I-Apple ibhengeze izolo ebusuku iziphumo zayo zezemali kwikota yesithathu yezemali ka-2016, eqala ngo-Epreli walo nyaka ukuya kuJuni. Amanani aqhubeka nokubonisa ukwehla kwengeniso kwiikota zamva nje, kodwa ngokukaTim Cook ngokwakhe bebengcono kunoko bebekulindele. Inkampani ithumele intengiso yekota ye- $ 42.400 yezigidigidi kunye nekota yenzuzo ye- $ 7.800 yezigidigidi, elingana ne- $ 1,42 ngesabelo ngasinye. I-iPhone ithengise iiyunithi ezingama-40 ezigidi, ngokwamkelwa okuhle kwe-iPhone SE ngabasebenzisi. Nangona kunjalo, abanye sele beyibhalile ngokuba "yeyona kota imbi kwimbali ye-iPhone", ebonisa inkumbulo emfutshane kakhulu, yeenyanga ezili-12 kuphela. I-iPhone ayisiyongxaki, kude nayo, kukho ezinye iindidi apho inkampani kufuneka ijonge nzulu ekuphuculeni amanani. Sikubonisa idatha kwiigrafu ukuze uyiqonde ngcono.
Ukuwa kwe-iPhone kuthelekiswa nekota yonyaka ophelileyo
Le tafile ibonisa ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone ukusukela ngo-2013, kuyo sinokubona ikota yesithathu yonyaka ngamnye (Q3) kunye nendlela u-2015 amele ngayo ukukhula kweeyunithi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezili-12 xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo. Kwakunzima ukugcina ukukhula okufanayo kulo nyaka, kwaye Nangona kwintengiso ye-Q3 2016 ibiziiyunithi ezingama-40 ezigidi, iiyunithi ezizigidi ezisi-7 ezingaphantsi kwekota enye yowama-2015, zisesezieyunithi ezizigidi ezi-5 ngaphezulu kwekota ka-2014, kwiminyaka nje emibini edlulileyo. Ikota ebi kakhulu? Isuntswana lobungqongqo nceda.
"Kuyasivuyisa ukunika ingxelo yezemali kwikota yesithathu ebonisa imfuno ephezulu kunye neziphumo ezingcono kunokuba bekulindelwe ekuqaleni kwekota," utshilo uTim Cook, umphathi we-Apple. "Siphumelele ngempumelelo i-iPhone SE kwaye sonwabile kakhulu ngempendulo evela kubathengi nakubaphuhlisi kwisoftware kunye neenkonzo ezilindelwe eWWDC ngoJuni."
UTim Cook ubonakalise ukwamkelwa okuhle kwe-iPhone SEIsixhobo esibonakala ngathi siyaphumelela phakathi kwabasebenzisi, ngesicwangciso-qhinga sokunikezela umsebenzisi kwisiphelo sendlela elandelayo ngexabiso eliphantsi kunye nobungakanani besikrini esizi-intshi ezi-4.
I-iPad ithengisa kancinci kodwa ifumana ngaphezulu
Amanani entengiso ye-iPad aqhubeka kunye nokuhamba kwawo kwiikota ezininzi, nangona kungokuthuthuzelwa kunokuthiwa kukho inani elilungileyo. Ngaphandle kokuba uthengise kuphela ii-iPads ezizigidi ezili-10, ngaphezulu kungenisiwe, i-7% ngaphezulu, kuba i-iPad Pro, imveliso enexabiso eliphezulu kunee-iPads eziqhelekileyo, ithengise ngcono. Kubonakala ngathi abasebenzisi abaziingcali bafumene into kwithebhulethi ye-Apple engakhange ibonelelwe yi-iPads yangaphambili kwaye bazimisele ukuyihlawula ngakumbi.
Ukuthengiswa kweMac kuyaqhubeka ukuwa
Njengakwi-iPad, iApple ikwanengxaki enkulu neeMacs, kwaye isiphoso sikhona kukungabikho kolungiso lweekhompyuter zalo, ngakumbi iMacBook Air kunye nePro.Ngaphezulu konyaka ngaphandle kotshintsho olufanelekileyo lide kakhulu kwinkampani yeyiphi iikhompyuter ekufuneka ibe ligazi lobomi bayo. Ukuba oku kulinda kungenxa yokuba utshintsho luza kuba lukhulu, wamkelekile, kodwa iApple sele ifuna ukubonelela ngento entsha kolu luhlu, kwaye ngokungxamisekileyo.
Iinkonzo zihlala zikhula
Ingeniso evela kwiinkonzo iyaqhubeka nendlela elungileyo. I-Apple Pay, i-Apple Music, i-iCloud, i-iTunes ... I-Apple iyaqhubeka nokufumana amanani afanelekileyo kule nxalenye yeshishini layo, esele idlula i-iPad kunye neMac kwaye iba yeyesibini ngokwengeniso, emva kwe-iPhone kuphela. UTim Cook uqinisekisile ukuba iipesenti ezingama-75 zentengiso eyenziwe yinkqubo "engenakunxibelelana" e-United States yenziwe nge-Apple Pay, kwaye oko kubonisa amandla amakhulu anayo, okoko nje kugqibayo ukwanda emhlabeni jikelele ngaphambi kokuba ezinye iimodeli zidityaniswe.
