I'd tend to agree having spent some significant time there. Couldn't find numbers, but I think that segmenting the Japanese handset market this way is particul

I'd tend to agree having spent some significant time there. Couldn't find numbers, but I think that segmenting the Japanese handset market this way is particularly misleading. "The MCPC believes that there is a difference in smartphone usage patterns between Japan and Europe/North America. Smartphones in the West have become popular as a device for email and other communications as compared to the voice‐centric nature of regular mobile phones. In Japan, mobile phones have been designed with advanced functionality, including i‐mode, picture mail, official websites, etc." http://www.mcpc-jp.org/english/pdf/news.pdf http://www.mcpc-jp.org/english/pdf/news.pdf