iPhone is big in Japan, reflects local failure to innovate

[techpr]

Japan's celluar industry is "collegial," according to a former NTT DoCoMo executive, resulting a lack of "vision" to innovate. This has led to high demand for the iPhone there, despite missing some features common to Japanese handsets.

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