2018 Ayizange ibe ngunyaka olungileyo kuye nawuphi na umenzi we-smartphone, ngaphandle kweHuawei kunye noXiaomi, abaye babona indlela imarike yaseTshayina ithathe ngayo iimodeli zabo ngeengalo ezivulekileyo, ngokuchaseneyo ngokupheleleyo ne-Apple kunye ne-Samsung, i-telephony majors, ihlupheke kwiminyaka yamuva.
Amanani e-Apple e-China kwikota yokugqibela ka-2018 ayengekho njengoko bekulindelekile, ukunyanzela inkampani esekwe eCupertino ukuba bhengeza ukuba ingeniso kunye neentengiso ezilindelweyo kuloo kota Abazange bahambe kunye noqikelelo olwalunayo inkampani ekuqaleni.
Kubonakala ngathi ayikhange ibe yikota efika ngexesha kwaye Amathemba okubuya kokuthengiswa kwe-iPhone e-China kusekude kakhulu, ngokutsho komhlalutyi we-Longbow Research, njengoko uye wakwazi ukuqinisekisa ngokuthe ngqo kubaxhasi be-Apple abahlukeneyo.
Ngokutsho kukaShawn Harrison weLongbow Research "Ukucuthwa kwamaxabiso amaninzi e-iPhone akuzange kuthintele iindlela zokukhangela ze-iPhone e-China ukuba buthathaka ngakumbi. Ukongeza, intengiso ngoFebruwari 2018 yayimbi kakhulu xa ithelekiswa nezo zenyanga enye ngo-2019.
Kodwa eyona nto ixhalabisayo ngetyala, ngokukaShawn, yileyo Kubaxhasi be-42 i-Apple esebenza nabo, i-37 kubo ibike intengiso ephantsi kunexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo. UShawn ukwatsho ukuba "Ngaphandle kokukhawulezisa imfuno ye-iPhone elundini, ngoku asiboni naziphi na ii-catalysts ezisondele kwixesha elizayo eziqhuba umvuzo onentsingiselo ngesabelo ngasinye."
Ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone kwehle nge-15% kwikota yokugqibela ye-2018. Esona sizathu sityholwa yimfuno ephantsi kwimarike yaseTshayina, apho ukhuphiswano kunye nabavelisi bendawo bexabiso eliphantsi babeka i-iPhone kwindawo engalunganga ecacileyo. Kubonakala ngathi iintshukumo ezenziwa yi-Apple kumazwe ahlukeneyo, ukuthoba ixabiso le-iPhone, azinayo impendulo elindelwe yinkampani.