I-Samsung nayo ayinayo inhlanhla ekhaya. Ngemva kokuqulwa kwamacala amaningi enkantolo okwenzeka phakathi Apple kanye ne-Samsung e-US, inkantolo yaseSouth Korea yakhipha isinqumo esivuna i-Apple futhi yasichitha isiphakamiso se-Samsung sokuthi Apple wayeka ukuthengisa amamodeli amadala iPhone kanye ne-iPad futhi wakhokha inhlawulo ecishe ibe ngu-€70. AbakwaSamsung basole lokho Apple kusukela eqinisweni lokuthi lawa madivayisi aphula i-trio yamalungelo obunikazi ephethe.
Lokhu kusimangaze kakhulu inkantolo, njengoba inqabile ukuphumela obala ngokuvuna inkampani yasekhaya futhi yasichitha isiphakamiso sayo. Apple Yebo, uzithatha kahle lezi zindaba, umkhulumeli we-Apple uSteve Park naye aphawule ngakho: "Siyajabula ukuthi inkantolo yaseKorea ihlanganyele nabanye ekuvikeleni ukuqamba okusha futhi yenqaba izimangalo ezingenangqondo ze-Samsung." Kodwa-ke, abakwaSamsung bahlose ukuqhubeka nokuzivikela futhi bacubungula ukudluliswa kwesinqumo senkantolo: “Ngoba Apple iyaqhubeka nokwephula ubuchwepheshe bethu beselula obunelungelo lobunikazi, sizoqhubeka nokuthatha izinyathelo ezidingekayo ukuze sivikele impahla yethu yengqondo.”
Lokhu kungokunye ochungechungeni lwamacala abelokhu eqhubeka phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili kusukela ngo-2011. Apple ngalowo nyaka, wasola i-Samsung ngokukopisha ngamabomu ukubukeka nezici zayo iPhone kanye namathebulethi e-iPad. Phambilini, le nkantolo iyalele i-Apple ukuthi ikhokhe inhlawulo ye-40 million won (€27) kwaSamsung futhi yacela abakwaSamsung ukuthi bakhokhe inhlawulo ye-600 million won (€25) ku-Apple. Ngaleso sikhathi, abakwaSamsung babephula umthetho welungelo lobunikazi lomsebenzi othi "bounce-back", okungukuthi, ukubhampa amadokhumenti esikrinini sefoni uma umsebenzisi efinyelele ekugcineni kwedokhumenti.
*Umthombo: Reuters
