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[sulperman]

Sorry if this has been covered before....

I recently heard about the KT foreigner phone program, and it sounds really good. The "blog" has all the info one could ever need. My only problem is the available phones.

http://expatblog.kt.com/26

I really want a galaxy, but it isn't available. I don't want an iphone, and it seems like the other options are kind of leftover phones that nobody else wants. Why are only a few certain phones available to foreigners? Also, are any of those other phones any good? The online reviews I read made all of them seem a bit lackluster.

Thanks a lot!

[Drew10]

KT offers the Galaxy K, which is a bit smaller, has half the memory, and a slightly lower-grade screen. You should be able to get one if you visit a store.

The Nexus One isn't a bad phone, It has the 1ghz snapdragon processor which runs a few graphic-intensive games that even my Galaxy S won't (even though the Galaxy also has a 1ghz processor and awesome gpu). Most Nexus Ones come with a 16GB micro SD card inside which is more than the 4GB for the Optimus One (another decent phone...but a bit slower than the rest), and the 8GB of the Galaxy K.

The HTC Legend is a bit small for my personal tastes. I don't know anyone who has one, or even wants one.

I will agree that the phone selection there is a bit....boring. But there are 1 or 2 nice phones on that list.

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

This may not be very helpful, but do you have a friend with last year's super-awesome-gotta-have-it phone model? Convince them that they want to upgrade and give them a few hundred for their old phone. That's how I got a less-than-half-a-year-old smart phone.