Rhoqo kwiinyanga ezintathu, sijonga ukuba ishishini le-Apple lithengisa njani ii-iPhones, ezimele ngaphezulu kwe-60% yomvuzo owenziwe yinkampani, ukuxhomekeka kwe-iPhone ukuba i-Apple kufuneka izame ukuhlukana, kodwa okwangoku ingabonakali ukuba inenjongo yokwenza oko kunye neentshukumo zamva nje azibonakali zikhuthaza kakhulu.
Inkampani esekwe eCupertino isandula ukubhengeza ukuba, nje ukuba uluhlu lwe-AirPort luphelelwe sisitokhwe, kwiinguqulelo zalo ezahlukeneyo, ezi mveliso. ayisayi kuphinda ifumaneke ngewebhusayithi okanye ngeevenkile ezibonakalayo inkampani enazo kwihlabathi liphela. Kanye njengoko kwenzekayo xa i-Apple ibhengeza ukuba iyayeka ukuthengisa iimonitha zangaphandle, abo baseCupertino bapapashe uluhlu lweengcebiso zokuphucula uthungelwano lwethu lwe-Wi-Fi.
Ukulahlwa kolu ngcelele lweemveliso sele kubonakala kuza. NgoNovemba ka-2016, iBloomberg yabhengeza ukuba iApple iyiphelisile iqela ebelinoxanduva lokwenza olu luhlu lweemveliso, kwaye ngoJanuwari walo nyaka mnye, i-Apple yaqala ukuthengisa ii-router zomntu wesithathu ukwenza i-mesh networks ngokusebenzisa i-Apple online store. Konke okwakusele kukuba i-Apple yenze isibhengezo esisemthethweni, isibhengezo sokuba kubo bonke abathandi bolu hlobo lwemveliso ngokungathandabuzekiyo iindaba ezimbi.
Ngaphandle kwesibhengezo, Uluhlu lweAirPort lusafumaneka ngexabiso elifanayo, ebonisa ukuba i-Apple ayikho ngokukhawuleza ukulahla ngokupheleleyo olu luhlu lwemveliso, nangona ingenayo injongo yokuqhubeka nokugxila kulo mgca wemveliso. Ukuba ufuna ukubamba naziphi na kwezi mveliso phambi kokunyamalala kwazo okokugqibela, kuya kufuneka uhlawule i-109 yee-euro kwi-AirPort Express, i-219 ye-euro ye-AirPort Extreme, kunye ne-329 ye-euro / 429 ye-euro kwi-2 okanye i-3 TB yeXesha leCapsule ngokulandelelanayo. . Kusenokuba lixesha lokuba uqale ukucinga malunga neenethiwekhi ze-mesh, njengoko i-Apple icebisa.