On 2006/09/19, at 15:05, Arnold P. Siboro wrote:
>
> No Nokia handsets sold by operators in Japan are unlockable*).
> So the ones you saw on the store must be the Nokias from abroad. That
> makes me wonder why they looked mysterious to you.
No: NOKIA sells mobile phones direct in Japan, without any
carrier branding or carrier lock. These are in official NOKIA shops
in Japan - sure they are made in Brazil or China or somewhere,
but they are approved in Japan and officially sold by NOKIA in
Japan.
No. I have been working with Japan's phone industry since 1984 -
so there are not many phones which look mysterious to me (warau =
joking)
> *)Completely changing the firmware to foreign ones (like writing 6630
> firmware to 702NK) will of course remove the sim lock, but it's not
> easy
> and expensive.
>
> As far as I know unlocking is cheaper in the market than with the
> operator, so I guess they won't be out of business just because of
> better announcement..
But some people feel more comfortable paying 20 pounds to the
operator to have the phone officially unlocked, than paying 10 pounds
to some guy on the street market, who might run away with the phone
if you don't watch carefully. I guess these are two different market
segments.
Gerhard
Received on Tue Sep 19 09:51:33 2006