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And, in any case, Japan had tons of what should be considered early smartphones. I was astonished the first time I saw one (and this was obviously before the iP
by Tor3 3y ago
And, in any case, Japan had tons of what should be considered early smartphones. I was astonished the first time I saw one (and this was obviously before the iPhone). For some reason the iPhone managed to kill off the local Japanese industry though. Japan youngsters (and not only youngsters) are very fashion-oriented, which had more to do with the change than anything else.
- kalleboo 3y agoThe problem was the UI on the Japanese smartphones was completely unusable. Just how to go back to the previous menu differed between the different functions. I was there, I migrated my mother-in-law from her “galakei” to an iPhone. She went from barely even being able to take a picture (there was a dialog after each photo asking where to save it!! Wtf) to instant messaging and playing Pokémon Go.
- cpeterso 3y agoI hadn’t heard of Galakei (“Galapagos phones”) before. This article has some history and device breakdown and screenshots: https://www.rappler.com/technology/features/95144-keitai-japanese-flip-phones/ https://www.rappler.com/technology/features/95144-keitai-jap...