Amakhasimende e-Amazon ngokwawo anikeze i-smartphone isilinganiso esidumazayo sezinkanyezi ezingu-2,6 kwezingu-5. Ukufunda impendulo, i defiizincazelo ezivame kakhulu kwakuwukuthi "ukukhohlwa" kanye "nokumaphakathi".
I-Amazon inethemba lokuthola isinqamu esibalulekile semakethe enkulu yomhlaba wonke ye-smartphone, ephethwe izimbangi ezinjenge-Apple (AAPL, -0,15%), iGoogle (GOOG, + 0,24%) ne-Samsung. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMlilo bekufanele usize ukuthengisa esitolo se-inthanethi se-Amazon ngokwenza kube lula ukuthola nokuthenga imikhiqizo. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwe-Amazon kwakudumaza kakhulu, futhi akucaci ukuthi kuzokwazi yini ukubuyisa ukuqhuma kwayo.
Amathuba we-Amazon okuphumelela emakethe ye-smartphone abelokhu ephansi kakhulu. Umkhiqizo wefoni yomlilo awuzange ukhombise noma yiziphi izinto ezintsha, kubukeka kuyithuluzi elanele elinezimpawu ezifana nezabanye emakethe ngokwesikrini, ikhamera nememori. Okungahle kuveze futhi kuhlukanise umkhiqizo kungumphumela wezinhlangothi ezintathu wehluzo. Kwezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza kanye nohlelo olubizwa nge-Firefly oluvumela abathengi base-Amazon ukuthi bathole kalula imikhiqizo engaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100 futhi bayithenge ku-inthanethi.
Kepha emakethe ebuswa amadivayisi we-Apple ne-Android, ukusabalalisa umkhiqizo "owanele" akwanele. Ukugqama, i-smartphone efana nefoni yoMlilo bekuzodingeka ukuthi ibe nezici ezintsha zehadiwe nesoftware.
"Ukube ubethule kule foni kudala, bebengacophelela kakhulu," kusho uFrank Gillett, ongumhlaziyi weForrester.
URobert Brunner, owayesebenza njengomqondisi wezokwakhiwa kwezimboni kwa-Apple kusuka ngo-1989 kuya ku-1997 futhi kamuva wabambisana ekwakhiweni kwe-e-reader yokuqala ye-Amazon, wayinika isilinganiso esingenathemba kakhulu. "Uma sikhuluma ngokungagwegwesi, ifoni ye-Amazon ayinayo i-zero cache," esho. "Umklamo ngokwawo awuthathi hlangothi".
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umlilo kwakuwumzamo ocacile kunanoma imuphi umenzi we-smartphone wokukhiya abasebenzisi bawo kwimvelo yabo yomkhiqizo. Vele, i-iPhone sekuyisikhathi eside ishayela abasebenzisi ngezinsizakalo ze-Apple, nabasebenzisi be-Android kwiminikelo yeGoogle. Abakwa-Amazon bathathe elinye igxathu ngokungeza inkinobho ethi "Thenga" ohlangothini lwefoni yoMlilo. Chofoza kuso futhi ukude nokulethwa ngezinsuku ezimbili.
"Ngokwami ngazizwa sengathi inkinobho ethi 'Thenga' iphoqekile," kusho uYves Behar, umdwebi wezimboni waseSwitzerland owathola umklomelo, "Kunezindlela ezinhle kakhulu zokwethula."
I-Amazon nayo ayilunganga isiteshi sokuthengisa. Amadivayisi we-Android nama-iPhones asemashalofini ezinkulungwane zabathengisi abangokomzimba nabo bonke abathwali bezinkampani ezinkulu zaseMelika. Ukuthenga izingcingo zoMlilo, kufanele uye ku-Amazon.com, nakwezinye izitolo ezifana neBest Buy.
Ngemuva kwendiza ye- "Fire Phone", inkampani kaJeff Bezos ingathengisa ifoni entsha: "Ice". Ngokuya kokungafanele okubikiwe yisiza sakwaNdtv sikaGadget360, i-smartphone izokwazi ukufinyelela ngokugcwele ezinsizakalweni nasezinhlelweni zakwa-Google, kufaka phakathi isitolo sohlelo lokusebenza se-Play Store.
Uma ngabe "Umlilo" behloselwe izimakethe zaseNtshonalanga futhi ikakhulukazi i-United States, umugqa we-smartphone "Ice" ubukeka ubheka ezimakethe ezivelayo ezifana neNdiya. Ngokusho kwemithombo ecashunwe, i-Amazon ihlose ukuletha okungenani imodeli eyodwa kumashalofu aseNdiya ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka.
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