iPhone not popular?

The iPhone has enjoyed a large amount of success all over the world.  Well, everywhere except Japan.  According to Wired.com, the iPhone has struggled to gain any kind of market prompting Japanese cell phone carriers such as SoftBank to give away 8-GB iPhones for free when signing up for a two year contract.  The problem with the iPhone in Japan is due to the high price and the low amount of technological features the iPhone has.  While the price of an iPhone may be high, the technology gap is the most surprising aspect of iPhone's failing popularity.  In Japan, consumers use cell phones to watch television and record videos, which are features the current iPhone lack.  In addition, unlike in the United States, more Japanese consumers use their cell phones as their only computer devices.  For example, check out this video to see how the Japanese use their cell phones as wallets and much more:



To me, I have never understood the need for an iPhone and do not possess the attraction to
Apple's products.  For example, I would not be the ones clapping in this video:



I am not really sure why I don't like Apple, but I know I am definitely a PC guy.  Maybe because of the "superior" view Apple and its loyal customers hold of themselves and the "lesser" view they have of the rest of the world.  Maybe I just like John Hodgman.  I just find it interesting that a culture that has clearly embraced technology has rejected the iPhone, one of the "must have" products of very American consumer.