(keitai-l) Re: 5000 yen discount from KDDI and various gripes

From: Adam Holtrop <adam.holtrop_at_worldmobilestudios.com>
Date: 09/05/06
Message-ID: <C122E495.A023%adam.holtrop@worldmobilestudios.com>
Sounds like they would like to keep you as a customer, I imagine there's
still a big enough rate of churn (correct word?) for them to subsidise a
handset to that degree.


On 5/9/06 4:08 am, "Stuart Woodward" <stuartcw@gmail.com> wrote:

> I haven't upgraded my KDDI hone for a couple of years as the only
> feature that I am interested in is using the phone as a player for
> downloaded MP3 podcasts which is not possible with Au phones.
> Technically, I guess, if I went through the step of converting them to
> another format or burning them to a CD I could do it. I just want to
> download, copyt to the phone and go out. But I digress..
> 
> Yesterday, I got in the mail a promotion from KDDI offering 5000 yen
> off a new phone.
> 
> Is this because I didn't upgrade for a long time? Or is it because of
> the general round of promotions that they are doing now in preparation
> for number portability?
> 
> And while I am griping, it annoys me that the only phone to offer
> Bluetooth is the Toshiba...
> 
> Stuart
Received on Tue Sep 5 09:20:19 2006