Ngokuqinisekile kukhona okwenzekayo lapha, futhi kuzothatha isikhathi eside. Akuzona zonke izinsuku lapho ubona i-Apple isayina isivumelwano nenkampani ephikisana nayo ukuze ibeke isisekelo sesivumelwano seminyaka eyishumi sokuthula ngelungelo lobunikazi. I-Apple ingumuntu ongashintsha umdlalo, i-Death Star yomthala wefoni ephathekayo. Futhi nakuba kuyiqiniso ukuthi uDarth Vader akasekho, uMbuso awubonakali ushintshe kakhulu ngaphansi kobuholi obusha. Konke lokhu kusenze sikholelwe ukuthi kukhona okwengeziwe kulo lonke udaba lwelungelo lobunikazi kanye nezimpi zomthetho. UPeter Chou we- HTC ukuqinisekisile ukuthi abakhokhi phakathi kuka-$6 no-$8 ngedivayisi ngayinye ethengisiwe, futhi lokho kubalulekile.
Ngibize ngokuthi ngingumuntu okholelwa ekulungeni, kodwa umcabango wami wokuqala lapho ngifunda ngesivumelwano phakathi kwamaTaiwan namaMelika e-Apple ukuthi konke kwakuyicebo lokulimaza i-Samsung . Njengoba imininingwane yokuqala ivela, ngaqala ukungabaza umbono wami. Yabeka isu lapho i-Apple ithanda khona i-HTC ukuze ikwazi ukuncintisana kakhudlwana, iphonsele inselelo i-Samsung, isuse isabelo sayo semakethe, futhi, ngokungaqondile, ivumele i-Apple ukuthi iphinde ibuse.
Kodwa-ke, amathemba ami aqala ukushabalala lapho ngibona ukuthi isivumelwano ababesifinyelele singase sihilele inkokhelo ephakathi kuka-$6 no-$8 ngedivayisi ngayinye ethengiswe yi-HTC ku-Apple. Kwakuyisamba esikhulu kakhulu , futhi kwaphakamisa ithuba lokuthi i-Apple yayikhathalela kakhulu inzuzo kunokuthola kabusha amandla ayo ezweni lobuchwepheshe.
Kodwa-ke, amazwi kaChou, inhloko ye-HTC, aqinisekisa ukuzethemba kwami. Ngokusho kwalesi sikhulu, iqiniso lokuthi abanye abahlaziyi balinganisele ukuthi kufanele bakhokhe leyo mali ngedivayisi ngayinye liyamangalisa . Izinto ezimbili zingatholakala emazwini akhe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuthi abakhokhi imali enkulu kangaka, lokho kusobala, ngakho-ke inzuzo yezezimali ye-Apple ibingeke ibe yinkulu kangako. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuqinisekisa nokuthi bakhokha okuthile, yize kungenjalo kakhulu, ngoba ukube bekungenjalo, amazwi akhe ngabe ahlukile.
Ake siphinde sibukeze umbono. I-Samsung inesifiso sokufunda imininingwane mayelana nesivumelwano se-HTC-Apple esingaba nomthelela empini yayo yezomthetho. Kungase kube ukuzama ukuthola amagama athile angasetshenziswa ukusola ukuncintisana okungafanele. Uma i-Apple inikeza i-HTC lokho ekufunayo ku-Samsung mahhala, ama-South Korea angase abe nendlela yokubahlasela. Isixazululo? Bakhokhisa imali encane kakhulu ngedivayisi ngayinye, cishe intengo encane, ukufihla izisusa zomnotho, ngesikhathi esifanayo bazi ukuthi i-Samsung ngeke isamukele isivumelwano esinjalo. Umphumela wokugcina ukuthi i-HTC ikhululekile ukukhula, kuyilapho i-Apple iqhubeka nokuzama ukucindezela ama-South Korea. Uma umbhali olula nothobekile engaqhamuka nalo mbono wonke, angifuni ngisho nokucabanga ukuthi benzani emthunzini.
Yini ngempela esayinwe yi-Apple ne-HTC?
Lezi zinkampani ezimbili zisayine isivumelwano somhlaba wonke sokuxazulula zonke izingxabano ezisasele phakathi kwazo nokusungula ilayisensi yeminyaka eyishumi . Le layisensi ifinyelela kumalungelo obunikazi amanje nawesikhathi esizayo abo bobabili abathintekayo, iphuzu elibalulekile ngoba ivimbela izingxabano mayelana nezinto ezintsha ezingakafiki emakethe. Imibandela yezezimali yesivumelwano iyimfihlo , futhi yilokho kanye ukungacaci okwakhuthaza izilinganiso zangaphandle mayelana nezinkokhelo zamayunithi.
Esitatimendeni esihlanganyelwe, abaphathi abaphezulu bezinkampani zombili bagcizelele umqondo ofanayo: amacala ambalwa enkantolo kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha okwengeziwe . I-HTC iphinde yabonisa ukuthi isivumelwano ngeke sibe nomthelela omkhulu kwezezimali , isitatimende esiphakamisa umthwalo olawulekayo ezindlekweni zamalayisense.
Umongo wezomthetho: I-ITC, ukuvinjelwa kwesikhashana nezixazululo zobuchwepheshe
Ukungqubuzana phakathi kwe-Apple ne-HTC kwakungenye yezinkundla zokuqala ezinkulu empini yelungelo lobunikazi lama-smartphone. I-Apple isole i-HTC ngokwephula amalungelo obunikazi amaningi abalulekile futhi yayisa impikiswano kwi- U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) , inkundla enamandla okuvimba ukungeniswa kwezimpahla kwamanye amazwe. I-Apple iwine okungenani icala elilodwa lelungelo lobunikazi, okwaholela emikhawulweni yokuthengisa kumamodeli athile e-HTC e-United States isikhathi esithile.
