Ga masu amfani wadanda kusan dukkannin nau'ikan iphone suka kasance, tabbas zaku tuna kalaman da tsohon shugaban kamfanin Microsoft, Steve Ballmer yayi, inda yake tabbatar da tambayoyin yan jaridu, cewa ƙaddamar da wannan waya mai tsada da Ba tare da madannin rubutu ba mummunan ra'ayi ne kuma kamfanin Apple ba zai ci nasara ba a wannan sabuwar tafiya. Lokaci ya tabbatar da kamfani na Cupertino daidai kuma an karbe shi daga mai barin gado Steve Ballmer, wanda bayan barin kamfanin ya sayi kungiyar NBA.
A wani taron manema labarai, Ballmer ya tabbatar da hakan ya kasance mahaukaci ne harba wata na’ura ba tare da faifan keyboard da yakai $ 500 ba, yana mai cewa ita ce waya mafi tsada a duniya kuma don dala 99 zaka iya samun tashoshi a kasuwa wadanda suka yi daidai da na iPhone, kuma tare da madannin jiki. Ballmer ya ce na'urar da ba ta da keyboard don aika imel ba ta da wata ma'ana. Tun daga wannan lokacin, Ballmer ya kasance ɗayan jarumai da yawa daga GIF ɗin da ke yawo a kan intanet lokacin da muke neman sunansa ko na Microsoft.
Shekaru 9 bayan haka, Ballmer ya amince da kuskurensa a hira ta ƙarshe da ya yi wa Bloomberg, a cikin abin da yake ikirarin cewa Apple ya yi abubuwa da kyau sosai bayan duk. Ballmer bai fada cikin yiwuwar masu aiki ba da tallafin tashoshin ba, wani abu da zai taimaka matuka wajen fadadawa da nasarar da iPhone ta samu a duk tsawon wadannan shekarun.
A tsawon shekaru, mun sami damar tabbatar da yadda iPhone shine tashar da ta saita yanayin kuma shine ɗayan na farko don kawar da maɓallin keyboard gabaɗaya don aiwatar da allon taɓawa a gaba ɗayansa, wanda da shi zamu iya yin kowane aiki, gami da rubutu ta hanyar maɓallin kewayawa akan allon.