Your cellphone sucks (CheapyD's new J-phone)

[CheapyD]

Check out my new toy:
http://www.vodafone.jp/japanese/products/model_3G/v903sh/
I went with classy black...


3 Megapixels of camera goodness:
http://cheapassgamer.com/cheapyd/phone/



http://www.vodafone.jp/japanese/products/model_3G/v903sh/images/903sh_main.jpg (http://www.vodafone.jp/japanese/products/model_3G/v903sh/)

[Sway]

Wow, are those pix at the highest/best resolution?

[CheapyD]

Wow, are those pix at the highest/best resolution?
No. Those were taken at 1024x768.
Highest is 2048x1536

[R1V3R5]

Japan has always had better cell phones than North America. This only goes to prove my point.
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[Jeoff]

Hotness. I hate you. I have the cheapest possible POS camera phone.

[suko_32]

AHHHHHHHHHH. Those pictures really remind me of Taiwan and now I want to go back even more!!!!!!! I wish summer would come faster. I want a Freedom Gundam model thingy. Good pics by the way.

[mykevermin]

Still couldn't pick up the Xbox section at the highest resolution, could you?

[Mind_n_Soul]

holy crap, i want a phone like that


phone, mp3 player, and good camera, (hows the video)

how much would one of those cost in american dollars,

[Sway]

No.

Well in that case, I'm even more jealous that you have that cell.

[corrosivefrost]

How'd you know my cell sucks?

My service provider blows dead bears too.

Congrats on the new toy. ;)

[shrike4242]

Damn, you Cheapy, I have phone envy! :twisted:

[CheapyD]

holy crap, i want a phone like that


phone, mp3 player, and good camera, (hows the video)

how much would one of those cost in american dollars,

The phones are very cheap when you get a plan.
Both mine and mrs cheapy's phone was less than $100 combined.

[zewone]

http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/4632/photo9mm.th.jpg (http://img496.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo9mm.jpg)
My phone isn't bad! Nice phone Cheapy.

[rabbitt]

I feel obligated to move to Japan asap. There's just something so fast-paced about that place that attracts me.

[RAMSTORIA]

im only jealous if the phone supports some kind of flash media for photos and mp3s... does it?

[CheapyD]

im only jealous if the phone supports some kind of flash media for photos and mp3s... does it?Mini SD (which is popular here). It came with 64MB card.

[$hady]

DAMN nice phone!


That's wild look how big the Playstation section is in picture 3!! The Xbox and 360 stuff looks stuck in a corner somewhere out of the way.

[javeryh]

Those pics of the store are great! I wish they had crap like that here... also, is that the view from your apartment? It's really nice. Are you homesick yet?

[Shion]

That's hot CheapyD, but I have to admit this new baby from DoCoMo is the new black:

http://www.i4u.com/article4553.html

It's a sliding phone too, extra cool IMO.

[omegaweapon7]

i know this a gaming site, but where are the pics of hot japanese school girls?

p.s: I still like my black razr better XD

[CheapyD]

That's hot CheapyD, but I have to admit this new baby from DoCoMo is the new black:

http://www.i4u.com/article4553.html

It's a sliding phone too, extra cool IMO. Yeah, that is pretty cool, but my guess is that the menus and everything are 100% Japanese. My phone has a full english option.

i know this a gaming site, but where are the pics of hot japanese school girls?
Ah, patience is a virtue!

[Troopa]

Wow, those are some of the best pictures from a cellphone camera I've ever seen.

[guyver2077]

damn im so jealous... we are not even close to that here (affordable wise)

[alonzomourning23]

Best phone I ever saw was owned by a kid I knew who had family in hong kong. His grandmother over there bought him a phone that was the equivalent of about $600 u.s. It had crystal clear picture (at least on the phone, it had a large screen but I didn't see it on a pc), a very bright flash etc. Wicked nice looking.

I wish they'd put memory cards into u.s. phones. I had a first gen nokia videophone with a memory card and it was great. I lost it though, and now I almost never take pics since it's not worth the hassle of sending them to my pc individually.

At least u.s. phones are halfway decent though. Canada had horrible cell phones, the only good thing was video phones were easy to get for cheap. But the best canadian phones were about equal to an average u.s. phone. Even the guy who worked for the company I subscribed to told me to look on ebay, since I could get much better phones for the same price.

[Metal Boss]

its too big

[Apossum]

damn. first I was gawking at the quality. then I realized that I was looking at the largest video game store I've ever seen.

but nevermind, I'm mad at the Japanese. Tell them I'm pissed at them for Nanking ;-)

[Zoglog]

my razr is better I swear...

*cries in a corner*

[PenguinoMF]

In the words of Paris Hilton...Thats hot.

