I am going to be going to school in Japan for the next 4 years but will be coming back in the summer and I need a phone that won't cost very much and will Work throughout Japan and The U.S. I was To get a plan through one of the Major U.S. providers but there cost looks rather high. So anyone with any suggestions that would be great.
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How about if I tell you what we do?... I moved to Japan from the U.S. I had to discontinue service with my previous cellphone company because it doesn't work over here. It's possible to have a "world phone" but, in addition to paying the price of your phone plan in the U.S., you would also pay for those international calls (incoming and outgoing) by the minute. It's expensive. Don't even bother, alright?... If you simply "can't live" without a cellphone in the U.S., they have some decent pre-paid phones like T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile... You could buy one of those to use in the U.S. when you're not at school. I picked up a pre-paid cellphone at SoftBank and it worked awesome. I think you have to buy a refill card for it every couple of months... Which isn't very expensive at all. It's cheaper than the price of a cellphone plan... You can spend 300 yen (a little more than $3.00) a month to have unlimited e-mail to your phone. You also recieve free incoming phone calls from anywhere. Yes, anywhere... * You have to have at least "some" money on it, though. The cellphone I had in particular was 5,000 yen (roughly, $50.00) and it was nicer than some of the cellphones in the U.S. It had a 2 megapixel camera, a dictionary, an in-phone translator, a photo editor... SoftBank http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/en/ We use Skype on our computer for U.S. calls. You can make international calls and have a U.S. phone number. Which means that incoming and outgoing calls to the U.S. are local. How cool is that?... It's what alot of Americans do over here. Skype http://www.skype.com We use DoCoMo now. We don't have the pre-paid phones anymore (it's cheaper for us because we have multiple phones). You can pick up some free ones or pay just a little bit a month for the extent of your two-year contract, which is standard like in the U.S. ... DoCoMo http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/ Do some research but, don't ever trust a phone company. (I worked for one, I know.)
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