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stoned
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 Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:22 am Post subject: Any android phone with prepaid option? |
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Drew10
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:47 am Post subject: |
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| Not to my knowledge. I've heard of other people buying secondhand phones and being told they were for "pre-paid only", but as far as i know all androids are contract/plan phones. |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:59 am Post subject: |
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Do you have any friends with the second most recent model? Convince them that they MUST HAVE the newer one, and buy the old one off of them and go on a month-to-month plan.  |
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jackdaniels
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:14 am Post subject: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 |
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A friend of mine is selling his 4 month old Sony Ericsson Xperia X10.
But it's pricey.
Outright buy 600,000 firm.
Or contiunue for 20 months... |
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shostahoosier
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:02 am Post subject: |
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I'm not sure if they'll work here, but several US wireless carriers (Cricket, T-Mobile, Boost Mobile, Virgin) offer prepaid Android cell phones. Maybe you can have a friend mail one over and then pop in the sim (if they work on the spectrum here).
The downside is that they're usually about $150+ and some of the ones I've seen are only running Android 1.5  |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| shostahoosier wrote: |
I'm not sure if they'll work here, but several US wireless carriers (Cricket, T-Mobile, Boost Mobile, Virgin) offer prepaid Android cell phones. Maybe you can have a friend mail one over and then pop in the sim (if they work on the spectrum here).
The downside is that they're usually about $150+ and some of the ones I've seen are only running Android 1.5 |
Try not to talk about stuff you don't know about. To do what you suggest would mean you would have to get it "licensed" which costs around 300,000 won |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
| Do you have any friends with the second most recent model? Convince them that they MUST HAVE the newer one, and buy the old one off of them and go on a month-to-month plan. |
This is also a good option. Not "pre-paid" in a sense that you have to charge cards and such to the phone, but you aren't locked in a contract.
Also, the "pre-paid" cards actually cost more per minute/text/kb of data than paying monthly for service. Especially since with both KT and SK you can get unlimited data for 55,000 won per month. |
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shostahoosier
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| blackjack wrote: |
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I'm not sure if they'll work here, but several US wireless carriers (Cricket, T-Mobile, Boost Mobile, Virgin) offer prepaid Android cell phones. Maybe you can have a friend mail one over and then pop in the sim (if they work on the spectrum here).
The downside is that they're usually about $150+ and some of the ones I've seen are only running Android 1.5 |
Try not to talk about stuff you don't know about. To do what you suggest would mean you would have to get it "licensed" which costs around 300,000 won |
Notice the first thing I said was "I'm not sure if they'll work here". Also noticed that the last thing I said was "if they work here". My point was that prepaid Android phones exist in other countries and can be bought, but that you'd have to find out if they work here.
But thanks for your needlessly, snarky response anyway. 
Anyway, I was told by SK that it IS possible to get an Android or smart phone on a pre-paid plan, but that it will probably be tough because it's up to the individual stores to let you do it, and that they have little incentive since they make very little money on selling a cell phone without a contract. |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| shostahoosier wrote: |
| blackjack wrote: |
| shostahoosier wrote: |
I'm not sure if they'll work here, but several US wireless carriers (Cricket, T-Mobile, Boost Mobile, Virgin) offer prepaid Android cell phones. Maybe you can have a friend mail one over and then pop in the sim (if they work on the spectrum here).
The downside is that they're usually about $150+ and some of the ones I've seen are only running Android 1.5 |
Try not to talk about stuff you don't know about. To do what you suggest would mean you would have to get it "licensed" which costs around 300,000 won |
Notice the first thing I said was "I'm not sure if they'll work here". Also noticed that the last thing I said was "if they work here". My point was that prepaid Android phones exist in other countries and can be bought, but that you'd have to find out if they work here.
But thanks for your needlessly, snarky response anyway.
Anyway, I was told by SK that it IS possible to get an Android or smart phone on a pre-paid plan, but that it will probably be tough because it's up to the individual stores to let you do it, and that they have little incentive since they make very little money on selling a cell phone without a contract. |
So they usually up the price of the handset to make their profit, so nobody would buy a brand new phone and use it with pre-paid cards. Which is why it CAN be done, but rarely is. |
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shostahoosier
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:58 am Post subject: |
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| I think someone on here used to work at or own a cell phone store in Korea and they explained that what the stores pay for the phones is not far off from what customers without contracts pay, so thats why stores are usually reluctant to part with hot selling items with no contract. |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:02 am Post subject: |
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| shostahoosier wrote: |
| I think someone on here used to work at or own a cell phone store in Korea and they explained that what the stores pay for the phones is not far off from what customers without contracts pay, so thats why stores are usually reluctant to part with hot selling items with no contract. |
I work at a cell phone store and that statement is correct. |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:56 am Post subject: |
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| Drew10 wrote: |
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| Do you have any friends with the second most recent model? Convince them that they MUST HAVE the newer one, and buy the old one off of them and go on a month-to-month plan. |
This is also a good option. Not "pre-paid" in a sense that you have to charge cards and such to the phone, but you aren't locked in a contract.
Also, the "pre-paid" cards actually cost more per minute/text/kb of data than paying monthly for service. Especially since with both KT and SK you can get unlimited data for 55,000 won per month. |
It's what I did.  |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:47 am Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
| Do you have any friends with the second most recent model? Convince them that they MUST HAVE the newer one, and buy the old one off of them and go on a month-to-month plan. |
This is also a good option. Not "pre-paid" in a sense that you have to charge cards and such to the phone, but you aren't locked in a contract.
Also, the "pre-paid" cards actually cost more per minute/text/kb of data than paying monthly for service. Especially since with both KT and SK you can get unlimited data for 55,000 won per month. |
It's what I did. |
sk suckered me with the galaxy s, can't say I'm disappointed though. I am liking the desire hd from the amount of time I got to play with one. |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:18 am Post subject: |
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I got last year's galaxy model, which does the job for me. My friend ended up getting the galaxy "U" and seems happy.
I was debating if I should root it, but I'm not very hack savvy (a friend back home modded my original x-box into an emulater, then later my psp), so think I'll just use the free app market for the time being.
I'm on the 55,000 a month plan, and love the unlimited 3g. Kakao talk allows me to text my man when he's in other countries, as well as my sister and mother back in NY. |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 6:49 am Post subject: |
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The thing i enjoy about Kakao Talk is that it's cross-platofrm, so i can chat with friends who use iPhone as well as Android.
If i wasn't on a contract i would be looking hard at some of the newer models coming out *ahem DesireHD ahem* |
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