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gobbledygook
Joined: 18 Feb 2012
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 Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:55 am Post subject: HELP! Will Iphone work in Korea? |
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I've been given contradictory information. Some say it will work with a korean sim card, some say I will have to spend quite a bit to get an IMEI number first as korean phones are IMEI registered. Can anyone here confirm for me. Will an unlocked iphone work in Korea? Also, I have other 3G phones, will these work there?  |
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Oldschoolskater
Joined: 06 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| If it is unlocked, which means you had to do it through iTunes and got the message"your iPhone is unlocked". You can throw a sim in for 10 dollars in Korea and away you go. I did it and so did my wife. Don't get jail breaking your phone confused with unlocking |
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gobbledygook
Joined: 18 Feb 2012
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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yup, just googled about the difference. I'm not sure if I should buy an Iphone just so that i can use it in korea..now that iphone 5 can be out in 3-5 months time..
I have another old panosonic GSM phone which is unlocked and works in the US and UK (also mainland Europe), will it work in Korea? |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I'm not absolutely sure, but almost any unlocked 3g phone should work if it supports (3G) 2100MHz network. The difficult part is to find/buy the SIM card. I'll be coming to Korea soon and will try to get a prepaid SIM card for my Nokia e7... but I'm not too optimistic about it.
See here:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html |
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gobbledygook
Joined: 18 Feb 2012
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| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| SeoulFinn wrote: |
Well, I'm not absolutely sure, but almost any unlocked 3g phone should work if it supports (3G) 2100MHz network. The difficult part is to find/buy the SIM card. I'll be coming to Korea soon and will try to get a prepaid SIM card for my Nokia e7... but I'm not too optimistic about it.
See here:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html |
yeah exactly..i heard that korea uses cdma, not gsm. so nothing's ever sure. When are you going to Korea? Maybe you will find out very soon.. |
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Kimchifart
Joined: 15 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| gobbledygook wrote: |
| SeoulFinn wrote: |
Well, I'm not absolutely sure, but almost any unlocked 3g phone should work if it supports (3G) 2100MHz network. The difficult part is to find/buy the SIM card. I'll be coming to Korea soon and will try to get a prepaid SIM card for my Nokia e7... but I'm not too optimistic about it.
See here:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html |
yeah exactly..i heard that korea uses cdma, not gsm. so nothing's ever sure. When are you going to Korea? Maybe you will find out very soon.. |
Iphones are all the same. They have multiple chips in them. The 3gs was definitely sold in Korea so it will work if unlocked. |
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