Ngawo wonke ama-akhawunti, u-2016 kuzoba unyaka wokuqala ukuthi i-iPhone ibone ukwehla kokuthengiswa kwayo selokhu kwethulwe isizukulwane sokuqala ngo-2007. Umhlaziyi ovelele kakhulu wakwa-Apple, uMing-Chi Kuo waze wabikezela ukuthi kuzoba no-2016 omubi ukwedlula u-2014, unyaka lapho Ifoni ye-apula ikhule isuka kumasentimitha amane ama-iPhone 4s yaya kuma-intshi ayi-5 no-4,7 we-iPhone 5.5 ne-iPhone 6 Plus ngokulandelana. Kepha kukhona umhlaziyi we Wells Fargo ukuthi anivumelani ngokuphelele.
Umhlaziyi ubizwa ngeMaynard Um futhi unikeze umbiko kubatshalizimali bakhe lapho ethi i-iPhone 7 izodala ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone kukhuphuke kwikota yokugcina ka-2016. Ukuze kube ngqo, Um uthi i-Apple izothengisa Amayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-82.2 ngesikhathi samaholide kaKhisimusi. Yize kunengqondo ukuthi sithenga okuningi ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi, amayunithi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-80 ngekota angaphezulu kakhulu kunalokho okulindelwe yiWall Street.
Ngokusho kuka-Wells Fargo, i-iPhone 7 izothengisa kahle
Umhlaziyi wase Wells Fargo uyakukholelwa lokho IWall Street ayinathemba kakhulu ezibikezelweni zabo mayelana ne-iPhone 7. IWall Street ilindele ukuthi kuthengiswe ama-iPhones ayizigidi ezingama-50 kwikota yokuqala kaMashi, okungaphansi ngo-50% kunalokho obekulindelwe yi-Um ngekota yokugcina. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMing-Chi Kuo uthi i-iPhone 7 ngeke ifake noma yini ekhanyayo okuthi, kanye noshintsho oluncane lokuklama, oluzokwenza abasebenzisi bacabange kabili uma kukhulunywa ngokuvuselela idivayisi yabo.
Namuhla ibhalansi yekota yokuqala yezimali kusuka ku-Apple. Kuzoba mnandi ukubona ukuthi ukwehla kokuthengiswa okulindelwe yiWall Street sekuqalile yini noma ngabe i-iPhone SE isebenze ukubambezela kancane ukuthengisa okuphansi okulindelwe yiwo wonke umuntu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusazobonakala ukuthi ngabe banikela ngemininingwane yokuthengisa ye-Apple Watch noma baqhubeka nokufaka i-smartwatch esigabeni esithi "Abanye" kanye nesizukulwane sesine i-Apple TV esaqala ukuthengiswa ngo-Okthoba 2015. Sizophuma maduze kokungabaza.
