Ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto Apple wahlawuliswa u-€ 10 million (cishe ama-US $ 12 million) e-Italy ngemuva kokutholakala ukuthi udukise abathengi ngalesi sici esingangeni manzi kuma-iPhone. Inkampani manje ibhekene nesethi eyengeziwe yamacala ngomkhuba wayo odumile "we-batterygate".
Kulabo abangazi, igama elithi "i-battery flap" lisetshenziselwa ukuchaza abakhiqizi abanciphisa ngamabomu noma behlisa isithunzi ukusebenza kwamafoni amadala. Ngokusobala, lokhu kwenzelwa ukugcina ukuzinza kwesistimu yamadivayisi amadala nge-firmware entsha, kodwa eminyakeni yamuva lo mkhuba uye waba indaba yokungabaza. Umdondoshiya weCupertino phambilini wakhokha u-$113 wezigidi zokukhokhela abathengi mayelana nezinsolo zokukhwabanisa zase-US ngomkhuba we-iPhone 6 yaso. iPhone 7 и iPhone SE.
Futhi manje, izinhlangano ezinhlanu zabathengi zaseYurophu sezifake olunye futhi uchungechunge lwamacala ekilasi ngokumelene ne-Apple eBelgium naseSpain. Lezi zinsolo zihlobene nenkinga efanayo ehleliwe yokuphelelwa yisikhathi futhi zithi amamodeli we-iPhone 6 kanye ne-iPhone 6s manje nawo abhekana nokwehla ngamabomu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, icala licela inkampani ukuthi ibuyisele amakhasimende athintekile “okungenani u-€ 60 (cishe u-$70) ngedivayisi ngayinye” kuwo womabili la mazwe, kuyilapho kuhlelwa amacala engeziwe e-Italy nasePortugal.
I-Apple ibilokhu iphika izimangalo ezivela ku-Batterygate futhi yathi ifinyelele kuphela isivumelwano sokukhokhela abasebenzisi bayo ukuze "bagweme ukuqulwa kwamacala anzima futhi abizayo."
Ngamanye amazwi, isixazululo senziwa kuphela ukuchithwa kwecala, hhayi ukuxazulula inkinga. Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, inkampani yaze yakhokha u-$25 kumakhasimende ayo ase-US ngayinye endabeni efanayo ne-iPhone 6. Ngakho-ke kuzodingeka silinde futhi sibone ukuthi inkampani iphendula kanjani kulowo mbuzo.
