Lezi zindaba zifike kwabezindaba emahoreni ambalwa adlule futhi ziqinisekisa ezinye zezimpawu ezixwayise ngokuthi lo mcimbi ohlobene nobuchwepheshe babathengi ngeke wenziwe ngo-2021 njengoba siwazi kuze kube manje. Abanye abezindaba bese bevele bexwayisile ukuthi lokhu kungenzeka futhi ekugcineni kube njalo, i-CES eyenzeka ngenyanga kaJanuwari ikhanseliwe futhi ingena esikhundleni se-CES ebuyiselwe kabusha.
Ifomethi entsha ye-CES eLas Vegas izonikeza ababambiqhaza ithuba lokwethula imikhiqizo yabo namadivayisi amasha ngokusebenzisa isipiliyoni sedijithali ngokuphelele. Lokhu kusho ukuthi imifudlana izobe ingabaphikisi abaphambili bezethulo ezenziwe lapho.
I-COVID-19 iyaqhubeka nokuthinta imicimbi emikhulu emhlabeni jikelele
Kuyiqiniso ukuthi lo mcimbi usekude kodwa kulindeleke ukuthi singabi nesixazululo esisemthethweni se-COVID-19 isikhathi esithile, ngenkathi lokhu kwenzeka, imicimbi yobukhulu be-CES ayinakubanjwa njengoba beyikhona kuze kube manje manje, mathupha, vele lokho kuhlanganisa izinkulungwane zabantu abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba endaweni eyodwa. Lokhu njengamanje akunakwenzeka ukufeza futhi kubukeka sengathi ngoJanuwari 2021 kuzohlala kunjalo, ngakho-ke abagqugquzeli bemicimbi bathathe isinqumo sokuhlehlisa kuze kube ngu-2021 ngendlela ejwayelekile.
Ezitatimendeni kwabezindaba, UGary Shapiro, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO, i-CTAWachaza:
Ngesikhathi sikhathazekile futhi sikhula ukukhathazeka kwezempilo emhlabeni jikelele ngokusabalala kwe-COVID-19, akunakwenzeka ukuthi kuhlanganiswe ngokuphepha amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu eLas Vegas ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 2021 ukuhlangana nokwenza ibhizinisi mathupha. Ubuchwepheshe busisiza sonke ukuthi sisebenze, sifunde futhi sixhumane ngesikhathi salo bhubhane, nokuthi leyo nto emisha izosisiza futhi ukuba sicabange lolu hlelo lwe-CES 2021 ukuhlanganisa umphakathi wezobuchwepheshe. Ngokushintshela kungxenyekazi yedijithali ngokuphelele ngo-2021, singaletha umuzwa oyingqayizivele osiza ababonisi bethu ukuxhumana nezithameli ezikhona nezintsha.
Ngakho-ke uma sibheka i-panorama singacabanga ukuthi eminye imicimbi ebalulekile eyenzeka ngonyaka we-2021 ingathinteka yisimo sezempilo esikhona njengamanje. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukugcina abantu bephephile kunokugcina umcimbi omkhulu kangaka bese kufanele uzisole. I-Apple ibambe igama eliyisihluthulelo lokugcina le-WWDC kanye nezingqungquthela zalo zokusungula zokusakaza, okuthile okungenzeka okufanayo ekwethulweni kwe-iPhone entsha ngenyanga ezayo kaSepthemba.
