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11-11-2013, 08:41 PM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tG6TyU_irg_fJP2djKBDGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/loser-apple-fans-2.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/japan-even-more-iphone-crazy-america-004502272.html)For a while, Apple’s iPhone has done best in the United States where it’s routinely posted a higher market share than in the rest of the world where a larger majority of smartphones run on Google’s Android platform. But The Wall Street Journal reports that the iPhone fever has reached new heights in Japan, where its estimated 37% market share by some measures eclipses the device’s market share in the U.S. One reason for the iPhone’s big success in Japan, the Journal says, is consumer animosity toward Korean brands such as Samsung, which has emerged as Apple’s chief rival in the smartphone world. The same distaste for Korean companies apparently doesn’t extend to American companies since the Journal reports that



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