Isiteyitimenti sakutshanje sabafana baseCupertino malunga nesicelo esivela kuMbutho weSizwe woSasazo (i-NAB) ocela ukuba basebenzise iitshipsi ze-FM ukuze kwimeko yentlekele yendalo, apho unxibelelwano luyeke ukusebenza, abasebenzisi banokwaziswa ngalo lonke ixesha unomathotholo, yayikukuba zombini i-iPhone 7 kunye ne-iPhone 8 azinazo iichips zerediyo ye-FM okanye ii-eriyali zezi zixhobo azixhasi imiqondiso yeli qela. Kodwa i-opera yesepha ibonakala ngathi ayiphelelanga apha, ukusukela oko I-NAB ithi inokuthandabuza okuthile ngayo kwaye iphinde yacela inkampani ukuba yenze olu khetho kwiimodeli ezilandelayo.
Kwibhlog yalo mbutho, bapapashe inqaku elitsha apho emva kokufunda ukwaphuka kwe-iPhone 8, ndiqinisekisile ukuba i-iPhone 8 isebenzisa i-chip ye-Broadcom edibanisa i-chip ye-FM ke inkampani esekwe kwiCupertino inezixhobo eziyimfuneko kwizixhobo zayo zokubonelela ngenkxaso kanomathotholo, ephikisana neenkcazo zakutsha nje zika-Apple malunga noku, apho bathi:
I-Apple iyakhathala kakhulu ngokhuseleko lwabasebenzisi bethu, ngakumbi ngamaxesha obunzima, yiyo loo nto siyile izisombululo zangoku kwiimveliso zethu. Abasebenzisi banokucofa iinkonzo zexesha likaxakeka kunye nokufikelela kulwazi lwekhadi le-ID ngokuthe ngqo kwiscreen sokutshixa, kwaye senza ukuba izaziso zikarhulumente ezingxamisekileyo, ukusukela kwizilumkiso zemozulu ukuya kwizilumkiso ze-AMBER. Iimodeli ze-iPhone 7 kunye ne-iPhone 8 azinazo iichips zerediyo ye-FM okanye ii-eriyali eziyilelwe ukuxhasa imiqondiso ye-FM, ngenxa yoko akunakwenzeka ukuba ukwamkelwa kwe-FM kwezi mveliso.
Kwakwinqaku elifanayo, i-NAB ibhenela kwi-CEO ye-Apple uTim Cook, eqaqambisa inani leenkanyamba idolophu yakhe, iMobile eAlabama, enamava ukusukela ngo-1969 ukongeza yenza umnxeba kwinkampani ukuba isebenze inkxaso yexesha elinye yeebhendi ze-FM, Kwaye nokuba abasebenzisi abanokuchaphazeleka banokwaziswa ngalo lonke ixesha ngeendaba zamva nje.
Ukuba iApple ayinayo inkonzo yomculo yokusasaza Kungenzeka ukuba ukusebenza okungaphezulu kwe-chip yonxibelelwano ye-iPhone kwakusele kusebenze, kodwa ukuba uyayivula, kunokwenzeka ukuba abasebenzisi abaninzi bayeke ukusebenzisa inkonzo yomculo yokusasaza, nangona bekungafanelekanga ukuba kube njalo, ubuncinci kwithiyori.