According to survey of 2,300 Japanese retail stores, the iPhone was #1 in customer popularity, beating out all of those crazy, wonky phones they sell in Tokyo with names like the WonderFetus 100 Softbank X200-900 and the Brad Pitt Special Edition E900 from Sanyo with built-in TV tuner, can-opener, and fishing lures.
Smartphone sales are growing in Japan and customers like the 8 and 16GB 3G models and Apple has sold 1 million iPhones through Softbank, a major Japanese carrier.
The BlackBerry Bold came in third and the rest of the list were phones by HTC.
Doesn’t surprise me. My iPhone 3G is my favorite phone I’ve ever owned. The interface and software are very well thought out. If my iPhone died today, I wouldn’t have to think twice about replacing it with another iPhone.
Can someone forward this article to wired so the Brian X Chen can eat his crappy article on the iPhone in Japan.
I’m not surprised by these numbers at all. I think the biggest hurdle Apple had to jump was the prices of the device and the cost of the plans. Once the prices were lowered more people were able to appreciate the phones for what they are.
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WonderFetus100?! LOL! iPhone is really doing great.