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.

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