Tag: japan
Apple’s iPhones take the top 9 spots of Japan’s top 10 smartphones ranking
BCN’s list of the top 10 sales ranking of smartphones in Japan. The tenth ranked product was a ZTE phone. It is surprising that none of the local brands appeared in this list.
Apple’s surprising growth in Japan
Daisuke Wakabayashi and Mayumi Negishi report for the Wall Street Journal on Japan being Apple’s fastest-growing market in the past two years. “Apple’s brand is just overwhelming here,” said Eiji Mori, a Tokyo-based analyst at BCN Inc. “It’s not about specifications. It’s not about rationale. It’s about owning an iPhone.” Two factors in the iPhone’s…