Jan. 2014 43.2%(28.9% + 14.3%) & 51.1%
Xperia Z1-02F + 01F(DoCoMo) 6.1% Xperia Z1( au ) 2.5% Kyocera Urbano( au ) 2.3% As You See, i-Phone's Market Share Acconts For 50% in Entire Mobile Phone Market in JAPAN NOW. If You Look at Market Share in Smart Phone Market Exclusively, As The Article Indicates, i-Phone Accounts For More Than 60% !
Mikey, technically given your numbers there was not an 11.1 percent boost in iPhone shipments. There was an 11.1 percentage point increase in shipments. The percent increase is (36.6 - 25.5)/25.5 = 43.5% increase in iPhone shipments.
So how did DoCoMo's plan to put their crapware and other branding onto the iPhone work out?
Since Their( NTT DoCoMo ) " 2-TOPS( Shamesung + Sony ) Strategy " Completely Flopped in The Middle Term in Last Year, They FINALLY Realized that " ONLY i-Phone CAN BE i-Phone Killer ! ".
Since They Joined i-Phone Sales Race, I Think They're Doing Fairly GOOD.
I'm not Sure If You Can Download It Outside JAPAN, But Their App for i-OS " ??????????( Siri-like Concierge or Butler App )" is Quite NICE.
To Be Honest, I Much Prefer This to Siri or Others, 'cause It's More INTIMATE & HUMBLE, SINCERE than Siri that Sometimes Sounds Very Unfriendly and Even Arrogant.
This and the fact that the Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans have a long history of animosity between their cultures. The Japanese particularly don’t like Koreans I’ve been told.
Jan. 2014 43.2%(28.9% + 14.3%) & 51.1%
Xperia Z1-02F + 01F(DoCoMo) 6.1% Xperia Z1( au ) 2.5% Kyocera Urbano( au ) 2.3% As You See, i-Phone's Market Share Acconts For 50% in Entire Mobile Phone Market in JAPAN NOW. If You Look at Market Share in Smart Phone Market Exclusively, As The Article Indicates, i-Phone Accounts For More Than 60% !
Yet you listed only smartphones. What part of ALL mobile phones can't you understand?
I thought that Japan had number portability now? I know it came it later than most countries (it didn't exist when I lived in Japan six years ago) and was touted as the reason that NTT DoCoMo's marketshare collapsed.
I'm guessing that e-mail portability doesn't exist though.
They probably do have number portability. I am going off what I remember my SIL saying. The most important to her was preserving the email, and it is possible I either misunderstood what she said about the number, or maybe she did not know about number portability (this was almost two years ago).
Japan has MNP and the iPhone is very popular here. At the same time, there is real lack of price competition between the three carriers au, Softbank and DoCoMo even now after DoCoMo has joined the iPhone club. This lack of price competition and flexibility is due to the LOCK that all carriers implement on their hardware even after the phone comes off contract after 26 months. A few Android phones are "SIM-free" but most phones are not and all iPhones from carriers are locked.
In addition, there are absolutely no Payn'Go SIMs to be bought here. There are a few MVNP operators like BIC SIM offering a reasonable deal on voice and data SIMs using the DoCoMo network but they still require a 2-year contract and proof of residence. Apple Japan has just recently begun selling unlocked iPhones online from the Apple Store but at $730 for the base model of the 5S, not many people want to pay that upfront and even fewer Japanese know that unlocked iPhones can be bought from Apple Japan!
Maybe this market needs a bit of disruption other than Apple taking a 36% share of the Japanese cell phone market! I only hope that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics results in Payn'Go SIMs for overseas visitors carrying unlocked phones, otherwise there will be a lot of frustrated tourists.
You don't need 2 year contracts for all the MVNP operators. I researched them extensively before our last trip (arrived day after Christmas this past Christmas). A voice SIM is harder to get due to the requirements of having a local credit card and computer account to register it with, but does not require any 2 year contract. Data only SIMs are easy to get, even for visitors (but more expensive for visitors). I let me SIL register the data SIMs I got, which I paid for and used for one month. We just used LINE to voice call and for texting each other, which worked well, and I had my AT&T iPhone on me in case I needed to make an emergency (not 911 type) real call to someone at the exorbitant roaming rates. We had a total of 3 data SIMs, one in each of our iPhones, and one in a MiFi type device that we could attach to with the iPads, Macbook, etc.
