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Originally Posted by DRNewcomb
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Originally Posted by Malkav
So if i totally understand the japanese pre pay system, you need to be a japanese resident to use it, anyone have any idea on if its possible to buy a 'unlocked' mobile phone out there, if so any ideas on how to by them?
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Except for some of the 3G handsets formerly sold by Vodafone, every handset I've seen in Japan is totally specific to the carrier. Japan is all about monopolies. The concept of "unlocked" does not exist. |
ok hypothetically, if i bought a locked softbank/ vodafone handset and brought it to the uk would it work with a uk vodafone sim in it, or if i brought a japanese handset out there and if it was locked (though with no japanese equiv of a sim, where applicable) would it work over here, sorry for sounding like a noob but i really dont understand the japanese mobile system! and what would its network lock status be like over here?