Abafana baseCupertino abanaso isikhathi esihle ezweni elisha lapho bezama ukugxila emizamweni yabo yokulwa nokwehla kokuthengiswa okwenzeka njalo ngenyanga eChina. I-India ikhombisa ukuba yinadi enzima yokuqhekeka, ikakhulukazi uma sikhuluma ngobubanzi obuphakathi, ngoba ngokusobala ekugcineni, i-Apple enoseyili bayo be-iPhone njengenhlanzi esemanzini. Umbiko wokuthengisa wakamuva wenyanga ka-Okthoba usikhombisa ukuthi kanjani I-Apple ithathe ukuthengiswa kwamadivayisi okungu-66% imikhiqizo esezingeni eliphezulu ethengiswe ngenyanga edlule. Umbiko awusho ukuthi imuphi amamodeli we-iPhone athengise kakhulu.
Esikhundleni sesibili sithola i-Samsung, ne-Galaxy S7, ethole ukunakwa kwabasebenzisi abangu-23%, ngenkathi iGoogle ikwazile ukuthola kuphela i-10%. I-1% esele kuze kube yi-100% isezandleni zeminye imikhiqizo, engashiwongo embikweni.
Ngaphandle kokuthi i-iPhone ibhekwa njengento yokunethezeka eNdiya, njalo ngenyanga inkampani esekwe eCupertino iyabona njengoba inani lamadivayisi athengiswa ezweni landa, kodwa kuphela ebangeni eliphezulu, ngoba i-Apple ayikwazi ukuthengisa amadivayisi afakwe kabusha ezweni, amadivayisi angawavumela ukuthi alwe neningi lomkhiqizi emakethe.
Umenzi wedivayisi ohola phambili we-Apple uFoxconn uhlose ukuqala ukukhiqiza amadivayisi ezweni, ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zikahulumeni wezwe, ophoqa inkampani ukuthi ithengise imikhiqizo eyenziwe ezweni, yize okwesikhashana ivumele inkampani isikhathi esilinganiselwe ukuze ikwazi ukuzinza ezweni bese iqala ukukhiqiza futhi uthengise uma kunenkinga eNdiya.