Yet you listed only smartphones. What part of ALL mobile phones can't you understand?
In JAPAN Already More than 80% of Shipped Sales of Whole Quantity of Mobile Phones Are Smart Phones Since Last Year's May Shown in My 4th Chart.
And Out Of Such Almost Annihilating Feature Phones, Only A Couple of Devices Ranked in TOP 10 in February As My 2nd Spread Sheet Shows.
But in Other Months NONE ! Not Because My First 3 Spread Sheets Include ONLY Smart Phones, But Because Feature Phones Themselves in JAPAN Are " ENDANGERED SPECIES " !!!
THIS !
Only 6th Soft Bank ZTE, 9th Kyocera Gratina & 10th Panasonic P-01F Are Feature Phones, Not Smart Phones.
My mind also flashed back to AI at the iPhone start and all the posts stating categorically that the iPhone could not succeed in Japan and the litany of reasons why they 'knew' this to be the case.
[" url="/t/179532/apples-iphone-now-accounts-for-one-in-three-japanese-mobile-phone-shipments#post_2533559"]Countries that have a high iOS adoption and usage rate are generally better countries to live in, richer and more successful than those countries that have high adoption rates of Android and very low iOS adoption rates.
I'm not at all surprised that Japan is one of those countries where the iPhone is extremely popular.
I came across this interesting chart on another site, and it's pretty obvious to see that as you move down towards the bottom of the list, the countries become progressively worse and towards the bottom of the list you find more dictatorships and poorer countries than those at the top of the list. That is no coincidence. Basically, the point is that much of Android's success (if one can call it a success) can be attributed to poverty.
The more iPhones in use, the happier the society and population are. The more Android devices that are in use, the more miserable and poor the population is, and the greater chance of living under a totalitarian rule. Those are my conclusions.
Thank you for the post. I definitely agree with the relationship (though causality maybe difficult to prove). I wanted to add another anecdote about the evil of Samsung. Samsung has been one of the few multinational corporations to support the military dictatorship of Myanmar (Burma). My wife and I just got back from there two months ago. The sign welcoming travellers to the country prominently displays the Samsung logo as do the custom stations (on par or bigger than the country's insignia...no doubt product placement that occurred through bribery...a truly disgusting company).
I encourage everyone to read the expose in this month's Vanity Fair about the Apple Samsung "World War." It is very eye opening.
But... but... but the Japanese were supposed to hate the iPhone because their feature-phones were so much more functional (well that's what the analysts had always said). There's still no place to attach a Hello Kitty strap to the iPhone which is a must-have feature. Apple is very fortunate that the Japanese don't have a whole lot of love for South Korea and S. K. companies. Apple practically wins Japanese smartphone market share by default. The iPhone causing both smartphone and camera companies to suffer in Japan. It's rather amazing. They say the teens in Japan are heavily addicted to smartphone usage and spend almost all day browsing. The iPhone is definitely the go-to smartphone for browsing the internet. Anyway, it's good to hear iPhone sales are still rising in Japan and may only get better when larger display iPhones are available.
So true...but do realize that the straps and emoticons are important but were easily resolved.
More importantly, the Japanese tend to value EFFICIENT use of size/functions not to mention quality hence they don't just get suckered into cheap and big.
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Originally Posted by AppleSauce007
The Japanese have good taste, and money.
A slight correction...Japanese people have money issues (as much as Americans do, anyway), but they value quality and are willing to spend more of their disposable income on high quality phones and cars instead of throwing good money at crappy stuff.
Doesn't the fact that you had to research extensively before coming here to be able to get an MVNP SIM for data prove the point at how backwards Japan is in regards to Payn'Go?
I'd like to know which MVNPs in Japan are offering both voice and data without a contract—I only know of the BIC SIM and perhaps a B-mobile SIM and both require proof of residence, but I could be wrong as things are changing here. Yes, I stand corrected, there are now some MVNP data-only providers who don't need a contract, but messing with SIL and SIP phone settings is beyond what most people want to do, although LINE makes it much easier. Japan is a sophisticated mobile market in many ways but the inability to buy a Payn'Go SIM from a corner shop, put it in an unlocked phone, and start making phone calls and using data instantly puts Japan behind many developing countries where full voice and data SIMs can be bought almost anywhere. I have a suspicion that it is due to Japan's National Police Agency wanting to keep a tight lid on knowing who has what phone number but have never heard that said in public.
