USteve Jobs utyhila i-iPhone kwiNkomfa yeMacworld ngoJanuwari 9, 2007.UTony Avelar / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty Bekusebusuku ngoJuni 28, 2007. Ndandihlala eTorrance, eCalif ngeloxesha kwaye bendilinde ukusukela ngoJanuwari ukufumana izandla zam kwi-iPhone entsha. USteve Jobs kwaziswa ngoJanuwari 9 ekuqaleni konyaka. Zininzi iingcinga ezazingena engqondweni yam: Ngaba ityala lam liza kuhamba? Ukuba yenzekile, ndizokwazi ukufumana inombolo yendawo? (Kwakukho amarhe okuba i-AT & T yayingenazo iinombolo zekhowudi yengingqi ezingama-310 zokuqalisa okutsha.) Ngaba ndiza kuba nakho ukudlala iifayile zevidiyo yam kwi-iPhone, okanye kuya kufuneka ndiziguqule? Ukuba kufuneka ndibaguqule, ngaba kuya kuba nenkqubo ekhoyo?
Nantsi into endiyibhalileyo ngebhlog yam ngorhatya.
I-iPhone iya kuqhubeka ngomso kwiindawo ezininzi zeApple kunye ne-AT & T. Ngemvumelwano yeminyaka emibini, inguqulelo ye-4GB iya kukuqhubela i-499 yeedola, kwaye inguqulelo ye-8GB iya kukuqhubela i- $ 599. Ngaba le fowuni ixabise ngaphezulu? Mhlawumbi! Ngaba le fowuni ibhalwe ngaphezulu? Ewe! Kodwa njengoko unokuxela, nokuba kunzima ukweyisela iitekhnoloji ezinje ngam ndizithengile. Ngokuhlwanje, ndilungiselela ukwenza inkampu ye-iPhone. Kuqala kufuneka ndiqiniseke ukuba ndinako ukutya okwaneleyo, amanzi, kunye nezinye izixhobo zokukhusela (ezinje ngesambrela ukuthintela ukutshiswa lilanga) phambi kokuba ndifike kwindawo yam yokugqibela ye-iPhone eSouthern California (leyo andiqinisekanga ncam ukuba iphi ngoku) ngokuhlwanje. Ndiyaphambana? Ewe!
Ndigqibele ndingazimisanga nkampu naphi na, ngakumbi kuba umnxeba awuzange uthengiswe kude kubethe u-6. Umhala olandelayo. Nangona kunjalo, ndivuke kwakusasa kakhulu kwaye ndakhetha ivenkile ye-AT & T I-Hawthorne Blvd. kwiTorrance. Kubonakalise ukuba lukhetho olufanelekileyo kuba bekungekho mntu wumbi ufumeneyo. Ndibeke ibhegi yam yeembotyi phantsi ndaza ndaqala ukucinga malunga nokuhlikihla iminwe yam kwi-iPhone kwaye ndiyicofa ngaphandle ukuze ndizonge kwiphepha lewebhu. Yandicaphukisa into yokuba i-iPhone izakusebenza kuphela kwi-AT & T's kancinci (nokuba ngo-2007) inethiwekhi yeEdge endaweni yokusebenzisa enye ye-3G. Umhlaba kuya kufuneka ulinde omnye unyaka ngaphezulu oko.
Ngo-8 kusasa, kwafika abanye abantu abamalunga nama-20. Sonke saziva ngathi siza kuba yinxalenye yembali kwaye sasichanekile: Ukuqaliswa kwe-iPhone yokuqala ngokuqinisekileyo kwatshintsha imbali. Njengenkampani yeCupertino yayihlala isenza, iApple yathatha isixhobo esasisele sifumaneka ngabanye abavelisi, sayigqibezela, kwaye sayithengisa ebantwini. Ngaphambi kwe-iPhone, bekukho i IPalm Treo . Kwakukho neBlackberry, eya kuthi ibe yeyona nto ithengisa kakhulu kumashishini kwi-2000s. Kwakukho neefowuni zeWindows eziSelfowuni, kodwa i-iPhone yayisisixhobo sokuqala esenza ukuba umntu azive ngathi bafaka ikhompyuter encinci epokothweni.
