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Njengengxenye yengqungquthela yayizolo yokumenyezelwa kwemiphumela yezezimali ye-Apple yekota kaJuni walo nyaka, u-Tim Cook umemezele ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwama-electronics agqokekayo kuqophe ukunyuka okuhle konyaka nonyaka. Imikhiqizo kagesi egqokekayo ihlanganisa amahedfoni e-Bluetooth angenantambo ama-AirPods namawashi ahlakaniphile i-Apple Watch.

Ukuthengiswa kwalokhu kusetshenziswa kukagesi okugqokekayo kukhule ngesamba esingamaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha unyaka nonyaka engxenyeni kaJuni. Ngesikhathi sokumenyezelwa kwemiphumela, u-Tim Cook akazange abelane ngolwazi oluthile olungahlobene namamodeli athile noma imali engenayo ethile. Kepha umphakathi ungafunda ukuthi isigaba esithi "Okunye", okuwela ngaphansi kwaso ama-elekthronikhi agqokekayo we-Apple, singenise amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-3,74 ku-Apple. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uTim Cook uthe ezingxenyeni ezine zokugcina, imali engenayo evela ekuthengisweni kwezinto ezigqokekayo ifinyelele ku-10 billion.

 Amahedfoni e-Apple Watch nama-AirPods okukhulunywe ngawo ngenhla anikele kakhulu kulezi zinombolo, kodwa imikhiqizo evela ochungechungeni lwe-Beats, efana ne-Powerbeats3 noma i-BeatsX, futhi ngokungangabazeki inesibopho ngalo mphumela. Bona - njengama-AirPods - bane-chip ye-Apple engenantambo ye-W1 yokumatanisa okulula ngangokunokwenzeka nemikhiqizo ye-Apple kanye nokuxhumana okuthembekile.
"Okugqamisa kwethu okwesithathu kwekota ukusebenza kahle kwezinto ezigqokwayo, okuhlanganisa i-Apple Watch, AirPods kanye ne-Beats, ethengiswe ngaphezu kuka-60% unyaka nonyaka," kumemezela uTim Cook izolo, wengeza ngokuthi wonke umuntu kwa-Apple ujabule. ukubona ukuthi mangaki amakhasimende ajabulela ama-AirPods awo. "Kungikhumbuza ngezinsuku zokuqala ze-iPod," kusho uCook, "lapho ngibona lawa ma-headphone amhlophe yonke indawo engangiya kuyo," kusho uTim Cook ocingweni lwengqungquthela.
I-Apple ingabiza ngokuzethemba ikota kaJuni ngempumelelo. Ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule, ikwazile ukuzuza imali eyizigidigidi ezingama-53,3 zamaRandi ngenzuzo eyisamba esingu-$11,5 billion. Ikota efanayo ngonyaka odlule ilethe imali engamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-45,4 ngenzuzo yezigidigidi ezingama-8,72 zamaRandi. Nakuba imali engenayo ngokuthengiswa kwama-Macs nama-iPads yehla, impumelelo enkulu yabhalwa, ngokwesibonelo, endaweni yezinsizakalo, lapho kube nokukhuphuka cishe kwama-31%.

Umthombo: AppleInsider, Fool

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