Ekungeneleleni nge UJohn Gruber ku-podcast yakho Umbukiso Wenkulumo, ummemezeli owaziwayo unikeze imininingwane yentengo yokukhiqiza ye-HomePod ne-Apple TV 4K. Imininingwane ibonakala ivela emthonjeni othembekile, uyibiza ngokuthi "inyoni encane ethembekile". Kula mazwana uqinisekisa ukuthi I-Apple TV 4K ithengiswa ngezindleko, kuyilapho i-HomePod ithengiswa ngokulahleka.
Lawa mazwana adale umfutho omkhulu. Uma kuyiqiniso, kungani i-Apple ithathe lesi senzo? Ingabe lokhu ngempela kuyintengo yokukhiqiza yalawa makhompyutha e-Apple?
Namuhla i-Apple TV ithengisa kusuka ku- € 199. Nguye kuphela i-chip A10 ehambisa lonke ibhokisi lokuzijabulisa le-Apple, lithengiswa ngo- $ 26. Lokho kumelela isiqeshana esisodwa kuphela. Zonke ezinye izinto, kufaka phakathi irimothi, i- ukumaketha kanye ne-R & D. ngokwakhiwa kwayo, kuzokuvumela kuphela ukuthi ukhokhele izindleko. Ngokuqondene nezindleko zokwenza i-HomePod, ngamagama kaGruber, intengo ebuzwayo ye- € 349 ngeke ihlanganise, ngomehluko omncane, izindleko zokwenza isikhulumi sika-Apple.
Into eyodwa engiyizwile "ngenyoni encane ethembekile" encane ukuthi i-Apple iyayithengisa ngempela [i-Apple TV] ngezindleko. Njengokuthi kufana ne- $ 180 ibhokisi. Futhi ucabanga, 'wow, lokhu kuyamangaza, ine-processor ye-A10, esaziyo ukuthi ishesha kakhulu futhi inehluzo ezinhle. Ngizwile okufanayo nge-HomePod futhi. Isibonelo, kungani i-HomePod ibiza kakhulu kunalezi ezinye izikhulumi ongakhuluma nazo? Nginesizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi empeleni i-Apple ithengisa ngokulahleka. Angikwazi ukukufakazela, yize ngicabanga ukuthi ukulahleka kukhulu.
Lesi senzo sika-Apple siyashayisa uma kuqinisekiswa ukuthi siyiqiniso. Okuningi uma kungenzeka lapho abahlaziyi bekhombisa ukuthi imajini ngaphezulu komkhiqizo we-Apple isilinganiso esingu-38%.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi izinto zishibhile ukukwenza. I-Apple inamamaki aphakeme kakhulu futhi ngandlela thile, cishe kuze kube sezingeni eliphakeme, njalo cishe ngamaphesenti angama-38-39 wemikhawulo enkampanini.
Isizathu esikhulu sokuthi kungani i-Apple kufanele ithengise le mikhiqizo ngezindleko eziphansi ukungena kwabo izinsizakalo zokubhalisa, Kokubili okuvela esitolo sokufaka izicelo, kanye nasezinsizakalweni eziqondile zenkampani, njenge I-Apple Umculo, noma ithelevishini ye-Apple yesikhathi esizayo.
Kodwa-ke, emahoreni okugcina, UMark Gurman, Umhlaziyi we-Apple weBloomberg, uthi i-Apple ithengisa le mikhiqizo emibili ngobubanzi obuhle.