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Japanese cellphone in Korea???
Japanese cellphone in Korea???
anyone knows whether I could use my Japanese cellphone in Korea????
Thanks!!!
Thanks!!!
Re: Japanese cellphone in Korea???
I doubt it. Japan uses DoCoMo and iMode. Korea uses CDMA.emiko08 wrote:anyone knows whether I could use my Japanese cellphone in Korea????
Thanks!!!
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Bremen you are a clever sausageI doubt it. Japan uses DoCoMo and iMode. Korea uses CDMA.

I would have guessed yes if it can be unlocked, didn't realise that there were the issues that you mentioned (& I have no idea what you are talking about either, but I guess it is a network system)
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Yup, competing 3G standards. Japan and Korea don't use the same GSM network most other countries in the world use.Baron Greenback wrote:Bremen you are a clever sausageI doubt it. Japan uses DoCoMo and iMode. Korea uses CDMA.aren't you.
I would have guessed yes if it can be unlocked, didn't realise that there were the issues that you mentioned (& I have no idea what you are talking about either, but I guess it is a network system)

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Well, if you're on a Japanese CDMA phone and go to korea, there's a SMALL chance it will work... Best to call your japanese telco and ask them if they have roaming in Korea.emiko08 wrote:but some japanese phone uses a CDMA network.![]()
i am unsurebut thanks!
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STFU if you don't know what you're talking about.
Japan's PDC is indeed unique, but Japan's already well into the third generation now and some of their CDMA2000/W-CDMA phones can roam overseas.
Emiko-san, what kind of Japanese phone do you have? Some of Docomo's FOMA phones can roam in Korea with their "World Walker" service, see here:
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/service/world/
Same also with au's Global Passport system:
http://www.au.kddi.com/kaigai/
Finally, Vodafone's 3G phones can also roam onto South Korean W-CDMA networks, but coverage is quite limited:
http://www.vodafone.jp/3G/global_service/

Emiko-san, what kind of Japanese phone do you have? Some of Docomo's FOMA phones can roam in Korea with their "World Walker" service, see here:
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/service/world/
Same also with au's Global Passport system:
http://www.au.kddi.com/kaigai/
Finally, Vodafone's 3G phones can also roam onto South Korean W-CDMA networks, but coverage is quite limited:
http://www.vodafone.jp/3G/global_service/
Vaguely heretical thoughts on travel technology at Gyrovague
That was a generic reply to all three of you who gave blatantly incorrect answers. Seriously, if you don't have any idea what you're talking about, then why answer? For chrissake, even your take on the "electricity system" was wrong, Japan uses 110V/50-60Hz with US plugs and most American devices will work right off the bat (unless they're frequency-sensitive and you're in Kanto). Now is there some part of my answer you'd care to dispute?Plavt wrote:Why don't you?jpatokal wrote:STFU

And Emiko-san, STFU is short for "Shut the Friendly Up". Somebody get me this T-shirt for my birthday

Vaguely heretical thoughts on travel technology at Gyrovague
For your information that was an easy mistake on my part courtesy of people like yourself who gave me erroneous information when I was in Japan. My take on the electricity system was not wrong as I well remember it being a lower voltage of hundred volts information which was provided in advance in the 'Lonely Planet' guide. I stayed in Tokyo and Osaka. Perhaps you would care to explain something since you know so much. I have an electric tooth-brush on which the light flashes etremely brightly. When I was in Japan it was hardly noticeable which I assumed would be due to the lower voltage. In Singapore and Malaysia there is no difference to what I see here.jpatokal wrote:That was a generic reply to all three of you who gave blatantly incorrect answers. Seriously, if you don't have any idea what you're talking about, then why answer? For chrissake, even your take on the "electricity system" was wrong, Japan uses 110V/50-60Hz with US plugs and most American devices will work right off the bat (unless they're frequency-sensitive and you're in Kanto). Now is there some part of my answer you'd care to dispute?Plavt wrote:Why don't you?jpatokal wrote:STFU![]()
Plavt.
Last edited by Plavt on Sun, 07 May 2006 4:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Ok, here we go . . . I do not know anyone who takes or uses their phone from Korea to Japan and vice versa. Does this mean you cannot use it? No idea, all I know is that no-one does (that I know)
jpatlokal, I think you were right out of order in your response to Bremen and Plavt.
jpatlokal, I think you were right out of order in your response to Bremen and Plavt.
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