Japanese Cellphones as Mysterious Super-Gadgets: 2009 Edition
Every year or so, you’ll read the same line: Japanese cellphones are amazing, futuristic überhandsets, and the rest of the world is stuck in the last decade. In 2009, though, that narrative has basically collapsed. The gist of today’s NYT piece, “Why Japan’s Cellphones Haven’t Gone Global,” will sound familiar: Japanese cellphones feature impressive technology…