Hey all,
I'm going to be getting a keitai for a 3 month stay in Japan this summer. As I've a few friends I'll be wanting to keep in close contact with, I'd like to get a package allowing the sending quite a lot of mails and probably an hour or two of talk time each month.
Now, to my understanding there are three options available:
- Pre-paid;
- Pre-paid rental;
- Contract phone (as your average Japanese person might have).
I would like to go with the contract phone option as I would prefer one of the more recent models. As a friend will be helping me in terms of purchasing and registering the phone (I'll be on a tourist visa and therefore can't do it myself), I'll be going onto the DoCoMo network (convenient for the friend).
However, having searched high and low (-ish), I can't seem to find specific details regarding the minimum period of subscription required by the available contracts. I'll only be there for three months, so would either like a monthly contract that I can cancel at any time or something similar that enables me to cancel the contract at the end of my stay.
Does such a contract exist? Will there be a cancellation fee, and if so, do you know how much?
Any and all help is much appreciated!
Thanks,
Drkns
I'm going to be getting a keitai for a 3 month stay in Japan this summer. As I've a few friends I'll be wanting to keep in close contact with, I'd like to get a package allowing the sending quite a lot of mails and probably an hour or two of talk time each month.
Now, to my understanding there are three options available:
- Pre-paid;
- Pre-paid rental;
- Contract phone (as your average Japanese person might have).
I would like to go with the contract phone option as I would prefer one of the more recent models. As a friend will be helping me in terms of purchasing and registering the phone (I'll be on a tourist visa and therefore can't do it myself), I'll be going onto the DoCoMo network (convenient for the friend).
However, having searched high and low (-ish), I can't seem to find specific details regarding the minimum period of subscription required by the available contracts. I'll only be there for three months, so would either like a monthly contract that I can cancel at any time or something similar that enables me to cancel the contract at the end of my stay.
Does such a contract exist? Will there be a cancellation fee, and if so, do you know how much?
Any and all help is much appreciated!
Thanks,
Drkns