It's sounds really ironic to me. now a day, not many japanese ppl want to feature phone. as you may know most of ppl go with smart phone instead. We call we are galapagos with masochistic... But don't get me wrong. I'm Japanese who used to work Vodafone K.K long time ago. I quit just before Apple changed the world. and I really concerned about future of Japanese vendor. They never beat iPhone since it's came out...
Can not beat iphone/ android..
It will not happen ever...
It's like saying, you want to replace windows os ...
The only reason most people even consider a mac is because they can install windows on it..
The only reason people started buying macs was when they switched to Intel processors, which eventually allowed windows to run on it.
ANDROID and iOS is what keeps people locked into apple and Google..
Japan has no such software market... Their own market is too small to support bringing up a whole new system of their own..
And the largest market right now CHINA.. 4ever h8s Japan, so here's always that prejudice there which prevents easy entry...
Japan is in a really bad place after losing WWII,, because they're not like Germany with a large land mass and numerous natural resources to exploit.. And unlike Germany, they do not have close proximity to the larger European market.
Look at Russia.. For only 1 reason, they have Oil,,, they can say fvk you Obama, I'm gonna do what I want..
And Obama can't do crap about it, because even if he doesn't buy the oil, everyone else will..