i think its due to how pixels support Felica (all in one transport and payment card) and that it isn’t korean (beef between japan and korea).
The Japanese smartphone market is infamously very hostile. Impressive that a newcomer like Google managed to thrive there.
I wonder if this will result in any significant changes to how Google designs or markets their devices?
I feel like they’d make a JP-specific variant if they deem it necessary, rather than make changes to the models they sell in their home country
That’s pretty crazy seeing as how small the JDM is compared to the US and Europe.
That is really impressive. I think it helps that the carrier market in Japan is really diverse and Android phones are (or at least were, when I was there) common choices.