Rare Phone for Anime Fans in Japan: Neon Genesis Evangelion SH-06D Limited Edition

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Android fans living in Japan who also happen to be Anime fans (and especially Evangelion fans), you may want to take not of this story. The Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo will soon be offering a very limited edition Neon Genesis Evangelion NERV Edition SH-06D Android smartphone. Both the external aesthetics of the phone, and the version of Android have been heavily modified to fit the Evangelion theme. Here's a quote with some additional details:

It appears there will only be 10,000 of the phones available, with 3,000 sold via NTT DoCoMo's online store starting June 29th over three days, with 1,000 of them going on sale each day at noon. The rest will be sold at other retailers with preorders kicking off June 16th and although there's no price specified, we're expecting it to be around 25,000 - 30,000 yen with a two year contract. As we saw when the phone was announced in March, it features a heavily customized case, hardware buttons and 3D Android 2.3 skin designed to reflect its heritage. Getting one may require some camping out either in front of a store or on the carrier's website (in Japan of course, we don't expect ot see any of these overseas), but at least it's got to be easier than life in Tokyo-3.

Here is a themed "in-universe" story video designed to showcase the origins of the phone:

Source: Engadget

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[RobKort]

Want one!:D

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[dgstorm]

Ahh... a fellow anime fan! I knew there was another reason I liked you Rob! LOL.

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Saw this a while back and I was kinda curious... I'm borderline otaku. I've been watching anime, Japanese dramas, and live action movies for many many years and I preffer it over american tv... I loved Evangelion but not sure about that phone... hmmm Too much going on, on that screen...


oh and subs>dubs! Dubbed anime just sucks! Original Japanese language with english subs all day everyday!

[RobKort]

Ahh... a fellow anime fan! I knew there was another reason I liked you Rob! LOL.

You kidding, I'm a subscriber at Crunchyroll!

Edit/ I'm with you Mike, is not anime if I don't have original language with subtitles.:D

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