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I think that they mean that you need a carrier-provided device, rather than bringing your own and popping in a SIM. As for the iPhone SoftBank thing: I'm assumi
by khedoros 10y ago
I think that they mean that you need a carrier-provided device, rather than bringing your own and popping in a SIM. As for the iPhone SoftBank thing: I'm assuming that they're the only Japanese carrier that provides the iPhone (Wikipedia's page on SoftBank says that starting with the iPhone 4S, it's available through KDDI as well, so maybe the previous commenter's information is out of date?)
- ryao 10y agoSoftBank uses CDMA and LTE. I assume that they use SIM cards for LTE.
- rangibaby 10y agoAFAIK the only way to get a SoftBank SIM is with a SoftBank phone. I walked into a SoftBank store many years ago and tried to buy a SIM for my phone, they thought it was very cute.
- rangibaby 10y agoAs of the iPhone 5-ish the three major carriers (SoftBank, au, docomo) have all had the iPhone. They are uniformly terrible (onerous contract terms, expensive, low data caps, etc). Their greed has fueled an explosion of free wifi spots, and a resurgence of smaller carriers now that people are getting wise to their BS.
- wodenokoto 10y agoIt's not a bad deduction but it is completely wrong. All major carriers in Japan sell iPhone, and all carriers (including many small ones) will sell you a sim card you can insert into your unlocked iPhone that you bought in Japan.