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Olunye lwezinguquko eziyinhloko ku-iPhone 5 isixhumi esisha Sombani, esingena esikhundleni sesixhumi esikhona samaphini angama-30. Kodwa kungani u-Apple engazange asebenzise iMicro USB evamile esikhundleni salokho?

I-iPhone 5 entsha iletha izinguquko eziningi zehadiwe: iprosesa esheshayo, ukusekelwa kwe-4G, isibonisi esingcono noma ikhamera. Cishe wonke umuntu uzovumelana ngokuba wusizo kwalezi zindaba. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kunoshintsho olulodwa olungase lungathandwa yiwo wonke umuntu. Imayelana nokushintsha isixhumi sisuke ku-30-pin yakudala siye kumbani omusha.

I-Apple isebenza ngezinzuzo ezimbili ezinkulu ekukhangiseni kwayo. Okokuqala usayizi, umbani uncane ngo-80% kunowandulelayo. Okwesibili, ukuma kabili, ngesixhumi esisha akunandaba ukuthi siyifake luphi uhlangothi kudivayisi. NgokukaKyle Wiens we-iFixit, eqaqa yonke imikhiqizo yakwa-Apple kuze kube isikulufa sokugcina, isizathu esiyinhloko soshintsho ubukhulu.

"I-Apple isiqalile ukushaya umkhawulo wesixhumi samaphini angama-30," etshela uGigaom. "Nge-iPod nano, isixhumi se-docking sasiwumkhawulo osobala." Lokhu kucabanga ngokuqinisekile kunengqondo, ngemuva kwakho konke, bekungeke kube okokuqala ukuthi onjiniyela baseCupertino banqume ukuthatha lesi sinyathelo. Khumbula nje ukwethulwa kweMacBook Air ngo-2008 - ukuze kugcinwe iphrofayili encane, i-Apple yashiya imbobo ye-Ethernet ejwayelekile kuyo.

Enye impikiswano ukuphelelwa yisikhathi kwesixhumi sokudokha sokuqala. "Amaphini angamashumi amathathu maningi esixhumi sekhompyutha." uhlu yezikhonkwane ezisetshenzisiwe futhi kusobala ukuthi lesi sixhumi akusona esangempela kule minyaka eyishumi. Ngokungafani nowandulelayo, i-Lightning ayisasebenzisi inhlanganisela yokuxhumana kwe-analog nedijithali, kodwa idijithali kuphela. “Uma unezinsiza ezifana nomsakazo wemoto, udinga ukuxhumana nge-USB noma nge-digital interface,” kwengeza u-Wiens. "Izinsiza kuzofanele zibe yinkimbinkimbi kakhulu."

Kuleli qophelo, kungenzeka ukuphikisana ngokuthi kungani i-Apple ingazange isebenzise i-Micro USB yendawo yonke, eqala ukuba uhlobo olujwayelekile, esikhundleni sesixazululo sokuphathelene. U-Wiens uthatha lokho athi "umbono ongekho emthethweni" ukuthi kumayelana nemali nokulawula abakhiqizi bezinsiza. Ngokusho kwakhe, i-Apple ingenza imali ngokunikeza ilayisensi i-Lightning kumadivayisi we-peripheral. Ngokusho kwedatha yabanye abakhiqizi, leli inani ledola elilodwa kuya kwamabili kuyunithi ngayinye ethengisiwe.

Nokho, ngokukachwepheshe wezobuchwepheshe uRainer Brockerhoff, impendulo ilula kakhulu. “I-Micro USB ayihlakaniphe ngokwanele. Inamaphinikhodi angu-5 kuphela: +5V, umhlabathi, amaphinikhodi wedatha yedijithali angu-2 kanye nephinikhodi eyodwa, ngakho-ke iningi lemisebenzi yokuxhuma yokudokha ngeke isebenze. Ukushaja nokuvumelanisa kuphela okuzosala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izikhonkwane zincane kangangokuthi abekho abakhiqizi bezixhumi abavumela ukusetshenziswa kwe-2A, edingekayo ukushaja i-iPad."

Ngenxa yalokho, kubonakala sengathi bobabili abanumzane baneqiniso elithile. Kubonakala sengathi isixhumi se-Micro USB besingeke sanele izidingo ze-Apple. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kunzima ukuthola esinye isizathu sokwethulwa kwemodeli yelayisense kunokulawula okukhulunywe ngakho phezu kwabakhiqizi be-peripheral. Kuleli qophelo, kusasele umbuzo owodwa obalulekile: ingabe umbani uzoshesha ngempela, njengoba kusho i-Apple ekukhangiseni kwayo?

Umthombo: GigaOM.com a loopinsight.com
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