(keitai-l) Re: ericsson's i-mode

From: Michael Turner <leap_at_gol.com>
Date: 12/20/00
Message-ID: <01e801c06a8a$63964f00$52e9fea9@miket>
> > someone in the industry in japan once told me that japanese handset
> > makers don't have to worry about selling their phones because whatever
> > quantity they make and at whatever price, DoCoMo buys them all.
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Juergen:
 
> Sorry, but this statement is basically wrong, it's the users who buy
> them all, so that DoCoMo has to buy them first to deliver the requests.

My understanding is that the handset manufacturers aren't making
squat on selling phones - they are all piling into the same market,
trying (in classic Japanese fashion) to get some market share first.

-m
leap@gol.com



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Received on Wed Dec 20 15:28:20 2000