Umkhiqizo omusha we-Apple, i-HomePod, ungomunye wezinkanyezi zasehlobo. Ukusuka ngaphakathi kwesipikha se-Apple esizohlangana ngaso ekupheleni konyaka, sifunda izindaba zemikhiqizo ye-Apple yesikhathi esizayo. Asazi noma kungamabomu noma cha, kepha asibonanga mqondo omkhulu mayelana nemikhiqizo emisha ye-Apple.
Emahoreni ambalwa edlule sihlangane sivela esandleni sikamongameli we Izinsiza ze-Inventec, uDavid Ho, esithangamini nabezindaba ukuthi enye yamadivayisi "Iphrofayili ephezulu yezobuchwepheshe" ingaqala ukukhiqizwa kwayo ngamayunithi ambalwa, ukwandisa umkhiqizo kulo lonke u-2018.
Akukhulumi ngokukhethekile nge-HomePod, kepha konke kusikisela ukuthi umkhiqizo okukhulunywa ngawo yisipikha se-Apple. Ukuthembeka kwe-Inventec Appliances, umenzi wemikhiqizo ye-Apple, kuyafakazelwa. Ngaphambi kokwethulwa kocingo kwa-WWDC, wanikeza imininingwane ethile yomkhiqizo we-Apple, ishaya kuzici nemininingwane yedivayisi entsha.
Ekugcineni sizothumela le divayisi ehlakaniphile kumakhasimende kulo nyaka, kepha umnikelo wakho uzokhawulelwa futhi sinethemba lokuthi uzothuthuka ngonyaka ozayo.
Okwamanje, abahlaziyi bahlonipha umthelela we-HomePod esitatimendeni semali sabasabalalisi abakhulu. U-Arthur Liao, umhlaziyi eTaipei Fubon Securities, unikeza imininingwane elandelayo:
Izinsiza ze-Inventec kungenzeka zithumele cishe ama-HomePods angama-500.000 kuphela kulo nyaka, futhi umnikelo wedivayisi kumali engenayo yeqembu uzoba ngaphansi kuka-1%.
Okwamanje Kungumkhiqizo wesigaba sokuqala, futhi bobabili i-Apple nabasabalalisi badinga ukubona ukuthi bamukelekile kanjani abathengi, noma ngabe benze izifundo ezifanele zemakethe. Kuyisu elisetshenziswe yi-Apple lapho liletha umkhiqizo omusha emakethe. Khumbula ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwama-AirPods kubambezelekile kwaze kwaba sekupheleni konyaka, futhi kuze kube yizinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule, isikhathi sokulethwa bekungamasonto ayisithupha.
Mayelana nokukhiqizwa kwedivayisi, ngokusho kwemithombo UNikkei, I-Apple ihlela ukwengeza iFoxconn ku-HomePod supply chain ngonyaka ozayo.