Ngawo onke ama-akhawunti, u-2016 uya kuba ngunyaka wokuqala ukuba i-iPhone ibone ukuhla kwentengiso yayo ukusukela oko kwaqaliswa isizukulwana sokuqala ngo-2007. Owona mhlalutyi ophambili ku-Apple, uMing-Chi Kuo ude aqikelele ukuba ngowama-2016 ombi kakhulu kunango-2014, unyaka apho Ifowuni ye-apile ikhule ukusuka kwii-intshi ezine ze-iPhone 4 ukuya kwii-5 kunye ne-4,7 intshi ye-iPhone 5.5 kunye ne-iPhone 6 Plus ngokwahlukeneyo. Kodwa kukho umhlalutyi Wells Fargo ukuba anivumelani ngokupheleleyo.
Umhlalutyi ubizwa Maynard Um kwaye unike ingxelo kubatyali mali bakhe apho athi i-iPhone 7 izakubangela ukuba ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone kunyuke kwikota yokugqibela ka-2016. Ukuchaneka ngakumbi, Um uthi iApple iyakuthengisa Iiyunithi ezingama-82.2 ezigidi ngexesha leeholide zeKrisimesi. Nangona kusengqiqweni ukuba sithenga ngaphezulu ngexesha leKrisimesi, ngaphezulu kwe-80 yezigidi zeeyunithi kwikota ingaphezulu kunokuba wonke umntu elindele kwiWall Street.
Ngokuka-Wells Fargo, i-iPhone 7 iya kuthengisa kakuhle
Umhlalutyi we Wells Fargo ukholelwa ukuba Isitalato iWall sinethemba kakhulu kwingqikelelo yabo malunga ne-iPhone 7. IWall Street ilindele ukuba kuthengiswe ii-iPhones ezizizigidi ezingama-50 kwikota yokuqala kaMatshi, engaphantsi ngama-50% kunaleyo ebilindelwe yi-Um kwikota yokugqibela. Kwelinye icala, uMing-Chi Kuo uthi i-iPhone 7 ayizukubandakanya nantoni na edanyazayo, kunye notshintsho oluncinci loyilo, eya kwenza ukuba abasebenzisi bacinge kabini xa kuziwa ekuhlaziyweni kwezixhobo zabo.
Namhlanje i intsalela yekota yokuqala yezemali isuka kwiApple. Kuya kuba ngumdla ukubona ukuba ukwehla kwentengiso okulindelweyo yiWall Street sele kuqalile okanye ukuba i-iPhone SE isebenze ukulibazisa intengiso ephantsi elindelwe ngumntu wonke. Ukongeza, kuya kuhlala kubonakala ukuba banikezela ngedatha yokuthengisa yeApple Watch okanye bayaqhubeka nokubeka iwatchwatch kwicandelo "Abanye" kunye nesizukulwane sesine iApple TV eyathengiswa ngo-Okthobha ka-2015. Kungekudala sizakuphuma nakuphi na ukuthandabuza.