Daniel Hruska Palibe chifukwa chokhalira pansi - iPhone ikupita "pamoto" ku Japan. Kumapeto kwa chaka chatha, mafoni atatu mwa anayi omwe adagulitsidwa anali ma iPhones. Tim Cook adati pamsonkhano womaliza wa omwe akugawana nawo kuti kugulitsa kwa iPhone ku Japan kunali 40 peresenti. Izi zachitika chifukwa cha mgwirizano womwe unapangidwa ndi NTT DOCOMO chaka chatha.
Komabe, kuthyola mu nthaka ya ku Japan sikunali kophweka. Kuti afikitse Apple kumeneko, Steve Jobs adagwiritsa ntchito bilionea waku Japan yemwe analibe mafoni ndipo anali ndi zojambula zake za iPod yomwe imatha kuyimba mafoni. Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa SoftBank Masayoshi Son akukumbukira momwe adakwanitsira kupanga wogwiritsa ntchito ndi mgwirizano wapadera kuti agulitse ma iPhones.
Zaka ziwiri Apple asanakhazikitse mwalamulo iPhone, Mwana adayitana Jobs ndikukhazikitsa msonkhano. Mwana adamuwonetsa chithunzi choyipa cha momwe amawonera foni ya Apple. "Ndabweretsa kuti ndiwonetse zojambula zanga za iPod yokhala ndi mafoni. Ndinamupatsa, koma Steve anakana, nati, 'Nyama, musandipatse zojambula zanu. Ndili ndi yangayanga,'” Son akukumbukira motero. "Chabwino, sindikuyenera kukuwonetsani zojambula zanga, koma ngati muli nazo, ndiwonetseni chifukwa cha Japan," Son adayankha. Ntchito anayankha, "Nyama, wapenga."
Ntchito zinali ndi ufulu wonse wokayikira. Mwana, ndithudi, anali wazamalonda wanzeru mu dziko la teknoloji, yemwe anakwanitsa kugulitsa makampani awiri ali ndi zaka 19, zomwe zinamupatsa $ 3 biliyoni. Kuphatikiza apo, ndi gawo lopindulitsa mu Yahoo! Japan ndi wochita bwino ndalama. Komabe, pamsonkhanowu analibe kapena kukhala ndi chidwi ndi wogwiritsa ntchito mafoni aliwonse.
"Sitinalankhulepo ndi aliyense, koma munabwera kwa ine poyamba, ndiye kuti muyenera kupita," adatero Jobs. Kukambitsirana kudapitilira kwakanthawi, pomwe Son adapereka lingaliro kuti iye ndi Jobs alembe mgwirizano wogulitsa ma iPhones okha. Kodi ntchito? "Ayi! Sindinasaine izi, simunakhalepo ndi opareshoni! Mwandilonjeza zimenezo. Mwandipatsa mawu anu. Ndidzasamalira wogwiritsa ntchitoyo. ”
Ndipo anatero. SoftBank idawononga ndalama zoposa $2006 biliyoni mu 15 pagulu la Japan la Vodafone Group. SoftBank Mobile inakhala makampani atatu apamwamba a mafoni a m'manja ku Japan ndipo kenako adalengeza malonda a iPhone kuyambira 2008. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, SoftBank Mobile yakhala ikujambula bwino msika wa NTT DOCOMO isanayambe kugulitsa iPhone 5s ndi iPhone 5c September watha.
SoftBank Mobile ikadali pamalo achitatu, koma ikuyamba kukula padziko lonse lapansi. Chaka chatha, kampaniyo idagula kampani yaku America Sprint kwa madola 22 biliyoni. Pali mphekesera kuti SoftBank Mobile ikufuna kuteteza udindo wake ku States popeza wogwiritsa ntchito wina, nthawi ino T-Mobile US.
Ponena za Ntchito, adaganiza za iPhone mpaka imfa yake. Son amakumbukira kuti anali ndi nthawi yokumana ndi Tim Cook patsiku lomwe iPhone 4S idakhazikitsidwa. Komabe, adathetsa mwamsanga, chifukwa Steve Jobs ankafuna kulankhula naye za mankhwala omwe anali asanalengezedwe. Jobs anamwalira tsiku lotsatira.
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