Guide and introduction to keitais!

**IonNuke** · 01-27-2009, 10:34 PM

A fake P905?

**IonNuke** · 01-27-2009, 10:34 PM

I guess you can always add to the thread.

**edieboy777** · 01-27-2009, 11:05 PM

General Info:
-Getting a Keitai:
There are many ways to get one. You can:
1) Buy from an online store. Benefits are that what you see on the webpage is generally what you get, and there’s someone to complain to if something goes wrong. However, be prepared to pay a decent premium since they like to price gouge.
2) Buy from a local store: Absolutely not recommended. Use as a last resort if you can’t get it online or otherwise, or just don’t trust buying online. Why, you ask? If you think the markup is bad from buying an online store, the price you’ll get at a local store is infinitely worse. On top of that, chances are that the seller won’t have any clue about how to use it and just sees selling keitais as a really lucrative income source.
3) Buy direct from Japan(through a middleman): If you can just go to Japan and buy one, why are you reading this? Otherwise, you can buy direct from a seller in Japan through a middleman. Providers of this service include “Rinkya” and “Shopping Mall Japan” (Google these). The costs will generally be the phone itself, plus a middleman fee, shipping, and customs. How worth it this method is will depend on the yen exchange rate: IE, not now as of January, 2009. This is because you will be paying for the phone itself in Yen, and this price is generally reasonable as long as the exchange rate isn’t too awful.

Keitais in Vancouver: To be honest, Vancouver is probably one of the better places in North America to get a Japanese cellphone. This is because we’ve got a ridiculously large Asian population compared to most other cities. Richmond has many local stores with actual somewhat-knowledgeable sellers who probably know what they are talking about. Oh and we’ve got a Daiso here, so you can find some accessories there.

-Getting a Keitai in Vancouver

The general points above apply, but as stated we are a bit better off.
Some local stores are:
http://www.amigocellular.ca/ I got my hypersim here. They carry J-phones but call beforehand to make sure they have what you want.
http://www.phonemore.ca/ They are more import phones in general but also carry some J-phones.
http://echigoya-honpo.com/index.php?main_page=index One of the more well-known keitai providers in general, but they have a rep specially in Vancouver who from what I heard can do MM unlocks locally. This is a great boon since then we don’t have to ship them to Taiwan or otherwise.

-Usage
Reception in Vancouver is fairly decent as the entire GVRD has 3G coverage. However, be prepared to CPR a decent amount, especially in deadzones. From what I can see the reception issue is particularly bad in Canada in general. Oh and you will need a Rogers simcard, preferably an older one like a 3040, no exceptions. See other places for how to hypersim and such. Nothing special, just pop it in and you’re ready, same restrictions here as in other places. If the phone has international support, then it will work as such.

One another note, Taiwanese and other similarly unlocked-by-default localized versions of Keitais will work fine here without hypersims, and get slightly better reception although you may still need to CPR now and then. Get one of these if you just want to avoid the hassle of unlocking or otherwise.

Mmm, anyone find any inaccuracies?

**Chillyman** · 01-28-2009, 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by IonNuke

I don't think it'll be used for CPR. But the person getting the phone wanted something like the P906i but not as expensive as P906i.

lol don't forget about how complex the P906i is xD

**Chillyman** · 01-28-2009, 01:09 AM

Looks pretty good to me, but you might also want to add www.unlocklink.com, is it legit? That's where I got my keitai from

**IonNuke** · 01-28-2009, 01:11 AM

It's not that complex. If you can can't get to the phone book just dial the numbers. I usually just dial people's numbers. No need for the phone book. Phone book is only for when I forget their numbers. And menus... if I can't figure them out then I'm gonna go play video games. There's no complex phone..... if you can't figure it out, figure it out later

**IonNuke** · 01-28-2009, 01:12 AM

Funny how I've heard of all those sites but I've never bought a single thing from any of those sites

**edieboy777** · 01-28-2009, 01:15 AM

Dunno, I was mainly listing websites that had an actual physical presence in the Vancouver area. Someone from the GTA might wanna add some locations, with added warnings if needed <.<".

And hush, not all of us have "sources" to "acquire" Keitais D=<

**IonNuke** · 01-28-2009, 01:27 AM

Sources requires taking a chance and just traveling around the world to find stuff~~~~

Of course a lot of people are against sending cash. I've done that like 5 times to get keitai stuff and all 5 times I've gotten my keitai and accessories.... It's much cheaper than these websites but you just gotta trust the other side. And if you don't then I guess these more expensive routes will have to make do.

**aw614** · 01-28-2009, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by IonNuke

Sources requires taking a chance and just traveling around the world to find stuff~~~~

Of course a lot of people are against sending cash. I've done that like 5 times to get keitai stuff and all 5 times I've gotten my keitai and accessories.... It's much cheaper than these websites but you just gotta trust the other side. And if you don't then I guess these more expensive routes will have to make do.

i had no problems sending cash to get my so905ics dock lucky i sent it weeks before new years

**aw614** · 01-28-2009, 01:49 AM

Originally Posted by IonNuke

It's not that complex. If you can can't get to the phone book just dial the numbers. I usually just dial people's numbers. No need for the phone book. Phone book is only for when I forget their numbers. And menus... if I can't figure them out then I'm gonna go play video games. There's no complex phone..... if you can't figure it out, figure it out later

but there is nokia s60 and you hated it

**IonNuke** · 01-28-2009, 02:11 AM

Yeah nothing works during Chinese New Year..... Everyone would be far too lazy to mail anything out for you.

**IonNuke** · 01-28-2009, 02:12 AM

S60 wasn't complex.... I lagged too much and I like to multi-task. So the phone didn't keep up with me.

**stevetam** · 01-28-2009, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by IonNuke

S60 wasn't complex.... I lagged too much and I like to multi-task. So the phone didn't keep up with me.

SE UI is always the best, its smooth and it always looks awesome. Not so hot about s60...... and s40

**yangj08** · 01-28-2009, 07:44 AM

It's so annoying- now I actually have the money to get a new keitai (just realized that waterproof trumps anything else I was previously thinking of so it's either the 824SH or the F-01A, I think) I have to wait for everyone to come back from the middle of nowhere to actually start selling keitai again. On the plus side most shops here will hold your hand through set-up (putting the SIM on the HyperSIM, installation of Chinese dictionary, and first CPR if it happens that soon).