Japanese "Hate" For the iPhone All a Big Mistake

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday March 1, 2009 @03:16AM from the downloading-the-ifud-app dept.

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."

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too successful by NicknamesAreStupid · 2009-03-01 08:15 · Score: 0, Offtopic

So it is obvious, the reason that the iPhone is not selling in Japan is because the LOVE it too much. The need of a computer, the lo-res camera, and complete lack of video recording (and 2 camera video phone, which has been common there) are just too adorable to buy. I just get goosebumps thinking about it. Of course, Microsoft has jumped on the "more Apple than Apple" bandwagon, as usual, and will offer a Windows Mobile 666 with a green monochrome screen that is 8-bit ASCII only VT100-style, and it will weigh 30 pounds. Japan will have as orgasm over that and worship it so much that they will be banned from the country.