Japanese iPhones are a bit different from other iPhones in the world.
In many ways, they’re worse…like no tethering.
In other ways, they’re cool…like push notification emails when using the XXXXXX@i.softbank.jp email addresses.
But there’s always been one “function” that makes me scratch my head…
It’s the push notifications for the email.
“You got a mail”…
…
what?
…
from who?
…
You mean,
“You’ve got mail”
…
or
…
“You got mail”
…
not
“You got A mail…”
…
Who wrote that anyways??
I don’t think it’s grammatically correct but even if it is,…it sounds awkward and …well,…incorrect.
It had to be some translating lady working at a company subcontracted by Softbank to “localize” the iPhone for Japanese market use…
I’ve done work like that and I can totally imagine this kind of thing happening…
Why do they let this go on?
and “Dismiss”??
…
dismiss what?
…
not Close? or Exit? or Quit?
…
My iPhone can’t speak Engrish. ; )
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