Comments on: Live in Japan? Want an iPhone 3G for FREE?

By: john king

john king — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:10:15 +0000

ok plz send me info iphone free

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:07:46 +0000

@ jake. Yeah, Optus kind of sucks, they are cheaper, but their 3G coverage and speeds are horrible.

By: Rude

Rude — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:14:41 +0000

I live in the Netherlands and my 16GB was free too.. 8 GB was always free here with a contract

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:49:27 +0000

Actually Telstra cover 98.9 percent of populated areas. I know because I used to be a mobile phone technician for Telstra I now work for optus and yeah we have wicked deals on it and it’s 129 bucks to unlock the iPhone. Yeppp

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:53:38 +0000

Free!? Yeah right

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:21:46 +0000

@ Glen. Yep, exactly what I was thinking. I am from Australia, and the iphone here is SOOO much better. Not only do we have the choice of any of the major carriers, we also haved tiered pricing plans (including $0 options), the option of buying outright and the option of officially unlocking it (for a fee of course). Also, because we have the choice of carriers, we can choose ones which don’t have constant complaints drop-outs and poor reception, like AT&T. One of our major carriers Telstra, has built a 3G network not only for major cities, but for 97% of the population!!

By: Frog

Frog — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:47:00 +0000

It’s free in most markets. The USA seem to get screwed over with mobile pricing, surprising given the market size.

By: icebike

icebike — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:38:56 +0000

Well Softbank has UMTS so that would give them a compatible 3G. They’ve been selling the phone since July, so they must have a fairly extensive 3g coverage area.

By: Tokyo Metro

Tokyo Metro — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:23:40 +0000

Hi. I am in Japan right now. There is no GSM system. The 2G system used here was developed in Japan and is called PDC.At first it did not include SMS or email. It was bolted on and introduced in the late 90’s by J-Phone. J-Phone bacame Vodafone Japan which became Softbank.Softbank 3G is Wcdma at 2100 band. Au/Kddi mobile uses CDMA1X and Ev-Do.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:43:38 +0000

I don’t think W-CDMA is the same as, or compatible with, North American CDMA/EVDO:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W-CDMA_(UMTS)