Why the Japanese Hate the iPhone

Wired - http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/why-the-iphone.html

What's wrong with the iPhone, from a Japanese perspective? Almost everything: the high monthly data plans that go with it, its paucity of features, the low-quality camera, the unfashionable design and the fact that it's not Japanese.

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Posted by: Japanese Words
Posted on: March 28, 2009 09:57 PM

Probably the biggest problem with the iphone for the Japanese market is the fact that most communication is done via e-mail and not talking on the phone. It is much easier to type an e-mail on a normal phone than to use the touch screen of the iphone. However, it has started to gain popularity as people are realizing all the other things it can do.

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