Daniel Hruska ʻAʻohe pono e iho i ka honua - ke hele nei ka iPhone "i ke ahi" ma Iapana. I ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala, ʻekolu o ʻehā mau kelepona i kūʻai ʻia he iPhones. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tim Cook i ka wā o ka hui hope loa o ka kūʻai ʻana o iPhone ma Iapana ua piʻi ka 40 pakeneka. Ma muli o ka ʻaelike i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me NTT DOCOMO i ka makahiki i hala.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka haki ʻana i ka lepo Iapana. No ka loaʻa ʻana iā Apple ma laila, ua hoʻohana ʻo Steve Jobs i kahi piliona piliona Iapana ʻaʻohe ona mea hoʻohana kelepona a loaʻa iā ia kāna mau kiʻi kiʻi o kahi iPod hiki ke kelepona. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son pehea ʻo ia i hana ai i kahi mea hana me kahi kuʻikahi kūʻokoʻa e kūʻai aku i nā iPhones.
ʻElua mau makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Apple i ka iPhone, ua kāhea ʻo Son iā Jobs a hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai. Ua hōʻike ʻo Son iā ia i kahi kiʻi paʻi o ke ʻano o kāna ʻike ʻana i kahi kelepona Apple. "Ua lawe mai au e hōʻike i kaʻu mau kiʻi kiʻi o kahi iPod me nā hana kelepona. Ua hāʻawi aku au iā ia, akā ua hōʻole ʻo Steve iā lākou, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, 'E ka ʻiʻo, mai hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kāu mau kiʻi. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu ponoʻī, '" i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Son. "ʻAe, ʻaʻole pono iaʻu e hōʻike iā ʻoe i kaʻu kiʻi kiʻi, akā inā loaʻa kāu kiʻi, e hōʻike mai iaʻu no Iapana," wahi a Son. Pane akula ʻo Jobs, "E ka ʻiʻo, pupule ʻoe."
Loaʻa iā Jobs ke kuleana e kānalua. ʻO ke keiki, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he ʻoihana akamai i ka honua ʻenehana i hiki ke kūʻai aku i ʻelua mau hui i ka makahiki 19, me ka loaʻa ʻana iā ia he $ 3 biliona. Eia hou, me ka waiwai nui ma Yahoo! He kanaka waiwai waiwai o Iapana. Eia naʻe, i loko o ia hālāwai, ʻaʻohe ona kuleana a makemake ʻole paha i kekahi mea hoʻohana kelepona.
"ʻAʻole mākou i kamaʻilio me kekahi, akā ua hele mua ʻoe iaʻu, pono e hele," wahi a Jobs. Ua hoʻomau ke kūkākūkā ʻana no kekahi manawa, i ka manawa i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Son e kākau ʻo ia a me Jobs i ʻaelike no ke kūʻai kūʻokoʻa o iPhones. ʻO ka pane ʻana o Jobs? "ʻAʻole! ʻAʻole wau e kau inoa i kēia, ʻaʻole ʻoe i loaʻa kahi mea hoʻohana i kēia manawa!” Pane akula ʻo Son, “E Steve. Ua hoʻohiki ʻoe iaʻu i kēlā. Ua hāʻawi mai ʻoe iaʻu i kāu ʻōlelo. E mālama au i ka mea hoʻohana.
A pēlā ʻo ia i hana ai. Ua lilo ʻo SoftBank ma mua o $2006 biliona ma 15 no ka lima Iapana o Vodafone Group. Ua lilo ʻo SoftBank Mobile i ʻekolu ʻoihana kelepona paʻalima ma Iapana a ua hoʻolaha aku i ke kūʻai ʻana o iPhone e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2008. Mai ia manawa, ua kālai maikaʻi ʻo SoftBank Mobile i ka māhele mākeke ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o NTT DOCOMO e kūʻai aku i ka iPhone 5s a me ka iPhone 5c i Kepakemapa i hala.
Aia ʻo SoftBank Mobile ma ke kolu o ka wahi, akā ke hoʻomaka nei e hoʻonui a puni ka honua. I ka makahiki i hala, ua kūʻai ka hui i ka hui ʻAmelika ʻo Sprint no 22 biliona kālā. Aia nā lono e makemake ana ʻo SoftBank Mobile e hoʻopaʻa i kona kūlana ma ʻAmelika ma ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mea hana ʻē aʻe, i kēia manawa ʻo T-Mobile US.
No Jobs, noʻonoʻo ʻo ia i ka iPhone a hiki i kona make ʻana. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Son i kahi hālāwai me Tim Cook i ka lā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka iPhone 4S. Akā naʻe, ua hoʻopau koke ʻo ia, no ka mea, makemake ʻo Steve Jobs e kamaʻilio me ia e pili ana i kahi huahana i hoʻolaha ʻole ʻia. Ua make ʻo Jobs i ka lā aʻe.
ʻO ke kanaka ma ke kiʻi wehe e like me Kermit :-)