Amaya Toman Ngenkathi i-Apple yethula i-iPhone eminyakeni engu-6 edlule, kwakuyingqophamlando ngezindlela eziningi. Ngaphezu kweqiniso lokuthi into entsha ngaleso sikhathi yaletha imisebenzi eminingi emisha, yabuye yaziveza ngobukhulu nemiklamo eyayingavamile kakhulu ku-Apple. Abanye babikezela ukuthi i-iPhone 6 izoba yimpumelelo encane ngokunembile ngenxa yalezi zici, kodwa ngokushesha kwavela ukuthi babenephutha.
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NgoSepthemba 2014, i-Apple yamemezela ngokudumile ukuthi i-iPhone 6 ne-iPhone 6 Plus babedayise irekhodi lamayunithi ayizigidi eziyishumi ngempelasonto yokuqala yokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni. Ama-smartphones alindelwe ngokunganaki avela kushabhu yenkampani ye-Cupertino alethe umklamo oklanywe kabusha owahlala kuphothifoliyo yenkampani iminyaka eminingana ezayo. Ushintsho olusobala kakhulu? Isibonisi esikhulu esingu-4,7" kanye no-5,5", obekufanele sihehe abalandeli be-phablet - lelo kwakuyigama elalisetshenziswa ngaleso sikhathi kuma-smartphones amakhulu ayesondela kubukhulu bamathebulethi ngenxa ye-diagonal yesibonisi sawo. Ama-iPhones amasha nawo afakwe i-chip ye-A8, efakwe amakhamera athuthukisiwe e-iSight ne-FaceTime, futhi ngokokuqala ngqa anikezela ngosekelo lwenkonzo yokukhokha ye-Apple Pay.
"Ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone 6 ne-iPhone 6 Plus kudlule ebesikulindele ngempelasonto yethulwa, futhi asikwazanga ukujabula kakhulu," kusho uTim Cook ngaleso sikhathi mayelana nokuthengisa okuyimpumelelo, owabe engakhohlwa ukubonga amakhasimende akwa-Apple "Balethe ukwethulwa okuhle kakhulu emlandweni futhi wonke amarekhodi okuthengisa adlule aphulwa nge-magin ebanzi". Yize i-Apple ingazange iphumelele irekhodi lokuthengisa le-iPhone 6 kuze kube unyaka kamuva nge-iPhone 6s, imodeli yokugcina yazuza ngokudayiswa eChina ngosuku lokwethulwa. Lokhu bekungenakwenzeka nge-iPhone 6 ngenxa yokubambezeleka kokulawula. Ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone 6 nakho kuphazanyiswe yizinkinga zokuhlinzekwa. "Yize ithimba lethu lisingathe kangcono kunangaphambili, ngabe sesithengise ama-iPhones amaningi," kusho uCook mayelana nobunzima bokunikezela.
Noma kunjalo, ukuthengiswa kwempelasonto ye-iPhone 6 okuvula kwezigidi eziyi-10 kuqinisekisile ukukhula okuqinile nokuqhubekayo. Ngonyaka odlule, ama-iPhone 5s nama-5c adayise amayunithi ayizigidi ezingu-9. Futhi i-iPhone 5 ngaphambili yayifinyelele kumayunithi ayizigidi ezi-5 athengisiwe. Uma kuqhathaniswa, i-iPhone yasekuqaleni ithengiswe "kuphela" amayunithi angama-2007 ngempelasonto yayo yokuqala ngo-700, kodwa noma kunjalo kwaba ukusebenza okuncomekayo.
Namuhla, i-Apple ayisenzi lutho olukhulu ngokushaya izinombolo zempelasonto zokuvulwa njalo ngonyaka. Olayini abade phambi kwe-Apple Stores emhlabeni wonke bathathelwe indawo ukuthengiswa okubanzi kwe-inthanethi. Futhi njengoba ukuthengiswa kwama-smartphone sekuphelile, i-Cupertino ayivezi nokuthi mangaki ama-smartphones ayo asewadayisayo.
