I-Samsung isimemezele ukuthi ihlela ukukhulula ama-smartphones amabili aphezulu ezinyangeni ezizayo ze-6, engathanda ukuyeka ukuthengisa okuwayo futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ukugcina isikhundla sayo esihamba phambili emakethe yeselula. Lezi zindaba kufanele zijabulise abatshalizimali, abanciphise imali yemakethe yenkampani cishe ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7,5 ngemuva kwemiphumela yezezimali ebuthaka.
Iphini likamongameli omkhulu wophiko lweselula yakwaSamsung, uKim Hyun-Joon, utshele abatshalizimali ngesikhathi socingo ukuthi i-smartphone yokuqala izoba nesikrini esikhulu, kanti eyesibili kufanele inikeze umzimba ngezinto ezintsha. Imodeli enesikrini esikhulu cishe ayidingi singeniso kunoma ubani, njengoba iwuphawu olusha lwe-Samsung "phablet" Galaxy Inothi 4, okufanele inikeze isikrini esikhulu, ngenxa yokuthi abasebenzisi bazothola okungcono kakhulu kuzo zombili izigaba - ama-smartphone namaphilisi. Nokho, kulo nyaka, i-Samsung izoba nesikhathi esinzima, njengoba ihlela nokukhiqiza i-phablet yayo Apple, okuze kube manje igxeke futhi igcone amafoni anezikrini ezinkulu.
Idivayisi yesibili kungaba Samsung Galaxy I-Alpha, ngokusho kolwazi olusha, izokwethulwa esikhathini esizayo esiseduze futhi izohlinzeka ngehadiwe enamandla, kodwa isikrini esincane esingu-4.8-intshi esinokulungiswa kwe-720p HD, esasivele sisetshenziswa Galaxy Nge-III futhi muva nje futhi nge Galaxy Ukusondeza a Galaxy S III Neo. Kodwa-ke, ukuthi nguyena okungaxoxwa ngakho, njengoba ukuvuza kuze kube manje kusikisela lokho Galaxy I-Alpha izoqhubeka nokuba nesembozo sepulasitiki. UKim Hyun-Joon uphinde wamemezela ukuthi abakwaSamsung bahlela ukwethula amamodeli amasha avela emakilasini aphansi naphakathi nendawo ezinyangeni ezizayo, kodwa azoba nemisebenzi emisha. Phakathi kwabo kungaba Samsung Galaxy I-Mega 2, ngokusho kokuqagela izonikeza isibonisi esingu-5.9-intshi, kodwa i-hardware esezingeni Galaxy S5 mini.
*Umthombo: Wall Street Journal
