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I-Apple kulindeleke ukuthi ikhiphe ama-iPhones amathathu kulo nyaka. Enye yazo cishe izoba yi-iPhone X ethuthukisiwe, eyesibili i-iPhone X Plus, futhi imodeli yesithathu kufanele ibe inguqulo ethengekayo ye-iPhone. Amafoni amasha we-Apple abenayo i-3,5mm jack headphone isikhathi eside. I-Apple izamile ukudambisa ukwethuka okujwayelekile okwavela lapho imodeli yokuqala ngaphandle kwalesi sixhumi - i-iPhone 7 - yethulwa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ngokufaka ukuncishiswa kusuka kujack engu-3,5 mm kuya kumbani. Kodwa lokho kungase kuphele maduze.

Abahlaziyi abahlukahlukene sebevele beqhamuke nezibikezelo mayelana ne-adaptha elahlekile yamamodeli amasha izikhathi ezimbalwa. Manje banesizathu esengeziwe salokhu kuqagela. Leso sizathu umbiko wekota ovela kwa-Cirrus Logic, ongumphakeli we-Apple. Ihlinzeka ngezingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha ezilalelwayo zemikhiqizo efana ne-iPhone. Ngokuka-Matthew D. Ramsay, umhlaziyi wase-Cowen, umbiko wekota we-Cirrus Logic wemali etholwayo unikeza inkomba mayelana nezinhlelo ze-Apple zalokhu kuwa.

 

Encwadini yakhe kubatshalizimali, uRamsay ubhala ukuthi imiphumela yezezimali ye-Cirrus Logic -- okungukuthi, imininingwane yemali etholwayo -- "qinisekisa ukuthi i-Apple ngeke yengeze ijekhi ye-headphone kumamodeli ayo akamuva e-iPhone." Ngokusho kukaRamsay, ukwehliswa ngeke kuphuthelwe kumamodeli akhishwe ngaphambilini. UBlayne Curtis, ongumhlaziyi weBarclays, ufinyelele esiphethweni esifanayo ngo-Ephreli nonyaka.

I-Apple yalahla i-headphone jack kuma-smartphones ayo ngo-2016. Ukulalela umsindo kungenzeka nge-Lightning port, ukupakishwa kwamamodeli amasha akuhlonyelwe kuphela ama-headphones ane-Lightning end, kodwa futhi nokunciphisa okukhulunywe ngakho ngenhla. Kodwa-ke, ukungabikho kokunciphisa ukupakishwa kwama-iPhones amasha akusho ukuthi i-Apple izoyeka ukunikeza lesi sisekeli ngokuphelele - i-adaptha ithengiswa ngokuhlukana kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni ye-Apple ngemiqhele engama-279.

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