AU are bringing out the iPhone 5 in Nov as SB's exclusive contract is over. I don't know about Docomo though, sorry.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ … 5968.story

Jarvik7 wrote:

You sure? iirc AU uses a different cell standard, so it would need a different phone, or for the iPhone5 to be a world mode phone

There have been plenty of rumors suggesting the iPhone5 will be a world mode phone, or whatever it's called:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/22/iphone … -cdma-gsm/

Last edited by frychiko (2011 September 22, 3:57 am)

iPhone 5 is going to KDDI in Japuary and Softbank in October. KDDI made the announcement earlier today and sent softbank shares down 10%.

KDDI gets it later because they have to do some work on their infrastructure before launch.

Last edited by kitakitsune (2011 September 22, 7:14 am)

I see. Man I wish Docomo would get iPhone . Thanks for the replies guys. Why doesnt docomo ever get iphone3/4 and now the 5?

Someone said that you could buy a softbank iphone and put the docomo card in it, but they didnt know how to check your i-mode email with it though; gmail and other works ok apparently. I wonder if imode is possible with a iphone...?

Some new cool news... iphone might come to docomo guys!!! This just came in a few days ago. I hope the stone-age executives can make it happen!

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/11/15/app … -in-japan/

Yeah... I hope that Docomo makes a agreement with iphone someday . Maybe they can add imode and more importantly 1SEG to the iphone

animehunter123 wrote:

Man Ive waited over 10 years for docomo on iphone... will it come ever?

Strange, the first iPhone was unveiled only about five years ago..

Though it would be nice, 1SEG will never be on the iPhone other than through an external device. It is not a worldwide standard and there is no way Apple will make a significantly different machine just for Japan.

imode is also not going to happen unless they fundamentally change what imode is Apple will not let Docomo directly bill content/shopping to phone bills, skipping Apple's 30% cut. No one wants old WAP-like crap instead of the full internet anyways.

Last edited by Jarvik7 (2011 November 30, 11:29 pm)

Ok, here you go.  aitch tee tee pee colon slash slash a en dee ar o...

But seriously, what that page says is that NTT Doromo will start selling the "doromo NEXT series iPhone 5 LTE A-01D" on May 1, which is 9 days ago. But good luck tracking down NTT Doromo, as I believe they are fictitious.

Everyone does know that you can use an Iphone on Docomo right now right?  Docomo will sell you a sim card that works on unlocked Iphones.  The only issue at the moment is that you can't use Docomo's latest Xi data speeds since the current Iphone 4's don't cover those bands but you still get access to FOMA which is faster than anything you are currently getting on your Iphone with Softbank.

Just go into a Docomo store and ask for a SIM card only plan. You can attach whatever plans you want on to it. You can't get a @docomo.ne.jp email though unfortunately, thats restricted to only Docomo phone plans. The only bit to be a bit cautious about is the access point information which you will need in order to use the data networks. The kicker is that Docomo won't give that info to you so you have to hope the phone auto-detects it. I'd bet 1000yen that there are guides out there for getting iphone to work on Docomo, though they are probably in Japanese.