Appleinfo: Re: [apple-iphone] Japan

samedi 23 mars 2013

Re: [apple-iphone] Japan

Deal. Will do that tonight

Thx all

Bill

Sent from my AT&T wireless device!

On Mar 23, 2013, at 7:23 PM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:

> Bill, don't let that discourage you.
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> Open your browser, and in the search engine window ask the question in English. Try "short term phone rental japan" and you will get many results.
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> On Mar 23, 2013, at 2:46 PM, Bill Sardone wrote:
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> Thx. This is good info.
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> My knowledge level of transmissions is zero. But I can understand 'wont work'
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> That shortens my search for sure.
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> Thx
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> Bill
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> Sent from my AT&T wireless device!
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> On Mar 23, 2013, at 5:21 PM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Japan is one of the few countries that does not use GSM. Your AT&T iPhones will not work in Japan. If you had a Verizon iPhone, with CDMA, it might work. But since you have GSM iPhones you don't have to worry about unlocking the iPhone.
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>> A quick web search of which transmission type is used in Japan would have told you. I knew that Japan is one of the few countries besides the US that uses CDMA, but I figured that someone with experience might answer.
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>> AT&T might have a program and they might rent you a CDMA cellphone, but you can probably find a better deal online. And take one of your iPhone for the other features. I have no clue as to the availability of WiFi in Japan. Another good question for a web search.
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>> Brent
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>> On Mar 22, 2013, at 9:56 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
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>> On Mar 22, 2013, at 5:27 PM, Bill Sardone wrote:
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>>> Team
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>>> I am going to Japan for 5 weeks in a few months. There will be two of us.
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>>> I have the iPhone 5.
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>>> But I also kept my iPhone 3 and 4.
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>>> Just looking for ideas. Should I rent a phone there? Can the sims be replaced in my old phones for Japan use.
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>>> I know I can 'up my plan' with att. But I would like to avoid that if possible.
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>> Check with AT&T. I did when I went to England. The phone service was pricey but I didn't need to make phone calls really. And the data plan was pretty reasonable, and that I used.
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