I'm currently in Japan on a trip and would like to know

>smartphone I should buy here
ya won't be able to use it anywhere else. their systems is different from other countries.

>>60327503
that isn't true anymore, hasn't really been since 3G

that said
>>60327408
if you want the typical Japanese phone, you're getting a carrier-locked iPhone. except you're not because you have a tourist visa and you need a residency permit to open an account, even a paygo account.

if you want ~nippon-damashii design~ just order an xperia or an aquos when you get home. i know you think you'd be getting a good deal over there because the yen is in the toilet, but the problem is, carrier lockin in so hardcore in japan that odds are the xperia you'll buy was imported from the us to begin with anyway.

buy some loli porn instead and show it to the airport people

>>60328291
THIS

All non-iPhones are horribly insecure Lagdroid shit now.