Ukwethulwa kwaseYurophu “kwefoni ye-Facebook” kubambezelekile kulandela ukuthengiswa okudumazayo kwe-US kanye nempendulo engemihle.
Ihendisethi ye-HTC isebenzisa isofthiwe ye-Facebook ethuthukisiwe Yasekhaya, eklanyelwe ukuhlanganiswa kakhulu ku-smartphone kunohlelo lokusebenza oluvamile.
I-Opharetha yeselula yase-UK i-EE ikuqinisekisile ukuthi "ukulandela impendulo yamakhasimende" ukwethulwa kwe-Europe kumisiwe.
Kulandela inqwaba yokuhamba kwezisebenzi ezisezingeni eliphezulu ku-HTC.
Ezinyangeni ezedlule, isikhulu esiphezulu semikhiqizo u-Kouji Koudera, isikhulu esiphezulu sase-Asia u-Lennard Hoornik kanye nomqondisi wenkampani yezokuxhumana emhlabeni jikelele u-Jason Gordon bonke bahambile.
Abanye abahlanu abaphezulu nabo sebeyishiyile inkampani.
Qhubeka ufunda indaba esemqoka
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Sigxile ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo ekwengezeni izici zokwenza ngokwezifiso ezibhekana nempendulo esiyitholile”
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Izimpawu zokunganeliseki zadlalwa obala lapho u-Eric Lin, owayengumphathi wamasu omkhiqizo we-HTC, ebhala ku-Twitter: “Kubo bonke abangani bami abasese-@HTC - vele uyeke. Hamba manje.
“Kunzima ukukwenza, kodwa uzojabula kakhulu, ngiyafunga.”
UMnu Lin wayeshiye i-HTC ngoFebhuwari ukuze ajoyine iSkype ephethwe yiMicrosoft.
Naphezu kokuba ngomunye wabadlali abaphambili embonini eminyakeni embalwa edlule, isabelo semakethe sabenzi be-smartphone sehle kakhulu futhi imali engenayo yehle yafika ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili ngasekupheleni kuka-2012.
'Umqondo omningi'
UMark Zuckerberg wethule iKhaya ngesithembiso sokuthi "izoshintsha ubudlelwano" abantu abanabo ngezingcingo zabo.
Isofthiwe yokulanda mahhala ingena esikhundleni sesikrini sasekhaya sefoni ngokuphakelayo kwe-Facebook nezinketho zokuxoxa.
Ekuqaleni ibitholakala kuphela ku-smartphone Yokuqala ye-HTC, ngaphambi kokuthi ikhiqizwe kwezinye izinto eziphathwayo ezisebenza nge-Android.
I-HTC ibinethemba lokuthi isivumelwano se-Facebook sizothuthukisa ukuthengiswa kwensiza Yokuqala, kodwa i-handset sehliswe kakhulu - futhi yehliswa yi-AT&T, inethiwekhi enkulu yeselula yase-US.
I-Facebook iyeka ukukhulula Ikhaya e-Europe ngemuva kwempendulo yabasebenzisi
Esitatimendeni, i-Facebook ithe ibilalela "isipiliyoni" sabasebenzisi besoftware.
“Nakuba abantu abaningi beyithanda, sizwile izimpendulo eziningi ezinhle mayelana nendlela yokwenza Ikhaya libe ngcono kakhulu.
“Ngenxa yalokho sigxile ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo ekwengezeni izici zokwenza ngokwezifiso ezibhekana nempendulo esiyitholile.
“Nakuba sigxile ekwenzeni Ikhaya libe ngcono, sizokhawulela ukusekela amadivayisi amasha futhi sicabanga ukuthi kwenza umqondo omkhulu ukuthi i-EE ne-Orange bayeke ukusebenzisa i-HTC Okokuqala eYurophu.”
Inethiwekhi yeselula yase-UK i-EE ithe izoxhumana namakhasimende abonise intshisekelo kulolu cingo.
"[I-Facebook] income ukuthi iyeke ukwethula i-HTC First e-UK," kusho inkampani.
"Qiniseka ukuthi, sisazibophezele ekuletheleni amakhasimende ethu ulwazi lwakamuva lweselula, futhi sizoqhubeka sakhela phezu kobudlelwano bethu obuqinile ne-Facebook ukuze sinikeze amakhasimende amathuba amasha ngokuzayo."
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