Sunday, May 17, 2015

iPhone scores big in Japan for October


Apple has scored a huge win in Japan in October with the release of the iPhone 5s and 5c, according to a note from research firm Kantar Worldpanel. In that month, Apples two latest handsets took a whopping 76% of smartphone sales in the country. As Japan and the rest of Asia are increasingly becoming the most important market for Americas technology giants, this is sure to be news Apple will be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

But perhaps the biggest winner is Japans DoCoMo, the countrys largest carrier who until this fall had never offered the iPhone. DoCoMo had been shedding customers for years because it wasnt carrying Apples device, but now the company has seen a massive boost in sales, with 61% of their handsets sold in the month of October being the iPhone.


Data source: via TUAW (By Michael Grothaus)

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