Kubasebenzisi abaye bahamba phantse kuzo zonke okanye phantse zonke iimodeli ze-iPhone, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuzikhumbula iingxelo ezenziwe ngumphathi we-Microsoft wangaphambili, uSteve Ballmer, apho athe waqinisekisa imibuzo evela kwiintatheli, zokumiliselwa kwefowuni ebiza kakhulu kwaye ngaphandle kwebhodibhodi Ibingumbono ombi kakhulu kwaye iApple ayinakuphumelela kolo hambo lutsha. Ixesha ekugqibeleni libonakalisile ukuba yinkampani esekwe eCupertino kwaye uyithathile kuphuma Steve Ballmer, owathi emva kokushiya inkampani wathenga iqela le-NBA.
Kwinkomfa yenkomfa, uBallmer waqinisekisa ukuba kwakububudenge ukumilisela isixhobo ngaphandle kwebhodibhodi enexabiso kuma- $ 500, echaza ukuba yeyona fowuni ibiza kakhulu emhlabeni kwaye nge $ 99 ungafumana iiterminal kwintengiso ezenza ngokufana ne-iPhone, ikwakhona ngekhibhodi ebonakalayo. UBallmer uthe isixhobo ngaphandle kwebhodibhodi yokuthumela ii-imeyile azenzi ngqondo. Ukusukela ngoko, uBallmer wayengomnye wabalinganiswa bee-GIF ezininzi ezijikeleza kwi-intanethi xa sifuna igama lakhe okanye iMicrosoft.
Iminyaka eli-9 kamva, uBallmer uyivumile impazamo yakhe kudliwanondlebe lokugqibela awalunika iBloomberg, apho athi iApple yenze izinto kakuhle emva kwayo yonke loo nto. U-Ballmer khange awele kwithuba lokuba abaxhasi baxhase ii-terminals, into enokunceda kakhulu ukwandiswa kunye nempumelelo ekugqibeleni i-iPhone ebenayo kuyo yonke le minyaka.
Kule minyaka idlulileyo, sikwazile ukuqinisekisa ukuba kwenzeka njani i-iPhone yayisisiphelo sendlela esimisela imeko kwaye yayiyeyokuqala ukuphelisa ikhibhodi ngokupheleleyo ukumilisela isikrini esichukumisayo ngaphambili kwayo, esinokuthi senze kuyo nayiphi na isenzo, kubandakanya ukubhala ngekhibhodi ebonakalayo kwiscreen.