2018 Akukabi unyaka omuhle cishe kunoma yimuphi umkhiqizi we-smartphone, ngaphandle kukaHuawei noXiaomi, ababone ukuthi imakethe yaseChina yamukele kanjani amamodeli abo ngezandla ezivulekile, okuphambene nalokho ukuthi bobabili i-Apple ne-Samsung, izinkampani ezinkulu zocingo, bahlupheke eminyakeni yamuva.
Izibalo ze-Apple eChina ngekota yokugcina ka-2018 bezingalindelekile njengoba bekulindelekile, ziphoqa inkampani ezinze eCupertino memezela lokho okulindelwe yimali engenayo kanye nokuthengiswa kwalelo kota bebengeke bahambisane nezilinganiso inkampani ebinazo ekuqaleni.
Kubukeka sengathi bekungeyona ikota yokugcina isikhathi futhi amathemba okuthola kabusha ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone eChina akude kakhulu, ngokusho komhlaziyi kwaLongbow Research, njengoba ekwazile ukuqinisekisa ngqo kusuka kubaphakeli abahlukahlukene bakwa-Apple.
Ngokusho kukaShawn Harrison weLongbow Research “Ukuncishiswa kwamanani amaningi e-iPhone akuzange kuvimbele ukuthambekela kwe-iPhone yosesho lwase-China ukuthi kuqhubeke nokuba buthaka. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthengisa ngoFebhuwari 2018 bekukubi kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nenyanga efanayo ka-2019 ”.
Kepha into ekhathaza kakhulu ngaleli cala, ngokusho kukaShawn, yilokho Kubathengisi abangama-42 i-Apple abasebenzisana nabo, abangama-37 kubo babenokuthengisa okuphansi kunangesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. UShawn uphinde wathi "Njengoba kungasheshiswanga ukufunwa kwe-iPhone emkhathizwe, njengamanje asiboni noma yisiphi isisusa sesikhashana esifaka umfutho ophawulekayo emholweni ngesabelo ngasinye."
Ukuthengiswa kwe-IPhone kwehle ngo-15% kwikota yokugcina ka-2018. Isizathu esiyinhloko sokusola kwakuyimfuno ephansi emakethe yaseChina, lapho ukuncintisana nabakhiqizi bezindleko eziphansi bendawo kubeka i-iPhone engcupheni ecacile. Kubukeka sengathi ukunyakaza okwenziwe yi-Apple emazweni ehlukene kwehlisa intengo ye-iPhone ayinayo impendulo elindelwe yinkampani.