Hey guys, just thought I'd share a discovery.
Thus far, to enable emoji you have to either:
(a) to live in Japan,
or (b) have a jailbroken iPhone,
or (c) pay $0.99 to buy an app that enables the emoji.
BUT I just found an app called
EmotiFun! that allows you to enable emoji on the iPhone for
FREE. It doubles as a mini-game of sorts, but its real (and overtly mentioned) feature is that of emoji!
Not sure if it'll stay free forever, so get it if you're interested in enabling emoji for free. Just search for "Emotifun!" in the App Store, developer name "Bryan Dubno".