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The latter, if I remember correctly from the advertisements.
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One annoyance with AU was when I discovered, on holiday in South Korea, that AU was the only one of the big three NOT to work at all over there (no roaming). I had a glance at the list of countries in which they offered roaming and SK was just not on there. EDIT - I just found the relevant part of AU's website (in English) here http://www.au.kddi.com/english/service/kokusai/global_passport/index.html It appears that AU CDMA phones work in SK but not GSM? Here's the relevant page for DOCOMO http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/service/world/roaming/index.html And for Softbank http://mb.softbank.jp/en/global_services/ A little amusing anecdote, my ex signed up for a 2-year iPhone contract just prior to going to England to study abroad for a year  and then left it unused for all that time, not realising she could still use the WiFi to do smartphone-y things with it. 
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Jul 14, 2011 09:59
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I was looking at AU plans yesterday, and I read that the Everybody discount, which reduces your monthly payments significantly, locks you into an automatically-renewing 2 year contract from which there is an almost 10,000 yen cancellation fee. I don't know if there is a contract cancellation fee if you don't take the Everybody discount, though. By the way, I found that all out on AU's English site, so why not check http://www.au.kddi.com/english/ ? Yeah, payment is by monthly installments. You can opt to pay your bill at the convenience stores rather than have it automatically withdrawn from your bank account. Still though, sort out the bank account before your phone. The paper saying it's being processed worked fine when I signed up with AU.
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Jul 29, 2011 10:20
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Ha! I read the beginning of that article, signed up for a Nikkei ID and a free Nikkei account, then when I was all done registering I clicked through to the Nikkei homepage and up pops a dialog box, asking if I'd like to be transferred to the English page!
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Sep 27, 2011 09:48
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harperdc posted:[edit] ^^^^ I *think* it's a monthly payment to buy the 16 gig iPad, and the data charges start at free but go up quickly, and I *think* it requires you to re-up your Softbank contract for two more years. There's a question worth asking (in my opinion): is Navitime (or equivalents) available for Windows Phone 7? I recall reading that a monthly subscription is required for Navitime Android.
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