Fortune reported an interesting survey on iPhone sales in Japan. Mashable , CrunchGear and some other blogs took the news. From Japan, I am trying to provide some more detail for people who want to know this new deeper. Is the ranking reliable? Yes, the shops give their POS(point of sale) data to BCN include some nationwide chain stores, such like Eiden, K’s Denki, Bic Camera, Best Denki and, you may know this company name, Amazon Japan. The big chains missing I think are Yamada Denki and Yodobashi Camera, but it must be good enough. The ranking’s Japanese page is available here [J]. The ranking is updated on the same URL so you cannot see the past rankings. (You may purchase them [J]) Some people commented that the ranking is only for “smartphone”, which are not popular in Japan. Is this correct? No, the ranking has all... [read full story]
