Kusukela ngo-2014, i-Apple ibilokhu igcina amacala abalulekile ne-WiLan, inkampani yokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obungenazintambo enohlu oluhle lwamalungelo obunikazi kulokhu. Kubukeka sengathi ukuxhumana okungenantambo kwe-iPhone 6 ne-iPhone 7 bekungasebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-WiLan ngaphandle kokukhokha imali ehambelana nelungelo lokusetshenziswa. Ngakho konke lokhu, inkampani esebenza nguTim Cook yanikezwa imvume yokukhokha ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyi-145 ngaleso sikhathi. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple manje ithole impendulo ezikhalweni zayo kanye nesamba okufanele ikhokhele i-WiLan ngomonakalo odalelwe impahla yayo ebalula ifinyelela ezigidini ezingama-85 zamaRandi..
Ngokusho Bloomberg, inkantolo yaseSan Diego igwebe inkampani yaseCupertino kulokho okubonakala kuyisinqumo sokugcina, udaba olwehlise isinqumo senkantolo sokuqala cishe isigamu, ngakho-ke singasho ukuthi i-Apple ibonakala izuze lokho ebikufuna ngezikhalazo ezifakiwe. Kodwa-ke, akuyona into encane ukukhokha cishe ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyikhulu enkampanini yalezi zici futhi kushiya ukungabaza okuningi epayipini, angiqondi ukuthi inkampani elingana ne-Apple ingaba kanjani "nala maphutha" noma uma iyinkinga engazibandakanyi.
Noma kunjalo, uma sibheka ukuthi i-iPhone 6 ibike cishe ama- $ 102.000 billion kanti i-iPhone 7 ibike cishe ama- $ 150.000 billion, inani lemali elizotholwa yi-WiLan mayelana nalokhu cishe lihlekisa ngokuqhathaniswa nezinzuzo ezitholakele. Khonamanjalo i-Apple igxile ekwethulweni okungenzeka kwe-iPhone 9, i-iPhone "yezindleko eziphansi" ezongena emakethe kuyo yonke inyanga kaMashi futhi mhlawumbe izoba yimpumelelo yokuthengisa kwangempela njengoba ibisenza ngosuku lwayo. I-iPhone SE.
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