Ngomzamo wokugcina izinombolo ze-iPhone ngaphambi kwekota ye-Apple, njengoba ukuthengisa kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle ngokuzayo okokuqala ngqa, I-Apple ukukhuthaza abasebenzi be-Apple Store ukuthi bathengise ama-iPhones amaningi ngohlelo olusha lwemivuzo. Abakwa-Apple bazise abathengisi kanye nomphakathi ngalolu hlelo olusha izolo, futhi luzosebenza phakathi kukaFebhuwari 21 noMashi 26, ngokusho kwemithombo.
Inhloso yalolu hlelo ukuphusha abasebenzi bakwa-Apple ukuthi bathengise ama-iPhones amaningi ngesithembiso sokuthi imivuzo kanye nazo zonke izindleko ezikhokhelwe iholide kuCupertino, California, kubasebenzi abathengisa ama-iPhones amaningi esifundeni sabo, ngokusho kwemithombo. Ngenkathi lo mbukiso ekugcineni umayelana nokuthengisa ama-iPhones amaningi, i-Apple iwubeka njengendlela yokugubha impumelelo ye-iPhone.
Futhi, ngenkathi i-Apple itshela abasebenzi ngokucacile lokho lolu hlelo lungaphezu kokuthengisa nje amayunithi we-iPhone amaningi, imithombo ithi amamethrikhi wokunikeza imivuzo namaholide yileli: inani lama-iPhones athengiswa ngesonto, ukwaneliseka kwamakhasimende, ukuthengisa izesekeli eziningi ze-iPhone, nokuthi uhlelo lokusetshenziswa kabusha nokusetshenziswa kabusha kabusha kwe-iPhone yakho lusetshenziswa kangaki esitolo.
Izitolo ezisebenza kahle kakhulu emkhakheni wazo ngesikhathi esiphakathi kukaFebhuwari noMashi ngokuya ngezinkomba ezingenhla, izowina ikhadi lesipho leqembu elihamba phambili esitolo yenkampani, ngaphezu kwe iphathi yesitolo sonkengenkathi abathengisi abahamba phambili abaphumelela emkhakheni ngamunye bezowina izinkambo zeCupertino. Lesi sinyathelo ngesinye se-Apple sokukhuthaza ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone, ngemuva kwale nyanga amahlebezi e-iPhone enkulu ezokwambulwa.