Njalo ngonyaka i-Apple ihileleka empikiswaneni okuhlobene nokulungiswa okungagunyaziwe kwamadivayisi akho. Kulo nyaka, sithole inkinga ekushintsheni kwesikrini samatheminali we-iPhone 8 no-8 Plus, amatheminali ayeka ukusebenza kwaze kwaba yilapho i-Apple ikhipha isibuyekezo esihambelanayo.
Kepha eminyakeni embalwa edlule, i-Apple yenze into efanayo futhi. Iphutha elidumile elingu-53 lishiye kumodi ye-paperweight inani elikhulu lama-iPhones abedlulise insizakalo yezobuchwepheshe engekho emthethweni ukufeza ezinye ziyalungiswa ezikhumulweni zazo. Lapho kutholwa lokhu kuguqulwa okungagunyaziwe, i-terminal iphahlazekile futhi yabonisa iphutha 53.
Ngaphandle kokuthi i-Apple isixazulule le nkinga ngenxa ye-avalanche yokugxekwa okungalungile eyitholile, ayizange iyikhulule enkantolo Ikhomishini Yabathengi Nokuncintisana yase-Australia, ngemuva kokuthola inani elikhulu lezikhalazo ezivela kubasebenzisi.
Iphutha 53 lithinte amatheminali we-iPhone 6 abenawo kufakwe esikhundleni sesikrini nenkinobho yokuqala kwinsizakalo yezobuchwepheshe engekho emthethweni. Ngokuya nge-Apple, le bug bekuyindlela yokuphepha yokuvikela amadivayisi ezintweni ezinonya ezingabeka ebucayini nokuphepha kwedivayisi.
Lapho i-Apple isivele ikhiphe isibuyekezo esihambisanayo ukuxazulula le nkinga, yathi iphutha 53 laliyi- a test kwenziwa emhlanganweni wokugcina nokuthi bekungafanele neze kuthinte amadivayisi afike emakethe.
Ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwecala elibhekane ne-Apple ngale khomishini, u-Apple uvumile ukuthi okungenani phakathi kukaFebhuwari 2015 noFebhuwari 2016 Amakhasimende angama-275 ase-Australias bebeye esitolo se-Apple ngokomzimba ngale nkinga noma baxhumane ngocingo lwesevisi yamakhasimende, bonke bathola ukwenqaba okufanayo ukuxazulula inkinga, kepha ngokusho kwalokhu kufunda, inani lamakhasimende abethintekile kule nkinga lidlulile 5.000.
Ngokwenqaba ukulungisa le mishini, i-Apple yayiphula umthetho wase-Australia wabathengi, ngokusho kweNkantolo Yezwe, ngakho-ke uhlawuliswe ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyi-9 ase-Australia.