> Japan has a lot of very specific features that phones need to support[0] and Apple is usually ahead of Google on implementing them.
It hadn't been true until iPhone 7. There were features lacked on iPhone but available on JDM Android phones: Felica, IrDA, TV tuner. Thankfully both supports emoji from early. In 2016, Felica was implemented on iPhone (in far more elegant way than legacy Android Felica). Rest of the features were no longer wanted by people.
iPhone had been loved even before iPhone 7 because it works well than many crappy Android phones. Galaxy phones are tend to non-crappy but Korean brand was unpopular in Japan. After iPhone 7, iPhone officially become the national loved phone.
It hadn't been true until iPhone 7. There were features lacked on iPhone but available on JDM Android phones: Felica, IrDA, TV tuner. Thankfully both supports emoji from early. In 2016, Felica was implemented on iPhone (in far more elegant way than legacy Android Felica). Rest of the features were no longer wanted by people.
iPhone had been loved even before iPhone 7 because it works well than many crappy Android phones. Galaxy phones are tend to non-crappy but Korean brand was unpopular in Japan. After iPhone 7, iPhone officially become the national loved phone.