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Originally Posted by godwine
Thanks guys
What kind of "unique feature" are we referring to? Most phones are not build specifically for one carrier (I worke din that field before, and was involved in some major phones out there now), so it can just be a matter of having the right tools to get it to work.
I can see that Live TV can be a feature, but its not a matter of the carrier, its a combination of things...
Streaming audio and video.. same thing... combination of things....
Thanks Nyorin, those prices sound reasonable.. more so than 800USD
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When it comes to phones in Japan - they
ARE made for one specific carrier. Each carrier has a large number of carrier specific services and features using their own formats - which simply do not overlap. This is why you never see "unlocked" phones in Japan, as it would be pretty much pointless to use one on another network as the only thing that would work would be the normal calling.
The way the phones are made and the service styles in the North America and Europe are drastically different than how things are done in Japan, so it`s really hard to compare. Figure on everything short of normal calling (and often even half of that as Docomo and AU use specific techniques to improve call quality which do not overlap or work on other networks) not working on another network. It`s not a software lock, it`s full out hardware differences... If you want to swap out parts, hack together a Frankenstein phone in order to get a handful of things to sort of work, feel free but I can`t see the point.