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[Sir John Hawkins]

I want to get a pay as you go cell phone. Does anyone know the best provider and a good price for a phone?

[arvinsign]

I have a pay as u go unit subscribed to KTF. Good service and cheap

[chevro1et]

I know that you said you wanted a pay as u go, but LG will give you a contract phone with just your ARC and bankbook. They have several low-budget monthly plans. One of the easiest ways for a foriegner to get a cell phone by yourself.

[D.D.]

ya Lg cheap easy and good. Yuck... sounds like the travel Thailand forum.

[Chris_Dixon]

show normally have second hand phones that you can pick up super cheap and get connected on a pay as you go plan at the same time.

Im on contract, but my co-workers all go to show and get some really nice phones for quite cheap (15-35000 won)

[ChinaBoy]

any options for people without an ARC?

[Goku]

[Sir John Hawkins]

[Goku]

Well I know the LG stores do have pay as you go.

You CAN get a cheap ass phone that is pay as you go

The issue is you can't get a "good phone" with pay as you go (which is my issue because I'm snooty)

Also, pay as you go has a huge premium price if you are a constant talker and msg a lot... But if you only plan to use it once in a while it's more than adequate.

On average a text message from any other carrier is about 8 won per.
On a pay as you go its about 34.

That's 3 times the price. Doesn't seem like a lot now but i have about 2000 messages monthly. I pay about... 40,000 won for the minium balance and calls included. ....

Pay as you go woudl be: 68,000 won... just for text mesages.
On average, if that was your monthly bill you would pay 20,000 on average more.

So if you're careless like me or get drunk a lot, don't get a "land line"
Get a Pay as you go phone. Saves you the headache I'm going through now. Foreigners are only allowed 1 freaking line. and LG is really your only choice. Unless you have a credit card, because SK telecom only takes CC.

[Ukon]

Just get the arc card first.....it only takes a week...

Then go to LG...avoid SK like the plague unless you want to be raped monthly.

[Sir John Hawkins]

[jkelly80]

Just say "PPS", that means pre pay.

Cheap is 싸다, so 싼핸드폰을사고싶어요 is "I want to buy a cheap phone" (pretty clunky but it's the only way I know how to say it).

[Sir John Hawkins]

[jkelly80]

[ZsoZso]

Are you stuck only going back to the same store with a pay as you go phone when you want to get more credit? Or can you just go to any affiliate store?