[Final Starman]

That. Is. Ridiculous. I'm jealous.
>_<

[CapAmerica]

I hate you so much right now...

[Wombat]

Nice phone, I heard you went out for buffallo wings and they were made out of Iguana legs

[SuprTnr2]

Too bad we can't have airsoft's like that here in the states :(

Oh, and kickarse phone man :D

[XboxHardcore.com]

http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/4632/photo9mm.th.jpg (http://img496.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo9mm.jpg)
My phone isn't bad! Nice phone Cheapy.

CheapyDowned!

[slidecage]

i got cellphone to make calls not to play games or watch movies on..

[XboxHardcore.com]

Take some pics at the highest/best resolution!

You should do a weekly picture feature.... "CheapyD's Weekly Japanese Pic-A-Thon!!"

[radjago]

Do you still miss anything about your Sidekick II?

[j.elles]

Anyone who knows anything about phones knows american phones all suck. No exception compared to Japanese phones. Thats why I just take the free phone, I don't really care.

[Liquid 2]

damn, that puts my Razr to shame,
except mine was free, so there

are the menus in Japanese or english?

[usickenme]

The irony is you can't use the phone to take pictures of your beautiful new phone.

[Dingleberry]

The irony is you can't use the phone to take pictures of your beautiful new phone.

mirror...

[Nirvanaguy777]

Thats a pretty awesome phone.

[The VGM]

U.S.A. > Japan

[Maklershed]

Thats some incredible resolution for a cell phone

[Photomotoz]

Who needs a digital camera with that phone!

Holy shit! I want store like that here! I mean come on, its like they combined 7 or 8 EBs with 5 Best Buys then fast fowarded into the future by 10 years!

[CheapyD]

Do you still miss anything about your Sidekick II?
Yes.
The SideKick II's keyboard is still king. I miss it, along with it's AOL IM and email features.

There will always be a place in my heard for the SKII ;)

[Moxio]

Sweeeeeeeeet phone.

[badboysean]

nice phone cheapy, thats 1 funny pic of the 360 coupons at TRU. Seems like they are keeping the microsoft sales on the dl so they can push the "sony" ps3's out the door. Its a conspiracy I tell you!

Bro, what store are those airsoft guns in? Thats not the TRU is it? Friggin sweet if they are.

[triforcer]

sweet phone, is there an optical zoom on it?

[Vegan]

As affordable as the phones may be, Japan is still debatably the most expensive place in the world to live. I both envy and don't envy.

[CheapyD]

Bro, what store are those airsoft guns in? Thats not the TRU is it? Friggin sweet if they are.Yodobashi Camera, in Akihabara

sweet phone, is there an optical zoom on it?Yes, 2x.

[triforcer]

damn, that's almost as good as my old canon 3.2 megapixel camera.

[dandragonrage]

http://www.wirelessimports.com/ expensive stuff

[thagoat]

ehhhh....ive seen better. plus, i bet it cant make a shoefly pie. can it? can it??!!

[qpid]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/articles/ppc6700.mspx

My phone's pretty nice.

Sprint’s new EV-DO capable Pocket PC Phone with WiFi, Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel digital camera, and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

[viiral]

Love the phone, CheapyD.. how much did it cost.. me want one ^^

[kakomu]

Do all Japanese carry around unwieldy phones? I was sitting in the library one night and there was this girl talking into her phone in some asian language. The phone, unfolded, must have been larger than any wired landline receiver I've ever used. Folded up, it was thicker and longer than my GBA (not wider, tho). Just curious if that's the norm, or if people carry around the tiny phone I'm using with no bells or whistles.

[gforce007]

sorry Cheapy, but I'd rather use my sleek black iPod to listen to my music and my sleek black Motorola RAZR to talk to people, than to use a phone that cant hold as much music and IMO, STILL DOESNT look as purdy as a RAZR, just because it manages to fit in a bunch of features with lower capabilities. Give me a phone that could have a chance at holding ALL my music and I'll give this kind of overdone convergence a chance. Till then, sorry, the Motorola RAZR (at least with the software hack that lets you take video) is mobile phone perfection.

[CheapyD]

I bought it for the 3 megapixel camera with optical zoom, not for the music capabilites.
How's that 1 megapixel camera in the Razor?
Your pockets must be pretty full with your camera, phone and iPod ;)

Love the phone, CheapyD.. how much did it cost.. me want one ^^Both mine and Mrs. Cheapy's phone were less than $100US combined.

