Amaya Toman Eminyakeni engu-11 edlule, kwakukhona ngokuqinisekile labo abaqalekisa i-iPhone yabo. Nokho, abahleli bomagazini i-Time ngo-2007 babenombono ohlukile. Okuhluke kakhulu kangangokuthi ngaleso sikhathi wamemezela ukuthi i-iPhone entsha iwukuqanjwa okuhle kakhulu konyaka.
I-iPhone yokuqala evela ohlwini lwango-2007 olwaluhlanganisa ikhamera yedijithali ye-Nikon Coolpix S51c, Ucingo lwe-Netgear SPH200W Wi-Fi, kanye nesidlali se-Samsung P2 zazigqama kakhulu. Ngokombono wanamuhla, izinga lemagazini i-Time langaleso sikhathi linikeza ukuqonda okuthakazelisayo ngezikhathi lapho ama-smartphone ayekude kakhulu nokutholakala yonke indawo futhi umhlaba kwadingeka ujwayele i-iPhone entsha.
Igalari yezithombe
Njenge-Macintosh yesizukulwane sokuqala, i-iPhone yokuqala eyake yaphathwa yizifo ezithile zobuntwana. Abantu abayithenga ngokushesha bathola ukuthi ingqikithi yayo—kunokuba ibe nezici nemisebenzi yangempela—yilokho ama-smartphones akwa-Apple ayesezoba yikho, kanye nesithembiso sokuthi amakhasimende angaba yingxenye yalolo hambo oluhle. Naphezu kwawo wonke amaphutha okuqala kanye nokushiyeka, i-Apple ibonise ngokucacile nge-iPhone yayo yokuqala isiqondiso lapho ama-smartphones angaya khona (futhi kufanele) ahambe. Abanye baqhathanise ukukhishwa kwe-iPhone yokuqala nesikhathi lapho inkampani yaseCalifornia ikhipha i-Mac yokuqala enesithombe esibonakalayo somsebenzisi.
Isihloko esifanelekile sikamagazini we-Time sango-2007 sibonisa ngokwethembeka isikhathi nomkhathi, kanye neqiniso lokuthi i-iPhone yokuqala ngandlela thile ifana nenguqulo ye-beta yomkhiqizo. Iqala ngokuklelisa yonke into ifoni yokuqala yakwa-Apple eyayintula ngaleso sikhathi. "Leyo nto inzima kakhulu ukubhala ngayo," akathathanga napkins kaSikhathi. Ubuye waveza, isibonelo, ukuthi i-iPhone entsha ihamba kancane, inkulu kakhulu (sic!) Futhi ibiza kakhulu. Bekungekho ukusekela kwezithunywa ezisheshayo, ama-imeyili avamile, futhi idivayisi ivinjiwe kuzo zonke izinkampani zenethiwekhi ngaphandle kwe-AT&T. Kepha ekugcineni kwesihloko, Isikhathi siyavuma ukuthi i-iPhone, naphezu kwakho konke lokho, into engcono kakhulu eyasungulwa ngalowo nyaka.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Kodwa isihloko esiku-Tim siyathakazelisa nangesinye isizathu - sikwazile ukubikezela ngokunembile ikusasa lemikhiqizo ye-Apple. Isibonelo, lapho kukhulunywa nge-MultiTouch embhalweni, abahleli bazibuza ukuthi kuzothatha isikhathi esingakanani ngaphambi kokuba umhlaba ubone i-iMac Touch yokuqala noma i-TouchBook yokuqala. Asizange sithole i-Mac ene-interface yokuthinta, kodwa eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, i-iPad ene-MultiTouch display. Ngokuqinisekile ngeke kushiwo ukuthi Isikhathi sasingalungile ngesitatimende saso ngaleso sikhathi "sithinta ... ukubona okusha". Uphinde washaya isikhonkwane ekhanda ngokumemezela ukuthi i-iPhone ngeke ibe nje ifoni, kodwa isiteji esiphelele.
Ngenkathi i-graphical interface yomsebenzisi ye-Mac yake yaboleka uhlobo lwedeskithophu yangempela, i-iPhone isiyikhompyutha encane ekwazi ukwenza izingcingo nokunye okuningi. Isikhathi sibize i-iPhone ngokuthi ikhompyutha ephathwa ngesandla ngempela—idivayisi yokuqala ephila ngokuvumelana negama layo.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
U-Klára Jelinková Ngokufanayo ne-iPhone, abahleli bomagazini i-Time bajabulile ngokufika kwe-App Store, okwakuyinto entsha engakaze ibonwe kubasebenzisi ngaleso sikhathi - kuze kube yileso sikhathi, ukwenza ifoni ibe ngumuntu siqu kwakusho ukuthenga iringithoni ye-polyphonic, ilogo esibukweni, noma ukuthenga ikhava. Ukufika kwe-App Store kanye nokuvulwa kwe-iPhone kubathuthukisi bezinkampani zangaphandle kwakusho uguquko lwangempela, futhi i-Time yabhala ngokuthi indawo engenalutho ye-iPhone entsha ikumema ngokuqondile ukuthi uyigcwalise ngezithonjana ezincane, ezinhle, eziwusizo.
I-iPhone isivele kaningi ezilinganisweni zomagazini. Ngo-2016, lapho i-Time ikhipha uhlu lwamadivayisi angamashumi amahlanu anethonya kakhulu, futhi ngo-2017, lapho i-iPhone X izithola iphakathi kokusungulwa okuhle kakhulu. "Ngokwezobuchwepheshe, ama-smartphones aseneminyaka ekhona, kodwa awekho afinyeleleke futhi amahle njenge-iPhone," wabhala i-Time ngo-2016.
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