I-Apple ayidaluli ngenombolo yamawashi e-Apple ewathengisayo. Umbuzo esizibuza wona embhalweni ngamunye, lapho beletha okuthile okusha maqondana newashi le-Apple. Siyazi ukuthi namuhla ingenye yamawashi athengiswa kakhulu emhlabeni wonke, kepha asinayo imininingwane yezinombolo, enikezwe yinkampani. Okungenani, ekushicilelweni kwayo kokugcina kwemiphumela, inikeze imininingwane ehambisanayo: inkampani ithengise amawashi angaphezulu ngama-50%, uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Namuhla sifunde esandleni senkampani yokuhlaziya Canalys, ukuthi ukuthengisa bekuzofinyelela amawashi ayizigidi ezingama-3,9 kwikota yesithathu.
Ngokusobala lesi yisikhathi sokuqala selokhu kwethulwe i-Apple Watch ukuthi, isidingo sidlulile ekuhlinzekweni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ama-opharetha bamangele maqondana nezicelo zamakhasimende abo mayelana nokuthi bazonikela yini ngenkonzo ye-LTE ku-Apple Watch. Khumbula ukuthi i-Apple watch series 3 LTE ingaxhuma kunethiwekhi ngaphandle kokuya nge-iPhone, inqobo nje uma sine-SIM ebonakalayo. Ngokwamahlebezi akamuva, le nsizakalo izofika eSpain kusuka ngoJanuwari 2018.
Isilinganiso sikaCanis sikhomba ukuthi ezinye Abasebenzisi abangu-800.000 ngabe bakhethe imodeli ye-LTE. Uma sibheka ukuthi ikota yesithathu ihlanganisa uJulayi, Agasti noSepthemba kanye nochungechunge lwe-Apple Watch 3, aqala ukuthengiswa ngoSepthemba, kukhombisa ukudonsa kohlobo lwewashi lwakamuva lwe-Apple.
Izibikezelo zokuthengisa zochungechunge 3 zingcono nakakhulu. Ukuthengiswa kwewashi eChina akukakaqali, njengoba uhulumeni wezwe evotele insizakalo ye-LTE ye-Apple Watch. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ikota yokugcina yonyaka ibilokhu ivuna kakhulu ukuthengiswa kwe-Apple Watch. Njengoba okulindelwe kochungechunge 3 bekuphakeme kunochungechunge 2, konke kubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi uchungechunge 3 lulindele ukufakelwa okuqinile ezinyangeni ezizayo.