Kungekudala ngaphambi komcimbi wangoSepthemba ongeke wazi ukuthi uzoba ngomhla ka-14, sinezindaba ezimangazayo. Kubukeka sengathi i-Apple Watch ilahlekelwa yi-hegemony yayo iya endaweni yesibili yama-smart band athunyelwe kakhulu ku- ikota yesibili ka-2021. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi i-Apple ayinikezi izibalo zokuthengisa noma zokuthumela, kepha zona lezo ezihlale zibeke iwashi le-Apple ezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu, manje zilibeke endaweni yesibili livuna iXiaomi.
Okusha Canalys umbiko uthi I-Apple yadlulwa nguXiaomi ngokuthunyelwa kwamabhendi aphathekayo ngekota yesibili ka-2021:
UXiaomi wedlula i-Apple waba yi umhlinzeki oholayo wamabhendi aphathekayo kwikota yesibili ka-2021. Ukusebenza kukaXiaomi kwaqiniswa ngokwethulwa kweMi Smart Band 6, yize i-India, enye yezinqaba zeXiaomi, ingekho ohlwini lokuqala lokukhishwa komhlaba. IHuawei ibambelele endaweni yesithathu, incike kakhulu eChina ukuthi iqhubeke nokuntanta. UXiaomi wenze isenzo esihlakaniphile ukusheshisa ukwethulwa kweMi Band 6, okuyidivayisi ephoqelela kakhulu kunangaphambili. Ukushintshela ngokushesha kukaXiaomi ekubhekeni amawashi wezinga lokungena nakho kusize inkampani ukukhulisa ukuthunyelwa kwayo kwewashi ngamawunithi ayisigidi esingu-1.3 kulekota.
Ngokwezibalo zeCanalys, I-Apple ithumele amawashi ayizigidi eziyi-7,9 kwikota yesibili, ukufinyelela isabelo semakethe esingu-19,3%. Khonamanjalo, uXiaomi wathumela amabhendi agqokekayo ayizigidi eziyi-8, eshaya i-Apple kuphela ngesabelo semakethe esingu-19.6%. Kodwa-ke, ukukhula kuka-Apple minyaka yonke cishe kwakungu-30% uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Xiaomi cishe engu-2,6%.
Ngakho-ke kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi izibalo azikho ukwehlulwa kwe-Apple. Ngamagama ahlobene, mhlawumbe yebo, kodwa ngemigomo ephelele, neze. Kungani? Ngoba lapho kuthengwa ama-smartwatch esikhundleni samabhande agqokekayo, i-Apple isalawula imakethe ngesabelo esingu-31.1%, ngaphambi kukaHuawei, imbangi yakhe elandelayo.
I-Apple iyaqhubeka nokuhola imakethe yomhlaba wonke, ukuyala inzuzo enkulu ngesabelo semakethe esingu-31,1% kwikota yesibili ka-2021