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Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Apple Watch bekungenamdlandla kakhulu, futhi amawashi akwa-Apple nawo abonakala engavamile ukubonakala ezihlakaleni. Kodwa ngonyaka wokuqala, ngokusho kwabahlaziyi abaningana, bathengise cishe ama-iPhones aphindwe kabili ngonyaka wabo wokuqala emakethe.

I-Apple Watch yaqala ukudayiswa ngo-April 24, 2015. Ngemva konyaka, isilinganiso somhlaziyi u-Toni Sacconaghi esivela enkampanini. Ucwaningo lukaBernstein, ngokusho ukuthi amayunithi ayizigidi eziyishumi nambili athengisiwe kuze kube manje ngenani elilinganiselwe lama-dollar angu-500 (imiqhele eyizinkulungwane ezingu-12). Futhi uNeil Cybart, uMqondisi Ngaphezulu kwe-Avalon, egxile ekuhlaziyweni okuhlobene ne-Apple, inikeze isilinganiso sayo: amayunithi ayizigidi eziyishumi nantathu athengiswa ngenani elilinganiselwe lama-dollar angu-450 (cishe imiqhele eyizinkulungwane ezingu-11).

Zombili lezi zilinganiso zibeka i-Apple Watch impumelelo ephindwe kabili yokuthengiswa kwaminyaka yonke kwe-iPhone cishe kwamayunithi ayizigidi eziyisithupha (Ukubuka kube yimpumelelo ngisho nangenkathi kaKhisimusi). Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-iPad ibe yimpumelelo yesithathu, ithengisa amayunithi ayizigidi eziyi-19,5 ngonyaka selokhu yethulwa.

Kuyacaca ukuthi ukuqhathanisa okufanayo kuyinkomba kuphela, njengoba kuzo zonke izimo ezintathu lezi zingamadivayisi anezici ezihluke kakhulu, futhi i-Apple yayingaziwa kakhulu futhi iphumelele njengoba kwenzeka namuhla lapho kwethulwa i-iPhone noma i-iPad yokuqala. Kodwa-ke, kungaphethwa kubo ukuthi ngokombono wezomnotho, uhlobo olusha lokuqala lomkhiqizo we-Apple kusukela ekufeni kukaSteve Jobs kwakungelona ngisho nokude i-fiasco, njengoba abanye besho.

Kodwa-ke, baphinde bakhombise ukushiyeka kwezobuchwepheshe nokunye kwewashi, njengesidingo sokuyishaja nsuku zonke, ngezinye izikhathi ukusebenza okunganele kweprosesa, izinhlelo zokusebenza ezihamba kancane, ukungabikho kwemodyuli yayo ye-GPS nokuncika ku-iPhone. Abanye bagxeka i-Apple Watch ngokujulile, bethi ayilusizo kakhulu. JP Gownder, umhlaziyi wale nkampani I-Forrester Research, uthe i-Apple idinga ukubeka amandla engeziwe ekwakheni i-ecosystem ephelele yezinsizakalo. Ngokusho kwakhe, i-Watch idinga ukuba "into ebaluleke kakhulu", abangakabi nayo.

I-Apple Watch isesezinsukwini zayo zokuqala, lapho amagagasi okugxeka ehla cishe kuzo zonke izisetshenziswa ezintsha ze-Apple, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kamuva zabaluleka noma zashintsha noma cha. Noma kunjalo, labo njengamanje abasebenzisa i-smartwatch ethengiswa kakhulu kunazo zonke (ukuthengiswa kwe-Apple Watch kubalwe ngamaphesenti angama-61 emakethe ngonyaka odlule) banelisekile kakhulu. Inkampani Ngesandla yenze ucwaningo kubanikazi be-Apple Watch abangu-1 - abangamaphesenti angama-150 babo basho kuhlu lwemibuzo oluku-inthanethi ukuthi banelisekile noma baneliseke kakhulu ngabo.

I-Apple izama ukukhulisa amathuba ekusasa eliqhakazile ohlotsheni lwayo lwakamuva lwedivayisi kumazinga amaningana. Ngokuqhubekayo wethula amakhasethi amasha, ngonyaka owodwa ikhiphe izinguqulo ezimbili ezinkulu ze-watchOS. Izama futhi ukubenza banganciki kakhulu ku-iPhone. Kusukela ngoJuni ikhubaza izinhlelo zokusebenza ezihamba kancane okungezona ezomdabu futhi - ngokusho kwemithombo ye-Wall Street Journal engashiwongo - usebenza ekungezeni imojuli yeselula esizukulwaneni sesibili sewashi. Eminye imidiya icabanga ukuthi isizukulwane sesibili se-Apple Watch sizoba mncane noma ngabe ukuthuthukiswa kuzohlobana kakhulu nezingxenye zangaphakathi nokuthi sizozibona yini lezi zindaba kakade ngoJuni noma ekwindla.

Umthombo: The Wall Street Journal, Ama-MacRumors
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