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when will it hit the states?

tmobilekevlar

May 17, 2004, 5:23 PM
now lets see how long it takes b4 the US every sees a phone with those features!
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vytaL

May 17, 2004, 5:50 PM
1-2 years as alawys heh
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TMo E.R.

May 17, 2004, 5:57 PM
of course you could always order one directly from the manufacturer. Im sure the price point will not be small though. 😳
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biggamike

May 17, 2004, 10:59 PM
Why would you? It's not like the phone would work over here.
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macai_3

May 20, 2004, 11:43 AM
It doesn't say....Is it GSM, CDMA, what? 😕
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Rich Brome

May 21, 2004, 1:53 AM
It's CDMA, but a different frequency band than U.S. CDMA. A little more detail here:

https://www.phonescoop.com/news/discuss.php?fm=m&ff= ... »
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85percent

May 17, 2004, 6:40 PM
the real question is, which U.S. GSM carrier will get a hold of it?
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jmyeosf

May 17, 2004, 7:26 PM
KDDI is a CDMA carrier
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muchdrama

May 17, 2004, 7:32 PM
jmyeosf said:
KDDI is a CDMA carrier

True, but I don't think this phone would be compatible with any US CDMA network. At the very least maybe the voice would function, but I don't think data would work.
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Rich Brome

May 17, 2004, 8:24 PM
Not even then. It is CDMA 1xRTT just like Verizon and Sprint, but on a different frequency band, and therefore incompatible.

au (KDDI) does offer a growing number of dual-band phones in their "Global Passport" series, which are designed to roam here. In fact, they recently signed up Sprint and Alltel as roaming partners. But it is a voice-only service, and I'm not aware of any way to actually activate such a phone on a US network - it's designed strictly for Japanese users roaming here.

Anyway, this Casio 3MP phone is not a "Global Passport" phone, so it's irrelevant - it can never work anywhere outside of Japan due to frequency band differences.
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