Why Japan couldn’t care less about iPhone

Why does Japan not like the iPhone? Simple: it lacks essential features like video and picture messaging, it isn’t very fashionable there, and user-friendliness isn’t important to the locals. Wired’s Brian Chen explains.

1. [Anonymous]

   And, perhaps most importantly, it’s impossible to attach cell phone charms to it.

2. [Azu]

   interesting lack of buttons for this post

3. [13tales]

   Japanese people are crazy. I used a japanese style phone for a while after arriving here, and ended up wearing the $200 cancellation fee just so I could get rid of the bloody thing.

   Oddly enough, every japanese person I’ve met has been very impressed by the iphone.

4. [zuzu]

   Oddly enough, every japanese person I’ve met has been very impressed by the iphone.

   They’re just being polite. ^_^