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[cj1976]

I need a new phone, so I'm thinking about going the smartphone route, but I don't want to buy an Iphone, mainly because I hate that smug *beep* Steve Jobs.
The Motorola Droid and the HTC phones look good, but are they available here?

[red_devil]

[Senior]

There are a few half decent looking Android phones. The Motorola Motoroi has killer specs but there is zero info in English on the net, on it. The Andro One is a cute slider with a qwerty keyboard, but apparently it's a low speccer from last year that has been warmed over.

There are a couple of snap dragon powered models, but one is promoted by a K pop group. I stay away from any product with a chart topping pop song written especially for it.

[Senior]

http://www.htc-korea.com/desire/main.html

I'm probably going to get this some time this week. The screen on my old LG slug died. I can still receive calls, just can't actually use it for anything.

[cj1976]

Funnily enough, the HTC Desire is the phone I've been looking at too. If you do get it, please post a quick review on here.

[tatertot]

[kprrok]

I've had the HTC Desire for a week now. I got it last Monday on release day. It's a wonderful phone. The only two problems I have with it is that I haven't yet figured out how to directly upload to Youtube because of Korea's silly laws and there aren't any games in the market b/c of Korea's silly laws.

I guess my problems aren't with the phone actually.

[Senior]

[Senior]

[spaicecowboi]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone would like to explain what type of contracts are available on a phone like the HTC Desire, which looks awesome. I arrive in 2 weeks and WANT this phone badly.

I will only be in Korea for a year on and E-2 Visa. I currently have an iPhone 3GS with 1GB Data, unlimited text and heaps and heaps of calls.

What kind of options would I have in Korea? Are there any sites in English that might explain this all to me before I arrive?!

I hope someone can help

Thanks,

[Senior]

It will be difficult to get it on contract without a Korean buddy to sign it up for you. You might be able to buy it out right if you are willing to stump up some where between 500K and a mil, up front.

If you ask super nice, your school might sign you up, if you give them some kind of deposit.

If you can get a Korean to sign for you, it will cost the price of the phone divided by 24 months plus the cost of the data plan per month. I think it comes to around 50K a month in total for the iphone. That is a gig of data, 100 mins of calls and 200 texts, approximately, there or there abouts, I believe. I think.

I haven't looked into the prices for the Desire yet. I'm guessing it's close to the iPhone pricing. Probably slightly more.

[kprrok]

For reference, my plan is 200 minutes, 200 texts and 500MB data for 45k per month. I also pay like 8k for the phone per month.

Still loving every minute of the phone. Haven't had any problems except for remembering where things are in the menus. Since it does so much, the menus are a bit more complicated. This is also because this is the first smart phone I've had.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to PM me. I'll answer what I can.

[darkjedidave]

[tatertot]

[spaicecowboi]