The secret behind iPhone sales unveiled. That wasn't even painful and proves why almost no one wants to buy iPhone in Japan, in country that is supposed to be a technology leader and its citizens being perceptive and aware of the latest technology.
First the smartphone features of the iPhone even in the hands on non-techie people still get used a lot more than other smartphones. I know parents and grandparents that used features of the iphone like weather and safari that they would never use on a windows mobile or blackberry. Also, there are a TON of people out there with Blackberries that used them for nothing more than texting, its ridiculous.
As for Japan, yeah their phones are packed with features but having talked with people from Japan they say that most people dont even understand how to use all the features. Its all about the feature check list, you buy the phone with the most check marks. They are creatures of habit just like us in the US, if everyone is buying Blackberries then you buy one too.
I would say both of you are wrong about Japan. The reason the iPhone doesn't work that well (but still, it's not that bad) is because it is not adapted for Japanese people.
In fact, the "shiny cool factor" would be made for Japan, almost created for this country where everything is based on appearances. But then, the fact that you couldn't copy/paste was a huge drawback because a lot of japanese need to copy and paste the chinese character in a dictionnary application to know how to read it (and even worse for foreigners...). Also, one on the best thing about iPhone is that you can access and browse the net from everywhere, but phones already does that here, and it has been for years. So no real incentive to switch your phone.
Then, young girls love typing on their keyboard and even take proud in their speed (I think there is even a competition).There is also the fashion to ornate your phone with glimmery accesories, the iPhone would only enable a half phone for that, so it's less "cute".
Add the 2 years contracts and you can understand why it is hard for iPhones here ... but I trust it will grow soon.
Sorry for the long post, I couldn't refrain from adding my point of view about Japan.
The phone has 256MB of RAM and a 1GHz processor, which do the job reasonably well, though the Anna interface will likely leave something to be desired for many smartphone users.
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The secret behind iPhone sales unveiled. That wasn't even painful and proves why almost no one wants to buy iPhone in Japan, in country that is supposed to be a technology leader and its citizens being perceptive and aware of the latest technology.
Man you're wrong with both of your points.
First the smartphone features of the iPhone even in the hands on non-techie people still get used a lot more than other smartphones. I know parents and grandparents that used features of the iphone like weather and safari that they would never use on a windows mobile or blackberry. Also, there are a TON of people out there with Blackberries that used them for nothing more than texting, its ridiculous.
As for Japan, yeah their phones are packed with features but having talked with people from Japan they say that most people dont even understand how to use all the features. Its all about the feature check list, you buy the phone with the most check marks. They are creatures of habit just like us in the US, if everyone is buying Blackberries then you buy one too.
I would say both of you are wrong about Japan.
The reason the iPhone doesn't work that well (but still, it's not that bad) is because it is not adapted for Japanese people.
In fact, the "shiny cool factor" would be made for Japan, almost created for this country where everything is based on appearances.
But then, the fact that you couldn't copy/paste was a huge drawback because a lot of japanese need to copy and paste the chinese character in a dictionnary application to know how to read it (and even worse for foreigners...).
Also, one on the best thing about iPhone is that you can access and browse the net from everywhere, but phones already does that here, and it has been for years. So no real incentive to switch your phone.
Then, young girls love typing on their keyboard and even take proud in their speed (I think there is even a competition).There is also the fashion to ornate your phone with glimmery accesories, the iPhone would only enable a half phone for that, so it's less "cute".
Add the 2 years contracts and you can understand why it is hard for iPhones here ... but I trust it will grow soon.
Sorry for the long post, I couldn't refrain from adding my point of view about Japan.