Kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka, abakwaSamsung benza konke ukubuyisela umkhuba wokwehla kokuthengisa futhi bawuqinisekise ngamamodeli Galaxy I-S6 (onqenqemeni), okuyimbangi enkulu ye-iPhone. Kodwa-ke, impi ayenzeki kuphela emkhakheni wezingcingo eziphathwayo, kodwa futhi emakethe yamawashi ahlakaniphile. Apple isiqalile ama-oda angaphambili Apple Watch kakade ekupheleni kwesonto eledlule futhi ngokwezibalo kufanele ngabe ithole ama-oda wangaphambilini angaphezu kuka-900 e-US kuphela. Kodwa-ke, i-Samsung ayiyesabi kakhulu i-Apple, okungenani ngokusho komkhulumeli wephini likamongameli we-Samsung Europe, uRory O'Neill.
Engxoxweni abe nayo ne-CNBC, umkhulumeli ukusho lokho “Siyajabula, akunjalo Apple uhambisana nathi futhi usengenile kule makethe.” Ngakho-ke, ngokusho kwesimangalo, inkampani ayikhathazeki futhi ijabule kakhulu ukuthi ukuncintisana kwangempela kungavela emakethe futhi ama-giants amabili wezobuchwepheshe angaqhubekela phambili omunye nomunye. AbakwaSamsung bangena emakethe yewashi elihlakaniphile emuva ngo-1999, lapho inkampani yethula iwashi le-SPH-WP10, elalinempilo yebhethri cishe imizuzu engama-90 yesikhathi sokukhuluma.
Ukhokho weGear S yanamuhla wathathelwa indawo ngemva kweminyaka eyi-10 imodeli ye-S9110 "Watchphone" futhi eminyakeni emi-4 kamuva, ngo-2013, inkampani yaqala ukuqhubekisela phambili ama-smartwatches njengesigaba somkhiqizo esihlukile esingasetshenziswa ngokuhambisana nomakhalekhukhwini. Kusukela lapho sinamamodeli emakethe Galaxy IGear, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo kanye neGear S. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani yagqamisa ukuthi kunezinhlobo eziningi zemikhiqizo emihle emakethe njenge Apple, i-Samsung, i-Amazon, i-Google, i-Facebook noma i-Microsoft, etshala imali ecishe ibe yizigidi ezingu-14 ngosuku ekuthuthukisweni kwemikhiqizo emisha namasevisi amakhasimende abo.
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*Umthombo: I-CNBC
