Isiko laseJapan, njengeKorea, belilokhu libonakala njalo ube ngowakho kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, kubonakala sengathi kancane kancane kuyashintsha futhi bavula phesheya. Isibonelo sakamuva sitholakala kumanani wokuthengisa we-iPhone eJapan, okuthi, ngokusho kwe-IDC, amele i-1 eyodwa kuma-smartphones e-2 athengiswe ngonyaka odlule.
Ngesikhathi sekota lokugcina lika-2020, i-Apple ithole i- Isabelo semakethe esingu-52,6%, ikota lapho ama-iPhones angaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha athunyelwa khona ezweni, amele ukukhula konyaka nonyaka ngama-6%. Inkampani yaseJapan iSharp yafaka ukusatshalaliswa kwezigidi eziyi-13,8 eJapan, kanti i-Samsung yizi-1,4 kuphela.
Kuwo wonke u-2020, i-Apple yathatha isabelo semakethe esingu-46,5%, emele ukukhula konyaka nonyaka ngama-8,3%. Lokhu kukhula kubangelwe ukwethulwa kohlobo olusha lwe-iPhone 12 ngobuchwepheshe be-5G.
Ngenxa yalokhu kukhula kokuthengiswa kwe-iPhone eJapan, leli lizwe selibe yizwe elinesabelo esikhulu kunazo zonke emakethe yamadivayisi we-Apple namuhla, edlula ngisho iMelika, lapho i-Apple ne-Samsung babelana cishe ngemakethe.
Ukuguquka kwesiko
Lapho i-iPhone ifika eJapan ngo-2009, konke kwakubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi i-Apple yayingeke ibe lula nje ngokungabi umkhiqizo waseJapan. Kodwa-ke, njengoba i-iPhone iguqukile futhi nemikhiqizo yasendaweni yehlulekile ukunikela ngemikhiqizo yedivayisi (iSony iyisibonelo esicacile), amaJapan akhombisile ukuthi ayakwazi ukujwayela izitayela ezintsha, eshiya eceleni amasiko abo.
Isizathu esenza ukuthi iSamsung ithengise kakhulu ezweni kungenzeka ukuthi kungenxa yokuthi ubudlelwane phakathi kwamazwe womabili Azikaze zibe khona ikakhulukazi kuze kube manje kuleli khulu leminyaka, into ezoshintsha kungekudala noma kwenzeka nge-United States.