Are iPhones used in Korea?

In fact, most South Koreans prefer Samsung smartphones for personal use, followed by LG and Apple respectively. Although Apple has been gaining traction in this market, a recent survey showed a decrease in the usage of Apple's iOS among South Korean smartphone users.
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Do people use Apple in Korea?

iPhones are actually very popular in South Korea. Ironic considering that Apple's main competitor is from South Korea. If you have an iPhone in South Korea it is seen as being more trendy and cool since iPhones are from the US and their design is pretty cool.
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Are iPhones allowed in South Korea?

Hola, Yes You Can Bring in the I-Phone Into The Country, You Have to Use Koryolink 3G Internet Service.
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What phones are used in Korea?

Most popular Mobile OS in South Korea

Things are pretty close in the battle for OS dominance in South Korea, with the big two claiming a combined 98+% of the market. Windows Phone, RIM and Symbian accound for a combined 1%, with the remainder spread between Rex and proprietary versions of LG and Sony operating systems.
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Do Koreans like Samsung or Apple?

Samsung Still Dominates

Samsung holds a 56.33 percent share of the market, followed by Apple in second with 28.41 percent as of August 2018 – which is prior to Apple's latest line of phones which have yet to be released in the South Korean market.
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What phone is BTS using?

This isn't the first time BTS has teamed up with Samsung and the pop phenoms. The group released their own BTS versions of Samsung's Galaxy S20 Plus phone, and the Galaxy Buds Plus earphones, earlier this summer.
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Which country uses IPhone the most?

iPhones installed base in the United States, China and ROW 2017. In April 2017, 728 million iPhones were in use worldwide. China is the country where people used the most iPhones, followed by Apple's home market the United States – at that time, 228 million iPhones were in use in China and 120 million in the U.S.
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Which phones do kpop idols use?

The most common phone K-pop idols have are the IPhone 11 Pro and/or IPhone 11 Pro Max. Though, there's been idols who've owned phones lower than the Pro and Pro Max such as; J-Hope from BTS (IPhone XS)
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Is iPhone ban in Korea?

South Korea today passed a bill that bans Apple and Google from requiring developers to use their own respective in-app purchasing systems, allowing developers to charge users using third-party payment methods, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Are iPhones cheaper in Korea?

MacBooks and iPhones are MUCH MUCH more expensive in Korea compared to Japan, even if you pay taxes in Japan. For instance, the tax free price of a MacBook Pro 13 inch basic 128 GB WITHOUT tax is 1,536,000 KRW or 151,000 JPY roughly.
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Why do KDramas use Samsung?

Because these mobile phones are lifestyle devices, seeing them as PPL (product placement) as the K-fans call it, make the most sense because mobile phones are lifestyle devices, and seeing them because the KDramas show a semblance of what life is like now alongside these lifestyle devices.
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Is iPhone popular in Japan?

According to research firm IDC (via GizChina), Apple dominated the smartphone market in Japan over the fourth quarter of 2020, with the iPhone brand accounting for over half of all phone sales in the country.
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What is the most popular phone in the world?

But what are the best-selling phones in the world in 2020? Topping the list of best-selling phones in 2020 are Apple's iPhone 12 and iPhone 12mini with over 38 million units sold. In second place are the Samsung Galaxy: S20, S20+, Ultra with over 28 million sold.
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Are Apple products cheaper in South Korea?

South korea is a place where iphone are cheaper compared to other parts of the country .
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Is Samsung or Apple more popular?

Slightly different numbers from Counterpoint Research, also released Thursday, showed similar results: Samsung in first place with 271 million phones shipped during 2021, Apple in second with 237.9 million, Xiaomi with 190 million, Oppo with 143.2 million and Vivo with 131.3 million.
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What is the most popular phone in Japan?

Best-selling smartphone in Japan 2021, by model

iPhones occupied all of the five top spots in the smartphone model sales ranking in Japan, spearheaded by the Apple iPhone SE 2020 with a sales share of 23 percent.
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Why do celebrities use iPhones?

One, celebrities go for apple phones because they can afford them. The other reason is that Apple phones have a good ecosystem and simple user interface. Other celebrities want to look cool and will go for apple phones to show their standards.
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Is iPhone better than Android?

The iPhones have a series of processors that reportedly deliver better performance than most Android phones. In addition, Apple blends hardware and software well, making the iPhone more efficient and effective.
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What is the most successful iPhone?

With an impressive sales record of 222.4 million units since its launch in 2014, the iPhone 6 will probably be the most sold Apple iPhone for a very long time.
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Does BTS use WhatsApp?

The youngest of the members of BTS, Jungkook, surprised all ARMY, after it was revealed that he uses WhatsApp and even his number was also revealed. All because J-Hope shared a photo of his birthday messages, which came through Kakao Talk, a messaging service in South Korea.
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Who is left-handed in BTS?

While V was born left-handed, the BTS member has trained his right hand so that he is equally dominant in both hands aka use both hands with ease. Not only has he repeatedly admitted to being born a lefty, but the other members of the Korean boy band have also said the same thing about him.
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Do BTS actually use Samsung?

The group has a highly visible partnership with Samsung and prominently features its latest Galaxy Z Flip phone in music videos and other promoted posts on members' personal pages and those for the group.
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