Survey: 91% of Japanese don't want an iPhone
A survey of 402 Japanese internet users aged 20 to 49 conducted by a company called iSHARE suggests that less than a tenth of the market is interested in buying an iPhone. iPhone 3G is set to debut in Japan and about six dozen other countries starting July 11.
The survey was conducted shortly after SoftBank Mobile announced it would offer the iPhone in Japan, but two days before the Worldwide Developer Conference announcement of the iPhone 3G. How that skews the results, I'm not sure.
Of the people surveyed, 36 said they were planning to purchase an iPhone. iSHARE determined, based on other questions it asked, that the iPhone's non-replaceable battery could be weakening purchasing intent.
[Via TechOn]
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At present, 91% of the Japanese are waiting for the iPhone 3g to be available at softbank shops coz it's sold out at the moment. I guess people who conducted this survey hates Apple or clam phone lovers. Cheers!
August 13 2008 at 1:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI plan on sticking with my Iphone (non 3g) because I am happy with it. Like a governor on a quad/motorcycle, = 3g will not deliver what they promise, the limitation set by ATT will spoil the 'LATEST AND GREATEST" for me. I am happy with apple, I love my Imac and Ipods, but my IPHONE does what it is intended to do....long live the edge!
June 23 2008 at 12:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNEWS FLASH!!
"According to local polls in Japan say that 9% wants an Apple iPhone. 11% say they wont buy one period due to many reasons including contracting issues. 80% say that they already own a WinMo iPhone knockoff that supports dual sims and has a removable battery and supports HSDPA/3G and is unlocked globally and the people say that Apple is a satanic demon that wants to steal their soul's . Now back to Tom in the studio, Tom..."
I live i the US and I as well as most of my friends and the majority if the people savvy enough to read TAUW never changed a battery in their cell phone without getting a newer latest phone. I always thought the battery claims to be hawgwash.... Hell most people swap laptops long before they need a new battery... this is tech today!!
I didn't want one either.
Bought it after the initial price drop. Now my wife and I both have one, and so do several family/friends after seeing how it works and how convenient it is.
There is really a lot wrong with this.
1. IF this survey was accurate, it would be pretty good news for apple. 9% is pretty decent when it isn't out yet and hasn't been advertised there since Apple didn't want to spill the beans about its availability.
2. This survey was taken prior to iPhone 3G. Japan would never accept a phone without 3G. iPhone 3G is a completely different survey.
3. 402 people? Come on, that's not even close to a fair sample.
I am a Japanese and let me tell you why I want an ipod touch but not an iPhone.
We Japanese tend to email a lot using our phones. A lot meaning at least 10 mails a day, and more if you have a girl/boy you like. We use mails instead of MSN, AOL, iChat and etc. to chat with our friends.
I simply cannot imagine using the iPhone's touch panel to type mails everyday.
That is the mail reason...not the battery.
best graphic ever. makes sense to me on so many levels
June 19 2008 at 3:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHmmm.... this article is written to sound negative unneccesarily... who titles articles on TUAW anyways?
How about this title, which is much more realistic?
"9% of Japanese users are interested in buying the iPhone... "
With a population of 128 million people, how is Apple going to supply the required 11.5 million iPhones to these buyers?
Why does everyone make the fact that 11.5 million Japanese users want an iPhone to be negative???
I don't understand how some people are interpreting these statistics...
I doubt that 9% of the ENTIRE population will purchase an iPhone. Of the 127,433,494 people in Japan how many are children, etc, that would/could not buy an iPhone.
June 19 2008 at 10:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGood point, but the survey didn't identify who they surveyed either...
June 19 2008 at 1:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's just the Japanese being racist...
Americans - return back to the old days. See how many Mitsubishi cars Japan would sell in the USA (Zero) ;-)
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