Kuze kube manje, asikho isibikezelo sokuthengiswa kwe-iPhone esinethemba. Ngamunye wabo uqinisekisa ukuthi Ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone kuzowela owokuqala Isikhathi selokhu yethulwa ngo-2007. Lokhu yinto abaphathi be-Apple nabo abazizwayo ngayo, futhi noTim Cook ukhulume ngalokhu cishe ngokuwela ekuthengisweni kwe-apula smartphone. Ukuhlaziywa kwakamuva kuvela ku-KGI, noMing Chi Kuo kube ngumhlaziyi futhi oseke washicilela umbiko lapho ekhuluma ngalokhu kwehla kokuthengiswa.
U-Kuo unephesenti eliphezulu lokunemba ekubikezeleni kwakhe nge-Apple futhi wethule umbiko kubatshalizimali bakhe lapho aqinisekisa khona ukuthi phakathi kwama-85 kanye nama-95 wezigidi ama-iPhones azothengiswa engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka ka-2016, enyuka engxenyeni yesibili ngamanye ayi-105 Izigidi eziyi-115. Lezi zibalo zinikeza inani eliphakathi I-190 ne-210 million ngonyaka wonke, yize ekholelwa ukuthi ukuthengisa kuzokwehla ngaphansi kwamayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-200. Kodwa ingabe lezi zibalo zimbi kangako?
UMing Chi Kuo: "I-iPhone kungenzeka ithengise amayunithi angaphansi kuka-200M ngo-2016"
Uma kubhekwa ukuthi kwathengiswa ama-iPhones ayizigidi ezingama-232 ngo-2015, ukuthengisa "kuphela" amayunithi wezigidi ezingama-200 kungasho ukwehla kokuthengisa okungaphezulu kuka-10%, okwehla okukhulu kunalokho okukhulunywa ngakho eWall Street: 210-230M ngo-2016.
Izizathu ezenza uKoo acabange ukuthi i-Apple izothengisa "okuncane kakhulu" ikakhulu zintathu: okokuqala ukuthi abasebenzisi obekufanele bashintshe usayizi wesikrini bazobe sebekwenzile kakade ngo-2014 noma ngo-2015. Okwesibili, i-iPhone SE ayizifakanga izindaba maqondana nedizayini, engeke isize abasebenzisi ukuthi banqume ukuyithenga futhi. Eqinisweni, i-iPhone SE inomklamo kusuka ngo-2013 (noma ngo-2012 uma sicabanga nge-iPhone 5). Isizathu sokugcina ukuthi ulindele ukuthi I-iPhone 7 Plus inekhamera ekabili lokho bekungeke kube khona kumodeli engu-4,7-intshi futhi, uma sinaka ukuthi imodeli "ejwayelekile" iyona edayiswa kakhulu, kungenzeka ukuthi kube nabasebenzisi abambalwa abathatha isinqumo sokushintshela enye into yabo inokuntuleka okubaluleke kakhulu.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, futhi lokhu kuyinkinga ezobe ikhona kusukela manje, kunamadivayisi amaningi ashibhile kakhulu ane-hardware "efana" ne-iPhone, futhi kungekudala kuzoba namakhamera amabili. Kunabasebenzisi abaningi abakhethe i-iPhone ngoba inikeza ikhwalithi ephakeme kakhulu kunomncintiswano, kepha umehluko unciphile eminyakeni yamuva. Kulesi samuva uqinisile futhi uma i-Apple iqhubeka nokukhuphula amanani ayo, "alengiswa ngamandla" futhi, okungenani, sizogcina sicabangele ushintsho lwendawo. Sizobona ukuthi kwenzekani ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo.