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A zamanin yau, yawancin masu amfani sun riga sun saurari kiɗa akan iPhones, galibi ta hanyar ayyukan yawo. Amma ba koyaushe haka yake ba, kuma na ɗan lokaci Apple's iPods sun shahara sosai. Wannan shi ne al'amarin, alal misali, a cikin Janairu 2005, lokacin da tallace-tallace na wannan shahararren ɗan wasa ya kai ga lambobin rikodin gaske.

Watanni uku da suka gabata, tare da tallace-tallacen Kirsimeti na iPod da babban buƙatun sabon iBook, sun ga ribar Apple sau huɗu. Kamfanin Cupertino, wanda a wancan lokacin har yanzu bai samu matsala wajen buga takamaiman bayanai kan adadin kayayyakin da ya sayar ba, ya yi alfahari da shaharar da ya dace da cewa ya yi nasarar sayar da iPods miliyan goma mai tarihi. Shahararrun mawakan da ke tashe-tashen hankula ne ke da alhakin ribar da Apple ya samu mafi girma a taba. Yawan ribar da kamfanin Apple ya samu a wancan lokaci ba wani abu ne mai ban mamaki a zamanin yau ba, amma ya bai wa mutane da dama mamaki a lokacin.

A cikin 2005, tabbas har yanzu bai yiwu a ce Apple yana kan gaba ba. Mahukuntan kamfanin sun yi kokarin ginawa sannan su kula da mafi kyawun matsayi a kasuwa, kuma kowa ya tuna yadda kamfanin ke gab da rugujewa a rabin na biyu na shekaru casa’in. Amma a ranar 12 ga Janairu, 2005, a matsayin wani ɓangare na sanar da sakamakon kuɗi, Apple ya bayyana tare da girman kai da gaskiya cewa ya sami nasarar kaiwa dala biliyan 3,49 a cikin kudaden shiga na kwata na baya, haɓaka 75% sama da kwata ɗaya na bara. Kudin shiga na kwata ya kai dala miliyan 295, sama da dala miliyan 63 daga kwata guda a cikin 2004.

Makullin waɗannan sakamakon dizzying shine musamman babban nasarar iPod. Dan kankanin dan wasa ya zama larura ga mutane da yawa, kana iya ganin sa akan masu fasaha, mashahurai da sauran shahararrun mutane, kuma Apple ya yi nasarar sarrafa kashi 65% na kasuwar mai kunna kiɗan mai ɗaukar hoto tare da iPod.

Amma ba batun iPod kawai ba ne. Da alama Apple ya yanke shawarar kada ya bar wani abu don samun dama kuma ya shiga cikin ruwa na masana'antar kiɗa tare da kantin sayar da kiɗa na iTunes, wanda a lokacin yana wakiltar sabuwar hanyar sayar da kiɗa. Amma shagunan Apple masu bulo da turmi suma sun sami haɓaka, kuma an buɗe reshe na farko a wajen Amurka. Har ila yau, tallace-tallace na Mac sun kasance suna karuwa, misali iBook G4 da aka ambata, amma kuma iMac G5 mai karfi ya ji daɗin shahara sosai.

Lokacin da Apple ya rubuta rikodin tallace-tallace na iPod ya kasance mai ban sha'awa ba kawai saboda nasarar da ɗan wasan ya samu ba, har ma saboda yadda kamfanin ya yi nasarar cin nasara sosai a fagage da yawa lokaci guda - ciki har da wuraren da ya kasance sabon shiga.

Source: Cult of Mac, Tushen hoton hoto: Apple (ta hanyar Wayback Machine)

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