Buying HTC phones / Windows Mobile in Japan

[Noel M]

Hello xda-users:

I'm going to japan for vacations and I'm thinking to buy a phone there, I read that you need to buy the phone with a contract :confused:? and the phone might not work overseas.

Also I heard that the phones are really expensive.

Any help in this matter wil be appreciatte :D

[orb3000]

I´ve just heard that the phones will not work outside of japan as they use a different signal frequency...

[slick69]

Softbank or NTT Docomo just announced a bunch of new phones, which include the Toshiba TG-01 and the HTC favorites. The only problem being that you need a gaijin card to get them and some other requirements (a contract too). You'll probably know more once you get there.

You can rent a phone and they do use 2100 Mhz UMTS/HSDPA, but I don't know if an unlocked non-JP phone will work there with a rental phone's SIM.