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ed1980
Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Goyang
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:38 am Post subject: buying a second hand smart phone |
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If i do this, are the contracts for data/talk/texts long term - or can they be cancelled early ??
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schmoove
Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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if you bring your own phone there are no contracts
it's just month to month, cancel anytime |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: buying a second hand smart phone |
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ed1980 wrote: |
If i do this, are the contracts for data/talk/texts long term - or can they be cancelled early ??
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IF it is free, clear of encumbrances and unlocked then month to month or you can get a fixed term contract.
If it is still under contract with someone then you have to deal with the phone company about that first.
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schmoove
Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:38 am Post subject: |
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thing is though
the way pricing works here, it is often cost prohibitive to buy a 2nd hand phone
the phone companies price the hardware low (when bought with a contract) and then shift the price to the phone service itself, which makes phone services in korea stupidly expensive for such a small landmass with a high tech, high density population
so if you buy a 2nd hand phone at the market value, you are paying the full market value of the phone, plus the high phone service fee
essentially subsidising the rest of korea's users phone hardware costs
its a crappy situation, i hate it, and it explains why koreans are always getting new phones
example: vega r3 2nd hand price currently maybe 275,000 won
cost of same phone brand new over 30 months when purchased with a contract around 240,000 won
only people in korea who buy 2nd hand phones are foreigners
what happens to the old phones that koreans get rid of?
I strongly suspect they get exported at a nice tidy profit |
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modernseoul
Joined: 11 Sep 2011 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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schmoove wrote: |
only people in korea who buy 2nd hand phones are foreigners
what happens to the old phones that koreans get rid of?
I strongly suspect they get exported at a nice tidy profit |
This is wrong, many Koreans buy second hand phones and there are 100s listed on the Naver Markets.
People buy them for kids, parents, grandparents etc. Also older (less tech savvy) Koreans buy cheap old 2G phones on very basic plans.
It is true that many foreigners buy used phones, however that trend is less common these days as the restrictions on contract phones were eased a few years ago. |
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schmoove
Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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aha great,
can you give us a link so we can check them out?
thanks
edit: a specific link :roll:
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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