Wednesday, November 27, 2013

iPhone 5s/5c Take 76% of Smartphone Sales in Japan for October

According to research firm Kantar Worldpanel (viaUnwired View), the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c accounted for 76% of new smartphone sales in Japan during the month of October, including 61% of phones sold on NTT DoCoMo, the country's biggest carrier. 

Availability of the new iPhone 5s and lower-cost iPhone 5c through DoCoMo marks the first time that Apple's mobile phones have been offered on the carrier, coming after a July report pointed to a loss of 3.2 million users over the last four and a half years as the carrier did not have a deal with Apple to offer the iPhone. DoCoMo's lossescontinued in September with a record loss of 66,800 subscribers, with that drop attributed to a lack of stock of the new iPhone 5s. 

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