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I-Apple inikeza i-iPhone 6 eshibhe kakhulu ngama- $649 ngaphandle koxhaso lwenkampani yenethiwekhi. I-iPhone 6 Plus enkulu ibiza kakhulu ngamadola ayikhulu, futhi iyimali eningi ku-Apple—i-iPhone engu-5,5-intshi ibiza kuphela u-$16 ngaphezulu ukuyenza kunefoni encane. Amamajini enkampani yaseCalifornia ayakhula ngemodeli enkulu.

Intengo yezingxenye kanye nokuhlanganiswa okuphelele kwefoni kubalwe yi-IHS, ngokusho ukuthi i-iPhone 6 ene-16GB yememori ye-flash izobiza u-$ 196,10. Kuhlanganisa nezindleko zokukhiqiza ngese, intengo ikhuphuka ngamadola amane ukuya kuma-$200,10 wokugcina. I-iPhone 6 Plus esesilinganisweni esifanayo ibiza kuphela ngaphansi kuka-$16 ngaphezulu ukukhiqiza, ngezindleko zokukhiqiza ezihlanganisiwe ezingu-$215,60.

Isilinganiso esiphezulu lapho intengo yokuthenga nokukhiqiza ye-iPhone 6 Plus ingakhuphuka khona ngu-$263. U-Apple uthengisa i-iPhone enjalo, okungukuthi enenkumbulo engu-128GB, ngama- $949 ngaphandle kwenkontileka. Ekhasimendeni, umehluko phakathi kwe-16GB ne-128GB yememori ngu-$200, ku-Apple kuphela $47. Ngakho-ke inkampani yaseCalifornian inomkhawulo ocishe ube yiphesenti elikhulu kumodeli enkulu kunazo zonke (amaphesenti angama-70 enguqulo engu-128GB uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti angama-69 enguqulo engu-16GB).

"Inqubomgomo ye-Apple ibonakala sengathi ikwenza uthenge amamodeli anememori ephezulu," kusho u-Andrew Rassweiler, umhlaziyi we-IHS ohola ukuhlakazwa nokucwaninga kwama-iPhones amasha. Ngokusho kwakhe, i-gigabyte eyodwa yememori ye-flash ibiza i-Apple cishe amasenti angu-42. Kodwa-ke, amamajini ku-iPhone 6 ne-6 Plus awahlukile kakhulu kumamodeli wangaphambilini we-5S/5C.

I-TSMC ne-Samsung babelana ngamaphrosesa

Ingxenye ebiza kakhulu emafonini amasha akwa-Apple isibonisi kanye nesikrini sokuthinta. Izibonisi zihlinzekwa yi-LG Display kanye ne-Japan Display, zibiza u-$6 nge-iPhone 45, kanye ne-$6 ye-iPhone 52,5 Plus. Uma kuqhathaniswa, isibonisi esingu-4,7-intshi sibiza amadola amane nje kuphela kunezingxenye eziyisikhombisa zeshumi ze-iPhone 5S zesikrini esincane esiyintshi.

Okwesendlalelo esivikelayo sesibonisi, i-Corning igcine isikhundla sayo esikhethekile ihlinzeka i-Apple ngeGorilla Glass yayo. Ngokuka-Rassweiler, i-Apple isebenzisa isizukulwane sesithathu sengilazi eqinile i-Gorilla Glass 3. Kusafire, njengoba kwakucatshangwa, i-Apple yokubonisa i-iPhone. ngezizathu ezinengqondo akabhejwanga.

Ama-A8 processors akhona kuwo womabili ama-iPhones aklanywe yi-Apple uqobo, kodwa akhipha ukukhiqizwa. Izindaba zangempela bakhuluma ukuthi umkhiqizi waseTaiwan i-TSMC uthathe kakhulu ukukhiqizwa kwa-Samsung, kodwa i-IHS ithi i-TSMC ihlinzeka ngamaphesenti angama-60 ama-chips kanti amanye asala ekukhiqizweni kwe-Samsung. Iprosesa entsha ibiza amadola amathathu ngaphezulu ukukhiqiza ($20) kunesizukulwane sangaphambilini futhi, nakuba inokusebenza okuphezulu, incane ngamaphesenti ayishumi nantathu. Inqubo esanda kusetshenziswa yokukhiqiza ama-nanometer angama-20 nayo iyimbangela yalokhu. “Ukushintshela kuma-nanometer angu-20 kusha kakhulu futhi kuthuthukile. Ukuthi i-Apple ikwazile ukwenza lokhu kanye nokushintsha abahlinzeki kuyisinyathelo esikhulu, ”kusho uRassweiler.

Okunye okusha ku-iPhone 6 ne-6 Plus ama-NFC chips enzelwe isevisi ye-Apple Pay. I-chip ye-NFC eyinhloko inikezwa i-Apple yinkampani i-NXP Semiconductors, inkampani yesibili i-AMS AG inikeza eyesibili ebizwa ngokuthi i-NFC booster, ethuthukisa ububanzi nokusebenza kwesignali. U-Rassweiler uthi akakayiboni i-chip ye-AMS isebenza kunoma iyiphi idivayisi.

Umthombo: Ikhodi / ikhodi, I-IHS
Photo: iFixit
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