[erure]

it's a really long story but please hear me out ^^;;

i've been on t-mobile since i first got a cell phone which was freshman year of high school (i'm going to college in less than 2 weeks). in the spring i bought sony ericsson w900i to use with t-mobile and i love it.

here's where it gets ugly. my parents moved to verizon last fall from t-mobile so they want me to move to verizon so we can call for free. another thing is that they want me to pay my own phone bill which is going to be pretty hard since i don't even have a job and i'll be going to san diego jobless...

anyway so i'm going with verizon wireless but the thing is that i absolutely detest all their cell phones (including the new chocolate and the samsung with 3.2mp camera) because of the ugly red user interface. i hate their phones so much that i'm actually looking into getting a korean phone to work here =_=;;;;;

so i'm going to ok cellular on my way down to sd and i wanted to get some information about the place... like how they treat their customers... and if they're crooks or whatever^^;; i know the phone number (i called the guy up today and he seemed mildly annoyed at me for no good reason) and how to get there but i wanted other info like the plans or what phones they sell. so please help me out thank you >///////<

[SoupSandwich]

Make sure you find a phone that is CDMA compatible. It's not as easy as just saying "Oh I want that cellphone so I'm gonna buy it and bring it to Verizon to get it activated." A lot of the cool and oh-so-awsome phones are only available on GSM networks. Especially those from Korea and Japan.

You're right though the phones available on a CDMA network are terrible. They do look like crap... but the sound quality.. is awsome.

[erure]

Make sure you find a phone that is CDMA compatible. It's not as easy as just saying "Oh I want that cellphone so I'm gonna buy it and bring it to Verizon to get it activated." A lot of the cool and oh-so-awsome phones are only available on GSM networks. Especially those from Korea and Japan.

You're right though the phones available on a CDMA network are terrible. They do look like crap... but the sound quality.. is awsome.

actually that's not really the problem ("finding a phone that is CDMA compatible") ^^; i already know that korean phones from sk telecom will work with verizon wireless... it's just that it's illegal and is a waste of the phone... and almost all the phones from korea are cdma i think...^^;

[chrissejin]

They sell SOOOOOOOOOOOOO many Korean phones!! But it doesn't say which network provider they use, but I'm going to guess Verizon.

I'm looking for a phone too, so I found OK Cellular's ad in Korea Times.

Here are the list of phones they have and price if you sign up for a new contract

Samsung V910 - Free


Samsung S390 - Free


Motorola MS600 Z Phone - Free


Curitel PTS-210 - Free (KangDongWon Phone)


Samsung B410 - $199 (Lee Junki Phone!)


Samsung V940 - $199 (JunJiHyun Slim Phone!)


Sky IM S100 - $99


Samsung V890 - $149 (KwonSangWoo Phone!)


Sky IM U100 - $50


Sky IM U110 - $99


LG SV600 - $150 (It's the Chocolate II)


LG SC300 - Free


Which one did you call?

There is one on Western past 1st Street when heading North. One on 8th and Catalina.

[kcinimod]

personally i like multicell better, its off of vermont.

[erure]

personally i like multicell better, its off of vermont.

really? i've never heard of that place. could you tell me more specific directions please?^^;

[kcinimod]

really? i've never heard of that place. could you tell me more specific directions please?^^;

exit on the Vermont exit, off the 10 west, make a right, i think its on the left hand side, by the Ktown galleria.
but, almost EVERY cellstore has korean phones. i just dont like the service at OK cellular.

[erure]

exit on the Vermont exit, off the 10 west, make a right, i think its on the left hand side, by the Ktown galleria.
but, almost EVERY cellstore has korean phones. i just dont like the service at OK cellular.

really? why? i'm trying to find out about them (and not all the good stuff ) because the guy sounded really shady when he was talking to me about buying a phone and he sounded annoyed when i asked him questions =_=

[kcinimod]

really? why? i'm trying to find out about them (and not all the good stuff ) because the guy sounded really shady when he was talking to me about buying a phone and he sounded annoyed when i asked him questions =_=

just another example of the "bad" service from them. If you just take your time and scope out ktown, i think you'd probably find better places.

