ʻOhi Apple ʻO ka MM Research Institute Ltd o Tokyo. ua hoʻokuʻu i kahi hōʻike e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o ka mākeke kelepona ʻo Iapana. Ua ʻōlelo hou ka hōʻike ua ʻoi aku ʻo Apple ma mua o ka pālua i kāna kūʻai iPhone i ka makahiki i hala.
Mai Malaki 31, 2009 a hiki i Malaki 31, 2010, kūʻai aku ʻo ia i 1 iPhones. No laila, he 690% ka māhele o ka iPhone ma Iapana, ʻo ka lua o ka wahi i noho ʻia e HTC me 000% a ʻo ke kolu e Toshiba me ka liʻiliʻi o 72% (pololei 11%).
Eia nō naʻe, ke manaʻo nei e ulu ka māhele o ke kelepona Google, e holo ana ma ka ʻōnaehana hana Android, i ka makahiki aʻe. Na NTT DoCoMo Inc a me KDDI Corp e mālama nui i ke kūʻai ʻana o kēia kumu hoʻohālike. ʻEhia naʻe e kūʻai ʻia aku he mea ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻike mākou a pau he haʻahaʻa loa ka kūʻai mua ʻana o ke kelepona a Google i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā helu o ka iPhone.
ʻO ka kūleʻa maikaʻi o Apple ma Iapana kahi hapa i hoʻoili ʻia i ke kūʻai aku ʻana e ka mea kūʻai kūʻai kūʻokoʻa ʻo SoftBank Mobile, e hāʻawi ana i nā kumukūʻai hoʻokūkū maoli.
He "mea kūʻai aku" ʻino paha ʻo ia. ʻOiai he mea nui ke kumukūʻai hoʻouna.