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@dialup.mindspring.co | Better Japan phones b/c smaller coverage area, The phones in japan are faster, never get cut off, have superior battery life is because the country is so small. The Telcos only have to build out networks covering a very small area therefore, the signal is exponentially greater than that we get. Thus is takes very little power to run that phone. They can build out 3G networks in a matter of months because again the coverage is small. So its not a matter of Japanese magic that allows them to do this, they simply have the size advantage. |
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| No I don't buy this. Digital networks and phones on standby are receiving, not transmitting.. so no matter how big the cells are, it is possible to have a handset that is both small and frugal on battery life.
The fact that some PCS and GSM handsets in the US are both small and have fairly good screens means that it is possible.. it only takes one 2 oz US phone to prove that it can be done.. they exist: the GSM 8xxx series nokias and the Sprint Sanyos are the kind of handsets that could have existed several years ago if the japanese players had an interest in the market.
the real reason is the market for cellphones seems still relatively strangled by the providers here in terms of both costs and network features, thus there are few incentives for both customers and handset makers to step up to the plate.. what we have is a vicious circle (slow adoption of new tech slows demand), whereas in Asia, Japan and in Europe there is more of a virtuous circle in operation (demand drives features which drives demand..) |
