In Japan, I use a SoftBank Prepaid phone. Yes, it lacks a lot of nice features, but everything I have to do is make some calls and send some emails. I don't need more, really. Plus, it's very cheap.
Actually, I don't know much about all this cellphone stuff. I never cared about. But if I had to buy a contract phone, nothing is cooler than the Pantone softbank phones, they're really awesome!!
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