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jacqueline
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
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 Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: Cell phone that can be used in Canada and Korea..... |
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Hey there everyone,
I'll be heading to Korea in May but meanwhile my cell phone has bitten the dust here in Canada. I'll have to get another and was hoping to get one that I could use in Korea as well. Anyone know the requirements i.e. what I have to look for in a phone that can work in Canada as well as Korea? Thanks in advance for helping the technology impaired! |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: Cell phone that can be used in Canada and Korea..... |
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| jacqueline wrote: |
Hey there everyone,
I'll be heading to Korea in May but meanwhile my cell phone has bitten the dust here in Canada. I'll have to get another and was hoping to get one that I could use in Korea as well. Anyone know the requirements i.e. what I have to look for in a phone that can work in Canada as well as Korea? Thanks in advance for helping the technology impaired! |
Except for a SATELLITE phone, there are NO phones that are compatable between Canada and Korea.
They use 2 completely different radio systems and technologies.
Whatever you do there you will still have to acquire a Korean phone when you get here. |
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conor
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure what the most popular network is in Canada is, but SK does have some GSM capibilities. I think they are calling it their "roaming service". The real question is would you want to pay for it? It's only people traveling frequently overseas. |
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Kwai_Chang_Kain
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Location: The Borg Collective
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| conor wrote: |
| I'm not sure what the most popular network is in Canada is, but SK does have some GSM capibilities. I think they are calling it their "roaming service". The real question is would you want to pay for it? It's only people traveling frequently overseas. |
HAHAHAHA. Love your signature. ATHF rules.  |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:59 am Post subject: Sprint in the US |
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Call your cell phone provider and ask them what you need to do to use your phone in Korea.
I called Sprint here in Kansas City and they quoted me some outragous rate. I think it was $3/min.
-Jeff |
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jacqueline
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
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| thanks for the replies everyone.... I spoke with rogers, my provider, and they said they have one phone that I could use here and then cancel my plan here and use in Korea by buying phone cards etc. Are phones fairly cheap there so I can just not worry about this at all? Thanks! |
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CAS
Joined: 04 Aug 2006
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you'll probably be buying a used phone... I got a nice one from Yongsan recently, used and for about 50K Won, 70K with the charger/minutes. That's about $80 CDN
so yeah... relatively, I'd say it's cheap. Just buy it here. |
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The King of Kwangju
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: New York City
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If you are near Toronto, I would suggest going down to College street and talking to the fellows there. Particularly Canada Computers.
They will sort you out. |
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