Re: [97attendees] SIM card for Seoul

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I came across the same KT Olleh store, and got a SIM for my Android
phone.  No teacher this time, but Google translate on my phone and
Apple translate on her iPad did the trick.  On my phone the data
connection configured itself, no manual APN futzing needed.  My
connection is HSPA+ rather than LTE, but that's plenty fast.

>Just wanted to check: Does this SIM card include a Korean phone number? Can you make and
>receive calls? 

Yes, yes, and yes.

>Will this SIM card’s phone number overwrite/deactivate your usual phone
>number in in iMessage/on iOS devices?

Beats me.  Works great on a Motorola XT1060.

R's,
John

>> I went for a KT 1GB set up as I’m very confident I won’t use more than that in 1 week.
>> 
>> I stumbled on a KT store yesterday, right next to the entrance to the Yeouido subway stop
>- they don’t have the same KT sims in the store as in the airport that are self-setup. And
>zero English.
>> 
>> However, as I was ok to sit and wait for a while, they where happy to sort everything out.
>They initially phoned and English teacher one of the staff knew to get translated what was
>looking for, took a photocopy of my passport and then proceeded to activate, set up and test
>the SIM for me fully.
>> 
>> They bill separately for:
>> micro-sim - ₩ 8800
>> activation/calls - ₩ 5000 (even though I don’t need calling, this was a mandatory part
>of the process, apparently).
>> 1 GB data - ₩ 14300
>> 
>> Total paid in cash: ₩ 28100 and I walked out happy with a fully working LTE connection.
>The only downside was them typing in all my info, plus activating the SIM in the phone all
>took around 20 minutes or so.