Comments on: Japanese iPhone to sell for $215 http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/06/23/japanese-iphone-to-sell-for-215/ All About Mobile 2.0 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:09:32 -0600 hourly 1 By: Andrew Shuttleworth http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/06/23/japanese-iphone-to-sell-for-215/comment-page-1/#comment-419554 Andrew Shuttleworth Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:35:49 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=3256#comment-419554 The price of the iPhone in Japan may be the 23,040 yen, but note that you are tied into a 24 month flat rate data contract at a total cost of 7,280 yen ($75) per month! If you want to break the contract early you'll have to pay a 1,780yen ($20) fee for every month left on the contract. The same applies to most phones in Japan now, so many people who have had their phones less than 2 years are going to find it very expensive to get an iPhone. As you can see from the forums there's a lot of mixed sentiment: www.iphoneinjapan.com . The price of the iPhone in Japan may be the 23,040 yen, but note that you are tied into a 24 month flat rate data contract at a total cost of 7,280 yen ($75) per month!

If you want to break the contract early you’ll have to pay a 1,780yen ($20) fee for every month left on the contract.

The same applies to most phones in Japan now, so many people who have had their phones less than 2 years are going to find it very expensive to get an iPhone.

As you can see from the forums there’s a lot of mixed sentiment: http://www.iphoneinjapan.com .

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