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Cell phone when returning to Japan

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#1
  • いろいろ
  • mail
  • 2023/05/09 01:23

Nice to meet you
I am going back to Japan for 2 weeks
How are you doing with your cell phone ？
I use a company called Boost
It costs a lot to get it to work here in Japan.

I would be happy to hear about the prices and usability of other companies.

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#2

I heard that there is something called Hanacell. My friend said it's good.

https://www.hanacell.com/japan/

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#4
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/05/09 (Tue) 10:28
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Do you plan to change from Boost to another company after hearing the other company's prices?

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#5
  • いろいろ
  • 2023/05/09 (Tue) 10:54
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What are you going to do when you hear that ？ Does your answer change depending on whether you do or not ？?

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#6
  • もう20年前から
  • 2023/05/09 (Tue) 11:45
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The only way is to either buy a sim or rent wifi at the airport in Japan. It depends on the model you bring, so there is no answer if you ask someone
Japan You can google "cell phone sim wifi" and find out as much information as you want
When did you ？ ？

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#7
  • SIM カード
  • 2023/05/09 (Tue) 12:53
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If it is T-mobile, it will automatically switch to Soft Bank's line when you arrive in Japan.

Internet connection speed in Japan is LTE, a little slow when watching videos, but no problem for news, map browsing and searching.

Phone calls are expensive, so I use LINE.

Well, if you are traveling for 2 weeks, it is best to buy a SIM card at the airport in Japan because it is too much trouble to change to another company.

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#8
  • おっさん
  • 2023/05/09 (Tue) 16:40
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I'd say that's all AT ＆ T,Verizon, Google FI.

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#9
  • 話にならない
  • 2023/05/09 (Tue) 17:56
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Maybe this topical person, based on the question, can't seem to replace the shim himself.

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#10
  • 青丘
  • 2023/05/10 (Wed) 07:19
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T-Mobil offers ＄ 50 per month if you sign up for international calls.

You can sign up for a date-specific call.

20 cents a minute to make a call ？.

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#11
  • Z
  • 2023/05/10 (Wed) 09:14
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With Google FI, you don't need to apply or anything.

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#12
  • モバイル
  • 2023/05/10 (Wed) 10:23
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↑
Just get on line.

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#13
  • 通りすがりのガーデナー
  • 2023/05/10 (Wed) 12:56
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I recently went to Japan for 3 weeks and used a Japan SIM from a company called Hanacell.
Japan SIM gives you a Japanese mobile number, which you need when you are in Japan to make hotel reservations, etc.
I chose this one.

https://www.hanacell.com/japan/

If you don't need a Japanese mobile number and want to call someone other than on line, etc., as others have said,
you should use the overseas roaming plan of your current mobile company. I think you should use the overseas roaming plan of your current mobile company.

If you are satisfied with LINE and other services, why not use pocket Wi-Fi? ・ ・ ・
If you can use Free Wi-Fi when you visit Japan, you can use LINE or Skype to make phone calls.

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#15
  • 💩
  • 2023/05/10 (Wed) 17:33
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14 If you sign up for an international plan in advance, you can use Softbank's signal for both CALL and DATE right when you get to the airport in Japan
13 Sims you buy at Japanese airports also come with Japanese phone numbers. I'm too scared to use free Wi-Fi.

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#17
  • 教えてあげない
  • 2023/05/11 (Thu) 07:07
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↑ What, Verizon and AT&T are more expensive.

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#18
  • hello-
  • 2023/05/11 (Thu) 11:16
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I use AT&T and now I heard that I can use my cell phone in Japan for $ 10/day, but I quit because it was too expensive since I was planning to stay for 3 weeks.　In Japan, I used my parents' WiFi to call and text AT&T's cell phone to the US using WiFi Call, and I borrowed my mother's cell phone for occasional trips in Japan.　

Sorry to be a bit off topic, but is T-mobile a good way to make calls and use the internet in Los Angeles ？ AT&I am paying 104/month for two people on T $ and I want to switch to t-mobile. I would like to switch to t-mobile, but I am hesitant because I heard that a friend of mine had problems with calls and internet near Del Amo in South Bay about 10 years ago.

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#19
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/05/11 (Thu) 12:32
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Go to a t-mobile store and ask for help.

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#20
  • 通りすがりのガーデナー
  • 2023/05/11 (Thu) 12:34
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>>15
I chose Hanacell because I wanted to be prepared before I went to Japan, and I also needed access to the Visit Japan Web
immediately after arriving in Japan. （ I didn't want to use the airport Wi-Fi ） and I wanted to have a general idea of the plans and
prices.

So Free Wi-Fi is a last resort. The Lord seemed sensitive to the cost.

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#21
  • ブス
  • 2023/05/11 (Thu) 12:43
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Boost infinite is good. I use tbobile's line. I use tbobile line and it works fine in the Del Amo area.

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#22
  • テモビレ
  • 2023/05/11 (Thu) 13:25
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＞ Will T-mobile be able to make phone calls and use the internet without problems in Los Angeles ？

T-Mobile has merged with other carriers and is now on par with AT&T and Verizon, and in the big cities, it's not even close to
in large cities. However, it is not as good in less populated areas, such as in Yosemite Valley.

