A recent survey conducted in Japan shows that 91.0% of Japanese mobile phone users will not purchase the iPhone. This started an avalanche of negative news articles proclaiming iPhone's failure in Japan.
iPhone 3G could flop in Japan
iPhone isn't turning Japanese anytime soon
Study suggests most of Japan not bonkers over iPhone
Survey: Pre-iPhone 3G, just 9 percent of Japan wanted one
and many more...
Now, it took me 30 seconds to find the survey and discover that 8.9% of the respondents said "I am planning to purchase one."
There are over 100 million cell phone subscribers in Japan, so according to this survey, Apple will sell close to 10 million iPhones here. If any spin should be inserted into these headlines, it should be touting the seemingly high-demand of the iPhone, but I guess that negative news probably delivers more page views.
/rant
Note: It looks like only Silicon Valley Insider actually got the story right.
Apple's iPhone 3G Already Looking Big In Japan
iPhone 3G could flop in Japan
iPhone isn't turning Japanese anytime soon
Study suggests most of Japan not bonkers over iPhone
Survey: Pre-iPhone 3G, just 9 percent of Japan wanted one
and many more...
Now, it took me 30 seconds to find the survey and discover that 8.9% of the respondents said "I am planning to purchase one."
There are over 100 million cell phone subscribers in Japan, so according to this survey, Apple will sell close to 10 million iPhones here. If any spin should be inserted into these headlines, it should be touting the seemingly high-demand of the iPhone, but I guess that negative news probably delivers more page views.
/rant
Note: It looks like only Silicon Valley Insider actually got the story right.
Apple's iPhone 3G Already Looking Big In Japan