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From: Harry on 8 Feb 2005 18:34

Hi, first time poster here, so if I have got the wrong group can you
direct me to a more appropriate ng.

So, the wife is off to Japan soon. Unlike pervious posters that I've
searched in this group I'm not too worried about her using a mobile
over there (at the moment) but wonder if we buy a mobile over there
would it work over here?

I have seen that they use 3G, and that 3 phones over here work there,
so could we buy some of their (japanese) phones and use them here?

Any advice would be most appreciated. Also any suggestions on models
(phones of course)? Or sites which list the details of their phones?
I really need a smartish type of phone, fully working calendar and
proper address book, use of word or excel type package would be real
good too. The wife just wants a real small non clamshell phone.

I had been thinking of getting a sony/ericsson P910i here, but I don't
think it's 3G so it wouldn't work whenever we're in Japan.

So as I said above any help really appreciated

TIA

H


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From: Ivor Jones on 8 Feb 2005 19:04
Harry wrote:
> Hi, first time poster here, so if I have got the wrong group can you
> direct me to a more appropriate ng.
>
> So, the wife is off to Japan soon. Unlike pervious posters that
> I've searched in this group I'm not too worried about her using a
> mobile over there (at the moment) but wonder if we buy a mobile
> over there would it work over here?

No. Japan uses a totally different system to here, nothing you buy here
will work there and vice versa.

You'll have to get a phone there for use there.

Ivor


From: Alec on 8 Feb 2005 19:22

"Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message
news:36t2bpF5595rhU1(a)individual.net...
> Harry wrote:
>> Hi, first time poster here, so if I have got the wrong group can you
>> direct me to a more appropriate ng.
>>
>> So, the wife is off to Japan soon. Unlike pervious posters that
>> I've searched in this group I'm not too worried about her using a
>> mobile over there (at the moment) but wonder if we buy a mobile
>> over there would it work over here?
>
> No. Japan uses a totally different system to here, nothing you buy here
> will work there and vice versa.
>
> You'll have to get a phone there for use there.
>
As far as 2G phones go, that's true. They use a version of CDMA peculiar to
Japan.
3G is well established there with lots of attractive phones. However, all
are sold only with contract which non-residents cannot get. There's yet no
payg 3G and I haven't seen USIM-free secondhand phones on sale. They are
also locked.

Alec


From: Harry on 8 Feb 2005 19:38
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 00:22:04 -0000, "Alec"
<alexis2525(a)REMOVETOREPLYmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message
>news:36t2bpF5595rhU1(a)individual.net...
>> Harry wrote:
>>> Hi, first time poster here, so if I have got the wrong group can you
>>> direct me to a more appropriate ng.
>>>
>>> So, the wife is off to Japan soon. Unlike pervious posters that
>>> I've searched in this group I'm not too worried about her using a
>>> mobile over there (at the moment) but wonder if we buy a mobile
>>> over there would it work over here?
>>
>> No. Japan uses a totally different system to here, nothing you buy here
>> will work there and vice versa.
>>
>> You'll have to get a phone there for use there.
>>
>As far as 2G phones go, that's true. They use a version of CDMA peculiar to
>Japan.
>3G is well established there with lots of attractive phones. However, all
>are sold only with contract which non-residents cannot get. There's yet no
>payg 3G and I haven't seen USIM-free secondhand phones on sale. They are
>also locked.
>
>Alec
>


As for residents, that's not a real problem, wife's japanese,
contract is another thing. But LOCKED aaarrggghh. From what I've
seen their phones are just so much better than ours. Really thought/
hoped that we could get our hands on some of their phones.

BTW what is USIM?

thanks for the replies

H



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From: Paulo De Souza on 8 Feb 2005 19:42
> I have seen that they use 3G, and that 3 phones over here work there,
> so could we buy some of their (japanese) phones and use them here?


Im not 100% sure BUT im pretty sure that Japan 3G networks are different to
the
ones we use here. So phones from there will not work here!

Paulo


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