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Hear this – LG Chocolate phones are selling like crazy in Japan. Yeah, it’s hard to believe that a device with such a “feature set” — although to be fair the Japanese Chocolate is a 3G/HSDPA enabled phone — as the Chocolate could do so well in such a developed mobile phone market as Japan where even such companies like Nokia are having a hard time, but apparently consumers in the Land of the rising Sun like it. We know LG designed the Chocolate as global phone and that so far they’ve sold more than 14 million units around the world, but we thought it will never stick in Japan. We were sooo wrong, as on the launch day, LG managed to sell 5,000 Chocolates, and has since seen daily sales average 2,000 units. This made LG to forecast 200,000 Chocolates sold by the end of this year! Wow!
Want more numbers? Here you go:
- LG Chocolate has become the third best-selling handset out of eight high-end models sold by NTT DoCoMo
- It’s also ranked second in a popularity poll by price comparison website Kakaku.com.
So what’s the reason of LG’s success in Japan. Apparently it’s the Chocolate’s design consumers like. In addition, let’s not forget the marketing – LG is working alongside DoCoMo to market the phone and its representatives have visited firsthand mobile phone retailers across Japan to promote it.
Nice work LG! Now keep working on stylish smartphones and we’ll love ya! 
[Via: JustAMP]
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
