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Japanese cellphone in Korea???

Post by emiko08 » Fri, 05 May 2006 1:31 am

anyone knows whether I could use my Japanese cellphone in Korea????
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Re: Japanese cellphone in Korea???

Post by Bremen » Fri, 05 May 2006 10:29 am

emiko08 wrote:anyone knows whether I could use my Japanese cellphone in Korea????
Thanks!!!
I doubt it. Japan uses DoCoMo and iMode. Korea uses CDMA.
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Post by Baron Greenback » Fri, 05 May 2006 10:37 am

I doubt it. Japan uses DoCoMo and iMode. Korea uses CDMA.
Bremen you are a clever sausage :) 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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Post by Bremen » Fri, 05 May 2006 11:01 am

Baron Greenback wrote:
I doubt it. Japan uses DoCoMo and iMode. Korea uses CDMA.
Bremen you are a clever sausage :) 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)
Yup, competing 3G standards. Japan and Korea don't use the same GSM network most other countries in the world use. :)
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Post by emiko08 » Fri, 05 May 2006 2:08 pm

but some japanese phone uses a CDMA network. :???:

i am unsure :???: but thanks!

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Post by Bremen » Fri, 05 May 2006 2:39 pm

emiko08 wrote:but some japanese phone uses a CDMA network. :???:

i am unsure :???: but thanks!
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.
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Post by Plavt » Fri, 05 May 2006 5:15 pm

Bremen is right as Japan seems to have a unique cellphone network (like its electricity system) and foreign cellphones won't work in Japan since there are few or now agreements with other countries for whatever the reason.

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Post by jpatokal » Sat, 06 May 2006 5:55 pm

STFU if you don't know what you're talking about. :roll: 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/
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Post by Bremen » Sat, 06 May 2006 10:34 pm

jpatokal wrote:STFU if you don't know what you're talking about. :roll:
Like I said... she should call her telco and ask.
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Post by Plavt » Sun, 07 May 2006 12:01 am

jpatokal wrote:STFU
Why don't you?

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Post by emiko08 » Sun, 07 May 2006 1:56 am

Plavt wrote:
jpatokal wrote:STFU
Why don't you?

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what's STFU? kk. :P

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Post by jpatokal » Sun, 07 May 2006 2:46 pm

Plavt wrote:
jpatokal wrote:STFU
Why don't you?
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? :roll:

And Emiko-san, STFU is short for "Shut the Friendly Up". Somebody get me this T-shirt for my birthday :cool:
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Post by Plavt » Sun, 07 May 2006 4:21 pm

jpatokal wrote:
Plavt wrote:
jpatokal wrote:STFU
Why don't you?
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? :roll:
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.

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Post by Plavt » Sun, 07 May 2006 4:30 pm

Jpatokal,
Have just checked that Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka is on 60Hz while Tokyo and eastern Japan are on 50Hz. However I haven't been in Japan since October 2004.

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Post by Quasimodo » Mon, 08 May 2006 11:01 am

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.
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