Ekuqaleni kuka-2018, enye yeempikiswano ezazinokuchaphazela inkampani yabhengezwa kwikomkhulu eCupertino kule minyaka idlulileyo, impikiswano eyonakalise kakhulu umfanekiso wenkampani. Sithetha nge Isoftware enciphise ukusebenza kwee-iPhones xa ibhetri ibingekho kwimeko entle.
Ukuzama ukubhukuqa emva kokuthethelela ukuba kutheni usongeze loo nto, I-Apple yehlise ixabiso lenkqubo yokutshintsha ibhetri ukuya kwi-29 euro, ukusuka phantse kwi-euro ezingama-100 ixabisa, kuxhomekeke kwisixhobo ekuthethwa ngaso. Le nkqubo yokutshintsha ibhetri yayisesinye isizathu esichaphazele ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone kwihlabathi liphela ngo-2018, ukuthengisa okwawa okokuqala ngqa kwiminyaka.
Njengoko iinkcukacha ezithe kratya zaziwa malunga nomsebenzi u-Apple awazisileyo nge-iOS 10.3.2 kunye nantoni yanciphisa ukusebenza kwe-CPU ukwandisa ubomi bebhetri Kwaye ukunqanda oko ngaphambi kokuba iincopho zentsebenzo zicinywe ngequbuliso, abasebenzisi abaninzi kunye nemibutho yabasebenzisi evela kwihlabathi liphela, abaqale ukumangalela uApple, beyityhola ngokuthengisa iimveliso kunye nomhla wokuphelelwa.
Ubuso bakhe bamva nje buvela eCalifornia, apho abantu abali-18 bebemangalele iApple ukunciphisa ukusebenza kwezixhobo ezindala ngaphandle kokwazisa umsebenzisi.
I-Apple ayilunganga kwasekuqaleni. Kwakulula kuye ukwazisa umsebenzisi ngalo msebenzi, ukumvumela ukuba awusebenze okanye awenze ungasebenzi (njengoko wenzayo xa kwakusemva kakhulu ngohlaziyo), ukuze lo ibe ngumsebenzisi wokugqibela, oya kuthi avavanye ukuba Ufuna ukwandisa i-iPhone yakho okanye ukhetha ukuyisebenzisa kakhulu ngelixa uyisebenzisa.
Ngokucacileyo oku kwenzeka kuphela nge-iPhones ibhetri yayo ibingekho kwimeko entle, kodwa baninzi abasebenzisi kunye nemibutho ebithathe ithuba lokuhlanganisa lonke uluhlu lwe-iPhone, kubandakanya iimodeli ebezikho kuphela kwintengiso kwiinyanga ezimbalwa, kwaye ke batyhola inkampani eyaziwayo kunye nokusetyenziswa gwenxa ukuphelelwa lixesha.