Hello all,

I'm off on an OE to UK, where i will pick up a new sim.

In the meantime im travelling through south east asia, hong kong and japan for about 2 months and need a new phone that can roam to these areas.

Lookin at my options i have narrowed it down to
 - Vodafone - Nokia 7230 and
 - Telecom - Nokia 6700 slide

Currently on telecom post paid with a non XT phone that will not work overseas.

It looks like vodafone require me to set up a dummy account for prepay for roaming. 
It also looks like telecom require me to be post paid to get the phone to work in japan. So i would have to continue paying 30 a month for texts and minutes i cant use.

Any help with choosing a nice cheap phone to keep in contact for this period. 

Any alternatives to my options (less then 300)

Thanks
Xan