Comment Re:Great news! (Score 4, Insightful) 214
I thought from reading around on slashdot that Japanese phones were 10+ years ahead of American ones? How did we catch up so quickly?
We didn't. The average Japanese cell phone is still vastly higher-tech than the average US cell phone.
In terms of feature set, the iPhone isn't particularly remarkable compared to run-of-the-mill Japanese handsets. The reason it's become so popular is the same reason it's done so everywhere else: the quality of the UI and the gestalt user experience absolutely blow everything else away.