Debate over status of iPhone in Japan rages
February 28, 2009 — Abigail Hamilton
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Wanna bomb out, technologically, in Japan? Use an iPhone.
In Japan, anyone sporting an iPhone is a doof. Because iPhones don’t have multimedia text capabilities, video camera functionality, or TV reception. In Japan, those things are … um … expected.
Slashdot tells me that in Japan the iPhone is selling so poorly it’s being offered for free. Apparently in Japan, the Panasonic P905i is kicking the iPhone’s a**.
Living here in the US, I don’t love my iPhone less, now that I know this. Though, TV would be good! However, this whole discussion does remind me of a pricelessly entertaining rant on “Am I Right or What?” about the iPhone vs. the Nokia e70
Update: Major ooops! I fell for apparently flawed and misleading reports propagated in Wired and spread around. Apple Insider tries to get to the truth:
After seeing the Wired article, [Jpanese journalist Bobi] Hayashi pointed out in his own blog that his comments on the P905i were not only taken out of context, but also rather dated, as that model is from late 2007. He also says he never called the iPhone too lame to carry. ”My cellular weapon of choice, of course,“ Hayashi wrote, ”is an iPhone and my cellular weapon of choice to the foreigners is INFOBAR2 and I don’t even dare to charge my P905i these days.“
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