Eminyakeni yamuva nje, izimpawu eziningi zemibuzo bezilokhu zilenga phezu kwesixhumi sombani kuma-iPhones. Akukacaci nakancane ukuthi i-Apple izohamba ngayiphi indlela ekugcineni nokuthi izinhlelo zayo zizophumelela ngempela yini, njengoba i-EU izama ukuphazamisana nabo kakhulu ngenhloso yokuhlanganisa amachweba wokushaja. Phela, ngisho ngaphandle komkhankaso we-EU, into eyodwa efanayo kuxoxwa ngayo phakathi kwabalandeli be-Apple, noma ukuthi i-iPhone izoshintshela ku-USB-C yesimanje. Umdondoshiya we-Cupertino usevele ubheje isixhumi esishiwo se-USB-C samakhompyutha akhona aphathekayo namathebulethi athile, kodwa esimweni samafoni sinamathela ezinyo nezipikili eziphelelwe yisikhathi.
Isixhumi sombani besilokhu sinathi cishe iminyaka eyi-10, noma kusukela ku-iPhone 5, eyethulwa emhlabeni ngoSepthemba 2012. Naphezu kweminyaka yayo, i-Apple ayifuni ukuyiyeka, futhi inezizathu zayo. Umbani oqinile kakhulu kunomncintiswano osesimweni se-USB-C futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, ukhiqizela inkampani inzuzo enkulu. Noma yisiphi isisetshenziswa esisebenzisa lesi sixhumi kufanele sibe nesitifiketi esisemthethweni se-MFi noma Eyenzelwe i-iPhone, kodwa abakhiqizi be-Apple kufanele bakhokhe izindleko zelayisensi ukuze basithole. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, kunengqondo ukuthi umdondoshiya Cupertino akafuni ukushiya "imali etholwe kalula" enjalo.
I-MagSafe noma indawo engase ibe khona yombani
Ngenkathi kwethulwa i-iPhone 2020 entsha ngo-12, yaletha into entsha ethokozisayo ngendlela yeMagSafe. Ngakho-ke, ama-iPhone amasha anochungechunge lukazibuthe emhlane wawo, abe esenakekela ukunamathisela amakhava, izesekeli (isb. I-MagSafe Battery Pack) noma ukushaja "okungenantambo". Ngokombono wokushaja, leli zinga manje libonakala lingenasidingo. Eqinisweni, akuyona i-wireless nhlobo, futhi uma iqhathaniswa nekhebula lendabuko, ingase ingenzi umqondo omkhulu. Nokho, kungenzeka ukuthi i-Apple inezinhlelo eziphakeme kakhulu zayo. Phela lokhu kwaqinisekiswa ngamanye amalungelo obunikazi.
Ukuqagela kwaqala ukusabalala emphakathini wakwa-Apple ukuthi esikhathini esizayo i-MagSafe izosetshenziselwa ukushaja kuphela, kodwa futhi nokuvumelanisa idatha, ngenxa yokuthi izokwazi ukufaka esikhundleni soMbani ngokuphelele futhi isheshise ukufika kwe-iPhone engenantambo, i-Apple enayo. kudala ngiphupha.
I-EU iyazonda izinhlelo ze-Apple
Kodwa-ke, njengoba sishilo ngenhla, i-EU izama ukuphonsa i-pitchfork kuwo wonke umzamo we-Apple, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso. Iminyaka eminingi, ubelokhu efuna ukwethulwa kwe-USB-C njengesixhumi sokushaja esihlanganisiwe, okufanele, ngokomthetho, kufanele sivele kumalaptop, amafoni, amakhamera, amaphilisi, ama-headphone, ama-game consoles, izikhulumi nokunye. Ngakho-ke i-Apple inezinketho ezimbili kuphela - noma ukuhambisa futhi ulethe uguquko ngosizo lobuchwepheshe be-MagSafe yokuphathelene, noma uvumele futhi ushintshele ku-USB-C. Ngeshwa, futhi akulula. Njengoba izinguquko ezingaba khona zomthetho kuxoxwe ngazo kusukela ngo-2018, kungaphethwa ngokuthi i-Apple ibilokhu isebenzisana nenye indlela ethile kanye nesixazululo esingaba khona iminyaka eminingana.
Okwenza izinto zibe zimbi nakakhulu, kuza esinye isithiyo. Ukushiya le nkinga ekhona manje eceleni, kunento eyodwa esisicacele yona kakade - i-MagSafe inamandla okuba enye indlela egcwele yombani, engasilethela i-iPhone engenantambo enokumelana namanzi ngokusobala. Kodwa amalungu ePhalamende laseYurophu akubona ngendlela ehlukile futhi alungiselela ukungenelela emkhakheni wokushaja okungenantambo, okufanele kushintshele ezingeni elifanayo kusuka ku-2026 ngenhloso yokuvimbela ukuhlukana nokunciphisa imfucuza. Yiqiniso, kusobala ukuthi kulokhu kucatshangelwa izinga le-Qi, elisekelwa cishe zonke izingcingo zesimanje, kuhlanganise nalezo ezivela ku-Apple. Kepha kuzokwenzekani ngeMagSafe ngumbuzo. Nakuba lobu buchwepheshe busekelwe ku-Qi emnyombweni wabo, buletha izinguquko eziningi. Ngakho-ke kungenzeka yini ukuthi i-EU izophinde isike le ndlela engase ibe khona, i-Apple esebenze kuyo iminyaka?
Kuo: I-iPhone ene-USB-C
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokusho kokuqagela kwamanje, kubukeka sengathi i-Apple ekugcineni izozithoba kwezinye iziphathimandla. Umhlaba wama-apula wonke umangele kuleli sonto umhlaziyi ohlonishwayo uMing-Chi Kuo, obhekwa umphakathi njengomunye wabaputshuzi abanemba kakhulu. Waqhamuka nesitatimende esithokozisayo. I-Apple kubikwa ukuthi izosisusa isixhumi sayo sokushaja i-Lightning ngemuva kweminyaka bese ifaka i-USB-C ku-iPhone 15, ezokwethulwa engxenyeni yesibili ka-2023. Ingcindezi evela e-EU ikhonjwe njengesizathu sokuthi umdondoshiya weCupertino kufanele aphenduke ngokuzumayo. Ungathanda ukushintshela ku-USB-C noma ingabe ukhululekile ngombani esikhundleni?