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MaestroCantus
Joined: 29 Jul 2007
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:12 am Post subject: How much would a cellphone cost me? Trying to budget. |
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Hello everyone,
I'm finishing my contract soon, and am trying to plan out how much money I need to live in Korea in between contracts for 2 months. I hate dealing with money, but I thought I should crunch the numbers before I have any problems.
One thing I will have to buy when I move away from my school is a cellphone (because the plan is under my bosses' name and I bet they won't want to pay the bill which usually comes out of my salary).
I don't need anything fancy. I hate using cellphones when I can email, but in Korea it's a necessity to have something to call others and text message them on.
How much could a Card-phone cost me initially and per month?
How much could a phone with a plan cost me initially and the monthly rate?
I might end up keeping this phone if I end up working here for another year, so it might be nice to get one that'll last.
Thanks for any help. |
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Kenny Kimchee
Joined: 12 May 2003
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| AFAIK, you can only get a contract phone if you have 12 months of validity on your ARC (at least that's what they told me when I went to the shop today). I think card phone may be your only option, but I might be wrong. |
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Vox_Populi
Joined: 04 May 2009
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: How much would a cellphone cost me? Trying to budget. |
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| MaestroCantus wrote: |
Hello everyone,
I'm finishing my contract soon, and am trying to plan out how much money I need to live in Korea in between contracts for 2 months. I hate dealing with money, but I thought I should crunch the numbers before I have any problems.
One thing I will have to buy when I move away from my school is a cellphone (because the plan is under my bosses' name and I bet they won't want to pay the bill which usually comes out of my salary).
I don't need anything fancy. I hate using cellphones when I can email, but in Korea it's a necessity to have something to call others and text message them on.
How much could a Card-phone cost me initially and per month?
How much could a phone with a plan cost me initially and the monthly rate?
I might end up keeping this phone if I end up working here for another year, so it might be nice to get one that'll last.
Thanks for any help. |
Because of the rules regarding ARC cards and such, your best bet may be to rent a phone. The Skype phone rental place at Incheon and Gimpo airports has a website which, if I read it correctly charges 57,000 Won for the first month and 30,000 for the 2nd month plus airtime and sms. I think if you keep your calls on it to a bare minimum and rely heavily on Skype for most calls then you could keep your costs pretty low.
An alternative: get one of your buddies you worked with who has a school-supplied phone to go with you to purchase a prepaid and put it in his name. You pay for it so nothing out of pocket for him to worry about. |
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