Calling and data communication use the same signal, so there is no difference, except when watching YouTube
Data communication can wait until the next signal comes in, but calling is real time only, so you will lose the conversation if there is no signal.

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#23
  • 今はT-Mobile ユーザー
  • 2023/05/11 (Thu) 15:11
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5 ～ I had a Verizon account 6 years ago and lost it fast when I checked the same golf site at the same time as my friend, a T-Mobile user, at the SF Valley golf course.

I was shocked because I paid high rates and believed Verizon was the best. 2 months later, I switched to T-Mobile.

Del Amo was about 20 years ago. It worked just fine when I went hiking in Palos Verdes, where the signal was bad.

Also, T-Mobile has an international plan included in the price, so you can use it in Japan without any registration or extra expense.

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#24
  • 自分の書き込みが恥ずかしくないのかな
  • 2023/05/11 (Thu) 18:28
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Now we're in the age of 5G and you're talking nonsense about 5 or 10 years ago. Conversations that are useless for anything that only an old person can have.

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#27
  • ぷっ
  • 2023/05/11 (Thu) 20:43
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By the way, what's a sim ？?

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#28
  • こんな所で
  • 2023/05/11 (Thu) 21:53
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Don't you feel embarrassed to mount up against an old person?

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#29
  • いろいろ
  • 2023/05/12 (Fri) 01:12
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Thank you all for your opinions
I will ask T-Mobile about it.
I don't know much about SimCard.
I have an acquaintance who came back from Japan, she uses Tmobile but rented Poketto Wifi at the airport.
I always use Poketto Wifi, but if I switch to Tmobile, I hope it won't be troublesome
I hope GoogleFi can continue to use my Iphone.
I've heard good things about it from people I know.
Boost also has plans for overseas ＄ 35 I saw that it is for 2 weeks.　
Thank you all for your input!

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#30
  • 55
  • 2023/05/12 (Fri) 07:54
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T-Mobile offers a senior discount for those over 55 years old.

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#31
  • 意味不明
  • 2023/05/12 (Fri) 08:13
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I'm going back to Japan for 2 weeks and I don't want to go through the trouble of switching from Boost to T-Mobile ？
Since Boost is cheaper than -Mobile every month, why not just keep Boost and rent a pocket wifi when I return to Japan?

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#32
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/05/12 (Fri) 08:35
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Boost also has a plan for overseas ＄ 35
but for 2 weeks, it might be less hassle to sign up and use it.

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#34
  • 簡単
  • 2023/05/12 (Fri) 20:32
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Changing shims is the best thing you can do.

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#35
  • はい
  • 2023/05/13 (Sat) 15:59
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Pocket Wifi for the weak-hearted

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#36
  • hello-
  • 2023/05/13 (Sat) 17:08
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#22 Temobire, #23 Now T-mobile user, #30 55,
Thank you for writing the valuable information that Tmobile can be used without any problem in Los Angeles area. It says that I can call Japan for $ 15/month, but will this also work without problems ？

#21 ugly,
Boost infinite sounds good.　In addition, $ I hear you can call Japan for 5/month. I wonder if it is possible to make a call here too without losing the conversation in the middle of the call ？ With line or skype, if I make a call longer than 1 hour, the conversation sometimes gets lost, so I paid $ 15/month for AT&T and now I am in the situation of calling Japan.

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#38
  • はあ？
  • 2023/05/14 (Sun) 07:58
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＞ With line or skype, if I call for longer than an hour, sometimes the conversation gets lost

It's not a line or skype problem, it's a home wifi problem.

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#39
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/05/14 (Sun) 08:03
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Go all the way to Japan and then call the US.
If you want to contact them, there are other ways.

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#44
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/05/14 (Sun) 17:29
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35 for 2 weeks on the plan for overseas use.

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#45
  • #39
  • 2023/05/15 (Mon) 06:30
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No entry to Japan is allowed.

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#46
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/05/15 (Mon) 07:23
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Prohibited use prohibited.

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#47
  • ひろ
  • 2023/05/15 (Mon) 13:58
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I just saw this on the news on TV ←(KTLA ）)
Information on TEC SMART

No hassle as it uses E-sim 3G 30 days validity $ 8.50
Very cheap.

Check out ↓ for various plans.

https://www.airalo.com/ja/japan-esim

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#48
  • ひろ
  • 2023/05/15 (Mon) 14:05
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Pay (get 10% off on your first purchase with my referral code: ABB10)

Enter coupon code and you may get 10% off your first purchase ？ ↑

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#49
  • #46
  • 2023/05/15 (Mon) 15:52
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No entry to Japan is allowed.

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#50
  • Torrance
  • 2023/05/15 (Mon) 16:09
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I would like to know if anyone has been able to go to Japan with a T-Mobile phone and connect to a PC with a Hotspot™ ？ I would appreciate it if you could watch YouTube, Netflix and other videos on your PC without any problems.

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#51

＞ ＃ 50

I think you are talking about desering.
You don't have to go to Japan, you can try it yourself here ？
It depends on the signal strength in that place
.

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#52
  • この間違い多い
  • 2023/05/17 (Wed) 11:05
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＞ Desiring

In English, tethering

"Desiring" with a muddled "te" is a misnomer.

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#54
  • 私も
  • 2023/05/17 (Wed) 16:56
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I always thought it was "desiring" with a muddled "te", sweat.

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