Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Captain Marlow]

i'm leaving to go back to america in 3 weeks, and have a pretty sweet cell... i've been told by a lot of people that korean cells won't work in other countries... i was also told by a few other people that because my particular phone appears to have an empty slot for a sim card it might actually work in america.... does anyone have any answer to this? i'd rather sell it than take a useless phone back with me... thanx for any info...

[ttompatz]

It most likely WON'T work in America and the "SIM" slot is most likely for either a banking or a transit chip.

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[vlcupper]

You can get the international thing at the airport as long as you have a calling plan. That's what the lady told me.

[Ut videam]

[justaguy]

You can get what they call "roaming service" for the US and many other countries.

It's rather expensive though.

Talk to your phone company.

[Lekker]

Will a Korean eat American beef in America? I wonder...

[DJTwoTone]

The short answer is no. The long answer is NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

[Bigfeet]

[huck]

Mine will...

I just got a GSM/CDMA cell phone that they won't sell to foreigners (unless a Korean signs up for it) because you can use it abroad..

[justaguy]

Huck that is correct.

I have seen Korean business people and flight attendants abroad using this phone service. A Korean must sign for it because in the past many foreigners racked up huge bills and didn't pay them.

[T-dot]

Its called GSM/CDMA Global roaming. Anyone can get it.

Most KTF/KT phone packages include this on their phones.

[huck]

No...I tried mine in Thailand last weekend...It accepted the Thai Sim card, and I had a local number on my phone..

[VanIslander]

some will, most won't (unless you get it extra?)

Samsung and LG were marketing phones which work in both America and Korea, for the business traveller. They were a bit more expensive I recall.