Las Imihla yeKrisimesi Ziphawulwe ngobomvu kuzo zonke iinkampani, kwaye kungekhona ngenxa yokuba ikhalenda ibandakanya iiholide ezininzi kwiintsuku ezimbalwa. Eli lixesha lonyaka apho ii-spikes zokuthenga kwaye wonke umntu ufuna ukuthatha ithuba. Nangona kunganyanzelekanga ukuba ibe yimbonakaliso yobunyani bonyaka wonke, amanani ngeli xesha abonisa, kuba abathengi abaninzi bathatha ithuba lokuzikholisa ukuba kudala befuna, kwaye iimveliso apile ibe yeyona nto inqwenelekayo ngo-2014.
IKrisimesi lixesha elingenako ukuthelekiswa nekhosi yonke, baninzi abatsala izipaji zabo ngaphezu kwesiqhelo kule mihla kwaye bazinike uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olukhulu lokuthenga kwabo. Kungako kunjalo Ukugqithisa ubuyile ukuza kuqhuba isifundo sakhe esikhethekileyo ngale mihla. Ukwenza oku, sebenzisa ngaphezulu kwe Izicelo ezi-600.000 (balawula ukufakwa kwabo kwizixhobo ezitsha) apho baqikelela inani lee-smartphones kunye neetafile esele zenziwe zasebenza, zihlelwa ngeqonga okanye umenzi.
Amanani alo nyaka akashiyi ndawo yamathandabuzo, nanjengoko kuxelwe ngoogxa bakhe ezinye iiwebhusayithi, Apple uye waba ophumeleleyo ecacileyo, nto leyo ebonisa ukuba kukho abasebenzisi abaninzi abafuna entsha iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus okanye iPad Air 2. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo sele sikuxelele ukuba Imfuno yee-smartphones ezikhutshwe yi-Cupertino firm kulo nyaka iqhubekile nokunyuka ngaphandle kwexesha ebelidlulile ukusukela oko yasungulwa. Umkhwa oqinisekiswa ngamanani e-Furry, obeka ukusebenza okuhambelanayo kunye nezixhobo ze-iOS kwi-51,3%.
Iziphumo ezilungileyo ze-Apple zigqitywe ngoluhlu lwabakhuphisana abangazange bafike, akukho namnye kubo, ukuba bade bawusibekele. Lowo usondela ngokusondeleyo kuyo yi-Samsung, ummeli wokuqala we-Android, kwaye usemva kakhulu nge-17,17%. Ngapha koko sifumana Nokia (Microsoft Lumia) kunye 5,8% kunye nepesenti embi kakhulu ezinye iinkampani ezaziwayo ezifana Sony (1,6%) okanye LG (1,4%).
I-Phablets yenza i-13%
Elinye icandelo lophononongo libhekiselele kwiindidi zesixhobo. Apha sifumana amanqaku amaninzi okugqamisa: okokuqala, ii-smartphones ezinobungakanani obuphakathi (malunga nee-intshi ezi-5) zihlala zifana ne-64% yokuthengisa xa kuthelekiswa ne-65% kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kwenzeka okufanayo ngeetafile ezinefomathi encinci. Ukuncipha okukhulu kukufomathi enkulu yeetafile, ezihamba ukusuka kwi-12 ukuya kwi-11%. Ii-smartphones ezincinci nazo zawa, ukusuka kwi-17 ukuya kwi-11%. Kwaye zonke ezi lahleko zithathwa ngama-phablets, izixhobo eziqhubeka nokunyuka nokudlula ukusuka kwisi-4 ukuya kwi-13%.