Amalabhorethri akwa-Apple ngesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa kwesizukulwane sokuqala se-iPhone ayephethe izimfihlo eziningi, ezinye zazo ezingakaveli. Namuhla, nokho, omunye wabo wembulwe ku-Twitter ngumklami wesoftware wangaphambili u-Imran Chaudhri, obambe iqhaza emshinini wokuphumelela.
Uyazi ukuthi i-Macintosh yokuqala, indiza ye-Concorde, isibali se-Braun ET66, i-movie i-Blade Runner kanye ne-Sony Walkman zifana ngani? Siyaqonda ukuthi kungenzeka uyazibuza, ngoba yiqembu elincane kakhulu labasebenzi bakwa-Apple abazi impendulo yalo mbuzo. Impendulo iwukuthi zonke lezi zinto ezishiwo zikhonjwe njengogqozi lokwakhiwa kwe-iPhone yokuqala.
Ngaphezu kwalezi zinto, abathuthukisi bagqugquzelwe, ngokwesibonelo, ifilimu manje edumile 2001: A Space Odyssey, umklami wezimboni uHenry Dreyfuss, The Beatles, the Apollo 11 mission, noma ikhamera ye-Polaroid umakhi wezakhiwo waseFinland u-Eer Saarinen, u-Arthur C. Clark, asanda kubhala incwadi ethi 2001: A Space Odyssey, isitudiyo sokuqopha saseMelika i-Warp Records futhi, vele, i-NASA ngokwayo.
Kodwa okuthakazelisa kakhulu iqiniso lokuthi akukho noyedwa umakhalekhukhwini noma yimuphi umkhiqizo ohlobene nokuxhumana ohlwini. Ngakho ungabona ngempela kwa-Apple ukuthi lapho i-iPhone yokuqala iklanywa, yadalwa njengethuluzi eliyingqayizivele ngokuphelele. Yadalwa ngenxa nje yokuthi uSteve Jobs ikakhulukazi, kodwa nabasebenzi abaningi bakwa-Apple, babenganeliseki ngezingcingo zangaleso sikhathi, ikakhulukazi ngendlela ababebukeka ngayo nabasebenza ngayo.
Yebo, singaqagela nokuthi ubani onikele ngokuphefumulelwa okunikezwayo. USteve Jobs wayewathanda amaBeatles futhi wakhula ngesikhathi umuntu efika enyangeni okokuqala (wayeneminyaka engu-14 ngaleso sikhathi), ngakho wayengumthandi omkhulu weNASA. Ngokuphambene nalokho, i-Braun ne-Warp Records yimikhiqizo eyintandokazi yomklami omkhulu we-Apple, u-Jony Ive.
U-Imran Chaudhri wasebenza njengomklami kwa-Apple futhi wayebambe iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwemikhiqizo efana ne-Mac, i-iPod, i-iPhone, i-iPad, i-Apple TV ne-Apple Watch. Ushiye inkampani ngo-2017 ukuze athole i-Hu.ma.ne yokuqala.
ku-iphone 1:
i-mac yokuqala,
blade Runner,
2001: i-space odyssey
i-sony walkman TPS-L2,
i-braun ET66,
i-concorde
UMassimo Vignale
u-henry dreyfuss
i-apholo 11,
ama-beatles
amarekhodi e-warp,
NASA,
I-Polaroid,
Arthur c Clarke,
lokho sarinenphakathi kwabanye… https://t.co/F3ayC03T3y
- Imran Chaudhri (@imranchaudhri) February 3, 2019