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Sekuyiminyaka engu-15 i-iPhone yokuqala yathengiswa. Hhayi-ke, hhayi lapha, ngoba bekufanele silinde unyaka ukuze umlandeli wayo afike esesimweni se-iPhone 3G. Akulona iqiniso ngokuphelele ukuthi i-iPhone kwakuyi-smartphone yokuqala. Kwakuyi-smartphone yokuqala eyayingalawulwa ngendlela enembile, kodwa ngisho naleyo yangaphambili yayinokuningi okunikezwayo. Njenge-Sony Ericsson P990i.

Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kwethulwe i-iPhone emhlabeni, ngangiwumuntu othanda ubuchwepheshe beselula futhi nginesithakazelo esibanzi kumaselula. Ngaleso sikhathi, abakwaNokia babebusa umhlaba behambisana no-Sony Ericsson. KwakunguNokia ababezama ukukhuthaza amafoni ahlakaniphile angaleso sikhathi ngangokunokwenzeka, yingakho bawahlomisa ngohlelo lwe-Symbian, lapho wawungafaka khona izinhlelo zokusebenza ezinweba imisebenzi yayo, efana naleyo esiyaziyo namuhla. Kuphela besingekho isitolo esimaphakathi.

Kodwa-ke, abakwaNokia babesathembele ezixazululweni zezinkinobho kanye nokuboniswa okuncane, okukhawulele ukusetshenziswa kwayo ngokufanele. U-Sony Ericsson uthathe umzila ohlukile. Inikeze amadivayisi ochungechunge lwe-P, okwakuyizinto ezithile zokuxhumana ezinesikrini esithintwayo osilawule ngothi lokuloba. Impela, bekungekho ukuthinta lapha, uma ulahlekelwe noma wephuka i-stylus, ungasebenzisa i-toothpick noma uzipho lwakho nje. Kwakumayelana nokunemba, kodwa ngisho ne-inthanethi yayingaqalwa kuzo. Kodwa lawa "ma-smartphones" ayemakhulu ngokoqobo. Ikhibhodi yabo ye-flip-up nayo yayinecala, kodwa kwadingeka ihlakazwe. Isixazululo sika-Sony Ericsson sabe sesisebenzisa i-Superstructure ye-Symbian UIQ, lapho leyo epithet yayibonisa ukwesekwa kokuthinta.

Baphi abakwaNokia no-Sony Ericsson namuhla? 

UNokia usazama inhlanhla kodwa akaphumelelanga, u-Sony Ericsson akasekho, sekusele u-Sony kuphela, uma u-Ericsson ezinikela kwelinye igatsha lobuchwepheshe. Kodwa kungani le mikhiqizo edumile iphenduke ngendlela eyenza ngayo? Ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza kwakuyinto eyodwa, ukungavumelani nomklamo kwakungenye. Kungakho futhi i-Samsung, ngokukopisha kwayo ukubukeka okuthile, yadubula endaweni yenombolo yokuqala yamanje.

Akunandaba ukuthi i-iPhone yayivinjelwe/ivaliwe kanjani. Awukwazanga ukusebenzisa inkumbulo yayo njengesitoreji sangaphandle, okwakungenzeka ngamamemori khadi, awukwazanga ukulanda umculo kuwo ngaphandle kwe-iTunes, amanye amadivaysi anikeza umphathi wefayela olula, awukwazanga ngisho nokudubula amavidiyo, futhi ikhamera yayo engu-2MP yathatha izithombe ezimbi. Ibingenakho ngisho nokugxila okuzenzakalelayo. Amafoni amaningi asevele ekwazi ukwenza lokhu ngaphambili, okungaphezu kwalokho ayevame ukunikeza inkinobho yekhamera enezindawo ezimbili, ngezinye izikhathi ngisho ne-lens cap esebenzayo. Futhi yebo, futhi babenekhamera ebheke phambili eyatholwa yi-iPhone 4 kuphela.

Konke kwakungasho lutho. I-iPhone yakhanga cishe wonke umuntu, ikakhulukazi ngokubukeka kwayo. Kwakungekho divayisi encane kangaka enamathuba amaningi kangaka, noma ngabe "nje" kwakuyifoni, isiphequluli sewebhu kanye nesidlali somculo. I-iPhone 3G ivule amandla ayo aphelele ngokufika kwe-App Store, futhi eminyakeni eyi-15 kamuva, akukho lutho lapha ukwehlula lesi sinyathelo soguquko. AbakwaSamsung nabanye abakhiqizi baseShayina bazama konke okusemandleni abo ngamajigsaw abo, kodwa abasebenzisi abakakakutholi ukunambitheka kwabo. Noma okungenani hhayi njengoba bekulungile kusukela ku-iPhone yesizukulwane sokuqala. 

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