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Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, kube nezindatshana eziningi ku-inthanethi mayelana ne-Apple elahlekelwa ukubusa kwayo isikhathi eside kwemakethe yesistimu yokusebenza yamaselula ivuna i-Android. Ngempela, i-iOS ye-Apple ayiseyona inkundla yeselula ehamba phambili, okuholela ezingozini eziningi futhi abanikazi bamasheya baya besaba ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwabo. Ingabe i-Apple kufanele isabele ekuthuthukisweni okubi futhi isebenzise ezinye izinyathelo? Inkampani akufanele icabangele ushintsho oluhle kunqubomgomo yentengo

Ukubusa kwemakethe kuhlala kungukhiye, futhi lokhu kuyiqiniso eliphindwe kabili endabeni yezinhlelo zokusebenza. Kunzima futhi kuyabiza konjiniyela bezinkampani zangaphandle ukudala izinhlelo zokusebenza, imidlalo namasevisi ezinkundla eziningi ezahlukene. Ngakho-ke izogxila kumdlali omkhulu kunabo bonke emakethe. Uma abathuthukisi bekhiqiza isofthiwe yekhwalithi eyanele, amandla aleyo nkundla ayakhula. Yini ebaluleke kakhulu ku-smartphone kunohlelo lokusebenza? Ngaphezu kwalokho, isofthiwe ethengiwe ibophezela amakhasimende ohlelweni oluthile lokusebenza. Noma ubani othenge izinhlelo zokusebenza nemidlalo ye-iOS ngemali eningi nakanjani uzongabaza kakhulu ukuguqulela kwenye inkundla. Uma umhlinzeki wesistimu yokusebenza "egqashuka" futhi ezuza amandla emakethe futhi ngaleyo ndlela athole umusa wabathuthukisi, kunzima kakhulu ukulwa nembangi enjalo. Isibonelo esikhanyayo yiMicrosoft namandla ayo amangalisayo eminyakeni yamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye yekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Ingabe i-Apple yenza iphutha ngokukhathalela kuphela imali engenayo hhayi isabelo semakethe? Emakethe yekhompiyutha yomuntu siqu, i-Apple isivele yenze leli phutha kanye, futhi isuka esikhundleni sokuba ngumsunguli ovelele, izibeke esikhundleni somdlali ongasemuva.

I-Android ne-iOS ziphethe imakethe yamaselula yomhlaba wonke, kanti lezi zinkundla ezimbili zibalwa ngesabelo esikhulu esingu-90%, ngokusho kwemibiko ye-IDC. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bobabili laba baholi bayaqhubeka nokukhula, kuyilapho umncintiswano ulahlekelwa. I-IDC yenkampani ibike ngemiphumela yekota yesithathu yalo nyaka, futhi izinombolo ezishicilelwe azizange zibajabulise abanikazi bamasheya benkampani ye-Cupertino. Ngokusho kwe-IDC, i-Android ilawula u-75% wemakethe kanti i-Apple ne-iOS yayo ingu-15% kuphela. I-Apple yenza kahle kakhulu emakethe yasekhaya yase-US, lapho njengamanje inesabelo esingamaphesenti angama-34 uma iqhathaniswa namaphesenti angama-53 e-Android. Nokho, kunomehluko omkhulu ekukhuleni kwawo womabili amapulatifomu. I-Apple yenze kahle kakhulu, futhi i-iOS yayo inyuse isabelo sayo sisuka ku-25% saya ku-34% eminyakeni yamuva. Kodwa-ke, i-Android iphinde yaphinda kabili isabelo sayo esikhathini esifanayo kuya ku-53%. Lokhu kukhula okukhulu kwezinkundla ezimbili ezinkulu kudalwe ikakhulukazi ukuwa kwabaqhudelana phambili njenge-RIM, iMicrosoft, iSymbian nePalm.

