Amaya Toman Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha nje ngemuva kokudayiswa kwesizukulwane sokuqala se-iPhone, i-Apple ikhipha inguqulo entsha - ngokwezindinganiso zangaleso sikhathi - umthamo omkhulu we-16GB. Ukwanda komthamo ngokungangabazeki kuyizindaba ezinhle, kodwa akuzange kubajabulise labo asebevele bethenge i-iPhone yabo.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
"Kwabanye abasebenzisi, inkumbulo ayanele," UGreg Joswiak, iphini likamongameli we-Apple emhlabeni jikelele wokumaketha imikhiqizo ye-iPod ne-iPhone, ngaleso sikhathi esitatimendeni esisemthethweni esihlobene nabezindaba. "Manje abantu bangajabulela umculo wabo owengeziwe, izithombe namavidiyo kumakhalekhukhwini onenguquko kakhulu emhlabeni kanye neselula ehamba phambili ene-Wi-Fi." wengeza.
Ngenkathi i-iPhone yesizukulwane sokuqala ithengiswa, ekuqaleni yayitholakala ngezinhlobonhlobo ezinomthamo ophansi kakhulu ongu-4 GB kanye nomthamo omkhulu kakhulu ongu-8 GB. Nokho, ngokushesha kwabonakala ukuthi okuhlukile kwe-4GB kwakuncane kakhulu. Umthamo wathi ubunganele ngokudabukisayo kubasebenzisi be-Apple ngisho nangaphambi kokufika kwe-App Store, ebivumela abantu ukuthi bagcwalise amafoni abo ngesoftware elandekayo.
Ngamafuphi, imodeli ene-16GB yomthamo wokugcina ibidingeka ngokusobala, ngakho-ke u-Apple wamane wayihlinzeka. Kodwa yonke into yayingekho ngaphandle kwehlazo elithile. Ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba 2007, u-Apple wayeka ukusebenzisa i-iPhone engu-4GB futhi - ngendlela eyimpikiswano - yehlisa intengo yemodeli engu-8GB isuka ku-$599 yaya ku-$399. Izinyanga ezimbalwa, abasebenzisi babenenketho eyodwa kuphela. Ngemuva kwalokho u-Apple wanquma ukukhulisa ukuthengisa ngokwethula okuhlukile okungu-16GB ngama- $499.
Igalari yezithombe
Ngemuva kokudideka okuthile nge-AT&T (ngaleso sikhathi, okuwukuphela kwenkampani yenethiwekhi ongathola kuyo i-iPhone), kuphinde kwavezwa ukuthi amakhasimende azokwazi ukuthuthuka esuka ku-8GB aye ku-16GB iPhone ngaphandle kokusayina inkontileka entsha. Esikhundleni salokho, labo abafuna ukuthuthukisa bangaqhubeka lapho inkontileka yabo endala igcine khona. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Apple yayisendaweni yesibili emakethe yeselula yase-US kuBlackBerry ngo-28% uma kuqhathaniswa nesabelo sama-BlackBerry esingu-41%. Emhlabeni jikelele, i-Apple ikleliswe endaweni yesithathu ngo-6,5%, ilandela iNokia (52,9%) kanye neBlackBerry (11,4%). Lokhu kwakungenxa yokuthi i-iPhone yayitholakala emazweni ambalwa kuphela.
Inketho yokugcina engu-16GB ye-iPhone yaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-2016 lapho kwethulwa i-iPhone 7 (nakuba iyindlela encane yokugcina).
