Re: [tlug] First Android Phone in Japan release date announced

[Nikolay Elenkov <nick@example.com>]

On 07/12/2009 10:15 AM, Shawn Brown wrote:
> > The biz-hodai plan starts at 490 yen and then you pay by packet,
> > the maximum is 5000. The voice plans are the standard Docomo ones,
> > starting from 1900 or something (SS). So if don't talk much and are
> > online all the time, expect to pay something like 7000/month.
>
> What about the value plan?
> http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/charge/purchase/value/plan/
>
> It looks from that link that the ht-03a is a qualifying handset and
> with purchase you can get a 50% (ひとりでも) discount to bring the monthly
> voice plan to the exact same 980 that softbank offers.

Yes, that's what I ended up getting. The catch is that you get
two year contracts (auto renewal), and you have to pay 10,000
if you leave at any time except the first month after renewal.