[saera]

Woahhh...what is this? Is OK CELLULAR some store? Or something like Helio?

O___O I'm so confused.

[chrissejin]

Woahhh...what is this? Is OK CELLULAR some store? Or something like Helio?

O___O I'm so confused.

haha i know. I got confused too because of the way people were answering the questions.

But it's just a store.

[advent.shk]

i would like to know if they have some website of any of these stores where you can buy a korean fone for anyone that doesnt live near there....Im really wanting the SKY U110 or U100....are they cdma or gsm?

[erure]

i would like to know if they have some website of any of these stores where you can buy a korean fone for anyone that doesnt live near there....Im really wanting the SKY U110 or U100....are they cdma or gsm?

they're cdma so you can only use verizon wireless with them (i heard also maybe sprint but i've never seen it for real) i don't think it's a good idea to get it if you don't live near because it's already damn hard enough to get customer service from those guys when you live near... he sounded annoyed and bored when i asked him questions over the phone

[saera]

Wait...how does this work? So the store sells Korean phones straight from Korea and you get to use it under an American service provider?

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[Vindictive]

Wait...how does this work? So the store sells Korean phones straight from Korea and you get to use it under an American service provider?

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Yeah I think that's what they're talking about.

My mom got a phone thru tmobile and the store bought it from HK.. cute phone but horrible phone service -__-''

[puchaa]

omg!!!!!!!! i want this one "Sky IM U110 - $99" where can i get this? if someone know where or can buy it for me, i'll buy it back. But i have a question, can it work in Canada and i want it to work with Telus or Rogers....thanks

[hpnotiq]

^ I doubt OK Cellular can do it for you (or any other store in Ktown) cus they only "unlock" the phones for Verizon.

Anyways, to the OP, the plans are usually the Verizon plans. & the people over at OK Cellular ARE shady. Last time, they signed me up for some plan that I didn't want & I had to pay like $80 extra. & are you Korean? Cus I hurd they totally rip non-Koreans off.

[kuroxkitsuneX3]

Wait a second. Why can't you get a myfaves plan instead? Aren't those 5 contacts free to call? And then the minutes are for the people who are not in your top 5. Why do you have to switch to verizon when you can get basically the same thing with tmobile? ._. -is confused-

[erure]

First of all, mad props to puchaa who revived this thread after 2 years O_O

omg!!!!!!!! i want this one "Sky IM U110 - $99" where can i get this? if someone know where or can buy it for me, i'll buy it back. But i have a question, can it work in Canada and i want it to work with Telus or Rogers....thanks

Verizon Wireless doesn't work in Canada, and I don't know if Telus or Rogers use CDMA (they're probably GSM). Plus, the IM-U110 is 3 years old, so they don't make or sell the phone anymore.

^ I doubt OK Cellular can do it for you (or any other store in Ktown) cus they only "unlock" the phones for Verizon.

Anyways, to the OP, the plans are usually the Verizon plans. & the people over at OK Cellular ARE shady. Last time, they signed me up for some plan that I didn't want & I had to pay like $80 extra. & are you Korean? Cus I hurd they totally rip non-Koreans off.

I actually use OK Cellular a lot because I know how it works and I don't sign up for new plans -- I just pay a huge amount to just get the phone. But I tried Hankook Phone this time and I'm using the IM-U160 at the moment. Yeah, it seems like something that only Koreans should do -- they already seem annoyed enough with Koreans trying to get Korean phones

Wait a second. Why can't you get a myfaves plan instead? Aren't those 5 contacts free to call? And then the minutes are for the people who are not in your top 5. Why do you have to switch to verizon when you can get basically the same thing with tmobile? ._. -is confused-

My parents made me move to Verizon because they have Verizon Wireless and they wanted to be able to call me free and vice versa. If I got the my faves plan, I'd be able to call them free, but they would not be able to call me for free. Plus, T-Mobile reception sucks in San Diego.

[theLOSER]

http://www.mobile-review.com/uploads/ms__i...60510113121.jpg
I like this phone! =] its sweet.

I am totally confused on this. So all the phones that chrissejin posted up works with VERIZON?