, futhi asikwazi ukucabanga ngendlela engcono yokwamukela uNyaka Omusha WaseShayina kunokuvumela wonke amakhasimende e-China Mobile ukuthi abe ne-iPhone."
Kwakuyisinyathelo wonke umuntu owayesilungiselele isikhathi eside kakhulu. U-Apple ubelokhu exoxisana ne-China selokhu kwakhululwa i-iPhone yokuqala, kodwa izingxoxo zibhuntshile mayelana nemigomo ye-Apple, edinga ukwabelana ngemali. Kodwa isidingo samakhasimende sasingenakuphikiswa. Ngo-2008 - unyaka owodwa ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-iPhone yokuqala - iphephabhuku le-BusinessWeek labika ukuthi ama-iPhones angu-400 ayevuliwe ngokungemthetho futhi ayesetshenziswa opharetha weselula waseShayina.
Izingxoxo zika-Apple ne-China Mobile zashintsha kahle ngo-2013, lapho u-Tim Cook ehlangana nosihlalo we-China Mobile u-Xi Guohu ukuze baxoxe "ngezinkinga zokubambisana" phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili.
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Ukuvumelana kwamaShayina
U-Tim Cook waphawula esidlangalaleni ukuthi ama-smartphones amasha avela kwa-Apple aklanywe kucatshangelwa izidingo zemakethe yaseChina. Esinye sezici eziyinhloko zalesi sinqumo kwaba ukwanda okuphawulekayo kokuboniswa kwe-diagonal yama-iPhones amasha. Ngandlela thize, u-Apple waphika ukuthi uSteve Jobs akabathandi amafoni amakhulu, akhononda ngokuthi awangeni kahle esandleni sakhe. I-iPhone 5,5 Plus engu-6-intshi isiphenduke enye yamaphablet aziwa kakhulu e-Asia.
Ukungena emakethe yaseShayina, nokho, bekungenayo inkinga ngokuphelele ku-Apple. Amakhasimende angaba izigidi ezingu-760 inombolo ehloniphekile engenza inhlanganisela ye-Apple + China Mobile ibe enye yezivumelwano ezinkulu emlandweni wesimanje wenkampani yama-apula. Kodwa kwakudingeka kucatshangelwe ukuthi ingxenye kuphela yaleli nani labasebenzisi ingakwazi ukukhokhela i-iPhone.
I-iPhone 5c futhi kamuva i-iPhone SE "yayiyindlela eya ku-Apple" ebekezeleleka ngokwezezimali kumakhasimende amaningi, kodwa inkampani yama-apula ayizange iqondise imakethe ngama-smartphones ashibhile. Lokhu kuvumele abakhiqizi abanjengoXiaomi - evame ukubizwa nge-"Apple Apple" - ukuthi bakhe ukuhlukahluka okuthengekayo kwemikhiqizo ye-Apple futhi bathole isabelo semakethe esibalulekile.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Apple iphinde yabhekana nezinkinga nohulumeni waseChina. Ngo-2014, i-Apple kwadingeka ishintshele kumaseva e-China Telecom esikhundleni sayo ukuze i-iCloud iqhubeke nokusebenza ezweni. Ngokunjalo, i-Apple iphoqeleke ukuthi yamukele izimfuno zikahulumeni waseShayina zokuhlola ukuphepha kwenethiwekhi kuyo yonke imikhiqizo yakwa-Apple ngaphambi kokuba ingeniswe ezweni. Uhulumeni waseChina uphinde wavala ama-iTunes Movies kanye ne-iBooks Store ukuthi zisebenze kuleli.
Kepha kunezinhlangothi ezimbili kulo lonke uhlamvu lwemali, futhi iqiniso lihlala liwukuthi isivumelwano neChina Mobile senza i-iPhone yatholakala kumaShayina cishe ngesikhathi esimisiwe. Ngenxa yalokho, i-China njengamanje iyimakethe ye-Apple enenzuzo kakhulu emhlabeni.
