Daniel Hruska Babu buƙatar zama ƙasa - iPhone yana "wuta" a Japan. A karshen shekarar da ta gabata, uku daga cikin wayoyi hudu da aka sayar, iPhones ne. Tim Cook ya ce yayin taron masu hannun jari na karshe cewa tallace-tallacen iPhone a Japan ya karu da kashi 40 cikin dari. Hakan ya faru ne saboda yarjejeniyar da aka kulla da NTT DOCMO a bara.
Duk da haka, shiga cikin ƙasar Japan ba abu mai sauƙi ba ne ko kaɗan. Don samun Apple a can, Steve Jobs ya yi amfani da wani hamshakin attajirin nan na Japan wanda ba shi da ma'aikacin wayar hannu kuma yana da nasa zane na iPod mai iya yin kira. Shugaban Kamfanin SoftBank Masayoshi Son ya tuna yadda ya yi nasarar ƙirƙirar ma’aikaci tare da keɓancewar yarjejeniya don siyar da iPhones.
Shekaru biyu kafin Apple ya kaddamar da iPhone a hukumance, Son ya kira Ayyuka kuma ya kafa taro. Dan ya nuna masa wani mugun zane na yadda ya hango wayar Apple. "Na kawo don nuna zane-zane na iPod tare da ayyukan waya. Na ba shi su, amma Steve ya ƙi su, yana cewa, 'Nama, kar ku ba ni zanenku. Ina da nawa," in ji Son. "To, ba sai na nuna maka zane na ba, amma idan kana da naka, ka nuna mini su saboda Japan," Son ya amsa. Ayyuka suka amsa, "Nama, mahaukaci ne."
Ayyuka suna da kowane haƙƙin yin shakka. Son, ba shakka, hamshakin dan kasuwa ne a duniyar fasaha, wanda ya yi nasarar sayar da kamfanoni biyu yana da shekaru 19, wanda ya samu dala biliyan 3. Bugu da ƙari, tare da hannun jari mai riba a cikin Yahoo! Japan kuma ta kasance mai cin kasuwa mai nasara. Duk da haka, a lokacin wannan taron bai mallaki ko kuma ba shi da wani sha'awar kowane ma'aikacin wayar hannu.
"Ba mu yi magana da kowa ba tukuna, amma ka fara zuwa gare ni, shi ke nan a tafi," in ji Jobs. Tattaunawar ta ci gaba na ɗan lokaci, lokacin da Son ya ba da shawarar cewa shi da Ayyuka sun rubuta yarjejeniya don siyar da iPhones na musamman. Halin Ayyuka? "A'a! Ba na sanya hannu kan wannan ba, har yanzu ba ku mallaki ma’aikaci ba tukuna!” Son ya amsa, “Duba, Steve. Kun yi min alkawarin haka. Ka ba ni maganarka. Zan kula da ma'aikacin."
Haka ya yi. SoftBank ya kashe fiye da dala biliyan 2006 a cikin 15 don hannun Japan na Vodafone Group. SoftBank Mobile ya zama babban kamfani uku na wayar hannu a Japan kuma daga baya ya sanar da fara sayar da iPhone a 2008. Tun daga wannan lokacin, SoftBank Mobile ya sami nasarar zana hannun jarin kasuwa kafin NTT DOCOMO ya fara siyar da iPhone 5s da iPhone 5c a watan Satumbar da ya gabata.
SoftBank Mobile har yanzu yana matsayi na uku, amma ya fara fadadawa a duniya. A bara, kamfanin ya sayi kamfanin Sprint na Amurka kan dala biliyan 22. Akwai jita-jita cewa SoftBank Mobile yana son tabbatar da matsayinsa a cikin Jihohi ta hanyar samun wani ma'aikacin, wannan lokacin T-Mobile US.
Game da Ayyuka, ya yi tunani game da iPhone har mutuwarsa. Son ya tuna da yin alƙawari tare da Tim Cook a ranar ƙaddamar da iPhone 4S. Duk da haka, da sauri ya soke shi, saboda Steve Jobs yana so ya yi magana da shi game da samfurin da ba a bayyana ba tukuna. Ayyuka sun mutu washegari.
mutumin da ke cikin hoton buɗewa yayi kama da Kermit :-)