http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/05/08/apple-iphone-after-ten-months-in-japan/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/05/08/apple-iphone-after-ten-months-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-168970 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:58:51 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=1962#comment-168970 You know, you can purchase the iPhone 3G (and iPhone 3G S in July) without a contract and SIM free/unlocked from Hong Kong. It’s the only place where Apple sells the phone directly online and you can use it with DoCoMo or any other provider. I always buy my phones from Hong Kong since they have some the most pro-consumer laws in the world. Visit http://store.apple.com/hk. I tell some of my Japanese friends, and they’re shocked, because they want to use the iPhone with NTT or other GSM-based network provider. They love the ease and usability of the iPhone (Apple’s human engineering) as opposed to convoluted screens found in Japanese phone sets.

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