For those visiting Japan and needing a data SIM, here is an extensive list of who offers what, but you need to read Japanese!
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Just One Correction.
This " i-Phone Account for 36.6 % of Whole Mobile Phone Sales in JAPAN from 2014 Jan. - Mar. " that MM Research & Bloomberg Reported is WRONG !
HOW COME Did They Calculate Such Wrong Number ?
I'll Show You TRUE NUMBER.
i-Phone's Market Share in Whole Mobile Phone Market & in Smart Phone Market
Mar. 2014
55%(49.6%[5S] + 5.4%[5C]) & 65.1%
Xperia Z1(DoCoMo) 2.3% Xperia Z1( au ) 2.1% LG isai LGL 2.0% Sharp Aquos 2.2%
Feb. 2014
50.4%(44.5% + 5.9%) & 59.65%
Xperia Z1(DoCoMo) 2.3% Xperia Z1( au ) 2.0%
Jan. 2014
43.2%(28.9% + 14.3%) & 51.1%
Xperia Z1-02F + 01F(DoCoMo) 6.1% Xperia Z1( au ) 2.5% Kyocera Urbano( au ) 2.3%
As You See, i-Phone's Market Share Acconts For 50% in Entire Mobile Phone Market in JAPAN NOW. If You Look at Market Share in Smart Phone Market Exclusively, As The Article Indicates, i-Phone Accounts For More Than 60% !
So how did DoCoMo's plan to put their crapware and other branding onto the iPhone work out?
Remember, Mel, when people said Apple could never crack Japan?
Why the Japanese Hate the iPhone
Since Their( NTT DoCoMo ) " 2-TOPS( Shamesung + Sony ) Strategy " Completely Flopped in The Middle Term in Last Year, They FINALLY Realized that " ONLY i-Phone CAN BE i-Phone Killer ! ".
Since They Joined i-Phone Sales Race, I Think They're Doing Fairly GOOD.
I'm not Sure If You Can Download It Outside JAPAN, But Their App for i-OS " ??????????( Siri-like Concierge or Butler App )" is Quite NICE.
To Be Honest, I Much Prefer This to Siri or Others, 'cause It's More INTIMATE & HUMBLE, SINCERE than Siri that Sometimes Sounds Very Unfriendly and Even Arrogant.
So how did DoCoMo's plan to put their crapware and other branding onto the iPhone work out?
Don't confuse NTT DoCoMo with Western carriers. Some of NTT DoCoMo's software was actually useful and popular. i-mode was wildly successfully.
The Japanese have good taste, and money.
This and the fact that the Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans have a long history of animosity between their cultures. The Japanese particularly don’t like Koreans I’ve been told.
Yet you listed only smartphones. What part of ALL mobile phones can't you understand?
I thought that Japan had number portability now? I know it came it later than most countries (it didn't exist when I lived in Japan six years ago) and was touted as the reason that NTT DoCoMo's marketshare collapsed.
I'm guessing that e-mail portability doesn't exist though.
They probably do have number portability. I am going off what I remember my SIL saying. The most important to her was preserving the email, and it is possible I either misunderstood what she said about the number, or maybe she did not know about number portability (this was almost two years ago).
Japan has MNP and the iPhone is very popular here. At the same time, there is real lack of price competition between the three carriers au, Softbank and DoCoMo even now after DoCoMo has joined the iPhone club. This lack of price competition and flexibility is due to the LOCK that all carriers implement on their hardware even after the phone comes off contract after 26 months. A few Android phones are "SIM-free" but most phones are not and all iPhones from carriers are locked.
In addition, there are absolutely no Payn'Go SIMs to be bought here. There are a few MVNP operators like BIC SIM offering a reasonable deal on voice and data SIMs using the DoCoMo network but they still require a 2-year contract and proof of residence. Apple Japan has just recently begun selling unlocked iPhones online from the Apple Store but at $730 for the base model of the 5S, not many people want to pay that upfront and even fewer Japanese know that unlocked iPhones can be bought from Apple Japan!
