I Can Finally Use My iPhone in Korea
In: Subway| Technology| iPhone in Korea
26 Aug 2009Finally. I thought it would never happen. I can use my iPhone in Korea.
A company called Interbro (branded as Yota in Korea) has produced a product called an “egg” that works seamlessly with the KTF WiBro network. It essentially turns your WiMAX connection from your Korean mobile carrier into a WIFI hotspot. You can get speeds up to 4 megabits per second (incredible!), even in the subway in Seoul. KT offers 30 gigabytes of data transfer per month for $20.
This means you can actually use your iPod Touch or any generation iPhone from Apple with a WiMax service here in Korea. Its still not the same iPhone 100%, but this allows you to take advantage of the many features of the iPhone. If you have an iPod Touch, you’re basically putting it on steroids with a high speed connection. Simply download the Skype App for your iPhone and pay for a WiMAX account and you could actually eliminate your mobile phone bill in Korea. Pretty amazing.
I wonder if this WiMAX Egg is the “iPhone” in Korea they’ve been talking about. We’ll see.
The diagram below explains how it works.
- Tags: Interbro Egg, iPhone in Korea, iPod Touch, KTF, WiMax Egg
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3 Responses to I Can Finally Use My iPhone in Korea
Megan
September 7th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Great to hear this! Do you know if text messaging would be possible?
will coquillette
September 30th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Will I be able to get this as a white American working in Korea as an English teacher with an alien registration card? I went into some KT shops, but they hadn’t heard of the egg. I was told on a forum that only some KT shops have the egg.
admin
September 30th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Yes, you should be able to. However, if you are not a Korean citizen, you are limited to just one mobile phone in Korea. In addition, you might be obligated to a large deposit (200,000 – 300,000 won) for a new phone. For the egg, I believe you have to buy that product outright – equates to about $200 USD.
I know the egg is available because I saw a functioning egg with my personal eyes in a taxi in Seoul. I even checked my iPhone to see if the WIFI network was available on my iPhone, and it was.
I will investigate further to see where you can buy the WiMAX egg. Once I find out, I will have a dedicated post on Kimchi Soup.