The Apple iPhone will now be legally sold within the borders of South Korea after a ruling by the South Korean government. The Korean Communications Commission has been known to protect their ‘home made’ brands through a series of technical rules, obviously favoring Samsung and LG. The iPhone has finally broke this tradition and will now be available to South Korean customers. However, there has been no talk of distribution partnerships, neither from Apple of any of the Korean carriers. But according to the Wall Street Journal, the second biggest South Korean carrier, KT, has said for months that it was in discussion with Apple.
With 93% of it’s population subscribing to mobile services, this means a big market for Apple to finally corner. And even though Samsung and LG both offer their own ‘iphone killers’ with touch-screen handsets, their sales have been stunted due to the lack of Korean-language software offered and high prices. But the decision to bring in the iPhone should change all that, bringing in more price competition for Smartphones, and the vast archive of software available from Apple rather than phone carriers.
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