I-iPhone yayisisixhobo sokuqala esidlala umculo, isidlali sevidiyo esiphathwayo (iseyinto enkulu ngo-2007), ikhamera, ifowuni, kunye nomatshini wokusefa kwi-intanethi ngaxeshanye. Kwakubonakala kunayo yonke into ngaphandle kwesinki yekhitshi. Nangona kunjalo, isixhobo sokuqala-sokuqala sasineempazamo ezinkulu ngaphandle konxibelelwano olucothayo lwe-Intanethi. Enye into, iVenkile yeApp ayikhange iqale kude kube ngo-2008, xa kwakhutshwa i-iPhone 3G. Kwakukho nenyani yokuba i-8GB yokugcina yayingekwanele xa umntu wayenayo ividiyo enkulu kunye nelayibrari yomculo.
Ke, kukho inyani yokuba i-iPhone yangena kwi-499 yeedola kuhlobo lwe-4GB kunye ne-599 yeedola kwimodeli ye-8GB, kwaye ezo yayizizo kwisivumelwano amaxabiso. Kwaye ubomi bebhetri babuyiphupha kubasebenzisi abaninzi, nangona bekulindelwe ukuba umnxeba onamandla amakhulu awunakuhlala ixesha elide njengefowuni eqhelekileyo. Okwangoku, iziphene azimisanga amawaka kwilizwe liphela ekufumaneni i-AT & T okanye iindawo zentengiso zeApple.
Iiyure ezili-11 endizichithe emgceni kwiVenkile ye-AT & T eTorrance zihambe ngokukhawuleza, ngakumbi kuba sonke saziva ngathi yindawo yoluntu othenga ikofu kunye nedonuts omnye komnye ngelixa siqinisekisa ukubamba izikhundla zabantu emgceni xa besiya kwigumbi lokuhlambela . Ngo-5 emva kwemini, kwavela iikhamera ezininzi zeendaba ngokungathi umongameli wayesedolophini. Sijonge efestileni kwaye satsala amanqatha njengoko abasebenzi be-AT & T bebeka i-iPhone imi. Emva koko, ngentsimbi yesi-6 emva kwemini, seva ingxolo enkulu. Ndingene ndema imifanekiso ngelixa intombazana entle ilungisa i-iPhone yam.
NgoJulayi 1, ndibhale uphononongo lwam. Lo ibingumhlathi wam wokugqibela:
Ngaphandle kweziphene, i-iPhone iseyeyona nto iphambili kwezobuchwephesha eya kuthi ihlukanise kuphela inani elincinci labasebenzisi be-smartphone ekukhululweni kwesizukulwana sokuqala. Kwiintsuku ezintathu emva kokuyisebenzisa, ndisazifumana ndisithi wow! lonke ixesha. Umntu kufuneka azisole ngezinye izinto eziphetheyo ezinje ngeSprint, iVerizon, kunye neT-Mobile, esele zizakuphela ngaphandle kokuba zize nento enomtsalane.
Ezinye iinethiwekhi zizamile ukuphuma kwi-AT & T ngababulali be-iPhone abanjengoVerizon IBlackberry Storm kwaye iSprint ’ayiphumelelanga Ngaphambi kwePalm . Ukuba i-iPhone ibingafikanga kwezi nethiwekhi emva kokuba isivumelwano se-AT & T sigqityiwe ngo-2011, kunokwenzeka ukuba ngekhe babekhona namhlanje. Kwiminyaka elishumi kamva, i-iPhone iseyeyona smartphone ithengiswa kakhulu kwihlabathi. Nangona abaninzi bekholelwa ukuba kukho ii-smartphones ezingcono kune-iPhone, isixhobo sika-Apple sasisona siqala konke. Nge-29 kaJuni iyakuhlala iyiholide yeetekhnoloji kunye nee-geeks eziqwalaselwe zii-smartphone njengam.
UDarylUDeino ngumbhali, umdlali weqonga kunye nomlweli wamalungelo oluntu oye wavela kwimiboniso enje Okungafunekiyo , Iipaki noLonwabo kwaye Amantombazana amabini aqhekezayo . Ngaphandle kokubhalela uMqwalaseli, ubhale kakhulu malunga netekhnoloji, ukonwaba kunye nemicimbi yezentlalo kwiindawo ezinje ngeHuffington Post, Iindaba zeYahoo, i-Inquisitr kunye ne-IreTron. Mlandele kwi-Twitter: @ddeino.
