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 posted by Anonymous , February 26, 2009 11:45 PM]

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

[#2 posted by Azu , February 27, 2009 3:04 AM]

interesting lack of buttons for this post

[#3 posted by 13tales , February 27, 2009 6:12 AM]

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 posted by zuzu , February 27, 2009 10:24 AM]

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

They're just being polite. ^_^