Kuwo wonke unyaka odlule, sananela imibiko ehlukahlukene esho lokho I-Apple ibisebenzisa kabi isikhundla sayo eSouth Korea ukuphoqa abasebenza ngocingo ezweni ukuthi bakhokhe ngokuphelele izindleko zokukhangisa ngamadivayisi abo. Kwakungaleso sikhathi-ke inkantolo yokuncintisana yaseKorea yangena ebhizinisini.
Kwakungesona isikhalazo sokuqala inkampani eyasithola kubaphathi, ngoba phambilini babekade begxeka ukuthi kubaphoqa nokuthi bakhokhe izindleko zokufaka nezokulungisa izitendi ze-Apple okumele babe nazo kuzo zonke izitolo abahlinzeki abasabalalise kuzo amadolobha amakhulu ngaphezu kwe thengisa inani elithile lamadivayisi.
Lapho inqubo yokuhweba isiqalile, i-Apple izamile ukuzivikela. Ngokusho kuka-Apple, izenzo zayo zivumeleke ngokuphelele selokhu kwathengiswa ama-iPhones eSouth Koreai-r ayithandi i-Apple kuphela, kepha futhi ithanda bonke opharetha bendawo ezweni. Njengoba singafunda kuThe Korea Herald:
Ngesikhathi somzuliswano wesibili wezingxoxo obubanjwe ngesonto eledlule, abakwa-Apple bathi lezi zenzo zabo zazifanelekile, bethi le nkampani inethuba elingcono kunabahlinzeki bomakhalekhukhwini basendaweni ngokuxoxisana kodwa kodwa ayinamandla angokoqobo engayisebenzisa.
Ukuthi "akanamandla angokoqobo angawasebenzisa ..." kuhlobene kakhulu, ngoba i-Apple ingenqaba ukuthengisa amadivayisi ayo ku-opharetha uma ingahlangabezani nezidingo ezibekiwe kuyo, izidingo bonke opharetha abaphoqeleka ukuba bahlangabezane nazo uma befuna ukuba ne-iPhone kukhathalogi yabo.
Mayelana nodaba lokukhangisa, i-Apple iqinisekisa ukuthi ihlomulisa inkampani kanye nabasebenza opharetha bezwe kuleli, ngakho-ke isenzo sibuye silunge ngokuphelele. Inkantolo yezokuncintisana yaseNingizimu Korea ayivumelani nalezi zinsolo futhi iqinisekisa ukuthi i-Apple inenzuzo ecacile kunabasebenza ngocingo.