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CaliUSA
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OK, apologies in advance if this question duplicates other threads, but I'm a little unclear. I'm in the US right now, and own an iPhone 4. I've been with AT&T for about eight months. Can I change this iPhone over to a Korean cell phone company?
Between paying the severance penalty for AT&T, and the cost of hooking up with a new company in Korea, I'm wondering if it's the same difference if I just sell the iPhone on Craigslist, and get that new Galaxy II everyone's talking about when I get to Seoul.
Relevant information: I'll be on an E2 visa. I'm not sure if the length of stay in Korea complicates things--maybe it's better if I take the hardware with me.
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 1:51 am Post subject: |
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| CaliUSA wrote: |
| OK, apologies in advance if this question duplicates other threads, but I'm a little unclear. I'm in the US right now, and own an iPhone 4. I've been with AT&T for about eight months. Can I change this iPhone over to a Korean cell phone company? |
This thread should really be shifted to the Tech forum, but...
One of my buddies has a jail-broken iPhone and he got it switched over to a Korean network. I think you have to sign a two year contract, however. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| CaliUSA wrote: |
| OK, apologies in advance if this question duplicates other threads, but I'm a little unclear. I'm in the US right now, and own an iPhone 4. I've been with AT&T for about eight months. Can I change this iPhone over to a Korean cell phone company? |
This thread should really be shifted to the Tech forum, but...
One of my buddies has a jail-broken iPhone and he got it switched over to a Korean network. I think you have to sign a two year contract, however. |
Unlikely. Contracts are for buying phones on instalment plans or getting special deals. |
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Sticks
Joined: 13 Mar 2011
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| You'll most likely get put onto a contractless month-to-month smart phone plan. You know those ones with a set number of call hours, sms, 100MB to unlimited data, etc |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 2:38 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| northway wrote: |
| CaliUSA wrote: |
| OK, apologies in advance if this question duplicates other threads, but I'm a little unclear. I'm in the US right now, and own an iPhone 4. I've been with AT&T for about eight months. Can I change this iPhone over to a Korean cell phone company? |
This thread should really be shifted to the Tech forum, but...
One of my buddies has a jail-broken iPhone and he got it switched over to a Korean network. I think you have to sign a two year contract, however. |
Unlikely. Contracts are for buying phones on instalment plans or getting special deals. |
I very well might be wrong, I just remember something about a two year deal, but that was most likely for getting a new iPhone at 75,000 a month. |
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CaliUSA
Joined: 30 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:10 am Post subject: |
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| How do you jailbreak an American iPhone 4? Can you do it yourself? I was told by people at my company that I'd get charged 400,000 won to have SK or KT do it for me. Also, if I do jailbreak the iPhone 4, will it work smoothly on a South Korean network? |
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