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Ukwehla kokuthengiswa kwe-iPhone ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka nakho kube nemiphumela engemihle kubahlinzeki be-Apple. Abahlaziyi abalindele noma yikuphi ukuphenduka okubalulekile kokungcono esikhathini esizayo esibonakalayo. Umdondoshiya we-Cupertino ikakhulukazi udonsa kanzima ngenxa yokwehla okukhulu eChina. I-Apple ngaphambi kokwehla kokuthengiswa kwama-iPhones ayo waxwayisa emuva ngoMasingana walo nyaka futhi sathi lesi simo sidalwe yizimbangela ezimbalwa, kusukela ohlelweni lokushintsha ibhethri kuya ekufuneni okubuthakathaka e-China.

Ukuphendula ukwehla kokuthengisa yehla inkampani kwezinye izimakethe amanani amamodeli ayo akamuva, kodwa lokhu akuzange kulethe imiphumela ebaluleke kakhulu. Abahlaziyi bakwaJP Morgan babike kuleli sonto ukuthi abahlinzeki be-Apple nabo babone ukwehla kwemali engenayo ezinyangeni ezimbili zokuqala zalo nyaka. Isamba esithengisiwe salesi sikhathi sehle ngephesenti elilodwa unyaka nonyaka, kanti sikhuphuke ngo-2018% engxenyeni yesine ka-7, ngokusho kwabahlaziyi. Kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuFebhuwari, imali engenayo yehle ngama-34%. Ngo-2018, kwehle ngo-23% phakathi kukaJanuwari noFebruwari.

Amamodeli amasha athengeka kakhulu - i-iPhone XR - okwamanje iyi-smartphone ethandwa kakhulu evela kwa-Apple. Ibale ngaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu yakho konke ukuthengiswa kwikota yokugcina ka-2018, kuyilapho i-iPhone XS Max iqopha amasheya angu-21% kanye ne-iPhone XS isabelo esingu-14%. Endabeni ye-iPhone 8 Plus ne-iPhone SE, bekuyisabelo esingu-9%.

Ngokusho kukaJP Morgan, i-Apple ingathengisa ama-iPhones ayizigidi eziyi-2019 unyaka wonke ka-185, nokwehla konyaka nonyaka ngamaphesenti ayishumi okulindeleke eChina. Njengengxenye yomzamo wokukhulisa ukuthengisa, kungalindeleka futhi ukuthi i-Apple ingase yehle ngisho namanani entengo yama-iPhones ayo. Akukacaci okwamanje ukuthi izinguquko zizobaluleka kangakanani, noma ngabe i-Apple izokwenza ingxenye yomugqa womkhiqizo wayo ibe ishibhile, nokuthi ukwehla kwentengo kuzokwenzeka kuphi yonke indawo.

 

Umthombo: AppleInsider

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