Kuchokera ku mbiri ya Apple: iPhone imatenga China ndi mkuntho

Mu Disembala 2013, patatha miyezi yambiri yabodza, adalengeza Apple idasaina pangano ndi China Mobile - kampani yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi yolumikizirana patelefoni. Sichinali mgwirizano wocheperako wa Apple - msika waku China umatanthauza ogula ma iPhone 760 miliyoni panthawiyo, ndipo Tim Cook anali ndi chiyembekezo chachikulu ku China.

"China ndi msika wofunikira kwambiri kwa Apple, ndipo mgwirizano wathu ndi China Mobile umayimira mwayi woti tibweretse iPhone kwa makasitomala pa intaneti yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi," a Tim Cook adatero m'mawu ake panthawiyo. "Makasitomalawa ndi gulu lachidwi, lomwe likukula mofulumira ku China, ndipo sitingaganizire njira yabwino yolandirira Chaka Chatsopano cha China kusiyana ndi kupatsa mwayi kasitomala aliyense wa China Mobile kukhala ndi iPhone."

Inali sitepe imene aliyense anali kukonzekera kwa nthawi yaitali kwambiri. Apple yakhala ikukambirana ndi China kuyambira pomwe iPhone yoyamba idatulutsidwa, koma zokambirana zasokonekera pamalingaliro a Apple, omwe amafunikira kugawana ndalama. Koma zofuna za makasitomala zinali zosatsutsika. Mu 2008 - chaka chimodzi pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa iPhone yoyamba - Magazini ya BusinessWeek inanena kuti ma iPhones 400 adatsegulidwa mosaloledwa ndipo akugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi woyendetsa mafoni aku China.

Zokambirana za Apple ndi China Mobile zidasintha bwino mu 2013, pomwe Tim Cook adakumana ndi wapampando wa China Mobile Xi Guohu kuti akambirane za "nkhani za mgwirizano" pakati pamakampani awiriwa.

Zogwirizana zaku China

Tim Cook adanena poyera kuti mafoni atsopano ochokera ku Apple adapangidwa poganizira zofunikira za msika waku China. Chimodzi mwazinthu zazikulu za chisankhochi chinali kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa mawonekedwe a ma iPhones atsopano. Mwanjira ina, Apple idakana kusakonda kwanthawi yayitali kwa Steve Jobs kwa mafoni akuluakulu, zomwe adadandaula kuti sizikuyenda bwino m'manja mwake. IPhone 5,5 Plus ya 6-inch yakhala imodzi mwazinthu zotchuka kwambiri ku Asia.

Kulowa mumsika waku China, komabe, sikunali kopanda vuto kwa Apple. Makasitomala opitilira 760 miliyoni ndi nambala yolemekezeka yomwe ingapangitse kuphatikiza kwa Apple + China Mobile kukhala imodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri m'mbiri yamakono ya kampani ya Apple. Koma kunali koyenera kuganizira kuti kachigawo kakang'ono chabe ka chiwerengero cha ogwiritsa ntchito angakwanitse iPhone.

IPhone 5c ndipo pambuyo pake iPhone SE inali "njira yopitira ku Apple" yovomerezeka pazachuma kwa makasitomala ambiri, koma kampani ya apulosi sinayang'ane msika ndi mafoni otsika mtengo. Izi zalola opanga monga Xiaomi - omwe nthawi zambiri amatchedwa "Chinese Apple" - kupanga mitundu yotsika mtengo ya Apple ndikupeza gawo lalikulu pamsika.

Kuphatikiza apo, Apple idakumananso ndi mavuto ndi boma ku China. Mu 2014, Apple idayenera kusintha ma seva a China Telecom m'malo mwake kuti iCloud ipitilize kugwira ntchito mdziko muno. Momwemonso, Apple yakakamizika kuvomereza zomwe boma la China likufuna kuti liwunikenso zachitetezo pa intaneti pazinthu zonse za Apple zisanalowe mdziko muno. Boma la China laletsanso Makanema a iTunes ndi iBooks Store kugwira ntchito mdziko muno.

Koma pali mbali ziwiri pa ndalama iliyonse, ndipo chowonadi ndi chakuti mgwirizano ndi China Mobile udapangitsa kuti iPhone ipezeke kwa aku China pafupifupi nthawi yake. Zotsatira zake, China pakali pano ndi msika wopindulitsa kwambiri wa Apple padziko lapansi.