wraggster
November 1st, 2010, 17:51
Tokyo-based research firm, MMRI said 2.23 million smartphones (Android/Windows Mobile/Blackberry/iOS/Palm) were sold in Japan between April and September this year.
Of these, 1.34 million were iPhones.
Impressive eh?
Well, sort of. Japan has traditionally been tricky for Western consumer electronics giants to crack. In this sense Apple has done well.
But the fact is, most Japanese don't own smartphones, and the market remains in thrall to local OEMs like Sharp (22.7 per cent) and Fujitsu (14.9 per cent).
That said, there are signs that the smartphone bug is building gradually. The 2.23m total is more than double the April and September 2009 total of 1.06 million.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/39284/Apple-grabs-60-per-cent-of-Japanese-smartphone-sales
Of these, 1.34 million were iPhones.
Impressive eh?
Well, sort of. Japan has traditionally been tricky for Western consumer electronics giants to crack. In this sense Apple has done well.
But the fact is, most Japanese don't own smartphones, and the market remains in thrall to local OEMs like Sharp (22.7 per cent) and Fujitsu (14.9 per cent).
That said, there are signs that the smartphone bug is building gradually. The 2.23m total is more than double the April and September 2009 total of 1.06 million.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/39284/Apple-grabs-60-per-cent-of-Japanese-smartphone-sales