Comments on: Survey: The iPhone is No. 1 in Japan – Updated

By: Doug, Tokyo

Doug, Tokyo — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:03:42 +0000

Are you trying to win a "Most misleading headline of the year" award?

By: Tom Ross, Berlin

Tom Ross, Berlin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:04:22 +0000

First, this is not a random survey, but an actual tally of sales by a bunch of Japanese retailers, much like NPD does in the US. So it's first hand data and reliable.

Second, the iPhone 3GS 32 GB also made the #3 sport for the whole month of June, so that's certainly something.

By: Matt, Chicago, IL

Matt, Chicago, IL — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:17:41 +0000

373 million Japanese? How did they more than triple their population in such a short time? (Last time I checked — i.e., about 5 minutes ago — Japan had a estimated population of about 127 million. Between 1/3 and 1/4 of that lives in the Tokio Metropolitan Area. The areas around Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya together house more than 60 million people, which is nearly half of Japan's population.)

By: Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson, Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan

Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson, Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:50:38 +0000

I'd like to further clarify Asaijin's Akky Akimoto's correction, and point out that the survey does not include the various mobile carrier's own shops, which does distort the data somewhat; the Blackberry Bold is definitely too high, as are a few other phones.

By: AH, Tokyo, Japan

AH, Tokyo, Japan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:30:49 +0000

FYI, Japan does not have 373 million people. It has 120 million and most live in urban areas. Commenters needs to get their facts straight too.

By: Olivier Arthaud, New York, NY

Olivier Arthaud, New York, NY — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:43:20 +0000

I understand that many Japanese conceal their iPhones in the fad-ish YMYL Holsters, which is why you rarely see them…

By: tile, irvine, ca

tile, irvine, ca — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:06:20 +0000

let me get this straight. you quote a weekly survey on the week of the iphone launch and, *gasp*, iphone is #1. what a triumph!!! iphone is #1!!! let's all fold our tents now and go home

get a grip people. this isn't even impressive.

By: TK, Los Angeles, CA

TK, Los Angeles, CA — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:47:25 +0000

PED: You said, "Heading the list at No. 1 was the 168GB iPhone 3GS." 168GB iPhone?? Why do they get the better stuff? Dude, please correct your errors.

ex ped: Arrgh. Fixed. Thanks.

By: James, Toronto, Ontario

James, Toronto, Ontario — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:31:25 +0000

Of the 373 million Japanese living in Japan, only 45 millions live in cities and towns such as Tokyo, Kyoto, etc. 83% live in rural and suburban Japan. You could born and raised in Tokyo all your life and still not meet 80% of the Japanse in Japan. Try China. iPhone is only 2 years and 1 month old, and iPhone is already a giant. iPhone III is the American idol. If you are cheap, get a good text-to-speech and speech-to-text application, install it into the mighty iPhone, and live a life free of any keyboard.

Why nobody ever talks about the ugly, terrible, outdated, Buy1 Get1 Free, useless, tasteless blackberries?

By: cynik, switzerland

cynik, switzerland — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:55:36 +0000

"Some website X reports they read on some other site Y that some company Z’s survey says sales of… blablabla. How ridiculous.

Using a freaking survey to figure out sales?! Even more ridiculous."

True. But then you are here reading about it and commenting on it, which is the same level of ridiculous squared.

And then I am commenting on you commenting on it, which is ridiculous raised to the third power, as Umberto Eco would say.

But here's the thing: I am aware of how ridiculous I am, and I LIKE IT.

So does Phil. I think. I mean, surely?

None of us are getting any of this time back. I say you just have to laugh like hell.