It MUST be the slick-looking emoji
(Remember when the iPhone was “doomed” for lack of emoji?) Even I like the emoji, and I don’t know why the heck you’d ever need to text someone an icon for a hot spring or a camel. I mean, “camel” is just 5 letters, and for frequent users, “CML" is probably sufficient.
I also recall the iPhone being “doomed” in Japan due to not having a ring for hanging little toys. So—I guess case manufacturers must have come to the rescue. (Or maybe it’s just a great pocket computer.)
As for defining smartphones as something most people don’t use—well, by any likely definition, most people in ANY country don’t (yet) use a smartphone. But that doesn’t mean the smartphone segment isn’t important: it’s rapidly growing and allows competition in ways that plain old phones don’t.
I also recall the iPhone being “doomed” in Japan due to not having a ring for hanging little toys. So—I guess case manufacturers must have come to the rescue. (Or maybe it’s just a great pocket computer.)
As for defining smartphones as something most people don’t use—well, by any likely definition, most people in ANY country don’t (yet) use a smartphone. But that doesn’t mean the smartphone segment isn’t important: it’s rapidly growing and allows competition in ways that plain old phones don’t.