Lo nyaka luvavanyo lwe-litmus lwe-Apple. Esona sixhobo sakhe sithandwayo, i-iPhone, Sekuyiminyaka elishumi ukususela oko kwaziswa nguSteve Jobs ngo-2007. Iminyaka elishumi apho, iguquke kakhulu kwaye ibiyinto yokwahlula kubomi babantu abaninzi, ukufumana imodeli yakutshanje, i-iPhone 7, ukukhula kunye nokudityaniswa njengesixhobo esingazange sabona ngaphambili.
Nangona kunjalo, oku kukhula kukwahamba nonyaka wesithathu ngokulandelelana apho utshintsho esilubonayo ngokwendlela yoyilo lukhanya kakhulu kwaye ukongezwa, ngokubanzi, akubashiyanga abantu abaninzi bavule imilomo. Ukususa ukufuduswa kweebhendi ze-eriyali kunye nemibala emitsha kwi-matt kunye ne-gloss emnyama, I-iPhone 7 ayizisi nayo nantoni na 'yokwaphula umhlaba' emele utshintsho olunqamlezileyo ngokubhekisele kwiimodeli zangaphambili (ngaphandle kokuhlonitshwa, mhlawumbi, kwekhamera ephindwe kabini yemodeli yokudibanisa kunye nokumelana kwamanzi).
Yiyo loo nto uninzi lwethu lunethemba lokuba kulo nyaka ka-2017, unyaka weshumi leminyaka, I-Apple iphinde ibonakalise amandla ayo kwinto entsha kunye nobunkokeli kwihlabathi kumzi mveliso apho amawaka ezixhobo ezifanayo zeselfowuni esiya esiba nzima ukwahlula omnye komnye. Ukongeza, isithunzi esizayo se-Samsung Galaxy S8 ethi, ngokungqinelana nokuvuza, ijolise phezulu, abo baseCupertino abanakho ukuvumela omnye unyaka uqhubeke nohlaziyo olusezantsi.
Kule ngcinga, eqhutywa ngu Iingcinga ze-iphoneSiboniswa nge-iPhone 8 enobukhulu bescreen ngaphezulu kancinci kunaleyo yeModeli yokudibanisa, enkosi kwinto yokuba izakhelo zayo zisusiwe kwaye ezinye iirveve zazisiwe emacaleni, afana nalawo afumaneka kwi-Samsung Galaxy Edge, kodwa ayibhengezwanga njalo. Ukongeza, umzimba uya kwenziwa nge-ceramic -enye yezixhobo ekufumaneka kuzo uhlobo olutsha lwe-Apple Watch- kwaye imigca yayo ngokubanzi iya kuba ye-angular ngakumbi kuneemodeli zangoku, ezikhumbuza i-iPhone 5-5s-5SE.
Yintoni etsala umdla wethu, iifreyimu eziphezulu nezisezantsi zigcina ubungakanani bazo, kuba kulindeleke ukuba zibhitye, kunye nobukho beqhosha lokuqala, kuba le inokuba yi-iPhone yokuqala yokudibanisa le sensor ngqo kwiscreen. Kusekho okuninzi ekufuneka ukwazi ukuba i-iPhone entsha iza kuba njani, kodwa lixesha lokuba uqale ngokubheja.