Iqiniso namuhla ukuthi imakethe ye-smartphone ibonakala imile, kepha ngabakhiqizi abadume kakhulu ababheke ezimakethe ezisafufusa ukuthi kungenzeka bathuthukise amanani abo okuthengisa. Sesivele sazi ukuthi i-India namanye amazwe amaningi ahloselwe kanjani leyo mikhiqizo emikhulu sonke esiyaziyo futhi elwela ukuthi kube yiyo ethengisa amatheminali amaningi. Futhi sinempi phakathi kwe-Android ne-iOS yokuba nesabelo esikhulu semakethe, a impi phakathi kwama-titans lokho kuqhubeka ngesikhathi futhi kubonakala sengathi kuzoqhubeka kanjena iminyaka eminingi.
Lokhu kukhuphuka kokuthengiswa ezimakethe ezisafufusa, okuvumela uGartner ukuthi akwazi ukwaba inani lamasheya emakethe ama-Smartphones aphethwe yi-Android, afinyelela kumaphesenti angama-86,2 kwikota yesibili yonyaka ezibalweni zayo zakamuva ezinikelwe iselula. Into enelukuluku ngalezi zibalo ukuthi lokhu kukhushulwa kwe-quota kungenxa yokuthi isikhathi ngasinye lapho zikhona kanye nama-smartphones we-premium we-Android athengisiwe, iphuzu i-Apple engeke ilithande nhlobo, uchwepheshe walolu hlobo lobubanzi futhi lokho kuzobe sekubonile ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwayo kuncishiswe kanjani.
Ukuphela okuphezulu kwe-Android kuhlanganisa abasebenzisi abaningi ngokwengeziwe
Akumangazi ukuthi i-Samsung Galaxy S7 ibe njalo ifoni eyisigebengu ukuthi uGartner angasho ukuthi i-Android, ngaphandle kokukhula kwezibalo zokuthengisa ezimakethe ezisafufusa, ibuye yazuza isabelo semakethe esingcono ekuthengisweni kwama-smartphones avame ukudlula ama- € 600 ngentengo.
Kepha ake siye impela kwinani lokuthengisa lama-smartphones we-premium we-Android asekhuphukile kuze kufike kumaphesenti ayi-6,5 kwikota yesibili yonyaka nalapho uGartner acacisa khona ukuthi kungenxa yamatheminali amangalisayo afana neGalaxy S7 eshiwo ngenhla. Kepha asikwazi ukukhohlwa ngabanye abakhiqizi abasiza ukwenza ngcono leso sabelo semakethe, njengabakhiqizi baseChina uHuawei no-Oppo.
Futhi emuva eSamsung, uGartner ubalula ukuthi izithuthukisa kanjani izibalo zayo ngokubuyela ekuthatheni isabelo semakethe esilahlekile ezimakethe ezisafufusa thatha amaphesenti angama-22,3 kukho konke ukuthengiswa kwekota, ngokumelene ne-8,9% ye-Huawei ne-5,4% ye-Oppo. UXiaomi singasho ukuthi nguyena olinyazwe ngokulahlekelwa yisabelo kule kota.
Isikhathi esibi se-Apple
UGartner akakhohlwa i-Apple futhi uma sishilo ukuthi athengiswa kangakanani ama-smartphones e-Android aphambili, manje I-Apple inamaphesenti ayi-12,9 kunangonyaka odlule ngamaphesenti angu-14,6. Singasho okuncane ngeMicrosoft ngoba iba nezibalo ezimbi ukwedlula unyaka owedlule, ngakho-ke Windows 10 Iselula ikhubazekile, noma ngabe ithole i-Anniversary Update ayenzi lutho.
Siya kwimigomo ejwayelekile ukuphawula ukuthi ukwabiwa kwama-smartphones kukhule ngamaphesenti ama-4,3 kulesi sikhathi sonyaka, ukuthengiswa komhlaba wonke kufinyelela Amayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-344. Zonke izimakethe ezihlanganisiwe esezihlanganisiwe, ngaphandle kwaseJapan, zibone ukufunwa okuphansi kwama-smartphones kuleli kota lesibili, ngenkathi zonke izimakethe ezisafufusa, ngaphandle kwalezo eziseLatin America, zibone ukukhula kokuthengisa. Ukwanda kokuthengiswa kwe-smartphone kuya ku-9,9% ezimakethe ezisafufusa, kuyilapho kuhlala ku-4,9% kulezo zimakethe esezigayeke kakhulu.
Eminye imininingwane kaGartner yilokho abakhiqizi abahlanu abathengisa kakhulu bayaqhubeka nokukhuphula isabelo sabo semakethe uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye, zisuka kumaphesenti angama-51,5 zaya kuma-54%. Abaphumelele kulokhu ngu-Oppo, Samsung noHuawei.
Isabelo semakethe ye-smartphone ye I-Apple yehle ngamaphesenti angu-7,7 ngokuthengiswa okubi kakhulu ezindaweni zaseChina nase-Asia, lapho ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone kwehle ngamaphesenti angama-26. Ngokuphikisana, izifunda ezihamba phambili ze-iPhone yi-Eurasia, i-Sub-Saharan Africa, ne-Eastern Europe, lapho ukuthengisa kukhule khona ngama-95%.