Amaya Toman Eminyakeni eyishumi nantathu edlule, ngoJanuwari 9, 2007, i-iPhone yokuqala eyake yethulwa. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho u-Steve Jobs egibela esiteji se-Moscone Centre yase-San Francisco ukuze ethule izethameli ezimangele idivayisi yoguquko ezosebenza njenge-iPod ene-angle ebanzi enokulawula ukuthintwa, umakhalekhukhwini oguquguqukayo kanye nesixhumi se-inthanethi esiphumelelayo.
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Esikhundleni semikhiqizo emithathu, umhlaba uthole eyodwa - ngokombono wanamuhla, mncane kakhulu - i-smartphone. I-iPhone yokuqala kwakungeyona neze i-smartphone yokuqala emhlabeni, kodwa yayihluke "kozakwabo" abadala ngezindlela eziningi. Isibonelo, ibingenayo ikhibhodi yenkinobho yehadiwe. Uma uthi nhlá, ibikude nokuphelela ngandlela thize - yayingayisekeli i-MMS, yayingenayo i-GPS, futhi yayingakwazi ukuthwebula amavidiyo, okwakungenziwa ngisho namanye amafoni "ayiziphukuphuku" ngaleso sikhathi.
U-Apple ubelokhu esebenza ku-iPhone kusukela okungenani ngo-2004. Ngaleso sikhathi, yayiqanjwe ngekhodi i-Project Purple, futhi yayilungiselelwa ukufika kwayo emhlabeni ngamaqembu amaningana akhethekile ahlukene ngaphansi kobuholi obuqinile bukaSteve Jobs. Ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-iPhone emakethe, yayiqhudelana kakhulu namafoni e-Blackberry, kodwa futhi yayijabulela ukuthandwa, isibonelo, iNokia E62 noma iMotorola Q. Akubona kuphela abalandeli balezi zinhlobo ze-iPhone ababengakholelwa kakhulu ku- ekuqaleni, futhi ngaleso sikhathi umqondisi we-Microsoft Steve Ballmer waze wazivumela ukuthi azwakale, ukuthi i-iPhone ayinalo nhlobo ithuba emakethe ye-smartphone. Kodwa-ke, i-smartphone enombukiso we-multitouch kanye nesithonjana esilunywe i-apula ngemuva ekugcineni yaba yimpumelelo kubathengi - u-Apple wavele wazi ukuthi kwenziwa kanjani. I-Statista kamuva yabika ukuthi i-Apple yakwazi ukuthengisa ama-iPhones acishe abe yizigidi ezimbili ngo-2007.
“Lolu wusuku ebengilulindile iminyaka emibili nesigamu,” kusho uSteve Jobs ngesikhathi ethula i-iPhone yokuqala:
Ngosuku lwayo lokuzalwa lweshumi nantathu namuhla, i-iPhone iphinde yathola isipho esithakazelisayo esihlobene nenani lamadivayisi athengiswayo. Ngakho-ke, i-Apple ayizange ishicilele lezi zinombolo isikhathi eside, kodwa abahlaziyi abahlukahlukene benza isevisi enhle kulokhu. Phakathi kwabo, inhlolovo yakamuva yeBloomberg ithole ukuthi i-Apple isendleleni yokuthengisa ama-iPhones acishe abe yizigidi eziyi-2020 ngonyaka wezimali ka-195. Ngonyaka odlule, lelo nani lalilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-186 zama-iPhones. Ukube bekunjalo ngempela, ingqikithi yenani lama-iPhone athengiswe kusukela kwakhululwa imodeli yokuqala belizofinyelela kumayunithi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1,9.
Kodwa abahlaziyi bayavuma futhi ukuthi imakethe ye-smartphone igcwele ngezindlela eziningi. Ngisho ne-Apple ayisanciki ngokuphelele ekuthengisweni kwama-iPhones ayo, nakuba aseyingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yemali engenayo. NgokukaTim Cook, i-Apple ifuna ukugxila kakhulu ezinsizeni ezintsha, futhi iphinde ithole imali enkulu ngokuthengiswa kwezinto zikagesi ezigqokwayo - lesi sigaba sihlanganisa i-Apple Watch ye-Apple kanye ne-AirPods ikakhulukazi.
USteve Jobs wethula i-iPhone yokuqala.
Izinsiza: Apple Insider, Bloomberg
