Chosankha Apple Malingaliro a kampani MM Research Institute Ltd. adatulutsa lipoti lofotokoza momwe msika wa smartphone waku Japan ukuyendera. Lipotilo linanenanso kuti Apple idachulukitsa kugulitsa kwake kwa iPhone chaka chatha.
Kuyambira pa Marichi 31, 2009 mpaka Marichi 31, 2010, idagulitsa ma iPhones 1. IPhone motero ili ndi gawo la 690% la msika wa smartphone ku Japan, malo achiwiri adagwidwa ndi HTC ndi 000% ndi lachitatu ndi Toshiba ndi osachepera 72% (ndendende 11%).
Komabe, gawo la foni ya Google, yomwe imagwira ntchito pa Android OS, ikuyembekezekanso kukula chaka chamawa. NTT DoCoMo Inc ndi KDDI Corp azisamalira makamaka kugulitsa kwamtunduwu. Koma kuti angagulitsidwe angati ndi nkhani ina. Tonse tikudziwa kuti kugulitsa koyamba kwapadziko lonse kwa foni ya Google kunali kotsika kwenikweni poyerekeza ndi ziwerengero za iPhone.
Kuchita bwino kwa Apple ku Japan kumabwera chifukwa cha kutsatsa kwaukali kuchokera kwa ogulitsa okha a SoftBank Mobile, omwe amapereka mitengo yampikisano.
Mwinamwake adzakhala "wogulitsa" waukali. Ngakhale mtengo wotumizira ungakhalenso wofunikira.