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Originally Posted by Penforhire
I think they missed a significant technological factor. Japan was crazy for advanced (a.k.a. smart) cellular phones. I will bet many Japanese chose to read content on their phones rather than buy a dedicated e-reader.
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Yes. Many Asians use their phones instead of computers or tablets as well.
Young people in the US are similar.
I have at hand all the devices. I use a land land (actually U-Verse VOIP ) at home because of superior sound - Dect 6.0, etc., a Verizon tower flip phone for my primary cell phone, a Freedom Pop smart phone (on Sprint) for weather (maps, stocks, etc.) a Chrome book for everyday browsing and Stock Market following, an old giant desktop for graphics, Engineering, writing, printing. I have an expensive tablet but seldom use it. The tablet and my Kindle have more or less been ceded to my wife, who has every kind of device made and uses every one of them every day.
Oh yes, let us not forget Alexa (Amazon Echo!)
... and also a stand (dirve) -alone GPS which is better than the phone.