Njengamanje i-Apple inezitolo ezingaphansi kwezingama-500 zokusabalala kwayo emhlabeni wonke. Inani elikhulu lazo lingatholakala e-Asia. Njengamanje iChina inezitolo ezingama-Apple ezingama-38 kanti iHong Kong inezingu-5. Izinhlelo zokunweba ze-Apple e-Asia aziphothulwanganjengoba inkampani ezinze eCupertino ihlose ukuvula iSitolo sokuqala se-Apple eTaiwan. U-Apple uziqinisekisile lezi zindaba ngemuva kokufaka kwi-webhusayithi yakhe uhlu lwemisebenzi okuyimanje efuna isitolo sakhe sokuqala eTaiwan.
Lokho inkampani yaseCupertino engakuqinisekisanga kulapho uhlela ukuvula khona isitolo, futhi yini ezoba indawo yesitolo ngaphandle kweTaipei, inhlokodolobhaInawo wonke amavoti okuba yindawo yalesi sitolo sokuqala se-Apple ezweni. ITaiwan iyisiphephelo sokugcina saseChina lapho i-Apple izovula khona isitolo sayo. Ukunwetshwa ezwenikazi lase-Asia kwaqala eChina, kwalandelwa iHong Kong manje eyiTaiwan.
Abathengisi abaningi be-Apple atholakala eTaiwan njengeFoxconn, iLargan neTSMC yize ukukhiqizwa okuningi kukaFoxconn kwenziwa ezweni laseChina ngenxa yezindleko eziphansi nokwenyuka kwabasebenzi. Kuze kube manje, bonke abantu baseTaiwan kuye kwadingeka bathenge ku-inthanethi noma babheke abathengisi abagunyaziwe ezweni, kepha lokho kuzophela ezinyangeni ezizayo lapho kuvulwa iSitolo Sakwa-Apple sokuqala ezweni.
Kepha ngaphambi kwalokhu kuvulwa, I-Apple izovulwa ngoJulayi 30, isitolo sokuqala se-Apple endaweni yaseBrooklyn, ENew York, indawo kuze kube manje engenaso isitolo sayo, ephoqa abasebenzisi abahlala kule ndawo ukuba bathuthele eManhattan noma eQueens, lapho i-Apple ine-Apple Stores eziningana.
