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Apple iPhone dominates Japan smartphone market
MacDailyNews — ... up in the smartphone market in Japan," TG Daily reports. "According to nikkei.net, market research company BCN surveyed the market and said the iPhone 3G 8GB, sold by Softbank, easily came in at number one," TG Daily reports. "Second in line was the 16GB iPhone, while the NTT CoCoMo Aquos SH-04A came in at number three." TG Daily reports, "The report said that while ordinary cellphone sales are plummeting, smartphone sales have grown by nearly 80 percent in a year." Full article here . ...

iPhone 3G S ‘cleans up’ in Japan’s smartphone market
Macsimum News — ... A survey of 2,300 retail stores reveals that Apple has cleaned up in the smartphone market in Japan, reports TG Daily. ...

New survey suggests the iPhone 3G is #1 in Japan
iPhonefreak — ... of those smartphone sales. According to the survey, Apple has taken first and second with the 8GB and 16GB iPhone 3G respectively. It should also be noted, that while the results of this survey are just coming out, it was actually done just before the launch of the iPhone 3GS. Of course, while exciting in terms of iPhone popularity, this is just one survey and cannot really be considered the final answer to the iPhones popularity in Japan. [ CNN Money via TG Daily ]

iPhone is no. 1 now in Japan. Finally…
iPhone Buzz — ... also wrote: The new iPhone 3GS started to be sold in Japan on June 26th. For your information, interestingly, the iPhone 3GS (32GB) and (16GB) seemed to be ranked at No. 174 and No. 189 on last week’s ranking, even before its release date. The old version iPhone 3G 16GB is ranked at No. 27 down a bit from No. 23 last week, which is also interesting. Who buys the old one when the new one is coming and your payment will not differ? [TG Daily via Fortune | image credit]

iPhone 3GS ranked #1 in cellphone sales in Japan... for now.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Odds and ends, Apple Financial, iPhoneTG Daily (via Fortune) is reporting that Japanese market research company BCN's latest rankings of cellphone sales in Japan are showing that Apple's smartphone is the the current market leader in that country. I did a quick check at BCN this afternoon while writing this post, and the iPhone 3GS 32GB is listed in first place in sales (see screenshot at right), with the iPhone 3GS 16GB in second place. The 3GS was just ...

Around the Web, July 6
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... to the number of iPhones sold, though we can’t pretend to be overly surprised at that particular factoid. Read more iBig in Japan Lookee-lookee: New data shows the 8GB iPhone 3GS has emerged as Japan’s biggest-selling smartphone, with the 16GB model as the second biggest-selling device. Smartphone sales in the tech-savvy nation have shot up 80 per cent in a year, with a million iPhones sold in Japan since launch in July 08. Read more Signing off, more tomorrow. ...

iPhone is no. 1 now in Japan. Finally…
Top iPhone News — ... also wrote: The new iPhone 3GS started to be sold in Japan on June 26th. For your information, interestingly, the iPhone 3GS (32GB) and (16GB) seemed to be ranked at No. 174 and No. 189 on last week’s ranking, even before its release date. The old version iPhone 3G 16GB is ranked at No. 27 down a bit from No. 23 last week, which is also interesting. Who buys the old one when the new one is coming and your payment will not differ? [TG Daily via Fortune | image credit]