Kuwo wonke lo nyaka besilokhu sibona ukuthi izibalo i-Apple ebisisebenzisa kithi, ekuthengisweni kwe-iPhone, azisafani neminyaka edlule, lapho inkampani ishaye khona, ikota ngemuva kwekota, amarekhodi ayo amahle kakhulu okuthengisa. Icala elikhulu litholakala eChina, lapho abafana abavela eCupertino bevule khona ama-Apple Stores angama-41 ngesikhathi sokurekhoda lapho kubonakala sengathi uma umkhuhlane wokuqala usudlulile, iChina ayiseyona injini yenkampani yama-apula. I-iPhone 7 entsha ne-iPhone 7 Plus azisiniki izici ezanele zokuvuselela ama-iPhone 6s ethu futhi okubonwayo ekuthengisweni kwezinhlobo ezintsha ze-iPhone.
Uma kwenzeka noma ubani eba nokungabaza, umhlaziyi uMing-Chi Kuo, ovela ku-KGI Securities ushicilele umbiko omusha lapho beqinisekisa khona ukuthi isidingo sokuqala sasibabazekayo njengoba izinhlobo ezintsha ze-iPhone zazinjalo, akusafani futhi ngeke kusaba khona izinyanga ezimbalwa ezilandelayo. Njengoba singafunda embikweni wakhe, I-Apple izothumela futhi ithengise amayunithi ambalwa kakhulu ala ma-iPhones amasha uma kuqhathaniswa noSepthemba no-Okthoba.
I-Kuo isuselwa kuma-oda abekwa yi-Apple nabahlinzeki bayo, ama-oda aphansi phakathi kuka-5 no-15% wezinyanga zikaNovemba noDisemba. Ngokusho kukaKuo, uma sezidlulile izinyanga ezimbili kwethulwe ngokusemthethweni ama-iPhones amasha, abasebenzisi bayabona ukuthi ushintsho alulufanele, okungenani kubasebenzisi ababenentshisekelo kumodeli ye-4,7-intshi. Noma kunjalo, abathandi bezithombe nemodeli ye-Plus uma ubusha obuyinhloko yikhamera embaxambili, ukuthi ngenxa yemodi ye-portrait isivumela ukuthi senze izithombe ezimangazayo singemuva kokugxila, okunikeza imiphumela emihle.