Eminyakeni emi-5 eyedlule i-Apple isimangaze ngokusebenza kokuthenga okubaluleke kakhulu okwenzekile ku-ecosystem yezobuchwepheshe. Eminyakeni emi-5 eyedlule i-Apple yamukele (yathenga) isidlakela sezipikha namahedfoni, iBeats.
Una ukusebenza okwabiza ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu nokuthi kwakusekelwe ekwamukelweni kwezinto ezintsha zeBeats, akekho owaxoshwa, bamukelwa ukuba bafunde kubo futhi balandele indlela yokudala. Namuhla, I-Apple ihamba emhlabeni womculo nge-Beats, futhi yebo, ukutshalwa kwezimali kukhokhelwe.
Ukwabelana ngokuhleka noJimmy, uDre, no @ukhozi_fm. Ngijabule ukwamukela i- #Ukushaya iqembu ukuze #Apple. Konke kumayelana nomculo. pic.twitter.com/ZwyWgHFwhO
- U-Tim Cook (@t_cook) Kwangathi 28, 2014
Siyakusho futhi, sikhuluma ngokutshalwa kwemali okungekho okunye futhi akukho ngaphansi kwama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu, omunye wemisebenzi ebiza kakhulu emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe kodwa, utshalomali lukhokhelwe. Futhi yilokho ku UCupertino usevele wamukelwa ngaphandle kwezinkinga kuyo yonke inkampani yeBeatsNgisho nemikhiqizo inikeza izinzuzo eziningi ku-Apple. Ngabe izindawo ezincanyelwayo ku-Apple Store, futhi singabona ngisho nezingubo zakamuva ze-Apple, i-H1 esinayo ku-AirPods 2, ku-Powerbeats Pro entsha, ama-headphone amasha kakhulu avela ku-Beats. Amanye ama-headphone ukuthi kanye ne-Apple bakwazile ukukhulisa ikhwalithi yabo kakhulu.
Y awuhlali nje ngama-headphone nezipikha (okuye kwagxekwa kaningi ngezinga lawo lokungabaza lomsindo), I-Beats ivumele abafana beCupertino ukuthi baqhudelane neSpotify enkulu. Futhi kunabasebenzisi abaningi okulula ukuthi bakhohlise ngohlobo lwenhlokodolobha B, uphawu oluthi kuthinte kakhulu i-Apple Music futhi lokho ukwazile ukwenza ikhathalogu yomculo osakazwayo ngenxa yabaculi abamele uBeats. Ukusebenzisana, noma kunalokho, ukuthenga lokho kwe-Apple neBeats okungangabazeki ukuthi kuzothela izithelo ezintsha, futhi usuyayazi vele intshisekelo uCupertino anayo emculweni cishe selokhu kwaba khona i-apula elilonyiwe.
Kubukeka kuyindida njengomkhiqizo "osuselwe" emculweni, kuncane okukucabangayo. I-Beats ilingana ne-Apple, ukumaketha okuningi, "Isimo" esiningi, kepha inani elincane lemali.