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Blueberry
Joined: 15 Apr 2009
Location: Wonju
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And blame the Chaebols for the high data rates. Interesting was to read that internet on phones has not been "wanted" by the public because of the highly publicized suicide of a 13 year-old Korean boy who unwittingly ran up a bill to like 25 million won by playing some online game on his phone the first month internet was introduced on handphones here.
Since that incident combined with the chaebol gouging data rates, internet on phone has never caught on in Korea. Penny-wise, pound-foolish, as look at all the ways to make money through phone internet access have spawned. |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:50 am Post subject: |
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| iPhone is fundamentally a superb product |
Without TV its dead in the water. It'll never be more than a niche product.
Far too many koreans watch TV on their phones, especially the more expensive ones with bigger screens, etc.
Apple isn't quite the status symbol in korea that it is elsewhere. That won't carry it here. |
I've read that in Japan, another company developed an add-on battery pack that would allow DMB-TV to be possible with the iPhone 3G. But, the pack was making the phone too big. I don't think it's been sold commercially yet.
iPhone will also need their iTunes store to be fully compatible, including games, emoticons and other applications.
I just wrote a Global Marketing Report for one my mba classes on this subject. The first part was only environmental analysis. The next half of the report will be the operational analysis. But... it will be interesting to see how Apple proceeds. |
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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Yet the iTouch has done extremely well in Korea...it'll be interesting to see what Apple comes up with though. |
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TCSchmu
Joined: 23 May 2009
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| So any word of an update on this? |
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steveohan
Joined: 24 Apr 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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apparently kt will release the 3g in july. sk will also start offering the iphone in september.
expect 3g in july and then 3gs in august/september. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| steveohan wrote: |
apparently kt will release the 3g in july. sk will also start offering the iphone in september.
expect 3g in july and then 3gs in august/september. |
Thanks for the update. |
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piratebryan
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Location: Nonyeon
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| Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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| any news on a hard street date yet? |
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steveohan
Joined: 24 Apr 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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i havent heard any release dates. the new rumour is that sk and kt are fighting over exclusive rights. they are also reluctant to give into the revenue sharing requirement by apple.
this thing is driving me mad. we knew in december that wipi was gonna be scrapped. they've had 6-7 months to make a deal with apple, and these douchebag telecom companies still cant work something out! 
i may just get a blackberry bold... |
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Dodgy Al
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| stupid Q: will the iphone be able to pick up a wifi signal so one could use the internet for free? Are the current 'haptic' phones in Korea able to do this? |
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steveohan
Joined: 24 Apr 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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yes iphone has wifi so you could pick up signals and use internet for free.
the wifi capability is another sticking point with korean telecoms....
haptic does not have wifi. |
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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Apparently that news link is false and KT denies having reached any kind of concrete deal with Apple.  |
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proverbs
Joined: 28 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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red_devil, because of the lack of info i could find on the net, i kinda figured it was false. 
i will be moving to Korea July 21st to start teaching - does that mean i should just keep my iPod Touch instead of trying to sell it to fund my iPhone in Korea??? |
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steveohan
Joined: 24 Apr 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:58 am Post subject: |
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well...the iphone 3G passed KCC (like the american FCC) certification in June. the iphone 3GS just received certification today.
that means that we could see a release any day now.
there is a rumour of a mid august 3gs release.
we'll see.... |
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swigs
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| proverbs wrote: |
red_devil, because of the lack of info i could find on the net, i kinda figured it was false.
i will be moving to Korea July 21st to start teaching - does that mean i should just keep my iPod Touch instead of trying to sell it to fund my iPhone in Korea??? |
You can always sell your ipod touch once you get to Korea on the buy/sell section of these forums (although watch out for low ballers and trolls, but I've sold and bought on these forums with no problem). Might be nice to have for the plane ride, although many of the airlines offer great free movies on demand. |
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