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In Korea now...........
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Posted by: KOTULCN

I was just wondering if I should get a cell here, and possibly try and unlock it for use in the U.S. . Is there any phone in perticular to get ?

Posted by: rip

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tri-band GSM, if you can find it ...CDMA you may have probs with because the carriers are reluctant to re program a "foreign" phone onto their network

Posted by: Bruno

Korea is a non-GSM nation; everything is CDMA 800. Same sort of situation as Japan. No sense in bringing one back to the US, as it's unlikely any provider would be willing (or even able) to program the ESN number into it.

Korean phone outside of Korea = paperweight.
GSM phone inside Korea = paperweight.

Alas...

Posted by: Fozzie Bear

Actually, Japan uses GSM too but at frequecies of 1700 instead of 1900.

Posted by: Bruno

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Originally posted by Fozzie Bear
Actually, Japan uses GSM too but at frequecies of 1700 instead of 1900.

Is this fairly recent? I searched and searched, but I couldn't find any useful info on GSM in Japan. I take it that it's not widely used...

Posted by: crazeazn

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Originally posted by Bruno
Korea is a non-GSM nation; everything is CDMA 800. Same sort of situation as Japan. No sense in bringing one back to the US, as it's unlikely any provider would be willing (or even able) to program the ESN number into it.

Korean phone outside of Korea = paperweight.
GSM phone inside Korea = paperweight.

Alas...

verizon 'will' and its also cdma 1700, ive seen alot of korean phones work here in the US but its really not worth your time...

Posted by: PersianSiR

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WOWWW,im surprised its not GSM