Do all Japanese carry around unwieldy phones? I was sitting in the library one night and there was this girl talking into her phone in some asian language. The phone, unfolded, must have been larger than any wired landline receiver I've ever used. Folded up, it was thicker and longer than my GBA (not wider, tho). Just curious if that's the norm, or if people carry around the tiny phone I'm using with no bells or whistles.
No, most of their phones are really small. My phone is pretty big, likely because of the camera with optical zoom. They don't even sell SideKicks/Blackberrys/Palm phones, likely because they are considered too large.
Most Japanese seem to have very small phones that are probably a few years more advanced than the best phones sold in the USA.

[al821]

those go for like 600-800 a pop in the states. mine is pretty nice, 2mp auto focus, 4x digital zoom.

http://img475.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc001245ly.jpg

from the se k750i

[TC]

The phones are very cheap when you get a plan.
Both mine and mrs cheapy's phone was less than $100 combined.

They just got these in by me. Free after rebate. Includes back brace. :D

http://www.mccoy.army.mil/ReadingRoom/Triad/07092004/images/169th%20Air%20support%20man%20400x.jpg

[SirCrisp]

triband :D?

[viiral]

I realy want one... *drool* i got the $$$ .. shipp me one.. :>

[dandragonrage]

Japan may have good phones, but the latest phones are really in Korea.

[sarausagi]

You know? You all don't have to wait, just buy unlocked online.

Panasonic VS2/7x series
Okwap 3/5xxx series
Nokia N9x series

Even the magenta or prototype RAZR, Verizon's new Audiovox, and some of the series 80 phones aren't that far behind.

But the models I listed above, in order of price, those are the real deal...1.3 - 2.2 megapixel cameras, HUGE 2 million color screens, memory card slots, top of the line speaker phones, data/web features that aren't even supported completely here yet.

[gforce007]

alright Cheapy, guess ya got me, but I do have to ask, with a cameraphone and that kind of quality, can it hold a lot of pics? Does it have an option for expandable memory?

[CheapyD]

triband :D?Its 3G phone...whatever that means.

alright Cheapy, guess ya got me, but I do have to ask, with a cameraphone and that kind of quality, can it hold a lot of pics? Does it have an option for expandable memory?Yeah, it has a mini SD slot and came with a 64MB card. I think mini SD currently goes up to 512MB which cost about $90 US, if I am not mistaken.

I took some really nice pictures today...I'll post them on Monday.

[brainstorm]

That phone takes pictures at higher megapixels than my actual digital camera... damn.

[help1]

Off topic, but I noticed next to The VGM it says banned... was he really?

[Redeema]

So what if it's kind of big that thing is at least a year ahead of anything here in the States.

[praystation]

USa has always been slower in term of Cellphones' technology. (yet we all say USA owns you all. Lol). I already started using cellphone when I was in the fifth grade in Singapore (long before I migrated here). At that time asia already adopted GSM and left AMPS technology behind. However, when I came here 12 years ago, people are still using those bigass AMPS phones. LOL.

[boozi]

Nice...... Wish I had a phone like that :\

[daroga]

Cheapy, did Jostiq ask to use your picture?

http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000290071416/

[CheapyD]

They linked to it when they originally ran the story...they seem to be using it a lot now.

[Deadpool]

They linked to it when they originally ran the story...they seem to be using it a lot now.

Bastards!

And oh how i envy you Cheapy!

[Zero_Kirby]

Nice Phone heh`

[XxFuRy2Xx]

Hey Cheapy, do you have any idea how much it would be to import an unlocked j-phone?

[CheapyD]

Check ebay...

[Gameboy415]

How's Vodafone? I heard mixed reviews so I opted for Docomo.

And by opted I mean some shady guy came to my town's Board of Education and pulled a bunch of phones out of his coat and motioned for me to pick one. :lol:

My phone is pretty cool and it has a 4 Megapixel camera, but ironically enough I can't play the newer games on it (FFVII: Before Crisis for example), even though it was one of the 3 newest models out at the time. Grr.

[CheapyD]

I like the vodofone...no big complaints.

Does the Docomo have an English option?

[Sarang01]

Cheapy do you know how much it would be for me to get that one hand phone? The one where you put one part of it on your pinky and the other on your thumb. Obviously the pinky is for speaking into and the thumb is for listening to. You key in the # on a pad you attach to your wrist which is part of your phone. I've heard they're non-GSM but I want one so bad because they're SO fashionable. Only other phone I saw I truly wanted with which to show off was the Samsung Matrix Reloaded phone.

[XxFuRy2Xx]

Check ebay...I tried it, but wasn't able to quite find anything. Does anyone here know a site where I can check out some phones, but is actually in English?

[Sejad]

Hey XxFuRy2Xx I was looking for it too and I could not find anything , oh guys I also was checking out a spec site and uhh this seems weird to me too but here it is????

