Probably not now; DoCoMo phones are locked down VERY tightly, and some don't work at all outside Japan because they use a modified form of WCDMA. On the plus side, after all the iPhone hype people are working on making the TurboSIM unlock work for other phones as well, starting with Softbank and DoCoMo. There's already a success with the 904SH (except for data, unfortunately; everything else is fine). Also, the whole of the 905i lineup is supposed to have GSM (tri-band) and WCDMA roaming (2100/850).
On the topic of the phone itself- man, that's a nice screen. When I move to Japan long-term that's the kind of phone I want to have (well, I'm torn between that and Softbank).
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Jamar @ Sep 18th 2007 8:23AM
Probably not now; DoCoMo phones are locked down VERY tightly, and some don't work at all outside Japan because they use a modified form of WCDMA. On the plus side, after all the iPhone hype people are working on making the TurboSIM unlock work for other phones as well, starting with Softbank and DoCoMo. There's already a success with the 904SH (except for data, unfortunately; everything else is fine). Also, the whole of the 905i lineup is supposed to have GSM (tri-band) and WCDMA roaming (2100/850).
On the topic of the phone itself- man, that's a nice screen. When I move to Japan long-term that's the kind of phone I want to have (well, I'm torn between that and Softbank).