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Hhayi kuphela i-iPhone uqobo, kodwa yonke inkampani yakwa-Apple ihambe ibanga elide kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. Nokho, okungakashintshi kuze kube manje yimizwa ehambisana nokwethulwa kwemikhiqizo emisha. Umzwelo. Igama elithathwa njengelinye elibaluleke kakhulu kumodeli yebhizinisi yamanje. Ukuvusa imizwa eyenza abantu bakhulume ngomkhiqizo. Okuhle, okubi, kodwa ukukhuluma kubalulekile. Ini omakhalekhukhwini mayelana, kusukela kwethulwa i-iPhone yokuqala ngo-2007, i-Apple ibizwe ngokuthi i-trendsetter. Futhi ilebula "yokuhambisa kuqala" uma kuziwa ekususeni ubuchwepheshe obuphelelwe yisikhathi.

Yize ebengaqali ukuqhamuka ne-touch screen kodwa ubengaqali ukukhombisa ukuthi lesi sikhungo semultimedia singafihlwa ephaketheni lebhulukwe elincane. Kodwa kwaba nje i-iPhone yokuqala, owaqala umjaho wokuzuza ucingo olufanele. Phakathi neminyaka embalwa, amathrendi omakhalekhukhwini ashintshile ngaphezu kokuqashelwa. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi - ngokusho kukaSteve Jobs - isibonisi esikhulu esingu-3,5 inch, izikrini zikhule zaba ama-intshi amahlanu nohhafu amakhulu, nama-intshi nangaphezulu. Amaphrosesa eselula aseqhathaniswe ekusebenzeni namakhompyutha aphathekayo futhi asephenduke indinganiso ngisho nakumafoni aphakathi nendawo. Konke lokhu phakathi neminyaka embalwa. Kodwa ingabe i-Apple isengumkhiqizi okwakucatshangwa ukuthi yayiyiminyaka eyishumi edlule? Ingabe usengumsunguli?

Isikrini sokuthinta esingenaso i-stylus, ubuchwepheshe be-bluetooth obungakwazi ukuxhunywa kwamanye amafoni wezinye izinhlobo, ikhono lokuvula ifoni kusetshenziswa izigxivizo zeminwe, ukukhipha isixhumi sikajack esingu-3,5 millimeter nokunye okuningi. U-Apple waqala konke. Vele, okuningi kwalokho obekushiwo bekuzofika ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi bekungeke kube umdondoshiya waseCalifornia ngemuva kwale nqubekelaphambili, kodwa noma yimuphi omunye umkhiqizo.

Kodwa ake sikhumbule lapho u-Apple esebenzelana nomncintiswano futhi wawulandela? Ingabe bekusekwethulweni kwezibonisi ezigobile ezivela kwa-Samsung, noma ukwethulwa kwevidiyo ehamba kancane emafonini akwaSony? Impendulo ithi cha. Impendulo efanayo iphinde inikezwe uma sibala i-3D Touch, okungukuthi ubuchwepheshe obubona izinga lokucindezela kusibonisi futhi elingasebenza nayo. Nakuba ngo-2016 i-Apple yayingeyena owokuqala ukuvumelanisa lobu buchwepheshe kudivayisi yayo (ekwindla ka-2015, i-ZTE yaseShayina iyethula kumodeli yayo encane ye-Axon), emhlabeni jikelele i-Apple ithathwa njengephayona lobu buchwepheshe kumadivayisi eselula, ngenxa yokuthi wakwazi ukukusebenzisa ngendlela ewusizo.

Okuphambene yisimo se-iPhone X, kulandela isimo sesikrini esasibhekwa "njengesingapheli" ngabagxeki abaningi. Ikakhulukazi abakuthandanga ukusikwa lapho ubuchwepheshe bokubona ubuso nokuskena bakhelwe ngaphakathi. Ukuthi amakhasimende akuthandile lokhu kusungulwa kwe-Apple noma cha, kudale imizwa yokuthi imikhiqizo eqhudelanayo nayo yanquma ukulandela lesi simo. Ngokungeziwe kubakhiqizi abaningi baseShayina abakhulu noma abancane amaphothifoliyo abo asekelwe ekukopisheni ukwakheka kwe-Apple, u-Asus, ngokwesibonelo, unqume ukuthatha lesi sinyathelo ngophawu lwayo olusha lwe-Zenfone 5 olwethulwa ku-MWC 2018.

Kodwa ingabe umhlaba ohambayo uzoyilandela i-Apple ngisho nasezindaweni ezingakabi “phakathi”? Isibonelo esihle ukukhishwa kwesixhumi sikajack 3,5 mm, esivusa imizwa ngisho namanje. Lapho bethula i-iPhone 7 ngo-2016, u-Apple wagcizelela ukuthi kumele babe nesibindi esikhulu ngalesi sinqumo, esingenakungabaza. Phela, yimuphi omunye umenzi ongafinyelela entweni ebaluleke kangaka, okungekho mpikiswano mayelana nokususwa kwayo kuze kube yileso sikhathi? Iqiniso liwukuthi ukube omunye umuntu oqhudelana naye wenze lesi sinyathelo phambilini, bekuzoduma kakhulu ekuthengisweni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Apple ikhombisa minyaka yonke ngalezi zinyathelo ukuthi nakuba umhlaba ungalali kodwa iseyinombolo yokuqala ekubekeni izitayela kanye nendlela lapho omakhalekhukhwini bazohamba khona ngonyaka ozayo. Kwabaningi, izinyathelo ezinkulu kuphela, kodwa namanje...

Amathrendi amaningi amanje, athathwa kalula, bekungewona awokuqala ukwethulwa yi-Apple futhi kancane kancane asebenzela kuwo - ukumelana namanzi, ukushaja okungenantambo, kodwa futhi umkhuba wobukhulu bokubonisa ubukhulu bosayizi womzimba wefoni. Kodwa-ke, ungabheja cishe ngamathuba angu-100% okuwina ukuthi uma i-Apple iveza imininingwane emincane kakhulu, izoba ngumdlali wokuqala eshumini leminyaka elizayo lomsebenzi wayo emkhakheni weselula ekucaciseni ukuthi yini ebalulekile kumaselula. Nakuba thina ngokwethu singase simelane nakho.

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