Not only is Apple big in China, it’s also very big in Japan if the latest figures from Japanese company MM Research are to be believed. Translated by Macotakara, they reveal that 7.25 million iPhones were sold in Japan alone in 2011, with the total smartphone sales for the country estimated at 24.17 million.
Thos figures mean that Apple has a 17% market share, giving them the number one spot as a smartphone maker and second spot for all phones. That’s pretty impressive you think about how many people still own old Nokia handsets or non-smartphone Samsung handsets.
One thing Apple doesn’t have in Japan however is platform domination, with Android having a 69% user base compared to Apple 30%, even though it is like that pretty much everywhere due to Android’s fragmentation and how many different devices it runs on.
