Gizmodo: Best Japanese Cellphones

[Tombradysan]

iphone wins!

[likeicare300]

why do japanese ppl like flip phones so much??

[fooly95]

Song please!

[TaranEdward]

I had a Japanese phone, loved it, it was great! But after 2 days of having it, I lost it :(

[jonaswtf]

what's this song?

[samiqab]

@jonaswtf

Feather ; Nujabes

[WhiteSenjoAria]

I really love japanese cell phones, but i think this video does not show the pretty ones!^^

But i is interesting to see a phone store from the inside, thank you!^o^

[MrFal911]

OMG that is so ugly phones

it is good for kids not for adults

[Tu51ndBl4d3]

lol, their ui's are too clunky and sometimes choppy (smart phones) and unappealing. however, dont get me wrong, they have the tech down, its just how they package their phones (not physically, but ui wise)

[EddyTh01]

honestly i dont really like the designs for Japanese phones, but man the quality is superb! They are great quality phones!

[Akemi510]

they have great phone colors in japan and all we have here in the US is black.

[crazeduk09]

jap phones are the most hightech n well designed all time!

[auntbecky]

@crazeduk09 the term is japanese, not jap!

[crazeduk09]

@auntbecky its just a short term of japanese! dont need to be so precise..

[Snorkai]

@crazeduk09 jap is offensive

the correct short term is JPN

[solarlolax]

one hings 4 sure, japan make d coolest lookin clamp shell phones

[hitman7112]

omg this video is from 06 and most of the phones are still better than 2010 phones in the US....wtf!?!?!?

[ouspenskys]

made in china

[MrsHRathbone]

OMG i did the same thing a year ago...it was soo fun

[sororora]

como se llama la cancion y de quien porfa no ??

[sororora]

como se llama la cancion y de quien porfa no ???

[electronicchronic]

That song is sick Dose anyone know who the artist is or the title of the song ???

[SilverSkyline92]

@electronicchronic Feather by Nujabes

[ohhbitemex]

This video is what lead me to Nujabes. Thank you for this. I would've missed out on such great music. Rest in Paradise, Seba Jun. Rest in peaceful Paradise.

[JADFDAVP]

the coolest thing of all is that this is from 2006!!!!

[gothicmuffinofdoom]

I wonder how the specs are. I heard Japan has the coolest cellphones.

And another question? Was that in a shop or a convention? because you were able to check them out and hold hem.

[IrukaKan]

Akihabara is a shopping complex.

[xxJoykillingKittenxx]

haha.

never mind.

I know the song naow.

:D

[xxJoykillingKittenxx]

what's the song??

[MusiqalYouth]

NUJABES!

[kenyangyal]

what kind is the one at 00:23 secs

[BniceOr187]

im so living there

[aspectibus]

Nice song

[reolaxhe]

cool !!!!!!

[AZNHELP]

japanese phone can watch tv 4 a cheap price video chat / touch screen / surf web / etc

iphone,g1 x10

my gf is from japan and show me her "old" phone >.>

[mloclam7]

nujabes!

[thatmafiaguy]

Japan is about 2 and a half years ahead of us technologically.

[MMusic91]

nice choice for the song! :D

Oh, and great vid too! XD

[xecut10n3r]

song is feathers - nujabes

[domochaos]

wat is this song

[solidkevinx]

My w995 owns all these phones..

[BwanaKickBooty]

whats the one at 1:24

[prettyunicorn1]

The funny thing is, all of those phones are probably just as good or better than the top of the line phone in the U.S today, yet this was taken 2 and a half years ago.

[Inmate527]

Americans dont care about making the top of the line products anymore. Its all about profit margins now. The only phone that could stand up to any of these phones in america now would be the iphone, htc hero or palm pre.

[foxh8er]

@prettyunicorn1 Top of the line dumbphones.

[FMAZON3]

those lucky japanese kids >.>

[TheHawkClan]

second one is the coolest! man and I thought my voyager was cool...

