Since the official launch in late September 2013 , sales of Apple 's latest smartphone - the iPhone 5S and 5C - began to dominate . Japan has one of the recorded sales figures greatest iPhone 5S and 5C .
Nine of the top 10 phones are marketed through sales channels with mobile operators in Japan are made by Apple . Third is the Japanese operator Softbank , NTT Docomo , and Au .
According to information compiled BCNranking as quoted by Apple Insider , Monday ( 02/12/2013 ) , the iPhone 5S 32 GB variants of the three operators is a collaboration of three best-selling mobile phones . Followed by a 16 GB iPhone 5S and 5C 16 GB iPhone at number four and five .
Although not included in the top ten list , but the 64 GB iPhone 5S are one rank above than Sony . 64 GB iPhone 5S is ranked eleventh Sony Xperia Z1 followed in the rankings to 12th . This seemed to indicate that Sony was not able to ' show off ' even in his native country .
The dominance of the iPhone in the State Sakura seems to have not been able to be shifted by competitors who adopt Android . In line with Sony , the released data also indicated that the Samsung Galaxy S4 only able to rank 16 in sales of smart phones .
