Ngo-December 2017, Apple avunyelwe kunciphisa amadivayisi we-iPhone amadala (I-iPhone 6, i-6 Plus, i-6S, i-6S Plus, ne-SE) ngokuvuselelwa kwesoftware, ithi bekuyindlela yokwenza ngcono ukusebenza nokuvikela amadivayisi ukuthi avale ngokungazelelwe. Abanini be-iPhone abajabule ngalesi sinqumo futhi lokhu sekuholele ekutheni inkampani imangalelwe, kanye nezindlela zikahulumeni zokuhlola ezivela kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Njengokwakamuva ochungechungeni lwemibuzo ekubuyekezweni kwesoftware yakwa-Apple, u-Apple ubhekene nophenyo olusha oluvela kubo bobabili uMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US kanye neKhomishini Yezokuphepha kanye ne-Exchange ebheke ukunquma ukuthi ngabe inkampani enkulu yezobuchwepheshe i-Apple Inc. yephule yini imithetho yezokuphepha ukudalulwa kwalo kokubuyekezwa kwesoftware eshiwo ngenhla lokho yehlisa ezinye izingcingo eziphathwayo ngamabhethri okumaka, ngokusho kombiko omusha ovela eBloomberg.
Ngokusho kwemithombo engenagama ekhuluma ngalolu shicilelo, womabili la ma-ejensi acele i-Apple ukuthi idlulise imininingwane ethile maqondana nalesi sinqumo.
NgoLwesithathu, abakwa-Apple baphendule imibiko yokuthi uhulumeni wase-US uphenya le nkampani ngezinsolo zokufinya izinhlobo ezindala ze-iPhone, ethi inkampani ngeke ize yenze into enjalo ukushayela ukuthengiswa kwamamodeli amasha.
"Sithole imibuzo evela kwezinye izinhlaka zikahulumeni futhi siyayiphendula," kusho okhulumela i-Apple etshela iReuters, enezela, "Asikaze, futhi asisoze, senza noma yini ukunciphisa impilo yanoma yimuphi umkhiqizo we-Apple, noma ukwehlisa isithunzi umsebenzisi isipiliyoni sokuqhuba ukuthuthukiswa kwamakhasimende. ”
Ngaphandle kwamacala angaphezu kuka-9 aqhubekayo e-United States, i-Apple nayo ibhekene nezimpi zomthetho eFrance, eRussia nase-Israel.
