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Japanese "Hate" For the iPhone All a Big Mistake
MBCook writes "AppleInsider has posted a great article explaining that Wired's story about Japanese iPhone hate was completely false and has been edited at least twice. The comments in the article were recycled and taken out of context, with those interviewed blogging about the mistakes. The piece then goes on to analyze the iPhone's standing in Japan, as well as some of the major factors working for and against it. At last it points out that the Wall Street Journal tried the same myth of failure just after the phone's launch in Japan, recycled from a myth the year before, pushed by a research company with a possible anti-Apple agenda."
As BoingBoing Gadgets' Rob Beschizza points out the fact of the matter is that the iPhone's not selling in Japan. You can argue all you want about why this is, but unless you're Apple's Japanese marketing director, it's largely irrelevant. No amount of ranting about perceived bias on Wired's part will change the numbers, all it does is prove that diehard Apple fans are immune to reality.
wtf bullshit... do a google search? you do a google search, and then give us links; don't just make unfounded claims.
Look, if you don't know how to use Google, then, I really don't need to rationalize anything for you, do I?
IF there is one achilles heel in the Japanese domestic market that Americans have a good brand name in, its housing. For all of its other good points, Japanese housing sucks compared to American housing. You would think an American company could export a house to Japan.
This is my sig.
Bullshit, the standard Japanese user would want something smaller, or a camera and TV tuner at *least*, either you are completely making shit up or you limit your circle of friends to Apple zealots only.
But... the future refused to change.