[fireman110695]

japans technology is amazing! They have phones with 8.1 mega pixel cameras!

[linkaylanthony]

those phones are huge, but they look really cool!! it kinda looks like you're talking into an old cassette player lol. i really liked the white ones, except the ones with the yellow buttons.

[xtruma]

i luv japanes ellphones,m they loookk kooool new age, fun fashion and full of features and colorfull... jsut stylish....if only i could get that one i wanted...lol

[Chani]

we need the new ones from 2008 ^^

[jonray107]

oh these r old models now too bad i wanna c 2008 models

[vel2121]

wat song is this i want it

[ichi1082]

nujabes - feather

[jeremy91511]

that song is annoying...

[winDragon79]

nice nujabes beat!

[cvin519]

That extremely square and box-like phone was really..... weird

[GoodEvenings]

lol hes recording it with his own cell phone

[noskid7]

WHAT IS THE SONG????

[CellphoneJohn]

Nujabes - Feather

[ichi1082]

CellphoneJohn - japan uses 3g... check your local provider

skateboarder916 - nujabes - feather

[CellphoneJohn]

yeah, we use 3g in Mexico but you need an annual contract which is billed every month in Japan.

[skateboarder916]

what's the name of this song?

[CellphoneJohn]

Nujabes - Feather

[CellphoneJohn]

wow! can you change the SIM cards on these so u can use them in other countries like Mexico?

[GoodEvenings]

this shit is way too advanced for mexico

[CellphoneJohn]

hahaha yeah I guess so. plus, I went there and apanently it's ilegal to sell cellphones without a contract and no one would tell us where to find some kind of underground cellphone thing. everyone's so law abiding, i wonder what the dudes on the "Wanted" poster did

[Inmate527]

Shit id be law abiding in mexico if I lived there. The police are corrupt as hell.

[southviet890]

sorry japan is like 20 years past mexico when it comes to technology

[6G3rm4N9]

only 20 years? dude its like medieval there

[TRIPLEAAA1992]

fuk u fag look at africa filthy ass nigers

[cchhrriiss41]

fucking beaners africa all day we ball hard down here

[TRIPLEAAA1992]

u nigers still live in caves or somethin

[Aozakura25]

@southviet890 BULLSHIT

[sundistorsion]

we can stop commenting on this now: it's been posted on 27th of december 2006. By now, this is garbage. :P

And in europe still cool ^^

[XxnightmaresheavenxX]

they have the best phones there usa phones suck D:

[dcharmed2]

Japan- cellphones paradise

[CellphoneJohn]

AND beverage heaven! every single drink in all of the 200 billion (rough estimate, you can't walk one block without seeing one) was absolutely delicious

[jemc669]

the last one is the thing i really want

a SoftBank 920SH

[nikose34]

if i go to japan i will propably empty my credit card and return with a 40" container with my shopping bags fro there

[silverwater802]

love the song playing... it's like a walk in the park ...easy hearing it

[Dudefaceguyman]

Pretty sweet, only phone that can contend with the coolness of Asian phones in the states is the iPhone lol. Well 1 good phone is better then nothing I guess, right? heh

[DiRK0305]

woot! nujabes is awesome. youtube needs more videos with nujabes and big ass japanese cellphones, lol.

[mii23]

yeah i luv all the white cellphones,except 4 the wibro cellphones

[p9939068]

The features are great, but the designs are kinda boring though.

[hyun8030]

japanese ppl love americans... or ppl who speak english in general. My friend went as an english teacher and was treated like a loyalty at the school. so gl

[ChannelFik]

the first two phones shown are from SE, the walkman one is obviously from SE and the black clamshell phone with lots of buttons outside are also from SE

[spl744]

Goddamn do a fucking google search. It won't kill you. The song is Nujabes - Feather (Ft. Cise Starr & Akin). Later

[Tendrax]

Seriously, what is this song?

[mitchiemac]

The song is Feather by Nujabes :)

[RadedFosex]

Hot cellphones! What is the song? I kinda like it. :o ~Angela

[Tendrax]

What song is in this video?

