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Imiphumela yezezimali ye-Apple engxenyeni yokugcina yezimali, balethe izinombolo ezithakazelisa kakhulu, ezingagcini ngokuphathelene nokuthengiswa kwamarekhodi ama-iPhone nama-iPads noma inzuzo ephezulu kakhulu emlandweni wenkampani. Bakhombisa inkambiso ethokozisayo kuzo zombili izinhlangothi ze-Apple portfolio spectrum. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukukhula okumangazayo kwamakhompyutha e-Mac, ngakolunye, ukuwa kwama-iPod.

Isikhathi se-post-PC ngokungangabazeki sincisha abakhiqizi be-PC inzuzo yabo enkulu. Ngokuyinhloko ngenxa yamathebulethi, ukuthengiswa kwamakhompiyutha asendulo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ideskithophu noma i-notebook, kuye kwehla isikhathi eside, kuyilapho bekhula kakhulu ngisho nangaphambi kokwethulwa kwe-iPad. Njengasendabeni ye-iPhone ngethebhulethi, i-Apple ishintshe imithetho yomdlalo, ngokuvamile okufanele ivumelane noma ife.

Ukuthengiswa kwe-PC okwehlayo kuzwakala ikakhulukazi izinkampani imali yazo okwakungamakhompyutha omuntu siqu kanye neziteshi zokusebenza. U-Hewlett-Packard akaseyena umenzi omkhulu we-PC, othathwe uLenovo, futhi uDell usephumile emakethe yamasheya. Phela, inzalo encishisiwe kumakhompiyutha nayo yathinta i-Apple, futhi yabhala ukwehla kokuthengiswa kwamakota ambalwa ngokulandelana.

Nokho, ibincane ngamaphesenti ambalwa kunokwehla kokuthengiswa komhlaba wonke, u-Peter Oppenheimer aqinisekise abaninimasheya ngesikhathi sokumenyezelwa kwemiphumela yezezimali. Kodwa engxenyeni yokuqala yezimali ka-2014, konke kuhlukile. Ukuthengiswa kwe-Mac empeleni bekukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-19, njengokungathi lezi zindaba zithintana namazwi kaTim Cook ezingxoxweni ezimbalwa eziphawula iminyaka engu-30 ye-Macintosh. Ngesikhathi esifanayo ngokusho I-IDC ukuthengiswa kwe-PC yomhlaba wonke kwehle - ngamaphesenti angu-6,4. Ngakho-ke i-Mac isalokhu inesikhundla esiyingqayizivele emakethe, phela, ngenxa yemikhawulo ephezulu ye-Apple, ngaphezu kwe-50% yenzuzo kulo mkhakha ibalwe.

Isimo esiphambene ngokuphelele sikhona ngabadlali bomculo. I-iPod, eyake yaba uphawu lwenkampani yakwa-Apple, eyahola uguquko embonini yomculo futhi eyasiza i-Apple ukuba ifinyelele phezulu, ihamba kancane kodwa ngokuqinisekile isiya ezindlini zokuzingela zaphakade. Ukwehla ngamaphesenti angama-52 kuya ezigidini eziyisithupha, okuzuze inzuzo engaphansi kwesigidigidi, kuyazikhulumela.

[yenza isenzo=”caphuna”]I-iPhone iyisidlali somculo esihle kangangokuthi ayikho indawo ye-iPod eduze kwayo.[/do]

I-iPod yaba yisisulu senye impumelelo yobuchwepheshe besimanje - i-iPhone. Akukona ize ukuthi uSteve Jobs amemezele ngo-2007 ukuthi lena i-iPod engcono kakhulu inkampani eyake yakhiqiza. Eqinisweni, i-iPhone iyisidlali somculo esihle kangangokuthi ayikho indawo ye-iPod eduze kwayo. Indlela esilalela ngayo umculo nayo isishintshile ngokukhula kwezinsiza zokusakaza. Umculo wamafu uwumkhuba ongenakugwenywa i-iPod engakwazi ukuwufinyelela ngenxa yokuxhumana okulinganiselwe. Ngisho ne-iPod touch ene-iOS egcwele ikhawulelwe ukutholakala kwe-Wi-Fi.

Ukwethulwa kwabadlali abasha kulo nyaka kungase kwehlise ukuthambekela kokwehla, kodwa kungahlehli. Akumangazi naku-Apple, phela i-iPhone yadalwa ngokwesabela ukuthi omakhalekhukhwini bazodla abantu abadlali bomculo, futhi ibingafuni ukusala ngaphandle emdlalweni.

Cishe u-Apple ngeke ayeke ukukhiqizwa kwama-iPod ngaso leso sikhathi, inqobo nje uma enza inzuzo, angaqhubeka nokuwagcina, ngisho noma nje kuwumsebenzi wokuzilibazisa. Kodwa-ke, ukuphela kwabadlali bomculo kuseduze nakanjani futhi, njengama-Walkmans, bazoya endaweni yokugcina impahla yomlando wezobuchwepheshe.

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