Kwenzekile kuthi sonke. Yinto eyenzeka msinya okanye kamva. Intambo yombane yeefowuni zethu ze-iPhone okanye ze-iPad. Kwaye kusoloko kugqithisile. Ngaba ayinyani? Impazamo enkulu yokwanda kwezixhobo ze-Apple ezingezizo zokuqala ngumgangatho ophantsi wale ntambo. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva kokwazi umhla wenqaku elilandelayo le-Apple apho baya kuthi babonise iindaba eziliwaka kunye nenye, ingaba bayilibele kwakhona intambo?
Ukusukela kwisizukulwana sokuqala se-iPhone intambo yokutshaja ayilunganga. Umgangatho ombi kwaye ungalunganga ekuchaseni. Kucacile ukuba xa kufikwa ekugcineni iintambo zethu asisoloko sisenza ngeyona ndlela ifanelekileyo. Ziintambo ezibandezeleka yonke imihla. Sizisebenzisa yonke imihla, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ngaphezu kwesinye. Kwaye emva koko sibaqengqele ngewaka nangeendlela. Ngaba oku kwanele ukuzithethelela?
Ngaba kuya kubakho ukuphuculwa kwentambo yombane kwi-iPhone 7?
Ukujonga ixabiso le-iPhone, esona siseko kunye nesincedisi esisebenzayo asikokufikelela kulo msebenzi. Kwaye akuzange kube njalo. Kukho iifomula ezingenakubalwa kunye namaqhinga kwi-Intanethi ukuze intambo ingaphuli. Ukomeleza isiphelo ngetape yombane, ukufaka ipeni entwasahlobo ukuyinika ubhetyebhetye ngakumbi… Abafana baseCupertino kuya kufuneka babe neentloni ngayo.
Sisoloko sikhusela ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo ezingezizo ezokuqala kungonakalisa izixhobo zethu. Kwaye ukuba senze utyalomali olubalulekileyo kwi-smartphone esemgangathweni, masingathengi izinto "zesiTshayina". Kodwa kunjalo ukuzinza okungalunganga kombane, kunye nabanduleli bayo, yintoni ikhuthaza ukuthengiswa okukhulu kweemveliso ezingezizo ezokuqala.
Njengazo zonke iimveliso zeapile, intambo ayibizi kakhulu. Okuqhelekileyo Umbane oza kwibhokisi ye-iPhone ubiza malunga nama-euro angama-20, kwaye ilinganisa imitha enye. Kukwakhona iimitha ezimbini malunga nama-25 euros. Nangona kubonakala kungabizi, xa uthenga ezimbalwa kubo ngonyaka sele kubonakala ngathi. Kwaye nangakumbi ukuyazi loo nto ngexabiso lokuqala, sinokuthenga malunga namashumi amabini angengawo awokuqala. Kodwa kuya kufuneka uyazi ukuba ngokwezinto ezingezizo ezokuqala kukho amanqanaba ahlukeneyo.
Ke ngoko, xa uthenga itshaja ngaphandle kwe-Apple, sinokucebisa ukuba singathengi esona sitshiphu. Okanye ubuncinci obufezekisa ubuncinci bomgangatho. Qaphela oko ngexabiso eliphantsi, kokukhona izinto ziya kuba mbi. Ngaphandle kokungabizi kakhulu, siya kufuna ukuba ihlawulise isixhobo ubuncinci. Kodwa kunokwenzeka ukuba ayilayisi, ilayishe kakubi, kwaye ilingane vumela i-smartphone yethu "ihlawulise".
Izitali zokuthenga izinto ezingezizo ezokuqala, musa ukuthenga ezona zinexabiso eliphantsi.
Kwi-maelstrom yamahemuhemu kunye neendaba ezisikhathazayo njengoko sisondela kwi-Keynote, akukho zandi zintsha malunga noku. Kucacile ukuba siyifuna yonke le nto kwi-iPhone 7. Eyona khamera intle, iprosesa ebhetele, inkumbulo engakumbi, amandla amaninzi. Kodwa asinakulibala malunga nekhebula elihlwempuzekileyo kwakhona. Umbane ulityelwe nangoku. Kwaye ukuphucula emva kokuphuculwa kwe-iPhone uyasinda ngokusemandleni akhe.
Nangona kunjalo, ngokuxhasa iApple singathetha into elungileyo. Logama ifowuni iphantsi kwewaranti, bayifaka ngokuzenzekelayo intambo. Kodwa ngaba oku kwanele?. Asikholelwa. Ngo-2009, kwafakwa isimangalo e-United States nxamnye neApple ngenxa yeentambo. Yaziswa kule meko ngetshaja zeMacBook. Kwelo tyala kwaxoxwa ukuba bayingozi, kwaye uApple watyholwa ngokwazi kwaye engayekanga ukuvelisa. Okokugqibela, kuye kwafikelelwa kwisivumelwano ngaphandle kwenkundla sokutshintsha okanye ukubuyisa imali yeetshaja ezonakeleyo.
Akukho tyala lavumayo u-Apple ukuba lenze iimpazamo xa kusenziwa. Okanye imveliso abayithengisileyo ibineziphene. Okwangoku asizazi izikhalazo ezitsha malunga nesixhumi sombane. Kodwa asiyikhupheli ngaphandle ukuba yenzeke kwakamsinya okanye kamva. Iintsuku ezimbalwa ukuya kwingxoxo ephambili yeApple asilahli themba. Ndiyathemba ukuba umntu othile oseCupertino ukhe wayicinga le nto, kwaye bayasimangalisa ngesihlanganisi esiphila kumanqaku.
