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Phone, SIM, and data

If you only conquer one counter in Korea, make it the phone store.

La explicación está en inglés. Las líneas coreanas y su sentido siguen tu idioma.

선불 (prepaid) SIMs live at convenience stores and the airport. The script is two lines: USIM 있어요? (do you have SIMs?) and 데이터 무제한이에요? (is data unlimited?).

Numbers: phone numbers read as Sino numerals — 공일공 (010). 공 is zero on phones, 영 elsewhere. If they ask a question you missed, 죄송한데, 다시 말해 주세요 has saved millions.

Wifi is 와이파이 and everywhere. 비밀번호 (password) is the word you'll use most at cafes. 공기계 (literally 'air device') means a spare phone — every Korean has one, and now you know why.

Di esto

  • USIM 있어요?

    yusim isseoyo?

    do you have SIM cards?

  • 데이터 무제한이에요?

    deiteo mujean-ieyo?

    is data unlimited?

  • 와이파이 비밀번호가 뭐예요?

    waipai bilmilbeonhoga mwoyeyo?

    what's the wifi password?

  • 충전 좀 해도 돼요?

    chungjeon jom haedo dwaeyo?

    can I charge (my phone) here?

Comprobar

  1. Zero, when reading a phone number aloud, is

  2. You need a SIM. You open with