I-HTC iphendule ngoshintsho lobuchwepheshe ukuze imise ukwephulwa komthetho, kodwa noma kunjalo, amanye amadivayisi ayo abambezeleka emasikweni ngenkathi izinguquko ziqinisekiswa. Lesi simo sigcizelele ingozi yokusebenza yokulwa lezi zimpi enkundleni yezomthetho, hhayi nje ngenxa yezijeziso kodwa nokuphazamiseka kwempahla ezimakethe ezibalulekile.
I-HTC ikhokha malini? Izilinganiso, ukuphika, nezimpawu
Izibalo zika- $6 kuya ku-$8 ngedivayisi ngayinye zisakazwe kabanzi emibikweni yabahlaziyi, okuhambisana nendaba yesivumelwano esihloselwe kakhulu ukuvikela isikhundla semakethe kunokukhulisa imali engenayo yasebukhosini. Kodwa-ke, uPeter Chou ubize lezi zilinganiso ngokuthi “ziyihlazo ,” futhi okhulumela i-HTC yase-US ugcizelele ukuthi babengalindele umthelela omkhulu kuma-akhawunti abo kule layisensi, ephakamisa ukuthi izindleko eziphansi kunezinhlebo noma izimo ezinciphisa umphumela wayo.
Kufanele futhi kukhunjulwe ukuthi, kwezinye izingxoxo zemvelo, kubikwa ukuthi i-Apple iphakamise izimali eziphezulu zamayunithi kubakhiqizi abathile be-Android, yize ukuba khona kwelayisense ehlanganisayo kushintsha i-equation: lapho bobabili abantu benikela ngezinsiza, umphumela uvame ukwehlisa amazinga e-net futhi uvumelanise izikhuthazo ukuze kugwenywe ukuqhubeka nokuqulwa kwamacala.
I-hypothesis ye-Samsung kanye nebhodi elibanzi
Inkolelo-mbono yami yokuqala yokuthi i-Apple ingase isekele ukukhula kwe-HTC ukuze inciphise i-Samsung ihambisana nesimo lapho i-Apple isivele ithole isivumelwano sezigidi zamaRandi ngokumelene nale nkampani enkulu yaseNingizimu Korea . Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubudlelwano ne-Samsung bunezinhlangothi eziningi: kokubili umhlinzeki wezingxenye ezibalulekile kanye nembangi enkulu emakethe ephezulu, ibhalansi eyakha noma yisiphi isivumelwano esingaba khona.
Ukunikeza i-HTC ikhambi elixoxiswane ngalo, elingabizi kakhulu , nelingenazo izingxabano kuvumela i-Apple ukuthi igxile emizamweni yayo yezomthetho lapho ibona khona ingozi enkulu yokuncintisana . Uma i-HTC inikezwe ilayisensi engokomfanekiso noma yamahhala kuyilapho i-Samsung icindezelwa ngamacala, kungavela izinsolo zokuphathwa okungalingani . Ngakho-ke, imali ngedivayisi ngayinye, noma ngabe incane kangakanani , isebenza njengesizathu sezomnotho kanye nesu lokuphuma komncintiswano ongasabeki usongo olufanayo ebuholini bemakethe yayo.
Iqhaza lamaphothifoliyo obunikazi kanye nezivumelwano eziphambene
I-HTC iqinise isikhundla sayo ngokuthengwa okufana ne-S3 Graphics , eyanikeza amalungelo obunikazi abalulekile futhi yavumela ukuthi iphikisane nezimangalo ezicini ezithile. Kulo mkhakha, amandla angempela awagcini nje ngokwabelana ngemakethe kodwa futhi nasekhwalithini nasebubanzini bephothifoliyo yamalungelo obunikazi. Akuyona into engaqondakali ukuthi, kwezinye izingxabano ezidumile, izivumelwano zokugcina bezihlangene , ngezinkokhelo zamazwe amabili kanye nokwabiwa kwamalungelo okunciphisa ukungaqiniseki.
Abahlaziyi be-ecosystem bagcizelela ukuthi lezi zinhlobo zamalayisense zisebenza njengesambulela sokusungula izinto ezintsha : imikhiqizo ingagxila kumkhiqizo , izinsizakalo, kanye nolwazi lomsebenzisi ngaphandle kokukhathazeka njalo ngemikhawulo yamasiko noma izinqumo ezingamisa ukwethulwa komkhiqizo. Isivumelwano se-Apple-HTC sifanelana nalesi sibonelo futhi, empeleni, sahunyushwa njengesibonelo esingaba khona sezinye izivumelwano ezilandelayo phakathi kwabadlali abakhulu bemakethe.
Uma sibheka isithombe esikhulu, isivumelwano sokuthula phakathi kwe-Apple ne-HTC kwakungesona nje ukuphela kwempi, kodwa kwakuyindlela ehlakaniphile yokuthi ungaphatha kanjani ibhalansi phakathi kokuvikela impahla yobuhlakani nokungavimbeli umncintiswano ogcina ukusungula izinto ezintsha kuphila embonini yeselula. Ukuhlanganiswa kwesivumelwano sesikhathi eside sokunikeza amalayisense, imigomo eyimfihlo, kanye nezindleko ngeyunithi ngayinye ezingalahli imali kusikisela ukuthi bobabili abathintekayo bayaqonda ukuthi impi yabo enenzuzo kakhulu yayingekho ezinkantolo, kodwa emakethe.
