Ingxelo evela Wall Street Journal iinkcukacha ukuba I-Apple iceba ukuvula ivenkile yayo yokuqala eMzantsi Korea, ikhaya lembangi yayo enkulu, iSamsung. Inkampani ibonakala ijonge ukuvula iVenkile yayo yokuqala ye-Apple kweli lizwe, ngaphaya kwesitalato esivela kwikomkhulu le-Samsung laseSeoul.
Ikomkhulu lakwaSamsung eGangnam-gu, eSeoul, linevenkile eneflegi, le venkile inamabali amathathu aphezulu kwaye yenye yeevenkile zeSamsung ezithengisa ezona zixhobo.
Imithombo ithi isicwangciso sika-Apple asikagqitywa kwaye sinokukhokelela kwinkampani yeCupertino unyaka omnye ubuncinci ukuvula ivenkile yakho yokuqala yokuthengisa eSeoul, ukuba ekugqibeleni uya phambili ngesicwangciso sokwandiswa kwenkampani.
E-United States, i-Samsung ngokubanzi yiyo evula iivenkile zayo eziphambili zentengiso kufutshane kakhulu neevenkile zeApple. EMzantsi Korea, nangona kunjalo, iindima zibonakala zitshintshiwe.
ISouth Korea, uqoqosho lwesine ngobukhulu eAsia, kudala yaba yimarike enzima yeApple. Imakethi yaseMzantsi Korea ilawulwa yi-Samsung kunye ne-LG, kodwa nge-Apple ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo zayo kubathengisi nakubasasazi kweli kuzokwehla ngepesenti ethile. Inkampani yaseCupertino inepesenti engaphantsi kwe-10 yesabelo sentengiso ye-smartphone eSouth Korea, ngelixa I-LG kunye ne-Samsung bayadibana ukugcina isabelo sentengiso seepesenti ezingama-80.
Ukuvula iVenkile yakho yeApple ngokungathandabuzekiyo kuya kunceda ukukhulisa ubukho bakho eMzantsi Korea kwaye kufanele ukunceda ukwandisa isabelo sakho sentengiso elizweni. Ngoku Kuhleli ukulinda impendulo ye-Samsung ngokunxulumene nokuba iApple izakuvula ivenkile "ngasemva" kwekhaya lakho.