"Zoom: 2x optical zoom, max. approx. 50x digital zoom"


here is the link if you dont believe me

Review/Specs:

http://www.mobilewhack.com/reviews/vodafone_903sh_cell_phone.html

[youruglyclone]

but can it play that kof dating sim...

[Porject D]

er..............i guess you guys can buy it now.............

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/section-electronics/code-c/pid-1004090466/

[AFStealth]

I'd rather get a Razr, that price is ridiculous.

[Porject D]

haha....i really want one. How much do they sell it for without the contract Cheapy?

[Stoneage]

er..............i guess you guys can buy it now.............

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/section-electronics/code-c/pid-1004090466/
Hah. For $800, a razor, and a squid in your mouth, you too can be CheapyD!

[Megalith]

Awesome, another cell phone with 40+ features, all half-assed.

[Graystone]

er..............i guess you guys can buy it now.............

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/section-electronics/code-c/pid-1004090466/

Wow thats pricey.

[DuckM4n]

damn it i hate how EVERYONE has a razr nowwwwwww!!!
i am not unique anymore!!

[Sejad]

WOW now that is one pricey phone I should buy one and show off HA! even beats Razor phone and yes Razor phone is overdone here in canada too.

[KaneRobot]

I know Japan is a few years ahead of the U.S. as far as cell phone technology, but I don't get why everyone is drooling and envious, you can get stuff that is not too far off from that now...I have an LG VX 8100 (free after contract and rebate with Verizon) and it has pretty much all the same stuff, aside from the camera not being quite as good (only 1.3 mpx). It is pretty cool to be able to put Simpsons episodes on your phone (or whatever) with the memory card.

[yester]

Vodafone? Hey, that is totally europe. haha...
But, it look like that it is one the new 3G phones. mm.. i am a little sceptical about that.

Check out my new toy:
http://www.vodafone.jp/japanese/products/model_3G/v903sh/
I went with classy black...


3 Megapixels of camera goodness:
http://cheapassgamer.com/cheapyd/phone/



http://www.vodafone.jp/japanese/products/model_3G/v903sh/images/903sh_main.jpg (http://www.vodafone.jp/japanese/products/model_3G/v903sh/)

[BasketCase1080]

wow, how much did this set u back?

[HedgeHodge]

if i were to buy one of those phones woul di be able to use it with an american service provider?

[Porject D]

It would work only if the phone have been unlocked.
If anyone want one you can PM me and we can talk from there.
I happen to have two of them.
I am selling a black one with everything that is suppose to come with it.

[BiLo]

Kind of pisses me off how the American market is. We get crappy overpriced outdated equipment and Japan and Korea gets the goodies. Europe also gets the other end of the goodies since they have Nokia and former Siemens.

[AYATOLA]

was that $100 with activation/contract
how much are they without activation?

I want one, lol

[Sejad]

Kind of pisses me off how the American market is. We get crappy overpriced outdated equipment and Japan and Korea gets the goodies. Europe also gets the other end of the goodies since they have Nokia and former Siemens.

Your right Nokia and Siemens are great phones, I know for fact my whole family in europe uses them....for god sakes they can pay their parking ticket with it...how lazy can you get????

[Zoglog]

dunno, in japan phones seemed overpriced to me.

Plus I didn't see any phones provided with the nice formfactor of the razr. Most phones in japan seemed at least twice the size of my razr.

[BiLo]

dunno, in japan phones seemed overpriced to me.

Plus I didn't see any phones provided with the nice formfactor of the razr. Most phones in japan seemed at least twice the size of my razr.
Twice the size, with 4x the functionality. Their phones have gaming capability of a mild-playstation at the moment. Have you seen the games they are capable of playing? Let alone the functionality of their phones. We haven't even broken the 2Megapixel barrier in America.

[evophile]

Twice the size, with 4x the functionality. Their phones have gaming capability of a mild-playstation at the moment. Have you seen the games they are capable of playing? Let alone the functionality of their phones. We haven't even broken the 2Megapixel barrier in America.

Too true, America's obsession with the Razr is getting to be too much now. Moto is totally milking it now, coming out with even MORE colors soon. All supporting the Razr does is keep us behind.

Now mind you, I dont have anything against the Razr, I myself think it looks pretty cool, along with the Slvr too. But its far from the end all be all phone everyone here thinks it is. The screen quality on the Razr is horrid, I didn't realize until I saw my friends Razr.

I myself use a Sony Ericsson w800i, which I love, even though its kind of ugly.

The w810 is actually gonna be released here, and that is a really sweet looking phone. But I can see how all the functions arent useful to everyone.

[xeverex18]

you can make a fortone off ebay.