Kubukeka sengathi izinyathelo ezisele ze-Apple ukubuyela "kokujwayelekile" mayelana nokusatshalaliswa kwamadivayisi eChina zimbalwa uma kungenjalo. Amafektri akwa-Apple neFoxconn kuleli lizwe akwazi ukwazisa ukuzinza kokubambezeleka kokusatshalaliswa kwama-iPhones kunyuke ngisho un 19% ngaphezulu ngoMashi uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2019.
Njengoba lezi zibalo zisesandleni futhi ngokusho kwezibalo ezenziwe yi-medium eyaziwayo iBloomberg, kubonakala sengathi i-Apple isisesigabeni esihle impela ngemuva kwenhlekelele ye-coronavirus kanye Chinese unyaka omusha iholideAkufanele sikhohlwe ukuthi zihlala zithinta ngokuphelele ukukhiqizwa kwanoma iyiphi inkampani enokumiswa okuphelele ekukhiqizeni nasekusabalaliseni, izwe lase-Asia lima ngokuphelele.
EZhengzhou, abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-200.000 babuyela emsebenzini ekupheleni kukaMashi futhi kuleyo nxanxathela yeFoxconn bakwazile ukufinyelela ekusabalalisweni kwama-iPhones angama-300.000 ngosuku, ngakho-ke lezi zibalo ziyefana kakhulu nalezo ezatholwa ngaphambi kwazo zonke inkinga nge-Covid-19.
Ngakho-ke kubonakala sengathi ukujwayeleka ngalo mqondo kuhlela futhi emafemini anamandla kakhulu e-iPhone futhi yize izibalo zokuthunyelwa kwama-smartphones zizonke zehla ngamaphesenti angama-22, ngokusho kwedatha yanyanga zonke evela eChina Academy of Information and Communication Technologies, e-Apple zisabheke phambili futhi akubonakali sengathi inkinga yezempilo ekugcineni izothinta ukukhiqizwa nokusatshalaliswa kwama-iPhones awo amanje nawesikhathi esizayo. Okwamanje izibikezelo zabahlaziyi zikhuluma ngokubambezeleka okungekho ngakho i-Apple ngeke ibe nezinkinga ekuboniseni amatheminali ayo amasha we-2020 ngokusho kwabo. Sizobona ukuthi kwenzekani ekugcineni futhi uma kulezi zinsuku (bakhulume ngo-Ephreli 15) okuthiwa i-iPhone SE noma i-iPhone 9 emakethe.
