Njengoba imakethe yama-smartphone emhlabeni wonke ibona ukuthengiswa kuqhubeka kwehla, I-Apple ibonakala idlala kwenye iligi futhi ilindele ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone 14 kube ngcono nakakhulu kunalezo ze-iPhone 13.
Abakhiqizi bezinto zikagesi ngokuvamile abadluli esikhathini sabo esingcono kakhulu. Kunezimo eziningi ezinomthelela omubi ekuthengisweni kwama-smartphone, futhi ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula abakhiqizi babone ukuthi isidingo samadivayisi wabo siqhubeka kanjani ngokuncipha okuqhubekayo okuphela kwawo okungakaqagelwa. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple ibonakala isisusa lesi simo somhlaba wonke, futhi ngoJulayi, inyanga embi kakhulu yokuthengiswa kwe-iPhone ngoba imodeli entsha isiseduze, i-iPhone 13 ngabe ithengise ngo-33% ngaphezu kwaleyo eyandulelayo ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.
Ngale datha, i-Apple ilinganisela ukuthi i-iPhone 14 elandelayo izothengisa kangcono kune-iPhone 13, futhi icele abahlinzeki bayo ukuthi banyuse umkhiqizo ukuze ukwazi ukubhekana nalokhu kuthengiswa. Yilokhu i-DigiTimes ekuqinisekisayo ngemuva kokubonisana nemithombo kuchungechunge lokukhiqiza. Iphikisana nedatha evela emqhudelwaneni, njengokwehliswa okungafika ku-30% ezicelweni zengxenye ku-Mediatek, omunye wabahlinzeki abakhulu bamafoni e-Android.
Kodwa-ke, akuyona yonke into eyizindaba ezinhle ochungechungeni lokukhiqiza lwe-Apple, nge ukuvalwa okumenyezelwe kwamanye amafekthri ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Ngakho-ke yonke into ibonakala ikhombisa ukuthi uma ufuna ukuthola i-iPhone 14 ekuqalisweni kwayo kuzofanela usheshe noma ngeke usakwazi ukukhetha ngaphandle kokulinda amasonto ambalwa ngoba kubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukuthi i-Apple izokwazi ukubhekana nokuthengisa okuqinile kokuqala, nakhona kolunye uhlangothi bekungeke kube yinto entsha kulo nyaka.