Emasontweni edlule sikhulume kaningana ngenzalo yezinkampani eziningana ekuthatheni umkhiqizi wesikrini waseJapan uSharp, okuyi ubhekene nobunzima bezezimali eminyakeni yamuva. Lowo odonse ukunakwa okukhulu nguFoxconn, njengomkhiqizi omkhulu wamadivayisi wenkampani esekwe eCupertino.
Ngokusho kwephephandaba iNikkei Asian Review, inkampani yaseJapan iSharp igcine isemukele isicelo esivela kwaTaiwan Hon Hai Precision, esaziwa kangcono yiFoxconn, ngokushintshanisa ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6.200. Ukunikezwa kokuqala okwenziwe yile nkampani bekungu-5.300 billion, okuvela ukuthi bekufanele ikwengeze ukuze ikwazi ukuhlala nomenzi wezikrini waseJapan.
Amahlebezi okuthi iFoxconn ithenge iSharparp yavela ngonyaka odlule yathi lokho UFoxconn uzothembela ku-Apple ukuthi enze utshalomali, kepha ngeke abe yingxenye yayo. Okwamanje akucaci ukuthi isipho esamukelwe yinkampani yaseJapan iFoxconn sisekelwa ngokwezimali yi-Apple.
Njengoba singafunda kuNikkei Asian Review:
USharp kuye kwadingeka akhethe phakathi kokuthengwa yiFoxconn noma aqhubeke nokusebenza ngokuxhaswa yi-Innovation Networ, Corp yaseJapan, isikhwama sokutshala imali esisekelwa nguhulumeni waseJapan. Lesi sikhwama besinikela umjovo wezigidi ezingama-yen ezingama-300 no-200 wezigidi zama-yen wesikweletu.
Ngemuva kokuthengwa kweSharp, iFoxconn isethubeni lokuqala ukukhiqiza izinto ze-iPhone, idlule indima yayo kuphela kuze kube manje eyayingeyona enye ngaphandle kokuhlanganisa amadivayisi. Isitshalo sikaSharp sikaKameyana No. 1 sinikezelwe kuphela ekwenzeni izibonisi ze-iPhone, ngemuva kokutshalwa kwe-Apple kwezigidi ezingama-987 ukuyiguqula, ngoba phambilini yayenza kuphela amaphaneli we-HDTV. Njengamanje ama-LCD panels e-iPhone akhiqizwa yi-Samsung, LG ne-Sharp.
Uma inhloso ye-Apple ukufaka amapaneli we-OLED eminyakeni embalwa, angiboni kahle ukuthi i-Apple ikwazile ukusebenzisana nokuthengwa kwale nkampani. Uma senza amahemuhemu esiwashicilele phambilini futhi ahlobene namaphaneli we-OLED wesikhathi esizayo, zombili i-Samsung ne-LG zizoba nesibopho sokwenza lolu hlobo lwezikrini kungakapheli okubili, lapho ukusetshenziswa kwayo kuhlelwe futhi ubuchwepheshe be-OLED buqhubekele phambili kakhulu kunamanje.