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[superacidjax]

[swigs]

Word superacidjax. I find it completely absurd the situation in Korea. I thought Korea was supposed to be a 'tech country', I now understand that that's not completely true. Nice links, thanks for posting. China is horrible on ripping IP for real.

[Xuanzang]

[ulsanchris]

I think some of you guys are missing the point of removable storage. It is a cheap way to increase your device's memory. the 32gig iphone is pretty costly. and the original iphones didn't have much memory at all and they could have really used some extra memory options.

[Mr. Pink]

I'll chime in why the iPhone will be popular in Korea:

You don't need to carry around 3 separate devices: it has an mp3 player, phone and video device all in one. Koreans typically take the bus/subway for an hour each way to work (or more) and use some type of entertainment to help them pass the time. This device fits the bill.

I find it a kick in the nuts that Korean telecom companies want to limit the functions of such a device. If they really want to make money, just charge more for the device instead of subsidizing it. So while it would cost me $100 in Canada or the US, charge 500,000 won. That extra 400,000 won a sale is going to make up any money they would have made on not having wifi in there. As if people will use the Internet when the phone companies charge so much for it.

People WILL pay 500,000 for it if they know that price will stay the same. I don't expect it will cost what it does in the US or Canada that is forsure.

[DCJames]

[swigs]

The point is, is that you don't even need 32 gigs because you can easily sync all of your files to your computer. When have you ever listened/watched to even 8 gigs worth of music on one battery run. In America a 32 gig subsidized iphone costs around $299, which is rather cheap compared to other subsidized phones with comparable features (GPS, Video/Photo, Compass, App store, etc). You can get an 8 gig iphone in America for 99.

Your hard drive on your computer is your expandable storage, making micro sd cards obsolete.

And you don't need wifi most of the time with the iphone, it's called 3g. Having the wifi is just an added bonus for added reliability.

Mass media broadcast is a mark of the 20th century, media on demand is the 21st century. Come on man, you sound like you want to bring back the tape cassette player. (Nothing inherently wrong with that though...to each their own)

[dc'79]

My 2 won...
Iphone. Nice but overhyped.

There are plenty of other phones out there with similar to better capabilities. (hardware) The only shining point about the iphone is the OS, which I admit is rock solid. The apps...I'm not overly impressed with...I'd probably only use a handful of them at the most. Syncing with computer....I don't find it better or worse than any other phone I have owned in the last couple of years. And for me, not having a physical qwerty keyboard is a no no. Touchscreen gets old fast. Design....a very handsome product. But again plenty of well designed phones on the market.

Now will it be successful in Korea? Possibly. But I'm betting that it won't gather much attention in Korea. Other than the foreign crowd. Hardware wise it's lacking compared to other high end phones in Korea. Software, although superior will probably not have the same level of support that the American or EU markets get. Does itunes even have a Korean version out? And if they do, are they as well supported by Korean devs?

[SHANE02]

[kimuchiii]

[DCJames]