Kohei Uchimura unbelievable shock when he found out his cell phone bill
has reached 5,000 US dollars, or more than Rp 65 million
The amount represents the roaming charges from their mobile operator
when Uchimura, a son of Japanese gymnastics athlete, was in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 2016 Olympic Games this week.
"She looked stiff as a dead man when the team meal that day," said a colleague commented on the shock Uchimura, as summarized KompasTekno from The Verge, Friday (05/08/2016).
Why Uchimura bill could be so big? Apparently Pokemon Go avid athlete. He actually just downloaded the game when arriving in Sao Paulo to practice, August 3 yesterday.
Uchimura first encounter with Pokemon Go was enough to make him smitten. He was busy entrepreneurial and forth around the complex of the athlete to seek the cute monsters in the game, although not yet set the device settings for roaming.
As a result, the cost of international adoption was piling up so quickly that in the end led to the above figures.
Before finally present in Brazil on the same day as the prime experimental Uchimura, Pokemon Go was absent so upsetting Olympic athletes who want to hunt Pokemon.
Uchimura itself is not a vain person. She was an athlete who holds the famous gymnastics Olympic gold medals from 2009 to 2012 and is regarded as one of the best gymnastics athletes.
Yet, his achievements did not make it immune from fever Pokemon Go which also hit millions of others around the world.
Fortunately, this story ends with a happy ending. After contacting Uchimura cellular operator to submit a complaint, the icon of the sport in Japan is only charged a flat rate of 30 dollars per day.
"She looked stiff as a dead man when the team meal that day," said a colleague commented on the shock Uchimura, as summarized KompasTekno from The Verge, Friday (05/08/2016).
Why Uchimura bill could be so big? Apparently Pokemon Go avid athlete. He actually just downloaded the game when arriving in Sao Paulo to practice, August 3 yesterday.
Uchimura first encounter with Pokemon Go was enough to make him smitten. He was busy entrepreneurial and forth around the complex of the athlete to seek the cute monsters in the game, although not yet set the device settings for roaming.
As a result, the cost of international adoption was piling up so quickly that in the end led to the above figures.
Before finally present in Brazil on the same day as the prime experimental Uchimura, Pokemon Go was absent so upsetting Olympic athletes who want to hunt Pokemon.
Uchimura itself is not a vain person. She was an athlete who holds the famous gymnastics Olympic gold medals from 2009 to 2012 and is regarded as one of the best gymnastics athletes.
Yet, his achievements did not make it immune from fever Pokemon Go which also hit millions of others around the world.
Fortunately, this story ends with a happy ending. After contacting Uchimura cellular operator to submit a complaint, the icon of the sport in Japan is only charged a flat rate of 30 dollars per day.