[saintlemus]

nice song .. nice cellphones.. i like the last 1 that has TV i think it was a sharp

[Leaf03]

Too bad these phone won't work on any network except for Japan. It's too advance!

[OniBonklers]

You can tweak them so they work though.

[Tendrax]

I should go to japan and get a cellphone.

[yugiohk]

i wacthed it yesterday yer it worked. i wacthed it today it stops at 1.20

[BomShankar]

In my experience, always American is welcomed in Japan. because many American people are good well in traditional culture event.

[BomShankar]

Die Amerikaner schafften es mit 21 Prozent trotz ihres Lärmens auf den zweiten Platz. Sie versuchten immer die Sprache ihres Urlaubslandes zu sprechen, probierten landestypisches Essen und gäben besonders viel Geld aus. Vor allem gelten sie als die spendabelsten Urlauber.

[taichi1082]

dont cry, mkay?

[BomShankar]

Ranking der beliebtesten Touristen

1. Japaner 33 Prozent

2. US-Amerikaner: 11 Prozent

3. Schweizer: 9 Prozent

[polarity1]

wow they're all incredible. and I want them all haha.

greedy me.

[taichi1082]

cool

[uysipikachu]

song is nujabes-feather

[CherryBomber13]

The First phones you showed were Oh so Pretty!

[lodiedodie]

phones cool but half of them are so ugly and large but still cool

[spriteremixx]

yea, wats the song?

Audioslave6556, all 3g phones can do that. they're called video calls. :P

[naps562]

dous ne1 know the name of that song??? help please thanx

[jonny0204]

Imagine the phones on their rough streets, they'd be like 1yr ahead of anythin we have. Steve Jobs obviously hasn't heard of japan, what an idiot

[RICO1CAPRA]

they get all the cool shit frist

[FydaDelacroix]

I was totally blown away by the cell phone selection when I visited Akiba. Glad someone managed to capture it all for the rest of the world to see. :)

[AmandaLovesJohnny]

the blue phone at 2:37 was cool I loved it

[dersqrc]

very interessting

[Audioslave6556]

one japaneese phone has a feature u can video tape urself and talk to your friend its like talking to eachother on live tv, o yea n that phone at 1:57 was sick

[xCxAxSxExYx]

*** JAPANESE CELLPHONES ARE THE BEST ***

Japanese cell phones could do e-mail since who knows when Japanese cellphones had cameras and videos way way way...way long befor anywhere else.

u can do video games(like the games u used to do on your GAMEBOY), internet like u do on the pc, GPS, of course TEXT messageing, video phone(TV phone)...etc...

[Mreagle12]

why cant these phones be sold in europe?? most parts of europe have 3g coverage...

[quadro4444]

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[chango714]

does any one know if you can get one and then activate it in the u.s.?

[danvervicent]

Its not just Japan... here in Korea, we already have a 10 megapixel phone by samsung. Phones here are also big because you not just use them for telephony purposes but to access train stations and even shop in the supermarket! Phones here are everything...

[akumaairline]

10 megapixel? so wat's up wit us ova here in e.u.

[danvervicent]

by the way, im also born in france... im dual...

[aeris211]

japan has the best cellphones

[blacknred2]

can't wait tell they get here hopefully

[dato1974]

cool

[Ares310788]

can someone pls tell me the name of this song, it's really nice.

[garryonapc]

They look a bit big dont they. What can these phones do that phones in the UK and US can't?

[ace587]

in Asia its all about being big, not those crappy thin phones,what these phones can do is way more that you think

[CDRfilms]

Japan Always has the best tech :(

[sinisterin89]

these phones are ill

[MakoSucks]

and we went apeshit about the Razor and chocolate...we suck.

[seita00]

cellphone+Email+GPS,GPSnavi+mu­sicplayer+TV+UMTS+digtalcamera­50-500+WEBviewer+etc(note,cale­nder,and other stuff)

A standard cellphone has stuff like that.Actually theres more like an cellphone that has a OS inside,world most slim and small one,one like a G-shock,etc.

