Pilipo Novotny 74,5 miliona iPhones i kūʻai ʻia i ka hapaha hope. ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka helu Apple i kēia pule hai mai la oia ma ka Poalua o ka hopena kālā i ka hālāwai kūkā. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ke kūʻai aku i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā hapaha mua i lawe mai i kahi kūlana maikaʻi aʻe ma waena o nā mea hana kelepona - ua like ia me ka hoʻokūkū Korea ʻo Samsung no kahi mua. Ua waiho ʻo ia i kāna ala 'iluka Kūlana Kūlana.
Inā helu mākou i nā kūʻai aku ma kēlā me kēia ʻāpana, mahalo ʻia ʻo Apple a me Samsung i ka hapaha hope o 2014 me kahi kokoke i 75 miliona mau ʻāpana i kūʻai ʻia i kēlā me kēia, 20 pakeneka o ka mākeke kelepona holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole hiki i ka hui Kaleponi ke hoʻohālikelike i ka mea hoʻokūkū o South Korea ma ke ʻano o ka nui mai ka hoʻoilo o 2011. He mau mahina ma mua, ua make ʻo Steve Jobs a ua hoʻomaka mālie ka luna hou o ka hui ʻo Tim Cook e loaʻa ka hilinaʻi o nā mea kūʻai. . Hiki i ke poʻo o Apple i kēia manawa ke koi i kahi ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai he hōʻailona, kūleʻa.
Ma kahi nui, hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaikaʻi i nā huahana hou i alakaʻi ʻia e ka iPhone 6 a me 6 Plus. ʻOiai ka hilinaʻi mua o kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku, ua uku ʻia ka bet ma nā hōʻike nui. ʻO ka hapahā hoʻoilo o ka makahiki i hala (ʻoiai e like me kā Apple maʻamau i kapa ʻia ʻo Q1 2015) ʻo ia ka mea kūleʻa loa, maopopo hoʻi i ka mahalo i ke kau Kalikimaka ikaika.
ʻO Samsung, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke helu ʻo 2014 i kekahi o kāna kūleʻa loa. Ma waho aʻe o ka paio hoʻokūkū ma ka mākeke me nā kelepona ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ke koi ʻia nei e kekahi o nā mea hana nui o ʻAsia hiki ke kūʻai aku i nā mea kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe i ke kumu kūʻai. Ua hala nā lā i hiki i ka papa waena haʻahaʻa ke hāʻawi i nā kelepona lohi me nā hōʻike maikaʻi ʻole a me nā hiʻohiʻona liʻiliʻi.
ʻO ka hōʻoia o kēia mau hoʻololi ʻana ka kūleʻa o nā mea hana e like me Xiaomi a i ʻole Huawei, a ua hōʻoia pū ʻia ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū e nā helu paʻakikī. ʻOiai ma ka hapahā ʻehā o 2013, ua paʻa ʻo Samsung i ka 30 pakeneka o ka mākeke kelepona, i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope he 10 pakeneka ka liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka makahiki 2014 ka mea mua mai ka makahiki 2011 i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ai ʻo Samsung i ka emi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā. (ʻO ia ka manawa i lawe ai ka hui Korea mai Apple i ke kūlana o ka helu ʻekahi.)
ʻO ka ʻoihana kelepona holoʻokoʻa, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kūʻai aku, mai 290 miliona mau mea i kūʻai ʻia ma ka hapahā ʻehā o 2013 a hiki i 380 miliona ma 2014. No ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻouna ʻia nā 1,3 billion smartphones, a me ka ʻO ka piʻi nui loa i ʻike ʻia ma nā mākeke e kū mai ana, e like me Kina, India a i ʻole kekahi mau mokuʻāina o ʻApelika.
ʻO ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka kūleʻa o kahi mea hana ma muli o ka nui o nā ʻāpana i kūʻai ʻia he pōkole loa. Manaʻo wau e hauʻoli ʻo Samsung e kūʻai aku i kekahi mau miliona liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā no kēlā me kēia mea i kūʻai ʻia ma ka hapa liʻiliʻi o ka mea a Apple.