The Mainichi Daily News and Japan Today are citing a “market research institute” which has ranked the iPhone fifth place in Japan’s dense cell phone market. This is for the July-September rankings, as Apple was seventh in the April-June quarter. Sharp is still the market leader in Japan, with Panasonic, Fujitsu and Kyocera following before Apple’s singular smartphone offering.
Not bad, especially considering the iPod is in a tight race now with Sony’s Walkman. Then there’s the Japanese publishers who have censured Apple thanks to some App Store shenanigans. Still, Apple’s iPhone appears to be moving steadily up the ranks in a country known to have a penchant for embracing new gadgets.
Apple climbs to 5th place in July-Sept. Japan cellphone market originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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