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Here's some data for Japan; Apple has about 1/3 of the smartphone market, almost all of the rest is Android. There's generally little difference in device capa

Here's some data for Japan; Apple has about 1/3 of the smartphone market, almost all of the rest is Android. There's generally little difference in device capability or pricing between iphones and non-iphones in Japan, so it's not a low-end vs. high-end thing, and two out of the three major carriers heavily push the iphone, so it's certainly not marketing.... http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2012/4/1_in_5_Mobile_Phone_Users_in_Japan_Now_Owns_a_Smartphone http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2012/4/1_in_... > I don't see how to can make a reasoned argument that Android is objectively vastly superior It's an opinion... :]

new299 13y ago
> There's generally little difference in device capability or pricing between iphones and non-iphones in Japan Actually Japan is probably one of the few places you could say Android phones are more capable as a lot of them have 1Seg tuners. :) The iPhone plans in Japan also tend to me more expensive (partly due to LTE on the iPhone 5). The situation is also slightly odd in Japan as the historically largest provider (docomo) doesn't distribute the iPhone. They are however rapidly losing customers possibly because of this: http://japandailypress.com/docomo-bleeds-subscribers-as-iphone-5-lures-japanese-customers-away-0719516 http://japandailypress.com/docomo-bleeds-subscribers-as-ipho...