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Zodabwitsa uthenga kuyambira koyambirira kwa sabata zamavuto akulu azachuma a kampani yopanga safiro ya GT Advanced Technologies akuwoneka kuti ali ndi chifukwa chomveka - kudalira kwa GT pa mgwirizano wake ndi Apple. Malinga ndi WSJ, adakana kulipira komaliza kwa $ 139 miliyoni patangopita nthawi pang'ono GT isanapereke mlandu wobweza.

Iyenera kukhala gawo lomaliza la $ 578 miliyoni yomwe Apple ndi GT Advanced adavomereza chaka chapitacho pomaliza mgwirizano wautali wa mgwirizano. Komabe, zomwe tatchulazi $ 139 miliyoni sizimayenera kufika muakaunti ya GT pamapeto pake, ndipo kampaniyo idasumira kuti atetezedwe ndi ngongole Lolemba.

Mwachiwonekere, wopanga safiro adawononga pafupifupi $ 248 miliyoni ya ndalama zake mu kotala limodzi, komabe adalephera kukwaniritsa dongosolo lomwe adagwirizana ndi Apple ndipo adaphonya gawo lomaliza. Apa, GT kubetcherana chilichonse mogwirizana ndi Apple, ndipo pamapeto pake zidalipira.

Apple idalowa mumgwirizano wapadera ndi GT Advanced, zomwe zidalepheretsa wopanga safiro kugulitsa zinthu zambiri kumakampani ena. M'malo mwake, Apple sinakakamizidwe kugula safiro kuchokera ku GT ngati inalibe chidwi. Kubetcha pa mgwirizano wokhazikika ndi Apple mwachiwonekere sikunayende bwino. Katundu wa GT adatsika atalemba kuti atetezedwe ndi ngongole, ndipo tsopano akugulitsa pafupifupi $ 1,5 gawo. Chaka chatha, mtengo wawo unali woposa madola 10.

Ngakhale sizikudziwika bwino chomwe chikuchititsa kuti GT Advanced iwonongeke mwadzidzidzi, mkulu wake Thomas Gutierrez adagulitsa magawo asanu ndi anayi a kampaniyo ndi mtengo wamtengo wapatali wa $ 160 tsiku lisanayambe kukhazikitsidwa kwa iPhones zatsopano. Kalelo, mtengo wawo unali woposa $ 17, koma pambuyo pa kukhazikitsidwa kwa ma iPhones atsopano, omwe analibe mawonedwe a safiro, monga momwe ena amayembekezera, adatsika mpaka $ 15.

Pakadali pano, GT idachulukitsa kuwirikiza mtengo wake pamiyezi khumi ndi iwiri yapitayo, pomwe omwe ali ndi masheya amakhulupirira kuti mgwirizano ndi Apple ukhala wopambana. Malinga ndi zomwe kampaniyo inanena, inali kugulitsa kokonzedweratu komwe kunakhazikitsidwa kale mu Marichi chaka chino, koma palibe chitsanzo chomwe chingapezeke pakugulitsa magawo a Gutierrez. M'mwezi wa Meyi, Juni ndi Julayi, CEO wa GT nthawi zonse amagulitsa magawo m'masiku atatu oyamba, koma adangokhala osagwira ntchito mpaka Seputembara 8.

Masiku atatu asanayambe kukhazikitsidwa kwa ma iPhones atsopano, adapeza pafupifupi magawo 16, ambiri mwa iwo adagulitsa. Kuyambira February chaka chino, wagulitsa kale pafupifupi 700 zikwi madola oposa 10 miliyoni. GT yakana kuyankhapo pankhaniyi.

Komabe, malinga ndi nkhani zaposachedwa, kulephera kwa GT Advanced Technologies sikuyenera kukhudza kupanga Apple Watch, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito safiro powonetsa. Izi ndichifukwa choti Apple imatha kutenga miyala ya safiro ya kukula uku kuchokera kwa opanga ena, sizidalira GT.

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