Can basic phones in Japan count as mid-range in US?

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KDDI au announced it would sell Sanyo's three basic handsets, starting in late February. Those are the A5518SA, "Sweets pure", and "Junior" A5520SA. All three models are running on a slower CDMA2000 1x network and supposed to be entry-level phones in Japan. But from the US perspective, they spot at minimum a mid-range set of functionality and features, when compared to basic phones rolled out in the United States. Judge for yourself. The common features for all three models include:

• 1.3MP built-in cameras
• QVGA main displays of 2.2 inch size
• 18MB of user accessible memory
• Infra-Red ports
• GPS navigation
• Bar code scanners (two-dimensional QR-code)
• Address book for 1,000 entries
• Push-to-Talk compatibility

Besides, the A5518SA model features miniSD memory slot, built-in FM radio, Email folder with 1MB memory allocated.