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I-Apple izoyikhipha nini ifoni yayo egoqekayo? Lo mbuzo uthakazelisa kakhulu ngokwethulwa kwe-Google Pixel Fold. Uma sibheka kuphela imakethe yasekhaya lase-USA, empeleni kukhona abadlali abathathu kuphela - i-Samsung, i-Motorola ne-Google, futhi ngenxa yokuthi i-Apple isalindile, ilahlekelwa amakhasimende amaningi kakhulu. 

Ngisho noma abakhiqizi abaningi baseShayina sebevele benawo ama-jigsaw abo, abakhuli kakhulu ngaphandle kwemingcele yezwe labo, futhi uma benza, ngisho naphesheya kwezilwandle. Kusukela ngo-2019, lapho abakwaSamsung bethula i-Galaxy Z Fold yokuqala, ibe nesikhathi esanele sokuzibonakalisa njengomholi ngokufanelekile emakethe yomhlaba. Emakethe yase-US, i-Google Pixel Fold ingumncintiswano wokuqala omkhulu we-Galaxy Z Fold4, ngoba i-Motorola nochungechunge lwayo lwe-Razr kuyimiklamo ephendukayo.

I-Apple isalindeni? 

Kubalandeli abaningi be-Apple, okuhlanganisa nathi, kuyamangaza ukuthi kungani inkampani ivumela abanye ukuthi bathole ukubusa okucacile kule ngxenye. Yize sesivele sinemibiko eminingi lapha mayelana nokuthi i-Apple iyilungiselela kanjani iphazili yayo, asikaboni lutho oluphathekayo njengokuqagela kanye namalungelo obunikazi agunyaziwe noma ukunikezwa kwabalandeli. Cishe ngeke sikubone kulo nyaka, cishe hhayi nangonyaka ozayo. Futhi lokho kude kakhulu.

Ukuphikisana okunesikhathi eside kuka-Apple kokulinda kube ukuthi ulinde ukuthi imakethe ivuthwe. Ngemuva kwakho konke, lokhu sikubonile izikhathi eziningana emlandweni, muva nje ngokufika kwe-5G. Kodwa ngamafoni aguquguqukayo, ukulinda kungase kungafaneleki. Lo mklamo uwukuziphendukela kwemvelo okuhle kakhulu, ukucatshangelwa kabusha ukuthi i-smartphone ingaba yini futhi iyithrendi ecacile yesikhathi esizayo, kuzo zombili izici zefomu, okungukuthi uhlobo lwe-Fold and Flip. Ukungena sekwephuzile kwe-Apple kule makethe kuzosho ukuthi kuzofanele ihlangane ne-Samsung, i-Google ne-Motorola kanye nokukhiqizwa okucebile kwamaShayina (okungenani emakethe yaseYurophu). Kodwa kuphi?

I-Cannibalizing iPhones 

Lokhu mhlawumbe inkinga enkulu, futhi ukuthi i-Apple iphelelwa yisikhathi. Kulo nyaka, abakwaSamsung bazokwethula isizukulwane sesi-5 sama-jigsaws ayo, okulindeleke ukuthi asuse iningi lamaphutha edizayini ahambisana nokuhlangana kwawo, futhi azoba ngamadivayisi amahle kakhulu abukeka emuhle kakhulu, ngoba azosusa okungenani eyodwa engathí sina. into yokuhlekwa kwabo. Khona-ke lapho ikhasimende lithenga iphazili entsha ye-Samsung, kungani kufanele bathenge iphazili ye-Apple ngonyaka noma emibili? Okufanayo kuya ku-Google Pixel Fold. Uma ikhasimende lithenga le foni evumelana nezimo kakhulu kulo nyaka, kungani kufanele bashintshele kusixazululo se-Apple maduze?

Kungakhathalekile ukuthi iyiphi ifomu ye-iPhone eguquguqukayo eyethulayo, ngakho-ke izobhekana nesimo lapho kuzoba nzima khona ukuheha abanikazi be-Samsung jigsaws, ngokuvamile abangadluleli emqhudelwaneni, i-Google noma i-Motorola. Ngakho-ke "ingakwazi ukucosha" amakhasimende athandabuzayo azofuna i-jigsaw ngesikhathi sokwethulwa kodwa azobe enquma ukuthi iyiphi, bese kuba yilabo okungenzeka bathenge i-iPhone entsha, kodwa i-jigsaw ye-Apple ibanxusa kakhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sikhuluma kabanzi ngabanikazi be-iPhone abakhona lapha, futhi lokhu kusho ngokusobala ukuthi izindida ze-Apple zinganciphisa ukuthengiswa kwamafoni akudala enkampani. Uma i-Apple ilinda isikhathi eside, yilapho inika khona ezinye izinkampani ezingazuza kuyo kuphela, futhi lokho akukuhle ngakho. 

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