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The problem was the UI on the Japanese smartphones was completely unusable. Just how to go back to the previous menu differed between the different functions. I was there, I migrated my mother-in-law from her “galakei” to an iPhone. She went from barely even being able to take a picture (there was a dialog after each photo asking where to save it!! Wtf) to instant messaging and playing Pokémon Go.


I hadn’t heard of Galakei (“Galapagos phones”) before. This article has some history and device breakdown and screenshots:

https://www.rappler.com/technology/features/95144-keitai-jap...




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