Kuyini ukusebenza ngezintengo zefoni, futhi kungani iningi lamafulegi namuhla libiza ngaphezu kuka-$400? Sithola impendulo yalokho ngenxa yombhalo owavela ngenxa yempi yesikhathi eside yelungelo lobunikazi phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Samsung. Lapho, abameli uJoe Mueller, uTim Syrett kanye nesekela likamongameli we-Intel, u-Ann Armstrong bakhomba iqiniso lokuthi intengo ephezulu yamafoni asezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu ibangelwa intengo yamalungelo obunikazi nezinye izimali zamalayisense okufanele zikhokhelwe yizinkampani ukuze zikhiqize imikhiqizo yazo.
Ngakho-ke lo mbhalo uveze ukuthi njengamanje kuze kufike ku-30% yenani eliphakathi lokuthengisa lama-smartphones lenziwe ngemali yelayisensi kuphela. Isilinganiso sentengo yamafoni ekupheleni konyaka odlule sasilinganiselwa ku-$400, kodwa okwamanje isilinganiso sentengo sehle safinyelela ku-$375. Idokhumenti esetshenziswe njengesibonelo sokuthi abakhiqizi bezingcingo kufanele bakhokhe amadola angu-60 kudivayisi ngayinye ekhiqizwayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ubuchwepheshe be-LTE, ngesikhathi esifanayo ithethelela umehluko wentengo obonakala ungenangqondo phakathi kwamadivayisi anokwesekwa kwe-LTE namadivayisi angenayo i-LTE ukwesekwa. Indida ukuthi abakhiqizi bakhokha isilinganiso samadola ayi-10 kuye kwayi-13 ngeprosesa namuhla. Ngakho-ke kungabonakala ukuthi akulula ukwenza idivayisi eshibhile nge-hardware enamandla. Ikakhulukazi uma uyinkampani enkulu futhi ngenxa yengcindezi evela kubatshalizimali kufanele ugcine umkhawulo ophezulu kumamodeli akho aphezulu.
*Umthombo: IfoniArena