Abalandeli abaningi be-Apple baphikisa ngokuthi i-Android ayinakubalwa njengengxenyekazi eyodwa. Ngemuva kwakho konke, lolu hlelo lukhona ezinguqulweni eziningi ezahlukene, ezinezakhiwo eziningi ezahlukene kanye nenani elikhulu lamadivayisi ahlukene. I-Google ayikwazi ukunikeza bonke abasebenzisi isibuyekezo senguqulo entsha yesistimu, futhi kwenzeka izimo ezihlekisayo kakhulu. Ifoni ye-Android ijwayele ukubuyekezwa kuphela ibe inguqulo "entsha" yesistimu uma ingentsha futhi enye inguqulo isivele itholakala. Lokhu kuhlukaniswa kwenza ngisho nohlelo lokusebenza oluncane lube yinkinga enkulu konjiniyela, futhi kunzima ukufeza ukusebenza okuhle kuwo wonke amadivayisi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inzuzo evela ku-Android Google Play incane kakhulu, futhi konjiniyela lesi sitolo sohlelo lokusebenza asiyona neze i-terno enkulu. Abasebenzisi be-iOS bachitha izikhathi eziningi kusofthiwe kunabanikazi bedivayisi ye-Android. Ngakho-ke, onjiniyela abaningi basancamela i-iOS futhi bathuthukise izinhlelo zokusebenza zale sistimu. Kodwa ingabe lokhu kuzoba njalo esikhathini esizayo esiseduze?

U-Apple wayehlale efuna ukwenza amafoni namathebulethi e-premium kuphela. Izikhulu zakwa-Apple zithi zifuna kuphela ukwenza izinto ezizosetshenziswa zona ngokwazo ngothando. Ubufakazi bokuthi i-Apple ayifuni nje ukuthengisa imikhiqizo eshibhile, isibonelo, i-iPad mini kanye nentengo yayo. Cishe abantu abayisigidigidi sebevele banama-smartphone namathebulethi. Nokho, kunabanye abantu abampofu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6 emhlabeni, futhi abakayithenga le mishini. Ngokunengqondo, bazokhetha uhlobo olushibhile, futhi lokhu kuvula ithuba elikhulu le-Samsung namanye amabhrendi amakhulu, aphansi kakhulu. Uma i-Apple ibashaya indiva laba bantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-6, ingabe i-iOS isazoba uhlelo “olukhulu” ngisho neminyaka eyi-10?

Abathuthukisi abaningi ngeke banqume ukuthi le noma lelo sistimu yokusebenza "ipholile" ngokwanele. Bazodala isoftware yomholi wemakethe. Inzuzo enkulu ye-Android yikhono lokwanelisa zonke izendlalelo zamakhasimende. Ngalolu hlelo lokusebenza, ungathenga ithoyizi lepulasitiki lemiqhele embalwa kanye nama-smartphones asezingeni eliphezulu njenge-Samsung Galaxy S3.

Amakhasimende amaningi asathembekile ku-Apple. Bajabulela ikhwalithi yezitolo zohlelo lokusebenza, ubulula obumangalisayo bokuthenga okuqukethwe kwamadivayisi wabo, futhi mhlawumbe nokuxhumana okukhulu kwayo yonke imikhiqizo yalo mkhiqizo. I-iCloud, isibonelo, iyithuluzi elinamandla kakhulu elingakabi nawo umncintiswano ogcwele. Kodwa-ke, i-Google ithuthuka kuzo zonke izinhlangothi nge-Android yayo, futhi ingase ihlangane maduze ne-Apple ngisho nasezindaweni lapho isantengantenga khona. I-Google Play iyathuthukiswa kancane kancane, inani lezinhlelo zokusebenza liyakhula, futhi izimfuno zekhwalithi kubathuthukisi ziyakhula. Kukhona futhi usongo olukhulu emakethe yethebhulethi evela e-Amazon kanye nesitolo sayo, esibukeka sisihle kakhulu futhi sibonakala sisebenza. Ngakho-ke, ingabe isikhundla esingenakunyakaziswa se-iOS sisongelwa ngokuzayo?

Umthombo: businessinsider.com
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