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Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ikakhulukazi lapho i-Apple ibuswa nguSteve Jobs, singalindela ukuhlaselwa okuqondile kubameli ngemuva kwento efana nale. Nokho, namuhla yonke into ihluke kancane. I-HTC yethule ifulegi layo elisha, okufanele linqume ikusasa layo yonke inkampani, futhi ekuqaleni nanoma yikuphi okunye ukubheka, ikhophi elihlazo le-iPhone. Kodwa akusajabulisi muntu ngempela.

Impi ye-thermonuclear uSteve Jobs ake wayithembisa i-Samsung - futhi ekugcineni yabangela okuningi noma okuncane - ngenxa yokuthi inkampani yaseNingizimu Korea ikopisha imikhiqizo yakhe, cishe ngeke sisakwazi ukulinda. I-iPhone ngokusobala iyi-smartphone edume kakhulu emhlabeni, futhi akumangazi ukuthi amakhophi ayo amakhulu noma amancane, ikakhulukazi avela eMpumalanga Nenkabazwe, afika ngokujwayelekile kwensimbi.

I-HTC yase-Taiwan manje isinqume ukubheja esu elivame ukwenziwa izinkampani ezingaziwayo zase-Asia futhi inikeze idivayisi yayo entsha yonke into eyinika yona ku-Cupertino. I-One A9 kufanele yonge i-HTC ekuweni kanye nokunye ongabhejela kukho kunomklamo ojabulisayo nemisebenzi i-iPhone ezuza ngayo kakhulu.

Izinkantolo azixazululi lutho

Izimpi eziningana zezomthetho ezinkulu ne-Samsung zivame ukunikeza i-Apple iqiniso lokuthi imikhiqizo yayo ikopishwe ngokungemthetho, kodwa ekugcineni - ngaphandle kwezindleko ezinkulu zabameli kanye namahora ayisidina enkantolo - akukho lutho olukhulu oluye lwavela. AbakwaSamsung bayaqhubeka nokudayisa amafoni abo ngaphandle kwezinkinga, kanjalo ne-Apple.

Okuhluke kakhulu, nokho, inzuzo. Namuhla, umdondoshiya waseCalifornia uthatha cishe yonke inzuzo emakethe yama-smartphone, futhi ezinye izinkampani, ngaphandle kwe-Samsung, zidonsa kanzima onqenqemeni lokuqothuka. Okufanayo kuyasebenza naku-HTC, manje enamathuba okugcina okusindiswa, okumele kuqinisekiswe isu elibolekiwe.

Lapho izinto zingahambi ngendlela yazo, i-HTC yabheja ikhadi lokugcina kuyo yonke into i-iPhone ezuza ngayo: idizayini eshelelayo ene-metal unibody, ikhamera ehloniphekile noma isifundi sezigxivizo zeminwe. Uma ubeka eceleni i-iPhone 6, i-HTC A9 entsha kanye ne-iPhone 6S Plus eceleni, ungase ungakwazi ngisho nokusho ukuthi iyiphi okungeyona eyakho ekuqaleni. Ngama-intshi amahlanu, i-HTC entsha ilingana kahle phakathi kwama-iPhones amabili, eyabelana ngawo cishe nazo zonke izici zokuklama.

Kumele kushiwo ukuthi bekuyi-HTC eyokuqala ukuqhamuka nomklamo wensimbi kanye nezihlukanisi zepulasitiki zama-antenna ngaphambi kwama-iPhone ayisithupha, kodwa ngaphandle kwalokho i-Apple ibilokhu izama ukuhluka. Ngokungafani ne-HTC. I-A9 yakhe inamakhona ayindingilizi afana ncamashí, iflash eyindilinga efanayo, ilensi efanayo ephumayo… “I-HTC One A9 iyi-iPhone esebenzisa i-Android 6.0,” wabhala ngokufanelekile esihlokweni semagazini I-Verge.

Lingisa ukubukeka, kodwa akuseyona impumelelo

Yize i-HTC isho ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ukufana kwama-iPhones kumane kwaqondana, ayinandaba ngempela. Okubaluleke kakhulu kuye ukuthi wehlulekile ukwenza ikhophi yeqiniso ye-iPhone ngamehlo nje, kodwa i-One A9 yenze kahle ngaphakathi, ngokwemibiko yokuqala. Ngaphandle ama-Nexus asanda kwethulwa i-HTC One A9 izoba yifoni yokuqala ukusebenzisa i-Android 6.0 Marshmallow yakamuva, futhi izokwazi ukusondela ku-iPhone ngekhwalithi ngezindlela eziningi. Amazwibela I-Verge ngakho kufanelana ncamashi.

I-Apple, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ingahle ithonywe ukuthi i-iPhone yayo iyimodeli umuntu ekugcineni azama ukuyifinyelela hhayi kuphela ngokuklama, kodwa nangokusebenza. Kubonakala sengathi i-HTC yenze umsebenzi omuhle ngale ndaba UVlad Savov unamahloni, noma "ukuhwaqabala ngokungafanele ngenxa yokungabi namahloni kwe-HTC, noma ukucindezela ukumomotheka ngekhwalithi yomkhiqizo ngokwawo".

Kunoma yikuphi, i-Apple ingaphumula kalula. Lapho imemezela amashumi ezigidi engeziwe ama-iPhone athengiswe ngesonto elizayo njengengxenye yemiphumela yayo yezezimali, iTaiwan izobe ithandazela ukuthi umkhiqizo wayo omusha oshisayo uzuze ngisho nengxenye encane yaleyo mpumelelo. Kungenzeka ukuthi ngemva kwayo yonke imizamo yakho, ngisho neqhinga eline "iPhone yakho" lizoqhuma futhi i-HTC izokhunjulwa maduze. Kulula ukulingisa i-iPhone kanjalo, kodwa ukusondela empumelelweni yayo akufinyeleleki ngokuphelele kwabaningi.

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