Sekuyizinyanga ezimbalwa manje abakhiqizi be-smartphone bebika ukuthengisa okumbalwa kuneminyaka eyedlule. Endabeni ye-Apple ne-iPhone, u-2016 kube unyaka wokuqala lapho bebone khona ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwe-apula smartphone akuzange kuthuthukise amarekhodi eminyaka edlule, kepha lokhu kuyinto cishe zonke izinkampani ezihluphekayo. Ngalesi sizathu, ngahlekiswa lapho ngifunda ukuthi uGartner "ubikezela" ukuthi i- i-smartphone boom iyaphela.
Ngokuya ngocwaningo lwakamuva lweGartner, ukukhula kokuthengiswa kwama-smartphone kuzokwehlela engxenyeni yokuthengiswa kuka-2015. Isizathu, ngokusho kwenkampani eyenze lolu cwaningo, ukuthi konke Labo kithi abangakwazi ukukhokhela i-smartphone sebenayo. Inkinga izoba nkulu nakakhulu kumafoni aphezulu, njenge-iPhone, ngoba amafoni aphakathi nendawo aqala ukuncintisana nsuku zonke. Phakathi kwezinkampani ezizosizakala kakhulu kulo mkhuba kukhona iHuawei neXiaomi, abathengisa amanye amadivayisi cishe ngezindleko.
Ngabe ibhamuza le-smartphone liqhume?
Enye inkinga kune kuyenzeka vele (futhi yingakho ngihlekiswa yilokhu "ukuhlaziywa kwesikhathi esizayo") nokuthi uGartner naye ukhuluma ngakho yilokho Inkinga isithinta sonke. Into enengqondo kakhulu lapho umnotho ungekho kithi ukusebenzisa ithuluzi lize liyeke ukusebenza, ikakhulukazi uma sikhokhele i- € 800-900 ngalo. Ngakho-ke, kungani kufanele sivuselele i-iPhone 6s ngekhamera ye-12Mpx, i-3D Touch ne-processor ye-A9 kulo nyaka?
UGartner uphinde asole abakhiqizi ngokwenzekayo ngoba bayakusho lokho azisunguli ngokwanele. Futhi ukuthi, ukunikeza izibonelo ezimbalwa, i-3D Touch yinhle kakhulu, kepha ayenzi lutho esingenakwenza kunoma iyiphi enye i-smartphone elahlekelwa yimizuzwana embalwa, noma imiphetho egobile ye-Samsung Edge ingenzi lutho abakwazanga ukufaka emaphethelweni wesikrini esicaba uma befuna.
UGartner naye ukholelwa ukuthi okulandelayo imakethe ebaluleke kakhulu yiNdiya, into ebonakala icacile kuTim Cook nethimba lakhe, ngoba bahambele ezweni laseNdiya muva nje.
Kunoma ikuphi, lokho kuthengiswa kwe-smartphone kuyawa futhi bazokwenza nokunye okuningi izindaba ezinhle. Lokhu kuzophoqa abakhiqizi ukuthi bazame ukuheha thina futhi lokho kuyinto etholakala ngemikhiqizo emisha noma, ukwehluleka lokho, ngokwehlisa amanani entengo. Umbuzo wami uthi: yini ongayikhetha: amadivayisi angcono ngentengo efanayo noma izibuyekezo ezincane ngentengo ephansi?