Those were part of the huge leftover stock from all the iPhones that Apple couldn't sell in Japan. I'd always heard that the Japanese were inscrutable, and piss-poor iPhone sales proved it to a tee. They'd better start building a super-bridge or -tunnel to the mainland because they've been isolated for far too long. Now they just turn the iPhone into a common human tagging device just because it didn't have a place to attach a "Hello Kitty" strap.
The Rip is the latest addition to the Boogie eWriter line, devices that let you scribble notes and drawings and can be wiped away with the press of a button.
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Considering there are so many cool phones in Japan (i.e. all those GPS, video call phones) why not a simple, cheaper flip phone?
Oh, unless this is a Apple plant? And I wonder, are these 3G phones or Gen1s?
Those were part of the huge leftover stock from all the iPhones that Apple couldn't sell in Japan. I'd always heard that the Japanese were inscrutable, and piss-poor iPhone sales proved it to a tee. They'd better start building a super-bridge or -tunnel to the mainland because they've been isolated for far too long. Now they just turn the iPhone into a common human tagging device just because it didn't have a place to attach a "Hello Kitty" strap.
Ever considered that compared to Japanese phones, the iphone looks like it should be in a museum?
I love how iPhonerulez is resorting to racism to prove the iPhone's "superiority"