* only a few (also about 3 but out of 40) have succeeded
* in breaking their Japanese cell phones and usually
* it takes a year or two, not a month or two
it took me 2.5 seconds as the cell plunged into the toilets of a sleazy
Roppongi bar last November.
My previous keitai got inadvertently immersed in a water pond for less than
a second. The screen then poignantly blinked twice before the phone turned
itself off for good. Also, 2 of my friends broke their keitais as it entered
in contact (slightly) with water.
If you remove the battery off a Japanese cellphone, you can actually see a
little red and white indicator. It turns red when entering in contact with
water. Cellphone shops will not replace broken keitais if the indicator
turned red.
[ Did you check the archives? http://www.appelsiini.net/keitai-l/ ]
Received on Fri Jul 27 10:55:09 2001