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bangbayed

Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:44 am Post subject: |
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| Went to the Apple shop in Yongsan today. They said they stopped taking reservations yesterday. He also said they'll be sold through KT stores, not Apple stores, so I'm not sure how the two operations are connected (Apple store reservations and KT sales). |
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pkang0202

Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:58 am Post subject: |
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Apple shop probably stopped taking reservations because they can't figure out how to deliver the iPhone.
I don't think the Apple store has the ability to setup a KT account, and activate the phone. |
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pkang0202

Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Figure out which data plan you need:
http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/iphone_app_data_hogs
Shows you how much bandwidth some popular apps take up. Pictures and video are huge bandwidth hogs. Google Maps seems to take up a lot too. I've been reading around and it seems heavy users use around 500mb per month.
Personally, I'm going to get the 1gb plan. That should be enough so that I never have to worry whether or not I've gone over my usage. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Is wifi free? |
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crescent

Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: yes.
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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DON'T PRE-ORDER!!!!
Kt will be setting up price plans according to demand. The more you 'demand' up front, the more it's gonna kick you in the ass! |
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steveohan
Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| the pricing plans are already set. |
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black spring
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| steveohan wrote: |
| the pricing plans are already set. |
Do have a link to a website (in English or Korean) that shows KT's pricing plans? Not for smartphones and data plans, but for the iphone specifically? |
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steveohan
Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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black spring
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| steveohan wrote: |
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tb4Gz0zPzobkEN32JHJW6UA&output=html
edit: free nespot wifi is included for all plans over 45,000 won. very very nice! |
cool! thanks for posting the plans  |
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spanky1off
Joined: 21 Aug 2006
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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| steveohan wrote: |
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tb4Gz0zPzobkEN32JHJW6UA&output=html
edit: free nespot wifi is included for all plans over 45,000 won. very very nice! |
don't be deceived by the 35k, 45k, 65k, 95k prices. basically on the price plans u have to look at the bold yellow highlighted prices that includes monthly data/voice plan/phone cost/tax (10%)
so actual prices paid per month will be
16Gb 56,650 61,600 77,550 104,500
32Gb 62,700 67,650 83,600 110,550
im curious about the korean text regarding wifi...just to clarify public wifi is available? whats the difference between public and nespot wifi besides kt providing the latter? im guessing performance
reading about nespot wifi seems to indicate its a service that needs to be paid for so getting this free seems like a sweet deal. fingers crossed on if skype for iphone is available here. that would be the dogs bollocks on the cake. |
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SHANE02

Joined: 04 Jun 2003
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, Free wifi and Skype + bluetooth = I'm in. |
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black spring
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Nespot access for the itouch is currently only 3300 won/month for unlimited use - so although it's thrown in, it's not that much of a savings (but at least they're including it as part of the 45,000+ plans).
Skype is already available through the Korean itunes store (as well as the U.S. and Canadian stores, if you already have an account with them) - for free. |
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TKDBOY
Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Location: Busan
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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just reserved my 32GB iphone ...got a 35,000 free gift too! Bonus! ...
did it online at http://i.connect.kr ... might need a korean friend to help if your not that literate with the hangul terms.
Took about 1 hour to do and will expect delivery on or before 2nd December! |
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bangbayed

Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| TKDBOY wrote: |
just reserved my 32GB iphone ...got a 35,000 free gift too! Bonus! ...
did it online at http://i.connect.kr ... might need a korean friend to help if your not that literate with the hangul terms.
Took about 1 hour to do and will expect delivery on or before 2nd December! |
I tried to do it too, it even took my reservation payment of 30,000 won, but when I tried to complete it, it asked me for my ARC number...you can guess the rest. So now I've paid to order it, but it looks like I still won't get it! |
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arpeggi
Joined: 22 Sep 2007
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:45 pm Post subject: which date plan? |
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looking to get an ipod, but don't really have a clue on which data plan to get.
am looking at the i-medium and i-premium plans. the i-medium is capped at 1GB per month (65,000 won /mo.) and the i-premium is at 3GB (95,000 won/mo.)
but, which data plan would be ideal (depending on how much you use it)? for example, i'd like to use it for browsing, e-mails, fb, slingplayer app, skype (only a little). i wouldnt go crazy with the browsing (daily usage, while on buses and stuff like that), but what about streaming apps like slingplayer?
thanks. |
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