Tomas Chlebek Sharp, wopanga zowonetsera ku Japan, wapereka mawu m'mawa uno akuvomera zomwe Foxconn, mnzake wamkulu wopanga Apple, kuti agule kampaniyo. Posakhalitsa, Foxconn adachedwetsa kusaina komaliza kwa mgwirizano, chifukwa akuti adalandira "chikalata chofunikira" chosadziwika kuchokera kwa Sharp chopatsa wogula chidziwitso chomwe chinali chofunikira kufotokozera asanagule. Foxconn tsopano akuyembekeza kuti izi zifotokozedwa posachedwa ndipo kupeza kungatsimikizidwe kumbali yake.
Lingaliro la Sharp ndi zotsatira za msonkhano wamasiku awiri wa oyang'anira kampaniyo womwe udayamba Lachitatu. Zinaganiza pakati pa kuperekedwa kwa Foxconn kwa yen 700 biliyoni yaku Japan (korona mabiliyoni 152,6) ndikuyika ndalama za yen 300 biliyoni yaku Japan (korona mabiliyoni 65,4) ndi Innovation Network Corp yaku Japan, bungwe lazakampani lothandizidwa ndi boma la Japan. Sharp adaganiza zokomera Foxconn, yemwe, ngati atatsimikiziridwa, adzalandira magawo awiri mwa magawo atatu a kampaniyo ngati magawo atsopano a korona pafupifupi 108,5 biliyoni.
Foxconn adayamba kuwonetsa chidwi chogula Sharp mu 2012, koma zokambirana zidalephera. Sharp panthawiyo anali pafupi ndi bankirapuse ndipo kuyambira pamenepo wakhala akulimbana ndi ngongole zazikulu ndipo wadutsa kale ziwiri zomwe zimatchedwa bailouts, kupulumutsa ndalama zakunja kusanachitike. Zokambirana pakugula kapena kuyika ndalama ku Sharp zidawonekeranso bwino chaka chino Januwale ndipo kumayambiriro kwa February, Sharp anali kutsamira ku Foxconn.
Ngati kupezako kupitilira, kudzakhala kofunikira kwambiri osati kwa Foxconn, Sharp ndi Apple, komanso gawo lonse laukadaulo. Kungakhale kugulidwa kwakukulu kwa kampani yaukadaulo yaku Japan ndi kampani yakunja. Mpaka pano, Japan ayesa kusunga makampani ake luso dziko kwathunthu, mwina chifukwa cha mantha kupeputsa udindo wa dziko monga woyambitsa umisiri waukulu ndipo mwina chifukwa cha chikhalidwe makampani kumeneko kuti sakonda kugawana zochita zake ndi ena. Kugulidwa kwa chimphona ngati Sharp ndi kampani yakunja (Foxconn ili ku China) kungatanthauze kutsegulidwa kwaukadaulo ku Japan padziko lonse lapansi.
Ponena za kufunikira kwa kupezeka kwa Foxconn ndi Apple, makamaka ikukhudza Foxconn monga wopanga ndi wogulitsa komanso wopereka zigawo zikuluzikulu ndi mphamvu zopangira Apple. "Sharp ndiyamphamvu pakufufuza ndi chitukuko, pomwe a Hon Hai (dzina lina la Foxconn, zolemba za mkonzi) amadziwa kuperekera zinthu kwa makasitomala ngati Apple komanso ali ndi chidziwitso chopanga. Pamodzi, atha kupeza msika wamphamvu kwambiri, "atero Yukihiko Nakata, pulofesa waukadaulo komanso wogwira ntchito ku Sharp.
Komabe, pali ngozi kuti Sharp sangapambane ngakhale pansi pa ulamuliro wa Foxconn. Chifukwa cha nkhawazi sikuti Sharp adalephera kukonza bwino chuma chake ngakhale atatulutsidwa kawiri, zomwe zikuwonetseredwa ndi kutayika kwa $ 918 miliyoni (22,5 biliyoni akorona) kwa nthawi yapakati pa Epulo ndi Disembala chaka chatha, chomwe chinali chokwera kwambiri, kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno.
Ngakhale Sharp sanathe kugwiritsa ntchito matekinoloje ake owonetsera okha, Foxconn amatha kuzigwiritsa ntchito bwino, komanso mtundu wa kampaniyo. Ikuyesera kupeza kutchuka kwakukulu osati makamaka monga wogulitsa, komanso monga wopanga zinthu zofunika komanso zapamwamba kwambiri. Izi zitha kukhala ndi mwayi, mwa zina, kukhazikitsa mgwirizano wapafupi kwambiri ndi Apple. Izi zimatsimikiziridwa ndi kusonkhana kwa zinthu ndi kupanga zinthu zosafunika kwenikweni makamaka kwa iPhone.
Nthawi yomweyo, zida zodula kwambiri za iPhones ndizowonetseratu. Ndi thandizo la Sharp, Foxconn atha kupatsa Apple zinthu zofunika izi osati zotsika mtengo zokha, komanso ngati bwenzi lathunthu. Pakadali pano, LG ndiye omwe amapereka zowonetsera za Apple, ndipo Samsung ndiyoti ilowe nawo, mwachitsanzo, opikisana nawo awiri a kampani ya Cupertino.
Kuphatikiza apo, pali malingaliro akuti Apple ikhoza kuyamba kugwiritsa ntchito zowonetsera za OLED mu iPhones kuyambira 2018 (poyerekeza ndi LCD yamakono). Chifukwa chake Foxconn amatha kuyika ndalama pakukula kwawo kudzera ku Sharp. Adanenapo kale kuti akufuna kukhala wogulitsa padziko lonse lapansi zowonetsera zatsopano ndiukadaulowu, womwe ungapangitse zowonetsa kukhala zoonda, zopepuka komanso zosinthika kuposa LCD.
