I thought the Japanese had been watching television, browsing the web and buying things from vending machines with their mobile phones for years.
How can there only be 3 million smartphones, and sales of smartphones be basically zero before last year? I'm thinking perhaps this statistic hinges entirely on the definition of smartphone.
I think this article fails to bundle most normal handsets in with the 'smartphone' market, which in Japan is a bit unfair. And, while their market share is definitely growing, they still have a long way to go; I've only seen maybe one or two other iPhone users on the trains in Tokyo.
Having an iPhone there has actually been a bit of a handicap, because I can't exchange numbers directly with non-iPhone users via infrared, a feature that the Japanese have enjoyed for some time now.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 9.2 ms ] threadHow can there only be 3 million smartphones, and sales of smartphones be basically zero before last year? I'm thinking perhaps this statistic hinges entirely on the definition of smartphone.
Having an iPhone there has actually been a bit of a handicap, because I can't exchange numbers directly with non-iPhone users via infrared, a feature that the Japanese have enjoyed for some time now.