Mobile fones from Korea/Japan (1 Viewer)

[Crikket]

hi
i was wondering if anyone could tell me whether i could use mobile phones from korea or japan? i have my own sim card (optus) but if i buy a phone from asia, would it work in australia? or would they have simcard locking?

 

[bubble_tea]

some phones work.. all of my cousin's phones are bought overseas and she uses the sim cards here.. you gotta check with the person whom you're buyin it from..

 

[Crikket]

check what? if it works in australia?
that might be a good idea
thanks

 

[bubble_tea]

=p np..
phones they sell here suck anyway.. cept for the sony ericsson z600! =D

 

[Jago]

hmm...i wanna get a cheap phone in china and bring it here. Suggestions?

 

[Crikket]

ooooh omg, i was JUSt looking at the sony ericsson z600
is it any good?

 

[Crikket]

for fones from china, do you have anyone who will go there, or lives there?
you could ask them. that's what i'm doing coz my dad's gone to korea for a week.
otherwise you could always go look at ebay and see what they have.
mmm ebay, it has served me well

 

[bubble_tea]

woo korea's got nice phones.. better make sure they can display english too.. >.<
yeah.. i luv my z600 =] its the best phone! tho i think it doesn't get enough memory space.. its so easy to customise!

 

[bubble_tea]

dun buy electronic from china!!
and if you do, buy them in hk.. =P

 

[Crikket]

why, what's wrong with phones from china?
are they really bad quality?

 

[bubble_tea]

haha.. i would think so..
Their exports are the best things they make in china.. I mean, they don't even have salt shakers in restaurants! u have to ask for salt, and then they give u a whole bowl full of it!

 

[Jago]

that's what you get for going to crappy shanghainese restaurants and i usually try to get my electronic gear in japan or aus

 

[bubble_tea]

that's what you get for going to crappy shanghainese restaurants

they didn't give u salt shakers in beijing, suzhou or hanzhou either!

since they're the most updated and populated cities in china, I'm assuming the rest of china has to suffer as well.. =[

 

[Jago]

maybe they thought you were jap and since china and jap have been fighting for ever now. that's what you get for blonde hair!! *shakes fist*

 

[Merforga]

Does the phrase "Mad in China" and connotation associated with it mean anything? ^^

 

[Frigid]

hi
i was wondering if anyone could tell me whether i could use mobile phones from korea or japan? i have my own sim card (optus) but if i buy a phone from asia, would it work in australia? or would they have simcard locking?

make sure they are GSM phones.

i dun think CDMA phones will work, because CDMA providers in Korea/Japan are different from those in Australia (Telstra CDMA, Orange etc).

 

[Frigid]

dun buy electronic from china!!
and if you do, buy them in hk.. =P

how ignorance prevails! seriously, go to any electronic store IN AUSTRALIA and have a look at the place of manufacture of the products. i assure you 80+% will be Made in China. but trust me, it's not a bad thing, because a lot of western companies are investing in China and making goods using western technology with chinese labour (which is obviously cheaper than if they made it elsewhere) - take for example most mobile phones, every single ATI 9x00 graphics card, most Sony/Panasonic/Sharp TVs and VCRs.

on the same note, i bought my Siemens SL55 from Guangzhou, China, for about 60% of the price i would have gotten it in Australia. i managed to claim warranty service in Australia, because i argued that if the products were all made in the same place (the SL55's casing, circuitry and LCD are Made in China, the core radio chip is from Germany), it does not matter where i purchased it from (i won in the end ).

 

[bubble_tea]

how ignorance prevails! seriously, go to any electronic store IN AUSTRALIA and have a look at the place of manufacture of the products. i assure you 80+% will be Made in China.

Ahem.. I did say their exports are the best things they manufacture..

 

[Crikket]

ok, so what's the difference between GSM and CDMA?
sorry for being so ignorant

 

[Jago]

Does the phrase "Mad in China" and connotation associated with it mean anything? ^^

chinese people are crazy?