Ngenkathi ngonyaka odlule wena Apple ngenxa yama-iPhones amakhulu, isithuthuke kakhulu futhi yaqala ukulwa ne-Samsung endaweni ephezulu, kulo nyaka ayisabukeki kanjalo. Njengoba inkampani yokuhlaziya i-Strategy Analytics ikhombisile, kwikota yokuqala yonyaka wezimali ka-2015, abakwaSamsung bagcine isikhundla sabo esiphezulu emhlabeni wama-smartphones futhi baze bathengisa amafoni amaningi kakhulu kunonyaka odlule, ngesikhathi benezinkinga ezinkulu. Umdondoshiya waseNingizimu Korea uthengise kuphela ama-smartphones angaphezulu kancane kunonyaka odlule Apple futhi ngokwezigidi, bobabili bathengise cishe amafoni ayizigidi ezingama-74,5 ngesikhathi sangaphambi kukaKhisimusi.
Kodwa-ke, ngonyaka wezimali ka-2016, abakwaSamsung banyathele onyaweni lwesokudla futhi bathengisa amafoni ayizigidi ezingama-81,3, okungaphezulu kakhulu kwe-Apple. Eyakamuva ithuthuke kancane uma iqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule - ithengise kuphela ama-iPhones ayizigidi ezingu-74,8, okungamayunithi angu-300 ngaphezu konyaka odlule. Mayelana nalokhu, i-Samsung ingabonga ngaphezu kwayo yonke idizayini entsha nekhangayo yamafoni ayo, esiza ngokuhle ukuthengiswa kwemishini yayo. Uchungechunge Galaxy I-A (2016), equkethe i-aluminium nengilazi, ingasiza kuphela kule kota.
Sekukonke, imakethe ye-smartphone ikhule ngo-12% ngonyaka odlule, kanti ngenkathi kuthengiswa ama-smartphones ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-2014 ngo-1,28, ngo-2015 yayiyi-1,44 billion. AbakwaSamsung yibo abahamba phambili kule makethe, bathengisa amafoni ayizigidi ezingama-319,7. Uqede endaweni yesibili Apple enama-iPhones ayizigidi ezingu-231,5 kanti isimanga yiHuawei, edayise amafoni ayizigidi ezingu-107,1 ngonyaka odlule, nokuyibeka endaweni yesithathu.
*Umthombo: Ama-MacRumors
