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Geralt · 10-01-2013, 03:35 AM

Here in Japan they will also be sold (from 4/10/2013) under the name of SONY PRS-T3S.
In three colors (black, red and white).

Device alone is 9980￥ which is roughly 99$
And lighted cover is sold separately in all three colors as well for 4,780￥ which is around 47$.
So TOTAL sum is ￥14,760 which is around 147$.

In comparison with amazon new paperwhite which is around 99$ or kobo glo which is around 79$ on rakuten or kobo mini which is 59$ (click here for more), I don't see Sony doing so good here either. In fact I remember reading here or somewhere else something along these lines of Sony having only 25.5% of the market in Japan. The rest goes to Kobo and Amazon.

I have to say though that in all my years of living here there is one thing I noticed. Most Japanese people read either on mobile phones (which have significantly larger screens than iphone for example, although there is a lot of people using iphone as a reader as well) or on these mini paperback editions. I rarely see anyone, and I do mean rarely, like 1-2 times a year, using any sort of dedicated reader.

10-01-2013, 03:35 AM	#12
Geralt Witcher Posts: 933 Karma: 7321117 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Swamp. Slaying Drowners. Device: Kindle PW2	Here in Japan they will also be sold (from 4/10/2013) under the name of SONY PRS-T3S. In three colors (black, red and white). Device alone is 9980￥ which is roughly 99$ And lighted cover is sold separately in all three colors as well for 4,780￥ which is around 47$. So TOTAL sum is ￥14,760 which is around 147$. In comparison with amazon new paperwhite which is around 99$ or kobo glo which is around 79$ on rakuten or kobo mini which is 59$ (click here for more), I don't see Sony doing so good here either. In fact I remember reading here or somewhere else something along these lines of Sony having only 25.5% of the market in Japan. The rest goes to Kobo and Amazon. I have to say though that in all my years of living here there is one thing I noticed. Most Japanese people read either on mobile phones (which have significantly larger screens than iphone for example, although there is a lot of people using iphone as a reader as well) or on these mini paperback editions. I rarely see anyone, and I do mean rarely, like 1-2 times a year, using any sort of dedicated reader. Last edited by Geralt; 10-01-2013 at 03:42 AM.