Onjiniyela be-Apple baya eChina phakathi kukaFebhuwari noMashi ukuyoqala ukwenza i- ukuhlolwa kokukhiqiza kwebanga ngalinye elisha le-iPhone owethulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-Okthoba. Kodwa-ke kulo nyaka, ngenxa yalolu bhubhane, izinhlelo zika-Apple zibambezelekile, yize iFoxconn izokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuyenza ibe mfushane ngangokunokwenzeka.
Agasti yilapho umhlanganisi omkhulu we-Apple, uFoxconn, eqala ukukhiqiza ibanga elisha le-iPhone, futhi ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zokukhiqiza, aphoqeleka ukwenza inani elikhulu lokuqashwa ukuhlangabezana nezidingo Apple.
Yize ukuthunyelwa kokuqala kwe-iPhone kungalindelekile kuze kube ngu-Okthoba ekuqaleni (ukwethulwa kungabambezeleka kuze kube nguNovemba ngokusho kwemithombo ehlukahlukene), izidingo zeFoxconn hlela isakhiwo sakho sokwakha ngaphambi kwesikhathi ukuhlanganisa izigidi zama-iPhones ukuze zisatshalaliswe emhlabeni wonke.
Njengoba singafunda kwiMacRumors, amafemu aseChina asatshalaliswe ezweni lonke nguFoxconn, aseqalile ukuqasha izinkulungwane zabantu, ukunikela ngebhonasi efinyelela kuma-yuan angama-9.000 (1.100 euro cishe). Le bhonasi, ebingakaze inikelwe ngeminye iminyaka, ingakhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi abasebenzi kuzofanele banikele ngokusemandleni abo (futhi angikhulumi ngekhwalithi kepha amahora omsebenzi).
I-Apple kulindeleke wethula i-iPhone 12 ne-iPhone 12 Pro ngo-Okthoba. Ngenxa yalolu bhubhane, ukwethulwa kwezimakethe zombili izinhlobo ngezinhlobo zazo ezahlukile bekungeke kube ngoSepthemba, kepha kuzoba ngo-Okthoba, ngethemba uma kungabambezelekile kuze kube nguNovemba.
I-CFO yakwa-Apple uLuca Maestri ukuqinisekisile ukwethulwa kwemiphumela yekota yesibili ka-2020, ukuthi ibanga elisha le-iPhone 2020 lizolunga "emasontweni ambalwa kamuva" kunewindi lokusabalalisa elijwayelekile (Septhemba).