Xa kusekho iiveki ezimbalwa eziseleyo ukuba amakhwenkwe aseCupertino abhengeze ngokusesikweni iziphumo zoqoqosho ezihambelana nekota yesithathu yonyaka, ikota yokugqibela yenkampani ye-2018, abahlalutyi sele beqalisile ukupapasha iingxelo ezahlukeneyo malunga nendlela ezinokwenzeka ngayo ezi. Okwangoku, ngokukaGoldman Sachs, owaziyo oku okwethutyana, uthi ngekhe zilunge.
NgokukaGoldman Sachs ukuhla kwintengiso ye-iPhone e-China iya kuba sesona sizathu siphambili sokuba iziphumo zoqoqosho ezilindelwe kwikota yesithathu ka-2018 Kuyadanisa. Ngokomhlalutyi uRod Hall, uApple ufumene ukwehla okukhulu kwimfuno yeemveliso zayo, ngakumbi i-iPhone, kwilizwe eliye laba ngumthombo ophambili wenkampani kule minyaka idlulileyo.
Ngokukaholo, "Kukho imiqondiso emininzi yokwehla ngokukhawuleza kwemfuno yabathengi e-China esikholelwa ukuba inokuchaphazela ngokulula imfuno ka-Apple kweli lizwe ukuwa." IHolo ikwamkele ukuba intengiso ye-smartphone e-China ibonakalise iimpawu zokuphucula kwikota yesibini, kodwa uqikelelo lwayo kwikota yesithathu yalatha kwithontsi elili-15%.
Lo mhlalutyi unethemba lokuba iimodeli ezintsha ezazivezwe ngu-Apple ngo-Septemba ophelileyo ziya kunceda ngokuchasene nokwehla ngokubanzi kwemfuno ze-smartphone elizweni, njengoko kunokuba yindleko enkulu kwinkcazo yengeniso yenkampani. Amalinge eholo yokucebisa ukuba umgca omtsha weemveliso ze-Apple kweli lizwe ziya kunceda ukuthengisa kwe-iPhone kwaye ke ngaloo ndlela zikwazi ukukoyisa ukwehla kwemarike iyonke, kodwa ngokuyinxenye.
Uninzi lokukhula okunokubakho kwi-Apple kule minyaka idlulileyo e-China, kungenxa ye- ibango lezikrini ezinkulu. Nge-1 ka-Novemba, siyakususa amathandabuzo kwaye sijonge ukuba ngaba iingqikelelo zalomhlalutyi zizalisekisiwe okanye ukuba ngokuchaseneyo, i-iPhone entsha, ngakumbi i-iPhone XS Max, ikwenzile ukuba kuthintelwe ukuhla kweentengiso kwiAsia kwimarike.