Kubonakala sengathi ulwazi olushicilelwe izolo mayelana nesivumelwano esingaba khona phakathi kwe-Samsung ne-Qualcomm sokuthi umenzi weselula abe nephrosesa entsha ye-Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 kuphela kuze kube ngu-Ephreli akuyona into yangempela. Ulwazi olusha luyakucacisa lokhu, futhi lusho nokuthi ifulegi le-HTC, elizokwethulwa ngoFebhuwari, lizoba nale processor ye-Qualcomm Snapdragon 820.
Ngeke iphelele ku-Samsung
Izolo sithe kungenzeka ukuthi i-Samsung ibe nephrosesa entsha ye-Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 kuze kube ngu-Ephreli. Eqinisweni, sishilo ukuthi yingakho i-Xiaomi Mi 5 ingeke yethulwe ngoJanuwari. Nokho, kubonakala sengathi ekugcineni kungase kungabi njalo. Imininingwane emisha ithi bekungeke kube njalo, ukuthi akulona iqiniso ukuthi i-Samsung ineprosesa entsha kuphela. Eqinisweni, akusho lokho kuphela, kodwa futhi ithi iselula entsha ye-HTC ephezulu izofaka le processor, ne-Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 entsha, nokuthi izokwethulwa ngekota yokuqala. Sesivele sishilo ukuthi usuku okungenzeka kwethulwe ngalo i-smartphone entsha ye-HTC lwalufana ncamashi nosuku lokwethulwa kwe-Samsung Galaxy S7, ngoFebhuwari 21, 2016, ngakho-ke kuzocaca ukuthi ngeke kube khona okukhethekile kuze kube ngu-Ephreli.
I-Samsung ne-HTC nje?
Kodwa-ke, iqiniso liwukuthi kuze kube manje asazi ukuthi enye i-smartphone izokwethulwa yini ezinyangeni zokuqala ze-2016 nale processor. Bekunama-smartphones amathathu abezofaka iphrosesa entsha ye-Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, i-Xiaomi Mi 5, i-LG G5, ne-Sony Xperia Z6. Eyakamuva kuthiwa ngeke yethulwe kuze kube uJuni. Iselula yakwa-LG izokwethulwa ngo-Ephreli, kanti ku-Xiaomi Mi 5 i-CEO isivele isho izolo ukuthi i-smartphone ngeke ibe enye yama-smartphones okuqala ukuba ne-Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, ngakho kubonakala sengathi ngeke yethulwe ngoJanuwari, noma mhlawumbe ngaphambi kuka-April. Ngakho-ke, empeleni yi-Samsung Galaxy S7 kuphela kanye nefulegi elisha le-HTC elizoba nephrosesa entsha ngaphambi kuka-Ephreli. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi, empeleni, yonke into iyisu ukuze i-Xiaomi ingakwazi ukuncintisana ne-Samsung ngokwethula iselula enezinga elifanayo nangaphambi kwalokhu futhi ngentengo eshibhile? Mayelana ne-Sony Xperia Z6 kanye ne-LG G5, empeleni lezi zizofika ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva ngokunengqondo. I-LG G4 ibivele ingeyokugcina ephambili engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka wezi-2015 ezokwethulwa, kanti i-LG G5 izokwethulwa ngaphambi kokuthi kudlule unyaka kwethulwe i-LG G4 yokugcina. Endabeni ye-Sony Xperia Z6, ukwethulwa kwayo kuzoba ngoJuni, ngakho-ke akubonakali kuyindaba yokuhluka kweprosesa, ngoba ukube bekunjalo, ibizokwethulwa ngo-Ephreli.
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