Ondrej Holzman Isizini kaKhisimusi eqopha umlando ka-Apple yathatha indawo ephezulu phakathi kwabenzi bama-smartphone, kodwa abakwaSamsung babuyele endaweni ephezulu ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule. Ngenkathi i-Apple ikwazile ukuthengisa ngekota yokuqala yezimali ka-2015 Ama-iPhones ayizigidi ezingama-61,2, abakwaSamsung badayise izigidi ezingama-83,2 zama-smartphones abo.
Ngekota yesine bathengisa Abakwa-Apple nabakwaSamsung babalelwa ku-73 million amafoni kanti ngokwezibalo ezahlukene bebebanga indawo yokuqala. Manje zombili izinkampani seziveze imiphumela yekota yokugcina, futhi abakwaSamsung ngokusobala babuyise ukuhola kwabo kwangaphambilini.
Ngo-Q2 2015, abakwaSamsung badayise ama-smartphones angu-83,2 million, ama-iPhones angu-Apple angu-61,2 million, alandelwa kakhulu yiLenovo-Motorola (18,8 million), Huawei (17,3) nabanye abakhiqizi bebonke badayise ama-smartphones angu-164,5 million.
Kodwa nakuba i-Samsung ithengise amafoni amaningi, isabelo sayo semakethe ye-smartphone yomhlaba wonke yehla unyaka nonyaka. Ngonyaka odlule ibibambe ama-31,2% emakethe, kulo nyaka kuphela ama-24,1%. I-Apple, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ikhule kancane, isuka ku-15,3% yaya ku-17,7%. Imakethe yama-smartphone iyonke yabe ikhula ngamaphesenti angama-21 unyaka nonyaka, isuka kumafoni ayizigidi ezingama-285 athengiswe ngekota yokuqala yonyaka odlule yaya ezigidini ezingama-345 ngesikhathi esifanayo kulo nyaka.
Iqiniso lokuthi i-Samsung ibuyele endaweni ephezulu ngemuva kwenkathi kaKhisimusi ayimangazi ikakhulukazi. Uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Apple, umdondoshiya waseNingizimu Korea unephothifoliyo enkulu kakhulu, kuyilapho kwa-Apple ikakhulukazi ukubheja ku-iPhone 6 ne-iPhone 6 Plus yakamuva. Kodwa-ke, kwakungesona isikhathi esihle se-Samsung kuphela, njengoba inzuzo yenkampani evela kumkhakha weselula ngenye indlela yehla kakhulu unyaka nonyaka.
Emiphumeleni yayo yezezimali ye-Q2 2015, abakwaSamsung baveze ukwehla konyaka ngonyaka kwenzuzo ngo-39%, kanti uphiko lwamaselula lunikele ngengxenye enkulu. Ibike inzuzo yezigidigidi ezingu-6 zamaRandi ngonyaka odlule, kodwa kuphela i-2,5 billion kulo nyaka. Isizathu siwukuthi iningi lamafoni e-Samsung athengiswe awawona amamodeli asezingeni eliphezulu njenge-Galaxy S6, kodwa ikakhulukazi amamodeli amaphakathi ochungechunge lwe-Galaxy A.
Umthombo: Ama-MacRumors
Photo: I-Kārlis Dambrāns
