Lo nyaka ukuhlolwa kwe-litmus kwe-Apple. Idivayisi yakhe ethandwa kakhulu, i-iPhone, Sekuphele iminyaka eyishumi yethulwa nguSteve Jobs ngo-2007. Iminyaka eyishumi lapho, iguquke kakhulu futhi ibiyinto ehlukanisayo ezimpilweni zabantu abaningi, izuza ngemodeli yakamuva, i-iPhone 7, ukuvuthwa nokuhlanganiswa njengedivayisi esingakaze siyibone ngaphambili.
Kodwa-ke, lokhu kuvuthwa kuhambisana futhi nonyaka wesithathu olandelanayo lapho izinguquko esizibonayo ngokwedizayini zilula kakhulu futhi okungeziwe, ngokuvamile, akubashiyanga abantu abaningi bavule imilomo. Ukususa ukuhanjiswa kwamabhendi e-antenna nemibala emisha ku-mat ne-gloss emnyama, I-iPhone 7 ayilethi nanoma yini 'eyokwephula umthetho' emele ushintsho olwedlulele oluvela kumamodeli wangaphambilini (ngaphandle kokuhlonipheka, mhlawumbe, kwekhamera ephindwe kabili yemodeli ye-Plus kanye nokumelana kwamanzi).
Kungakho iningi lethu linethemba lokuthi kulo nyaka ka-2017, unyaka weshumi leminyaka, I-Apple iphinde ikhombise amandla ayo emisha nobuholi emhlabeni embonini lapho izinkulungwane zamadivayisi eselula afanayo ziba nzima ukuhlukanisa komunye nomunye. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngesithunzi esiseduze se-Samsung Galaxy S8 leyo, ngokusho kokuvuza, ihlose phezulu, labo abaseCupertino abakwazi ukuvumela omunye unyaka udlule ngezibuyekezo zokhiye ophansi.
Kulo mqondo, owenziwe ngu Imiqondo ye-IPhone, sinikezwa i-iPhone 8 enobukhulu besikrini obuphakeme kancane kunaleyo yemodeli ye-Plus, ngenxa yokuthi amafreyimu alo asusiwe futhi amanye ama-curve angenisiwe emaceleni, afana nalawo atholakala ku-Samsung Galaxy Edge, kodwa hhayi kangako. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umzimba uzokwenziwa nge-ceramic - enye yezinto lapho kutholakala khona uhlobo olusha lwe-Apple Watch - futhi imigqa yayo ejwayelekile ingaba nge-angular kakhulu kunamamodeli wamanje, okukhumbuza i-iPhone 5-5s-5SE.
Yini edonsela ukunaka kwethu, ozimele abaphezulu nabaphansi bagcina ukulingana kwabo kwamanje, ngoba kulindeleke ukuthi babe mncane, kanye nokuba khona kwenkinobho yokuqala, ngoba le kungaba yi-iPhone yokuqala ukuhlanganisa le sensor ngqo esikrinini. Kusenokuningi okwaziyo ukuthi i-iPhone entsha izoba njani, kepha sekuyisikhathi sokuqala ukubeka ukubheja kwethu.