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Tell Me Again Why the iPhone Will Never Do Well in Japan?

in Mobile on April 23, 2010 at 10:03 am PT

And people said the iPhone would never be big in Japan. According to a new survey from the MM Research Institute, Apple’s iconic smartphone has captured 72.2 percent of the Japanese smartphone market.

iPhone: Not So Big in Japan

in News on September 15, 2008 at 8:17 am PT

Nomura Research Institute once estimated that Apple could sell two to three million iPhones annually in Japan–about five percent of the market. But that was back in June when iPhone mania was at its peak and the device seemed destined to be a success wherever it was sold. But Japan is one of the world’s largest and most demanding mobile phone markets. Perhaps even a bit too demanding for the iPhone.