iPhone 3G Price Comparison

by Channy Yun on Jul.11, 2008, under Uncategorized

The iPhone 3G is distributed in world-wide, but unfortunately the south Korea, one of famous mobile country is not included.

I just researched iPhone price plan in the world including, USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan and France with similar price plan. Canadian’s is very expensive rather than other countries. Especially Australian Orange offers pre-paid iPhone 3G(8G) in about 900 USD because only monthly contraction is illegal in this country.

You can refer iPhone 3G World Price Plan Comparison Chart by me. I hope to get iPhone 3G in south Korea soon.

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11 comments for this entry:

Hoo Kang
July 11th, 2008 on 1:18 pm
I can’t wait till it comes out too.

I also hope that they’ll have reasonable fees- I hope we get Japan’s pricing and features or better.

~Hoo
Gen Kanai
July 11th, 2008 on 2:23 pm
How realistic is it to expect Apple to sell the iPhone in Korea? It cannot work with any of the Korean websites.
Channy Yun
July 11th, 2008 on 2:38 pm
Gen, You’re right. But, most of Korean spent a time in Naver and Daum that support safari browser.

Most of important thing is why iphone 3g couldn’t be launched in Korea. It’s another closed national standard - “WIPI” that must be installed in all mobile devices to personal retail. So many foreign device company. Apple reject this duty for providing iphone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIPI
Gen Kanai
July 11th, 2008 on 3:32 pm
Wow, this is the first time I have heard of WIPI.
Gen Kanai
July 11th, 2008 on 3:34 pm
It’s not very “Interoperable” if it only works in Korea
Angus Lau
July 12th, 2008 on 2:39 am
Exactly what Gen said. How about DMB ? I know its quite popular there.
Muskie
July 29th, 2008 on 7:27 am
We Canadians are well aware we are getting screwed in the pricing, Rogers released some alternative plans, I’m not sure what numbers you’re using but it doesn’t surprise me. Rogers has a monopoly on iPhones in Canada.

People have been using them hacked or whatever on rival services for months, we’re a Blackberry shop at work so that will be my handheld of choice while at my current job.

Cheers from Canada.
some guy
July 29th, 2008 on 6:11 pm
as if any of the limitations or apple’s “refusal” to comply to korea’s ridiculous IT standards is in any was apple’s fault??? that safari doesn’t support korean websites is KOREA’S fault. why can’t korea have websites that work the same as websites in the rest of the world? why can’t korea use mobile technology that the rest of the world uses? because korea is very protective of its market and refuses to allow something that they know will hurt sales of shitty LG and samsung phones. that’s the REAL reason why south korea won’t sell the iphone. it’s not a matter of korea being “not included” it’s a matter of korea excluding itself because IT here is all proprietary.
Pete
August 31st, 2008 on 8:50 pm
Amen brother. You said it. The koreans get fucked by their own government and then they want to blame everyone else. Bunch of whiney clowns.
Nazir
September 9th, 2008 on 10:32 pm
Please inform me how i can buy iphone 3G from US? now i am living in Moscow(Russia).

Thanking you.
pierr
October 15th, 2008 on 2:48 pm
france is now 149€