Face Off: iPhone 3G and Japanese cellphones
iPhone 3G provided by Softbank on coming 11th July will be the first iPhone in Japan. Since Jobs’ announcement, there are bunch of Japanese medias and blogs have been discussing if iPhone 3G is worth buying.
To clarify how iPhone and the latest Japanese cellphones spec are different, Asiajin called for comments on what functionalities they have/want/use, to potential Japanese iPhone buyers on Comparison Chart site Narabe. Here is the result,
| feature | iPhone 3G | All 2008 Cellphones | Some 2008 Cellphones |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera over 5M pixels | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| One-Seg(TV) | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| One-Seg recorder | ✖ | ✖ | ✔ |
| Official sites access | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Movie taking | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Subscriber ID | ✖ | ? | ✔ |
| Arrangeable exterior | ✖ | ✖ | ✔ |
| Number of Native Apps | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fingerprint Authentication | ✖ | ✖ | ✔ |
| Pedometer | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ |
| Single-hand operation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Ringersong | ? | ✔ | ✔ |
| Emoji(drawing letters) | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Earthquake alert | ✖ | ✖ | ✔ |
| Self-exchangeable battery | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Remote Lock | ? | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bell typing | ? | ✖ | ✔ |
| Flash lite | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FM transmitter | ✖ | ✖ | ✔ |
| GPS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| i-Tune Store | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
| mp3 player | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| PC site access | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| QR Code | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Safari browser | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
| Mobile Wallet(Osaifu Ketai) | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Decoration mail(Decome) | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Design | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ |
| Data fixed rate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Blind-touch | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Push mail | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Waterproof | ✖ | ✖ | ✔ |
This was originally asked in Japanese on Japanese version Narabete. Then, I copied the result of votes to the English version.
I initially set “All” and “Some” but “All” can have rare exceptional case, for example special model phones for kids or eldery. Most of “Yes”/”No” look correct but as it is “by polling” so some could be inaccurate.
If you have any features you cannot understand what they mean, please ask by comment.
[Disclosure] Narabe is run by Akky AKIMOTO.
[Update 2008.09.17] Thanks for digging this up. There are no “iTunes” and “Safari” on Japanese cellular phones, but of course those counterparts exist so with all cariiers you can enjoy music/movie download purchase and PC viewable browsers (“Full Browser”).
Author Information Akky Akimoto is a one of the first pro-bloggers in Japan [J]. As an individual he writes for Asiajin and his own weblog [J]. He also produces web services including Twitter book recording service IvRead.com and comparison-chart community Narabe.com. Currently traveling in Taiwan. 10 Responses to “Face Off: iPhone 3G and Japanese cellphones”
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で先月6月20日に呼びかけをした、ならべてを使った日本の携帯電話とiPhone 3Gの機能比較表がならべてユーザのみなさんのおかげで適度に育ったので、最初の計画通りアジアジンで英語記事にして紹介しました(*1)。
see that he has his cell phone out. He is using the camera in his phone as a bar code reader and is getting real time price quotes from multiple sources on the internet. It just blew me away. The iPhone is ahead of most US tech but this article fromAsiajin.comhelps you compare the iPhone to Japanese phones to compare and contrast features and the like. I guess I’m used to Apple being a little bit more innovative. Features like the App store and mobileme do lend a helping hand in keeping me impressed
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