????“iPhone大概是日本市場上唯一沒有經過改造的手機（也就是說和出廠時一樣）。”

????林信行說，這種改造使手機（采用安卓系統）功能過多、過于復雜、過于耗電。

????第三，他認為，日本往外國手機里增添的軟件以及本國產手機里的軟件比不上蘋果的軟件或者未經改造的三星手機軟件。他說：“史蒂夫?喬布斯曾經說過，日本制造商的最大錯誤在于，他們沒有意識到軟件技術已經變得多么重要。日本消費電子制造商的高管大多是硬件工程師，他們不了解軟件的重要性，也不知道該如何運作軟件業務。”

????但對于為日本和全球智能手機生產零部件的日本電子公司來說，還有一線希望。日本公司或許未能創造出大獲成功的手機，但日本電子制造商生產了約50%的智能手機零部件，其中也包括蘋果的iPhone。Mobiyko公司的日本手機市場顧問Lars Cosh-Ishii指出：“日本手機制造商的本國市場份額低于5年前的水平，這是事實，但同期他們向全球各地生產商提供了大量的零部件，（在很大程度上）抵消了手機銷售額的下滑。”

????“不只是硬件。似乎沒人提到日本公司在網絡協議方面對無線行業的貢獻。至關重要的3G專利使全球數十億部手機可以與網絡相連。”他的意思是，作為現代手機的發源地，日本仍然有可能創造出面面俱到、再次震驚世界的手機。（財富中文網）

????譯者：千牛絮

????"iPhone still is about the only phone in Japan which is sold unmodified (i.e. just the way the manufacturer has it produced)."

????He adds that such tinkering makes the phones -- based on Android (GOOG) -- too feature-heavy, too complicated, and unstable battery drainers.

????Thirdly, he suggests that the software that Japanese add to foreign phones and that is found in domestic-bred devices is no match for Apple's or an unadulterated Samsung. "As Steve Jobs once said, Japanese manufacturers' biggest mistake is they didn't realize how important software technology has become. Most of the executives at Japanese consumer electronics manufacturers were hardware engineers, and they don't get the importance of software or how software business works." he says.

????There is, however, a silver lining for Japanese electronic companies making parts for Japan's and the globe's smartphones. Japan Inc. may have failed to produce a phone to set the world on fire, but Japanese electronics makers still produce roughly 50% of parts for all our smartphones and that includes Apple's iPhone. "Japan's phone makers have less market share here than five years ago, it's true, but the value of sales here is offset (by many times) compared to the volumes of components they provide to every single maker shipping globally over that same period of time," points out Japan mobile market consultant Lars Cosh-Ishii at Mobiyko.

????"And it's not just hardware. Nobody seems to mention the IP aspect of Japan Inc.'s contribution to wireless industry. Its critical patents for 3G enable billions of handsets around the world to connect to the network." His message is as the cradle of the modern mobile, Japanese innovation might still engender a phone that pushes all the right buttons and astounds the world once more.