Sharp doing better at innovation -- and their phone receives TELEVISION SIGNALS -- wonder what they're up to?
My response: An American-centric view ignores the innovations of foreign companies, often dismissing them as "strange." I live in Japan, and I chose a Sharp (OTCPK:SHCAY) Aquos over an iPhone. It's 100% water-proof, the screen is beautiful and it receives television signals. The phone was made in 2012, and in spite of the new smartphones flooding the market I feel no reason to upgrade.
Sharp is truly making innovations to its smartphones, but Americans do not know about these innovations simply because Japanese companies are reluctant to test US waters. Only after Americans proactively show interest in Japanese products are those products shipped overseas.
The most innovative smartphone strides are arguably being taken by Sharp, not Apple. Consider Sharp's RoBoHoN: Half-robot, half-phone. If Siri were the radio, RoBoHoN is the television. RoBoHoN personifies the smartphone, leveraging a new type of love Apple originally brought into our lives.
The RoBoHoN is a "Zero to One" innovation in the smartphone industry (see below), whereas upgrades to the iPhone are "One to Many" innovations.
As for the second point, profit and innovation are not equivalent. This shouldn't need explaining.
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