I-Apple isungule Inkqubo entsha yokuhlaziya i-iPhone. Iya kufumaneka ecaleni kwale sele inikezelwe apho abasebenzisi banokuthi bathengise isixhobo esidala kwaye bafumane ikhadi lesipho kwiVenkile yeApple ngexabiso elinokwahluka ngokuxhomekeke kwimeko nakwiminyaka. Ngenkqubo entsha, abasebenzisi baya kuba nakho ukuhambisa i-iPhone, ifowuni ye-Android okanye iFowuni yeWindows kwaye bafumane i-iPhone entsha, kodwa besebenzisa elo tyala Hlawula ngezavenge ukuya kwiinyanga ezingama-24.
Umzekelo, ukuba ufuna ukusuka kwi-iPhone 4 ukuya kwi-iPhone 5s, uyakuhlawula i-14.58 yeedola ngenyanga kangangeenyanga ezingama-24. Kwimeko embi, eya kuba isuka kwi-iPhone 4 iye kwi-6GB ye-iPhone 128s Plus, baya kuhlawula $ 35,37 ngenyanga. Kucacile ukuba ukuthatha ithuba lolu hlobo lwenkqubo, abasebenzisi bahlawula ngakumbi inqaku, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo iyanceda bonke abo basebenzisi bangenayo yonke imali ebiza i-iPhone.
Kuya kubakho kwakhona ukhetho lokufumana ikhredithi ngaxeshanye xa uthenga i-iPhone entsha, ufumana kwi- $ 100 ye-iPhone 4 ukuya kwi- $ 350 ye-iPhone 6s, ebonakala ngathi ayibaxi kangako kwimeko ye-iPhone 6s ukuba sithathela ingqalelo ukuba sisixhobo esisetyenzisiweyo ngaphantsi kweenyanga ezi-6. Kwimeko nayiphi na into, kuyinto "eqhelekileyo" kwiivenkile ezisemthethweni, apho into ilahlekelwa sisiqingatha sexabiso layo phantse ngokukhawuleza xa ishiya ivenkile. Amaxabiso ezixhobo zeFowuni kunye neFowuni yeWindows akakhange acaciswe, ekulungele ukugcwalisa ifom kwiwebhu abayivumelayo kwaye bazi ukuba leliphi ixabiso abaza kusinika lona ngesixhobo sethu.
U-Apple uthi inkuthazo yakhe kukuba kusekho abantu abaninzi abasebenzisa ii-iPhones ezindala inkampani engathanda ukuyiphucula (kwaye ityebise ingxowa yazo). Ngokophando lwakutsha nje, I-60% yabasebenzisi basasebenzisa i-iPhone 5 okanye ngaphambili. Icala elisezantsi lale nyuso intsha kukuba, njengoko sinokufunda kwinqaku 1 layo iphepha lewebhuUya kudinga ikhadi elisebenzayo letyala eMelika. Ukuba iApple ithathe isigqibo sokumilisela olu hlobo lwenkqubo kwamanye amazwe yinto esiya kuyazi ngokuhamba kwexesha.
