Actually they're not. iPhone is topping the charts because it's the best phone out there, right now. These "better" phones from Korea and Japan that you're talking about have a crappy UI, crappy tv on them, they look like they came from over a decade ago, and the internet looks like it may as well be displayed in binary. We don't get most of the crap they duct tape together and if you've ever been to an asian mall, you'd know why. Maybe you'd consider a laptop with a flashlight in it to have "more features". Maybe you'd like a combo DVD, Laserdisc player shaped like a starship because it "does more". Perhaps you should eat with a fork/knife/spoon/spatula combo because my seperate fork and knife are missing features.
It's about time they got something besides cobbled-together stat whore phones. I'll give you one thing: they have faster internet there; we'd have it in North America except that North America is about the size of a thousand Japans.
You must be kidding. I've lived in Korea and have visited in Japan. The iPhone is better than what they have there, believe me. Korea and Japan know hardware well, but know nothing of software of hardware optimization.
Korea limits their consumers to the same old phones with little to no innovation. The iPhone will be a success in Korea once their government and extremely large telecom companies allow it into the country.
My iPhone can do much more than any Korean phone can. My iPhone can make professional quality music, paintings, or be a competitor to a Nintendo DS. There is no Korean phone that can do that.
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i think its just the apple brand and the looks of the iphone.
seriously, the phones in korea and japan are some of the best phones.
forgot to add there are no places on the iphone for keychains.
Actually they're not. iPhone is topping the charts because it's the best phone out there, right now. These "better" phones from Korea and Japan that you're talking about have a crappy UI, crappy tv on them, they look like they came from over a decade ago, and the internet looks like it may as well be displayed in binary. We don't get most of the crap they duct tape together and if you've ever been to an asian mall, you'd know why. Maybe you'd consider a laptop with a flashlight in it to have "more features". Maybe you'd like a combo DVD, Laserdisc player shaped like a starship because it "does more". Perhaps you should eat with a fork/knife/spoon/spatula combo because my seperate fork and knife are missing features.
It's about time they got something besides cobbled-together stat whore phones. I'll give you one thing: they have faster internet there; we'd have it in North America except that North America is about the size of a thousand Japans.
You must be kidding. I've lived in Korea and have visited in Japan. The iPhone is better than what they have there, believe me. Korea and Japan know hardware well, but know nothing of software of hardware optimization.
Korea limits their consumers to the same old phones with little to no innovation. The iPhone will be a success in Korea once their government and extremely large telecom companies allow it into the country.
My iPhone can do much more than any Korean phone can. My iPhone can make professional quality music, paintings, or be a competitor to a Nintendo DS. There is no Korean phone that can do that.