Inkampani esekwe kwa-Israel iCorephotonics inayo wamangalela uApple ukubanga inkampani kaTim Cook Usebenzise amalungelo awodwa abenzi bakhe ngokunxulumene nobuchwephesha bekhamera kwi-iPhone 7 Plus kunye ne-iPhone 8 Plus ngaphandle kwemvume okanye ilayisensi yokwenza njalo.
Ityala lifakwe kwinkundla yomanyano eSan José, eCalifornia, kwaye bakwazile ukufikelela kuyo, ngokwento abayithethileyo MacRumors. Ngokuqinisekileyo, iApple kunjalo Ukophula amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza afakwe ngo-2013 ukusondeza iikhamera zedijithali ezimbini zokuvula, iipatent ezimbini zeefowuni ezincinci zeelensi kunye neenkqubo zokucinga zemifanekiso emininzi.
Kwityala, iCorephotonics ibanga ukuba iqhakamshele i-Apple ukuphakamisa isigqibo ngalo mbandela. U-Apple uxele ukuba uyayincoma itekhnoloji, kodwa wasikhaba isivumelwano kwaye "uvakalise indelelo yakhe»Ukusetyenziswa kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza leCorephotonics. Umphathi weCorephotonics u-David Mendlovic waxelelwa ukuba kuya kuthatha "iminyaka kunye nezigidi zeedola kwisimangalo" ngaphambi kokuba iApple ihlawule nantoni na. Ukuskena ngokukhawuleza kwimithombo yolwazi yaseMelika yelungelo elilodwa lomenzi ngaphezulu kwewaka patent kwinkqubo inxulumene noluhlu lwee-lens ezimbini zekhamera yedijithali kwaye uninzi lwazo luchaphazeleka kwiApple.
Ityala ligweba i-iPhone 7 Plus kunye ne-iPhone 8 Plus. Akucaci ukuba kutheni i-iPhone X ishiyiwe kwaye kubonakala ngathi inokongezwa kwisilungiso kamva. UQuinn Emanuael Urquhard kunye noSullivan bamele iCorephotonics, yinkampani efanayo eyayisetyenziswa yiSamsung kwimfazwe yayo neApple. Kwicala labo, inkampani esekwe eCupertino ayikaphenduli kwisimangalo, kwaye ayikhuphi zimvo zoluntu ngalo mbandela. Akwaziwa ukuba iindibano ziya kuqhubeka nini malunga noku kumangalelwa kwaye akunakulindeleka ukuba ibekho ngo-2017, xa kuthathelwa ingqalelo inkundla.
Ngo-2015, u-Apple wathenga umenzi weelensi zekhamera ezininzi kunye nomyili weLinX. Ngelixa imigaqo yesivumelwano ingekaziwa, ezi nkampani zimbini kwathiwa zixoxa ngexabiso lokuthengwa kwe malunga nezigidi ezingama-20 zeerandi. Phambi kokufunyanwa, iwebhusayithi yeLinX yatsho ukuba ii-lens zayo ezimbini kunye ne-quad lens zibeka imigangatho emitsha yokusebenza kokukhanya okuphantsi, i-HDR, ukuphinda igqibe, kunye nokuthembeka kombala.
