Omnye unyaka, amakhwenkwe asekwe eCupertino aphinda alawula ukuthengiswa kwesixhobo kwaye ke inani lezinto ezenziwayo ngexesha lokuthenga kakhulu kweKrisimesi. Iinkampani ezininzi zobuchwephesha zithembisa ithemba lazo ngeli xesha ukubanakho ukubonelela ngamanani amahle phambi kokuphela konyaka. Okwethutyana ngoku, izixhobo zetekhnoloji, nokuba zii-smartphones, iitafile, ii-consoles ... zezona zixabisekileyo kubasebenzisi xa kuziwa ekwenzeni isipho ngeli xesha lokuthenga okunyanzelekileyo.
I-Flurry Insights eqinile isandula ukupapasha isifundo apho sinokubona indlela iApple Iphinde yakhokela ukuthengisa kunye nokusebenza kwezixhobo eUnited States naseKhanada, ngama-49,1% emisebenzi, amanqaku amabini angaphantsi kunangexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo, apho lafikelela kwi-51,3% yabo. Ngokwenxalenye yayo, inkampani yaseKorea i-Samsung, inyuke yaya kwi-19,8% yemisebenzi, amanqaku amabini ngaphezulu kunonyaka ophelileyo, apho yayishiywe ne-17,7% yemisebenzi iyonke yeli xesha leKrisimesi. Kubonakala ngathi la manqaku mabini aphulukene neApple afunyenwe yiSamsung.
Ngaphantsi kakhulu kwizinga, Sifumana iNokia, ene-2%, i-LG ine-1,7% kunye neXiaomi ene-1,5%. Kuyamangalisa ukuba ungafumani kolo luhlu inkampani yaseJapan u-Sony, ethi kwiminyaka yakutshanje ibheje ngamandla kwimarike yaseMelika, isungule izixhobo ezamkelekileyo ngexabiso elifanelekileyo.
Kulo nyaka kuye kwakho uguquko lwee-phablets, Njengokuba besesitshilo amaxesha amaninzi, ukuthengisa ukutya kwiipilisi ezincinci ezinje nge-Mini Mini. Ukuthengiswa kwethebhulethi, ngokubanzi, kwehle amanqaku amabini kunyaka ophelileyo, ngelixa intengiso ye-phablet iphindwe kabini, inyuka isuka kwi-13% kunyaka ophelileyo yaya kwi-27% kulo nyaka.