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Umenzi wamawashi waseSwitzerland u-TAG Heuer umemezele ukuthi uhlose ukubhekana kanjani ne-Apple Watch: izosebenza ne-Google ne-Intel. Umphumela kufanele ube iwashi elihlakaniphile likanokusho elinedizayini yaseSwitzerland, abangaphakathi be-Intel kanye nesistimu yokusebenza ye-Android Wear ekupheleni kwalo nyaka ngokushesha okukhulu.

U-TAG Heuer unqabile ukuveza imininingwane eyengeziwe embukisweni wewashi le-Baselworld 2015 nobucwebe, egcina intengo nezici zewashi elizayo ngaphansi kweso. Okuqinisekile manje ukuthi i-Google izobahlinzeka ngenkundla yayo ye-Android Wear, isize ngokuthuthukiswa kwesofthiwe, futhi i-Intel izonikela ngesistimu-on-a-chip ezonika amandla iwashi.

KuJean-Claude Biver, inhloko yomnyango wokubuka enkampanini engumzali ka-TAG Heuer, i-LVMH, "kwaba isimemezelo esikhulu kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona" emsebenzini wakhe weminyaka engu-40 kulo mkhakha. Ngokusho kwakhe, kuzoba "iwashi elixhumeke kakhulu" kanye "nenhlanganisela yobuhle nokusetshenziswa".

I-TAG Heuer kulindeleke ukuthi yakhe ngqo i-Apple Watch, ezongena emakethe ngo-Ephreli. Ngamamodeli ensimbi nochungechunge lwegolide loHlelo, i-Apple ibhekise kubasebenzisi abacebile, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi i-TAG Heuer izophuma namawashi abiza kakhulu azosebenza njengemfashini.

Iwashi lensimbi elibiza kakhulu elivela ku-Apple libiza kufika ezinkulungwaneni zamadola, iwashi legolide libiza kusukela ezinkulungwaneni eziyishumi kuya kweziyishumi nesikhombisa. Amawashi awawashi amanje ka-TAG Heuer nawo akumabanga amanani afanayo, ngakho kubukeka sengathi azoba umkhiqizo wokuqala wohlobo oluphambili ngempela nge-Android Wear.

Biver, okwathi ngoJanuwari mayelana ne-Apple Watch wamemezela, ukuthi lona umkhiqizo omuhle kakhulu, ekugcineni uveze okungenani kancane ukuthi yini abasebenzisi abangayilindela ku-TAG Heuer mayelana namawashi ahlakaniphile. “Abantu bazozizwa sengathi bagqoke iwashi elijwayelekile,” usho kanje, wengeza ngokuthi iwashi lokuqala lenkampani yakhe lizofana ngendlela emangalisayo ne amamodeli amnyama eCarrera.

Mayelana nokusebenzisana ne-Google, u-Biver uvumile ukuthi "kungaba ukuzikhukhumeza kwe-TAG Heuer ukukholelwa ukuthi singathuthukisa isistimu yethu yokusebenza", yingakho ama-Swiss anquma ukusebenzisa inkundla ye-Android Wear. NgokukaBiver, ukuxhumana ne-Apple bekudlalwa, kepha ngokombono we-TAG Heuer, akuzange kube nengqondo lapho i-Apple ngokwayo yenza amawashi.

Okubaluleke kakhulu kune-Android Wear njengoba enjalo, nokho, ukuze kuphumelele amawashi ahlakaniphile e-TAG Heuer, kuzoba iqiniso lokuthi azokwazi yini ukusebenzisana ne-iPhone. Okungacatshangwa okwamanje, kodwa ngokusho kukaBen Bajarin, i-Google izokwenza uzo ukumemezela ukuthi i-Android Wear izophinda isebenze ne-iOS.

Ngokusho kwezintatheli eziningi nabahlaziyi, lesi isihluthulelo sempumelelo yamawashi kanokusho nge-Android Wear. Akungabazeki ukuthi ama-iPhones aheha abasebenzisi abacebile abazimisele ukukhokha imali eyengeziwe ngemikhiqizo enjalo. Okwamanje, i-Android ayikwazi ukunikeza ifoni kanokusho njengokuthi, isibonelo, i-iPhone yegolide, lapho abaningi bengacabanga ngokuqinisekile ukuxhumana kwewashi le-TAG Heuer lokunethezeka kangcono.

Umthombo: Isigubhu, Bloomberg
Photo: Ukuzinza
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