Helio's First Phone Announced
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South Korea advanced CDMA
raulrOct 31, 2005, 1:11 PM
Finally, a company that will bring advanced CDMA phones from South Korea to the US. Verizon and Sprint have been peddling low end crap for so long while all the manufacturers that provide them with phones make much more advanced phones for South Korea and China. Hopefully we get the same thing going on the GSM side of things where Europe tends to lead with launches of the latest handsets quite a bit before the US.
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don't get too excited, this is just one offering. it's a launch phone too, so it has to draw in customers somehow. The general trend of EUR getting the newest phones and services will continue (or asia if you're talking CDMA) as long as US consumers expect something for nothing. Keep in mind all of us reading this site are above average geeks. Most want a free phone, or a cheap phone with a gimmick like a camera or speaker. Other consumers willing to spend the money are less concerned with these gimmicks and make decisions based on overall phone quality.
That said, i wouldn't be surprised if this phone does decent - but people will NOT flock to it just b/c it has all the features of a Korean phone. Plus by the time it's released i...
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"Plus by the time it's released it'll probably be obselete in korea."
That is so true.
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Honestly, I thine the Euro carriers will always have things before North America. There's a much larger potential customer base in Europe with all carriers being GSM, not to mention Europe's much larger population. In North America, the market is divided between AMPS, TDMA, iDEN, CDMA, and the GSM family. Much less of a potential customer base. I think some companies are developing quad band to do a "double-whammy" and get both areas in a single handset. Not to mention Africa and Asia generally go with Europe as well in terms of frequency and technology.
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this company HELIO is based on korean people who are stuck with verizon or tmobile service in north america (as i have read in korean newspaper). they have mentioned in the newspaper about korean language for text message, the hell would we want that for?? also trust me on this one, the phone is not going to be cheap!!! i have bought one of "anycall" phone while i was in korea and it cost me about $600 same thing for "SKY" phones.
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err.. rewind. Helio is the rebrand of SK/Earthlink. They're an MVNO using SPRINT & Verizon Wireless, not T-Mobile.
I can't imagine what you say about SMS in Korean language on their N.A. offering being true.
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helio will introduce with 2 different brand. Helio and Helio powered by sk. powered by sk will have korean contents.. Helio is for US General Market... Helio will blow up.....
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