Kantar: 76% of smartphones sold in Japan in October were iPhones

27 November, 2013
Apple's smartphones made up the bulk of October sales for the country's biggest carrier too.

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  • 29 Nov 2013

Anonymous, 28 Nov 2013dont think all people is same like u... if u want people tr... moreso your saying that apple phone is different to a samsung phone? is that what your tryin to say? when did a phone different to another phone? they serve the same purpose on calling, sending sms, internet, etc..

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    • 29 Nov 2013

    Anonymous, 28 Nov 2013dont think all people is same like u... if u want people tr... morewhat?? what are saying? what the hell is wrong with you??

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      • 28 Nov 2013

      Anonymous, 28 Nov 2013i don't care! y do i care? do i benefit if they sell more p... moreMaking money from selling phones means there is more money available for supporting them, customer care lines, retail outlets, service centres and swapping faulty phones all cost money to the manufacturer.

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        • 28 Nov 2013

        Anonymous, 28 Nov 2013y don't we just praise them (samsung, apple, etc) for selli... moredont think all people is same like u... if u want people treat the device equally , why dont u treat people equally ?

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          • bJb
          • 28 Nov 2013

          Anonymous, 28 Nov 2013i don't care! y do i care? do i benefit if they sell more p... morewhat benefit u get when u get mad about this ?

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            • vj1
            • 28 Nov 2013

            Anonymous, 28 Nov 2013u care... u really hate when apple sell more , right ?y don't we just praise them (samsung, apple, etc) for selling good phones rather than comparing each company. isn't it great to have all of them for bringing good phones?

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              • Anonymous
              • vj1
              • 28 Nov 2013

              Anonymous, 28 Nov 2013u care... u really hate when apple sell more , right ?i don't care! y do i care? do i benefit if they sell more phone? or samsung sell more?

              which ever company sells more, i don't really care..

              now, what benefit can you get if apple sell more phone? or samsung sell more?

              i don't understand you people.. apple sell more, samsung sell more, so what???

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                • 28 Nov 2013

                Anonymous, 28 Nov 2013blah blah... what can you get if apple sold more phone than... moreu care... u really hate when apple sell more , right ?

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                  • 28 Nov 2013

                  Anonymous, 28 Nov 2013Nonsense, Samsung has not even sold 100 million Galaxy S AN... moreblah blah... what can you get if apple sold more phone than samsung? who cares? does apple care about you?

                  which ever company sold more phone, it does not concern you! bakaero!

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                    • 28 Nov 2013

                    AnonD-126854, 28 Nov 2013Not true. Only Samsung high end phones(S4, Note, Active) m... moreNonsense, Samsung has not even sold 100 million Galaxy S AND Note phones, EVER.

                    Apple sold 150 million iPhones in the year ending September.

                    Your numbers do not add up with reality.

                    Reality is the majority of Android sales are cheap, low end phones.

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                      • 28 Nov 2013

                      AnonD-139558, 27 Nov 2013At least learn english you Apple fanboy! It's "accept&... morefreedom of u getting sold out by google as ads?

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                        • AdamBoy64
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                        • 28 Nov 2013

                        Wow. Didn't think Apple was big in Japan at all.
                        But they've conquered the market.

                        Good on them.

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                          • iamsaltandlight
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                          • 28 Nov 2013

                          I don't see how this could spark a debate between and among Android, Apple, and WP users. So what if Apple has a big fan base in Japan? I don't think it matters anyway. Kudos to Apple for racking in the sales, though. I've tried using all OS, and so far I'm finding Android to be my favorite because of its merits and not because of other the OS' demerits. Period.

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                            • 28 Nov 2013

                            Anyone else remember Brian Chen, from 2009?

                            http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/02/why-the-iphone/

                            I wonder what he's saying today.

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                              • AnonD-977
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                              • 28 Nov 2013

                              xtra.bravo, 27 Nov 2013No matter how much high end android phone sold, Mr Google o... moreGoogle make their money selling ads.

                              That is why Android exists, so Google can make money selling ads to the people who buy Android phones.

                              To Google, Android isn't the product, YOU are the product.

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                                • 28 Nov 2013

                                AnonD-977, 27 Nov 201390% of that 81% Android "market share" is cheap p... moreNot true.
                                Only Samsung high end phones(S4, Note, Active) make almost 50% of those 81% Android share.
                                By the way another 20% mid-range Samsung phones like Galaxy Ace(great selling phone),Mega,Grand and Mini are in the same category , even better , than iphone 3G/4/4S that make 50% of the Apple's phones.

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                                  • RightTime
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                                  • 27 Nov 2013

                                  Those are good numbers but l have been around both OS'es for a long time...I have come to see that apple customers are not any less annoying than android customers...Its called choices, they both have there advantages. Apple devices are more reliable than android devices but in my eyes that's it. Most customers just buy phones because there friends have them or they saw a cool app and l can care less about that. Out of all operating systems l like Windows 8 1st Android 2nd and apple 3rd....By the way l own and sell all these devices so l see and activate these daily and have to deal with customer issues...

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                                    • 27 Nov 2013

                                    AnonD-977, 27 Nov 201390% of that 81% Android "market share" is cheap p... moreNo matter how much high end android phone sold, Mr Google only concern how much android penetration in smartphone market. People only by a device and Mr Google will provide the OS for free, and you can rooted all that way...

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                                      • Andrea
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                                      • 27 Nov 2013

                                      So Apple is destroying also the only market remaining in which clamshell phones were still cool. So sad...

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                                        • 27 Nov 2013

                                        Sad, sad, day.