Ngokufika kwe-iPhone SE 5G entsha, I-Apple ingagcina imodeli yamanje ye-iPhone SE ngentengo ephansi engaba cishe ku-$200, eqhudelana ngokuqondile namafoni e-Android athengekayo.
Sekusele izinsuku ezimbalwa ukuthi i-Apple yethule i-iPhone SE yayo entsha. Ifoni eshibhe kakhulu yenkampani izofika nemininingwane evuselelwe yangaphakathi kanye nomklamo ofana nowamanje, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ifake ukuxhumana kwe-5G. Intengo yetheminali ingase yehliswe uma iqhathaniswa nemodeli yamanje, engajwayelekile kakhulu kwa-Apple kodwa engase ibe nengqondo emakethe yamanje. I-iPhone enomklamo "omdala" kodwa enezici zangaphakathi eziningi zesimanjemanje kanye nokuxhumeka kwe-5G ngama-$300 kungaba i-hit yangempela etafuleni futhi izoyibeka endaweni enenzuzo kakhulu mayelana nezimbangi zayo ze-Android. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi sesivele sinamafoni e-Android ane-5G kuleyo ntengo futhi aphansi, kodwa hhayi ngakho konke okushiwo i-iPhone.
Kodwa lowo ongazuza kakhulu kungaba imodeli yamanje, okuthi ngokusho kwabahlaziyi abaningi ingaqhubeka nokudayiswa eSitolo se-Apple ngokunciphisa amanani okusobala. Uma i-terminal entsha ene-5G iqala ku-$300, kungaba okungenangqondo yini ukucabanga nge-SE endala ngama-$200? Lutho neze. Futhi abathengi abaningi bangakwamukela, kusukela naphezu kokungeyona imodeli yakamuva, ukucaciswa kwayo kusakhanga kakhulu futhi ngaleyo ntengo bekungeke kube nokuncintisana. Noma ngabe i-Apple igcine intengo kumodeli entsha futhi iyithengise ngama- $ 399, imodeli yakudala ingathengisa ngama- $ 299, ukuthengiselana kwangempela.
I-Apple isivele ingene ngokuphelele ebangeni eliphakathi lama-smartphones futhi ayisebenzi kabi nhlobo. Ngokufika kwe-SE entsha, ingangena kule makethe nangaphezulu, inikeze amamodeli amabili ngamanani akhangayo ngempela. E-Europe isikwazile ukukhuphula ukuthengiswa kwayo ngo-11% ngo-2021, akuwona unyaka olula njengoba kufakazelwa ukuwa kwezimbangi zawo. Le nhlangano ingase igcine yethula uhlobo lwe-Apple emakethe yama-smartphone emhlabeni wonke, hhayi kuphela ekupheleni okuphezulu.