I did a search and didn't find anything on this topic, but koreans have awesome cell phones... How do I obtain an unlockedo korean cell phne so I can use one here in the states... is this possible?

If it is, who in korea is willing to get me an unlocked phone so I can use one of those awesome phones here in the states...

Does anyone know anything more about this, I'm sure someone has had to try to get a skt t1 phone!

Look at this... We have nothing like this in the states...

tracer

Korea (South)693 Posts

January 01 2009 04:58 GMT

wow that is the ugliest looking shit i've ever seen

and i'm korean

FreeZEternal

Korea (South)3396 Posts

January 01 2009 05:01 GMT

i bet that cellphone has more bandwidth than most U.S home broadband connections lol.

GearitUP

United States337 Posts

January 01 2009 05:01 GMT

It was just an example, I havent been able to find a lot of pictures of them on google images, but like I've seen some pretty sick phones on youtube and such.. America has the lamest phones...
yay iphone... im bored got one wasn't that impressed

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

January 01 2009 05:09 GMT

I'm pretty sure no foreigners phones work here and also when one of my friends left he told me his Korean phone was useless overseas so he gave it to me to keep.

dronebabo

10866 Posts

January 01 2009 05:09 GMT

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GearitUP

United States337 Posts

January 01 2009 05:11 GMT

Well if you get a phone unlocked cant you set it up with any service provider...?
IE: I get a unlocked korean phone walk down to my local sprint store and have them hook me up to one of their plans using this phone?

dronebabo

10866 Posts

January 01 2009 05:11 GMT

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Solinren

United States2653 Posts

January 01 2009 05:14 GMT

Big mobile companies in America like AT&T uses GSM's (sim cards) while S.Korea uses HSDPA and CDMA. Not compatible unfortunately.

GearitUP

United States337 Posts

January 01 2009 05:15 GMT

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T_T damnit, I dont want to wait 5 years to get an old korean phone... why is usa so behind on the phone trend? My buddy just got back from the philipines and brought back the sickest phone, he got it hooked up to at&t if im not mistaken... whats the difference between a philipino phone and a korean one?

dronebabo

10866 Posts

January 01 2009 05:15 GMT

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GearitUP

United States337 Posts

January 01 2009 05:16 GMT

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On January 01 2009 14:14 Solinren wrote:
Big mobile companies in America like AT&T uses GSM's (sim cards) while S.Korea uses HSDPA and CDMA. Not compatible unfortunately.

I believe this answers my question about whats the differnce, thanks

haduken

Australia8267 Posts

January 01 2009 07:53 GMT

#13

What about Japanese mobiles?

BlackCafe

Vietnam69 Posts

January 01 2009 07:54 GMT

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On January 01 2009 14:16 GearitUP wrote:

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I believe this answers my question about whats the differnce, thanks

Well there are some model of the CDMA phone(Japanese and Korean phone) that has a slot for simcard. And some of them can be unlock to work in GSM mode.
Instead of Korean phone, if you try to look for some cool phone try the Japanese phone. Long time age the 903SH(Sharp - Japanese phone) was really popular in GSM coutries. Try to use that as a lead, you may find some Jap phone that works in the states.