Isahluko esisha lapho sikhuluma ngemiphumela yeConoravirus emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe, ikakhulukazi maqondana ne-Apple. Ngokusho kweReuters, I-Apple iyeke ukuthengisa cishe ama-iPhones angama-500.000 ngoFebhuwari, eChina kuphela, ngenxa yemikhawulo uhulumeni waseChina ayisebenzisa ezweni ngenxa ye-coronavirus.
Lezi zibalo zilingana cishe Ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone okungu-60% futhi zimbi kakhulu kunalezo ezibikezelwe yi-IDC, ezithe phakathi nekota yokuqala yonyaka we-2019, ukuthengisa kuzokwehla ngama-40% ngenxa yomthelela we-coronavirus. Ukuvinjelwa kukahulumeni waseChina ekusakazeni mahhala ngenyanga edlule kukhubaze izwe.
IChinese Academy of Technology, lapho iReuters ithole khona imininingwane, ithi imikhiqizo yama-smartphone ithumele inani lamadivayisi ayizigidi ezingama-6,34 ngoFebhuwari, okuyi ukwehliswa kwama-55%, uma kuqhathaniswa nokuthunyelwa kwezigidi eziyi-14 okwenzeka ngoFebhuwari 2019.
Izinhlobo zase-Asia, iHuawei neXiaomi, kube yibo abahlupheke kakhulu emiphumeleni ye-coronavirus, kusukela ukuthunyelwa kwakho kokubili sekuhlangene kusuka ku-12,72 million ngoFebhuwari 2019 kuya ku-5,85 million nje ngenyanga edlule.
Inani labantu abanegciwane kanye nokufa eChina lehle kakhulu eChina, ngokusho kwedatha kahulumeni, ngakho-ke i-coronavirus ayiseyona inkinga okufanele ibhekwe. Manje sinenkinga emhlabeni wonke.
Maphakathi noFebhuwari, i-Apple yamemezela ukuthi iphoqelekile buyekeza ukubikezelwa kwezezimali kwekota yokuqala yonyaka wezi-2020, Ngenxa yokuqubuka kwe-coronavirus eChina, ku- $ 4.000 billion emalini engenayo, isibalo okuthi, lapho sibona ukuvela kwegciwane, mhlawumbe siphezulu kakhulu.
Ukufunwa kwamakhasimende okuphansi eChina kuhambisana nokushoda kwezimpahla zokwenza i-iPhone yizo izici ezimbili eziyinhloko ezizothinta, ngokubaluleke kakhulu, emiphumeleni yezomnotho ye-Apple (nazo zonke izinkampani zobuchwepheshe) kuleli kota lokuqala lika-2020.