What are the Most popular Japanese Cell phones?

by sillypucci

Can you list some of Japan’s Most well loved Cell phones?
Because I want to buy one for my birthday thats coming up; and I really want to wow all of my Friends with a Japanese phone.
I Like the Japanese culture but I reckon the phones are genius!

I can read most japanese characters [And a Small Kanji]

So Yeah. I Would most likely want a touch screen phone please.
So List mostly touch screen ones, and one with keypads. [I want to have both but wither or will do*

Please and Thankyou!!
Oh and Im not Just doing it to Impress my Friends.
I really want it for my own personal use thank you very much.
If you don’t have any useful information why post saying Dumb pointless crap?
One more business. I Know its gonna be expensive to get this and blah. But idc. Im just asking for the well loved phones thats all its not like im going to be 100% sure im getting one.
Im Just interested in Japanese things. And I wan’t to see what there well loved phones are because I might be considering to get one. [If I Can*

Answer by gman
Wow! A Japanese cell phone for your birthday, just to impress your friends. Ain’t that special.

Answer by sdfh s
Well, the most well loved Japanese cell phones are made by Sharp, Panasonic, Toshiba, NEC, etc. But each company releases several new phones every season, so it’s hard to say which models are well loved.
Now, here are some problems with your plot:
1) It’s really hard, if not impossible, to get a Japanese cell phone to work with a non-Japanese service provider. Nearly all cell phones in Japan are made by Japanese companies, but as I’m sure you’ve noticed, none of them sell phones outside of Japan (the Sony-Erikson partnership excepted). One reason is the systems are too different.
2) It’s really hard, if not impossible, to buy an unlocked cell phone without a service contract. Each model is normally tied to a specific carrier, even if this is supposed to exchange in the future.
3) It’s really hard, if not impossible, to buy a cell phone in Japan at all unless you’re at least a resident (not just a tourist) of Japan.

So basically, I would probably try to reckon of a better birthday present. Even if you may maybe somehow get one and get it to work, it would be an expenisive PITA.

What do you reckon? Answer below!

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So recently my cell phone was stolen. Now were looking at one to replace it. Now I have my eye on an unlocked Japanese phone, but am wondering if I can use it with the plot i have in the states. Is there any way this can be done?

Answer by johnny d
I’m reasonably sure you can as long as your carrier supports the frequency the phone uses. I would do a search and make sure before I buy.

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