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SH03E

A 2011 keitai with a propriatary port, it was a mess to work with for someone used to american phones. I loved it.
It was my first phone that wasn't a tiny little burner brick phone. I had been offered a working smart phone but as mentioned on my Calling fanpage, I didn't want one until I wanted a japanese flip phone. As such, I was ecstatic to have this. It only accepted MLD format ringtones, meaning my options were super limited. I had imense trouble getting pictures off and on this. Despite everything, I had fun with all the little features. I especially loved being able to decorate the menu selection screens with pictures and decorating the phone istelf with charms. For lackof other options it was mostly the TokiDoki brand Frenzies strap charms of their unicorns. I decided to give my phone a name, and ended up naming it Kiyomi after Kiyomi Takada, the "dump your girlfriend, Pick Me" sychophant TV persona from Death Note. I kept thinking Kiyomi and Naomi Misora had each other's names, so I meant to name it after a murdered FBI agent. Oh, well! In hindsight I don't remember why I chose that name, just that I did.

Sharp SHF31

This was my much needed upgrade from my SH03E. It uses USB and wouldn't require a fancy carging port or for me to directly charge the battery seperately. With WiFi capability, I could download and use apps. It also came with the option to download free ringtones and wallpapers from the Sharp website. Honestly, this was everything I wanted from a Keitai. It even had a hard cover that was clear. I could put stickers on the inside without sticking them to the phone itself and switch them out as I so desired. My charms changed as time went on. It's currently in the phone graveyard with a wooden Year of the Chicken charm, a Dead by Daylight totem rubber strap, a Q-Pot macaron strp and a ghost kitty. It has a minimum of stickers, having been tired of the look after seeing it on my last phone all day, every day. There were other color options but nothing I seriously entertained. Being an upgrade from Kiyomi, I named this one Takada.

KYF42

With the death of 3g cell phone service in the united states I was forced to leave behind my baby, my beautiful keitai. A more recent flip phone, made August 2021! 4g VoLTE compatible, and running android. Coming in black, white and light blue. It has a charm slot, so hurrah for small victories. The camera is pretty shit, I won't lie, and there is no flashlight but it's not awful. Current charms are a GuitarWolf phone strap, a generic purple butterfly I was gifted and a Plain Doll charm. It's also sporting a cute ACNL Muffy sticker I got at an artist alley. Having been in a Paradise Killer mood, I named my phone Neon Black Karma Sunset (N.B.K. Sunset for short). I regret not getting the bright blue version but, most of my stuff is black. Next time I won't coward out and I will get a different color!

THE SLAB

So, I have been reduced to this... Due to the T Mobile in my area seemingly pointedly excluding my house from the 4G coverage, I have been forced to get a smart phone, like everyone else. I have, of course, attempted to doll it up, but there is only so much you can do with this sort of thing. I wait for a flipphone that can work in my neighborhood. Everyday I sigh and weep and hope.

So, what is it?

It's a Motorola G Play 2024. It only cost me a hundred dollars, plus the screen protector and phone case. It's pretty damn tall. I might need to rextend the pockets I've sewn into some of my things to fit it.I haven't named it, it's just kind of there.

Thinking about....

Thinking about the Digno. It's not any prettier than my current phone, but a backup in case my current breaks is always a good idea.

Also giving the Galaxy Z-Flip 5 a good hard look. I'm currently working with T-Mobile, which wants to be primarily 5G and leave 4G LTE by the wayside. It seems like a good idea to have a 5G phone as back up for my KYF42, but there are some problems with this one. It's a thousand dollars new, without the ability to put in an SD card for more storage. Most importantly it's a flexible OLED screen with a screen protector that seems pretty vunerable to chips and cracks from what I have seen posted about it online. If something hapens to it, you're at the mercy of your phone provider to decide if you are within the bound of your warranty or if you can kick rocks. Screen replacements, if you flat out crack the screen or break it, seem to be almost as expensive as the phone itself.
It also has no audio jack for headphones, which is a grave, grave sin in my eyes. If your phone can't funciton like a basic I-Pod, then what's the point? Making me buy an adapter is bullshit IMO.

ALT MIVE 3

The AltMive2, a Korean phone, is super cute. It has a bright white shell. It has a black interior. It has a touch screen and a headphone jack. It has everything...except American compatibilitiy. But then! Roumors started to float that a version of this was coming to Japanese market and it would be 5G! At last, a flip phone for me! A chance for charms and joy, once more! Never Kill Yourself, Flipphone Release!Release Day in Japan rolls around. Not 5G compatiable.There is much weeping in the streets. And much weeping in the sheets. Mostly in the sheets as me and 500 other flipphone nerds cry in our beds. Suicide Reinstated. But then a light at the end of the tunnel!
A leak was posted from a show in Barcelona! Alt Mive....3! Compatible with USAmerican bands and with a custom UI.(One that I will be ripping out of my phone the moment i see a better one is on the internet.) It's less cute, but I can work with that. Kind of big, but honestly, that it more space to decorate!
Never Kill Yourself! Flip Phone Release!

The Bands

If you're trying to make sure a phone works with your provider's network, you need to know the bands of the phone and the bands the provider serves.

The Bands
5GUC (Ultra Capacity 5G) Band n41 (2.5 GHz) Band n258 (24 GHz) Band n260 (39 GHz) Band n261 (28 GHz)

Technology Frequencies 5GUC (Ultra Capacity 5G) Band n41 (2.5 GHz) Band n258 (24 GHz) Band n260 (39 GHz) Band n261 (28 GHz)

5G (Extended Range 5G) Band n71 (600 MHz)

4G LTE Band 2 (1900 MHz) Band 5 (850 MHz) Band 4 (1700/2100 MHz) Band 66 (Extension of band 4 on 1700/2100 MHz)

Extended Range 4G LTE Band 12 (700 MHz) Band 71 (600 MHz)

2G Band 2 (1900 MHz) ◀Ignore this one

If I want one of my phones to work on this network, at least one of the bands covered by the phone has to match. This is increasingly difficult as certain companies cover certain bands in specific areas and partner with those making the phones to make sure those bands are covered by the hardware. Japanese phones cover japanese bands, but those bands aren't used over seas, so they're often not capable of working on American or Russian bands. And even if one band is a match, it may not guarantee full capability. Please be careful about matchng and testing your phones if you buy foreign products.