japanese phone with gsm/3g

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"yuuki matthews" <yuukimatthews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> to any knowledgeable person,
> i'm going to be in japan in september and i'm wanting to buy a cool
> phone over there. my question is, will it work in the u.s. (seattle)?
> i know that now att offers 3g service in seattle now but if i put in
> the gsm sim card that i currently have from att into a phone purchased
> in japan will it work here? i think i know the answer but i'm hoping
> to hear different. anyone know about this?
> thanks,
> yuuki

If that phone supports GSM 800 or GSM 1900, it will work in USA. Japan's
WCDMA is probably different than USA's. The chance
is slim.