I Dekemaba 2017, Apple eʻae e hoʻolohi nei i nā polokalamu iPhone kahiko (iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, a me SE) ma o ka hoʻohou polokalamu, e ʻōlelo ana he ala ia e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka hana a pale i ka hāmo ʻana o nā hāmeʻa. ʻAʻole hauʻoli ka poʻe nona ka iPhone i ka hoʻoholo a ua alakaʻi ʻia kēia i nā hoʻopiʻi kūʻē i ka ʻoihana, a me nā ʻimi keʻena aupuni mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua.
Ma ke ʻano he mea hou loa i loko o kahi nīnau e pili ana i ka loiloi o ka polokalamu Apple, ke kū nei ʻo Apple i kahi hoʻokolokolo hou mai ka US Department of Justice a me ka Securities and Exchange Commission e nānā ana e hoʻoholo inā ʻaʻole paha i hana ka ʻenehana nunui ʻo Apple Inc. i nā kānāwai palekana. kona hōʻike o ka polokalamu i hōʻike ʻia i mua hoʻolohi i kekahi paʻa lima me nā lepe uila, e like me kahi hōʻike hou mai Bloomberg.
Wahi a nā kumuwaiwai i ʻole inoa e kamaʻilio ana i ka paʻi, ua noi aku kēia mau ʻoihana ʻelua iā Apple e hāʻawi i kahi ʻike kikoʻī e pili ana i kēia hoʻoholo.
Ma ka Pōʻakolu, ua pane ʻo Apple i nā hōʻike e noiʻi ana ke aupuni US i ka ʻoihana no ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona iPhone kahiko, e ʻōlelo ana ʻaʻole e hana ka ʻoihana e like me ka mea e kalai ai i nā kūʻai aku o nā mana hou.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā nīnau mai kekahi o nā keʻena aupuni a ke pane nei mākou iā lākou," i haʻi ʻia e kahi haʻi ʻōlelo ʻo Apple iā Reuters, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "ʻAʻole mākou i hana, a ʻaʻole loa mākou e hana i kekahi mea e hoʻopōkole iki ai i ke ola o kekahi huahana Apple, a hoʻohaʻahaʻa paha i ka mea hoʻohana. ʻike i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā hoʻomaikaʻi o nā mea kūʻai aku. "
Ma waho aʻe o nā hoʻopiʻi he 9 e holo nei ma United States, kū ʻo Apple i nā kaua kū kānāwai ma Farani, Lūkia, a me ʻIseraʻela.