And every 3to6months there comes a new model out.

B U T

Japans cell phones arent out in the world,only in japan...:P probably the frequency level..?

[ace587]

japanese uses different some of the softbank, vodafone JP models are dual mode and can work here in the US

[qsens]

Japan rules!!!

[robaejones]

I'm so jealous!!! American phones suck ass!!!

[kidd2k1]

So, what is the phone at 1:06 again?

[Izaach]

What's the one at 0:55 called?

[ace587]

guys, at 0:45, its called the Softbank 707sc, and it can work in the US, its been unlocked and is going on ebay for $300, at 0:44, its called a Softbank 901t, it can work here in the US, but its locked to Japan, the 707sc is the only one thats unlocked and can work in the US, last, the song is called Feather by Nujabes. :P

[esmim]

geez.. america is soo behind >.< i want a kool phone like those.. waaaaa!

[professorhor]

hey guys the name of the song is Nujabes - Feather

[BirdEarly]

hey can u please tell me the song?

[ace587]

one phone there works here its the softbank 707sc, the softbank 910t, hasnt been unlocked yet but will work here too. 00:45 - 00:46 the army colored one is the 910t, which hasnt been unlocked yet, but the white one the softbank 707sc can work here and it has been already unlocked, let the buying begin!!!! WOOT YOUR WELCOME

[S0r4]

I'm 16 and never had a cell phone.

I think I fail at being a teenager xD

Why doesn't America get these though? I've heard that America ridiculously out of date compared to other countries. And more expensive for service. Is that true?

[jenni42]

woah please release these cellphones everywere lol

[apportionated]

The sharp softbank is awesome. Great video, thanks for filming.

[Ares310788]

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[wildliquid]

what phone is that at 2:14 its sweet?

[joemani3]

yeh i remember when i was in japan i had a phone that took videos and that was like 5 years ago

[adewolf]

The Music sucks..:P

Why is it the marketing droids in the US have to tell us what we want (thus we (the US) get 3 phones while the rest of the world gets thousands), instad of asking us what we want.

[patrickvalvarez]

cancer has never looked so cool.. ;)

[gnorville]

Another reason I love Japan :)

[mikecolin6]

lol me too

[LisaFaceMe]

Wholly crap, thos cell phones are crazy. I wanna live in Japan D=

[poulet16bits]

japan cellphone will probably arrrive in north america in 4-5 years...then japan will be even more advanced....

[pcbootleger]

The song is Nujabes ft. Cise Starr - Feather

[bouncybone]

song???

[kirikirim4i]

yeah what is that song//artist?

[coolhalo333]

damn how many years are we behind japan on the cell phone market? lol i wish my t-mobile store had that much cool selection instead of having a couple good ones and checking which phone sucks less than the other.... =)

[Ares310788]

what's the name of that song, it's really nice, anyonw know that ?

[imsoohoo]

I don't think most people realize this but,most phones in the U.S. like Nokia, sanyo, motorola, are all from japan. its just outdated over there. so we don't have crap, its just old. and japans raising the bar.r

[iff73]

nokia from finnland

[imsoohoo]

o yeah your right. sorry. thanks for correcting me.

[freeyayo50]

Japan is the shit. I deff need to take a trip ova there. We need more phone vids homey!!!

[jeffburke1]

god there phones are so much kooler then ours

[kidd2k1]

What the FUCK?!

Did that black one have a holographic screen? Like the image changed completely when he turned his hand.

[EricMammoth]

No I expect it's a display one that just shows what you can do on it. I've seen it done here.

[unkokao]

Actually, Yes. Some (not all) phones have a built in holographic screen for privacy.

[superchan]

anyone know what song is playing in background

[tardsmakemesick]

I would diddle Nornna to get one of those phones.

[darknuckles]

Anyone know what phone is on 1:55? btw, because of this video, i'm listening to nujabes again, thank a lot xD