iPhone Japan Launch Details
A few details from a friend working in a Softbank shop..
Only 10 phones are going to be delivered. It’s a small shop, but that’s a very small number. The shipment will only arrive tomorrow.
Phone calls were coming in all day asking if they could reserve. The policy at the shop was no reservations, you have to line up on Friday.
For foreign residents of Japan, you have to have a valid visa with at least 29 (!) months left. This seems a bit crazy, since most foreigners in Japan have at most a 3 year visa (ie 36 months) so you would have had to just gotten your visa. Or have a marriage or permanent visa.
The only alternative is to buy the phone outright, which will cost about 70,000 yen. Supposedly, you’d get a plan cheaper than the 7,200 yen that’s currently on offer, since you wouldn’t be paying the monthly charge for the phone. I heard that it comes out to about the same price.
You have to sign up for a 26 month plan, not 24 month.
You need to bring your alien registration card, possibly also a passport and credit card.
There is definitely no place to hang dangly Hello Kitty straps.
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