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Chokse
Joined: 22 May 2009
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Maybe I should have been more clear. When I say that I have not been able to get a phone under my name, I mean that I have not been able to get a phone under my name without restrictions. I consider a deposit to be a restriction. I'm not paying an "effin" deposit to an "effin" Korean company just so they'll let me pay them for a service they overcharge me for anyway.
I'd rather not hand over any more money to the Koreans than I absolutely have to. It is also why I refuse to buy any Korean consumer products. The companies here will screw you any way they can.... just look at the prices. One of the things I like most about the iPhone is that Apple is taking money away from KT each month. That puts a smile on my face. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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total discrimination they should just give whatever to anyone even if there is no reason they could legally be in the country past their contract date. Seems like a reliable customer to me!
As some people have pointed out there are ways for people who can't guarantee their ability to be there for the length of the contract to get the phone. Now if they were discriminating against stupidity.. |
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big_fella1
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Discrimination is an unfounded fear or hatred of people. You are foreign you might runoff,and no Korean ever has?
After 2+ years with SHOW, I will be moving back to LG Telecom on Monday.
SHOW will put the iPhone in my wifes name, but not mine, unless I buy the phone outright. I have an apartment here, I own a car and I hold a VIP Samsung Card and have always paid my SHOW bills on time except on 1 occassion. I believe, that I have been good enough to take money from for 2+ years, then I am good enough now.
SK Telecom requires a w200,000 deposit and foreigners cannot have 3g phones.
Goodbye SHOW, and I would encourage others to also leave SHOW, and sign your Korean partners to LG Telecom. KT/SHOW, and SK/T don't deserve your business. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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Does the I-phone mark the decline of Korean rivals?
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/12/04/2009120400687.html
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The revolutionary Apple iPhone finally landed in Korea, generating a huge wave of interest. Over 60,000 customers placed pre-orders for it and people lined up in the cold overnight to get a seat to the official launch ceremony held last Saturday at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul.
Its arrival also prompted Samsung Electronics to lower the price of a competing smartphone, a clear sign that the iPhone has emerged as a new threat to mobile phone makers in Korea, which so far has been a very difficult market for foreign manufacturers. Its debut also poses challenges to the country's telecommunications service providers.
First of all, the launch of the iPhone means the end of the invisible protections Korean companies have enjoyed against foreign rivals in the local market.... |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Does the I-phone mark the decline of Korean rivals?
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/12/04/2009120400687.html
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The revolutionary Apple iPhone finally landed in Korea, generating a huge wave of interest. Over 60,000 customers placed pre-orders for it and people lined up in the cold overnight to get a seat to the official launch ceremony held last Saturday at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul.
Its arrival also prompted Samsung Electronics to lower the price of a competing smartphone, a clear sign that the iPhone has emerged as a new threat to mobile phone makers in Korea, which so far has been a very difficult market for foreign manufacturers. Its debut also poses challenges to the country's telecommunications service providers.
First of all, the launch of the iPhone means the end of the invisible protections Korean companies have enjoyed against foreign rivals in the local market.... |
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Can't say that makes me want to shed a tear... |
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smogdonkey
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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| My Droid is really, really slick, but good luck figuring out how much of it will work in Korea. If the iPhone weren't on AT&T's crap 3g network, I might have gotten one, but the Droid is far more exciting for a tech geek, anyway. |
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