I-Apple iqede umnotho we-2017 ngekota yerekhodi

Ibhodi labaqondisi bakwa-Apple libambe ucingo lwengqungquthela nabaninimasheya izolo ebusuku. Phakathi nalo mcimbi wendabuko, u-Tim Cook kanye no-co. yethula isifuba ngendlela inkampani esebenze ngayo engxenyeni yokugcina yonyaka wezimali ka-2017, okungukuthi ngesikhathi sikaJulayi-Agasti-Septhemba. Ngaleso sikhathi, inkampani yazuza ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-52,6 emalini engenayo kanye nama- $ 10,7 wezigidigidi emalini engenayo. Kulezi zinyanga ezintathu, i-Apple ikwazile ukudayisa ama-iPhones ayizigidi ezingu-46,7, ama-iPads ayizigidi ezingu-10,3 kanye nama-Mac ayizigidi ezingu-5,4. Lena irekhodi lekota yesine ye-Apple, futhi u-Tim Cook ulindele okungenani umkhuba ofanayo ukuthi ubonakale kwikota elandelayo.

Ngemikhiqizo emisha nenhle ngendlela ye-iPhone 8 ne-8 Plus, i-Apple Watch Series 3, i-Apple TV 4K, sibheke ngabomvu le nkathi kaKhisimusi njengoba silindele ukuthi ibe yimpumelelo kakhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, manje sethula ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone X, enesidingo esingakaze sibonwe. Siyajabula ukwethula imibono yethu yesikhathi esizayo ngemikhiqizo yethu emihle. 

- UTim Cook

Phakathi nocingo lwengqungquthela, kuzwakale eminye imininingwane eminingi, esizoyifingqa ngezansi ngamaphuzu amaningana:

• Ama-iPad, ama-iPhones nama-Macs wonke abone ukukhula kwamasheya emakethe
• I-Mac ithengisa ngo-25% unyaka nonyaka
• I-iPhone 8 entsha ingenye yezinhlobo ezidume kakhulu ezake zaba khona
• Ama-oda wangaphambilini we-iPhone X angaphambi kwalokho obekulindelwe
• Ukuthengiswa kwe-iPad kukhula ngamadijithi aphindwe kabili ngekota yesibili ilandelana
• Kunezinhlelo zokusebenza ezingaphezu kuka-1 ze-augmented reality ku-App Store
• I-Macy yenze imali eningi emlandweni wenkampani ngekota
• Ukwenyuka ngo-50% kokuthengiswa kwe-Apple Watch uma kuqhathaniswa nekota edlule
• I-Apple ilindele ukuthi ikota elandelayo ibe ehamba phambili emlandweni wenkampani
• Inkampani ikhula futhi eChina
• Ukukhula okungama-30% eMexico, Middle East, Turkey naseCentral Europe
• Idizayini entsha ye-App Store ibonakale iyimpumelelo, abasebenzisi bayivakashela kakhulu
• Ukwenyuka okungu-75% konyaka nonyaka kwababhalisile be-Apple Music
• 34% ukwenyuka kwezinsiza unyaka nonyaka
• Inani labasebenzisi be-Apple Pay seliphindeke kabili ngonyaka odlule
• Ngonyaka odlule, izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-418 zavakashela izitolo zakwa-Apple
• Le nkampani inemali engu-$269 billion ekupheleni konyaka wezimali.

Ngaphezu kwala maphuzu, imibuzo iphinde yaphendulwa ngesikhathi socingo lwengqungquthela. Okuthakazelisa kakhulu okuphathelene nokutholakala kwe-iPhone X, noma izikhathi ezilindelekile, lapho kungeke kube khona isidingo sokulinda ama-oda amasha. Nokho, uTim Cook akakwazanga ukuphendula lo mbuzo, nakuba esho ukuthi izinga lokukhiqiza liyanda masonto onke. I-iPhone 8 Plus iyimodeli ye-Plus ethengiswa kakhulu emlandweni. Ungafunda okulotshiweyo okuningiliziwe kwengqungquthela ku utho i-athikili, kanye nezimpendulo zezwi kweminye imibuzo embalwa ebingemnandi kangako.

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