Maybe this market needs a bit of disruption other than Apple taking a 36% share of the Japanese cell phone market! I only hope that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics results in Payn'Go SIMs for overseas visitors carrying unlocked phones, otherwise there will be a lot of frustrated tourists.
You don't need 2 year contracts for all the MVNP operators. I researched them extensively before our last trip (arrived day after Christmas this past Christmas). A voice SIM is harder to get due to the requirements of having a local credit card and computer account to register it with, but does not require any 2 year contract. Data only SIMs are easy to get, even for visitors (but more expensive for visitors). I let me SIL register the data SIMs I got, which I paid for and used for one month. We just used LINE to voice call and for texting each other, which worked well, and I had my AT&T iPhone on me in case I needed to make an emergency (not 911 type) real call to someone at the exorbitant roaming rates. We had a total of 3 data SIMs, one in each of our iPhones, and one in a MiFi type device that we could attach to with the iPads, Macbook, etc.
Why the Japanese Hate the iPhone
Pipped me, hill60.
In JAPAN Already More than 80% of Shipped Sales of Whole Quantity of Mobile Phones Are Smart Phones Since Last Year's May Shown in My 4th Chart.
And Out Of Such Almost Annihilating Feature Phones, Only A Couple of Devices Ranked in TOP 10 in February As My 2nd Spread Sheet Shows.
But in Other Months NONE ! Not Because My First 3 Spread Sheets Include ONLY Smart Phones, But Because Feature Phones Themselves in JAPAN Are " ENDANGERED SPECIES " !!!
THIS !
Only 6th Soft Bank ZTE, 9th Kyocera Gratina & 10th Panasonic P-01F Are Feature Phones, Not Smart Phones.
I'm convinced. Your used of capitals and insults show such a good grasp of how to debate and put across your point. :what:
Pretty bizarre post wasn't it?
I encourage everyone to read the expose in this month's Vanity Fair about the Apple Samsung "World War." It is very eye opening.
But... but... but the Japanese were supposed to hate the iPhone because their feature-phones were so much more functional (well that's what the analysts had always said). There's still no place to attach a Hello Kitty strap to the iPhone which is a must-have feature. Apple is very fortunate that the Japanese don't have a whole lot of love for South Korea and S. K. companies. Apple practically wins Japanese smartphone market share by default. The iPhone causing both smartphone and camera companies to suffer in Japan. It's rather amazing. They say the teens in Japan are heavily addicted to smartphone usage and spend almost all day browsing. The iPhone is definitely the go-to smartphone for browsing the internet. Anyway, it's good to hear iPhone sales are still rising in Japan and may only get better when larger display iPhones are available.
So true...but do realize that the straps and emoticons are important but were easily resolved.
More importantly, the Japanese tend to value EFFICIENT use of size/functions not to mention quality hence they don't just get suckered into cheap and big.
The Japanese have good taste, and money.
A slight correction...Japanese people have money issues (as much as Americans do, anyway), but they value quality and are willing to spend more of their disposable income on high quality phones and cars instead of throwing good money at crappy stuff.
This is for ALL mobile phones in japan? Insane. The Japanese have good taste.
They do. They like Bach, too.
Doesn't the fact that you had to research extensively before coming here to be able to get an MVNP SIM for data prove the point at how backwards Japan is in regards to Payn'Go?
I'd like to know which MVNPs in Japan are offering both voice and data without a contract—I only know of the BIC SIM and perhaps a B-mobile SIM and both require proof of residence, but I could be wrong as things are changing here. Yes, I stand corrected, there are now some MVNP data-only providers who don't need a contract, but messing with SIL and SIP phone settings is beyond what most people want to do, although LINE makes it much easier. Japan is a sophisticated mobile market in many ways but the inability to buy a Payn'Go SIM from a corner shop, put it in an unlocked phone, and start making phone calls and using data instantly puts Japan behind many developing countries where full voice and data SIMs can be bought almost anywhere. I have a suspicion that it is due to Japan's National Police Agency wanting to keep a tight lid on knowing who has what phone number but have never heard that said in public.
For those visiting Japan and needing a data SIM, here is an extensive list of who offers what, but you need to read Japanese!
http://ma-bank.net/word/92/