Koreans addicted to mobile phones

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Koreans spend more time talking on cell phones than anyone else in developed countries.

According to the KT Management Research Laboratory, an average Korean spent 320 minutes per month talking on a mobile phone in the fourth quarter of 2008 -- the longest calling volume among countries where consumers have to pay for outgoing calls.

The laboratory, affiliated with the nation's top telecommunications company KT, said that Korea's cheap mobile call rates and their tendency to spend time outdoors make the nation post one of the highest calling volume per person in the world.

Koreans used mobile phones three times longer than Germans, who spent 102 minutes per month on the phone, the think tank said, citing data from Merrill Lynch.

Koreans also reported 2.3 times more call volume than Japanese, who spent 139 minutes per month talking on the phone.

French were the second most users of mobile phones, spending 246 minutes per month for phone conservations.

In Finland -- the home of Nokia, the world's top maker of mobile phones -- consumers spent 244 minutes per month talking on cell phones on average. Australians used their mobile phones for 218 minutes per month, followed by British with 192 minutes.

"Koreans spend long hours outside home and even at home they often use mobile phones instead of landlines. This has led Korea to post the highest monthly mobile phone usage among major countries," an official of KT Management Research Laboratory said.

Korea's mobile calling rates were cheaper than other countries; Korea's calling rate was $0.08 per minute, compared with Australia's $0.11, England's and Finland's $0.12, France's $0.14, Germany's $0.16 and Japan's $0.26.

Korea, whose mobile penetration reaches nearly 100 percent, is home to Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, the world's No.2 and No.3 maker of handsets, respectively.

In countries where consumers are charged for both incoming and outgoing calls, the monthly average mobile phone usage was high - 829 minutes in the United States, 447 minutes in Hong Kong, 444 minutes in Canada and 377 minutes in Singapore.

But given that the figure includes both incoming and outgoing calls, it should be divided into two to calculate mobile phone usage per person. Therefore, nations other than North America posted lower mobile phone usage than Korea.

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Comments

[downpour.livejournal.com]

if i had a kickass korean phone, i would want to use it all the time too, ngl.

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

LOL IA

[dreamerbri.livejournal.com]

me too. i want a lg lollipop phone but i doubt we'll ever get it. lol

[telrunyaaa.livejournal.com]

i can shake hads with them..
I can't live without my mobile xDD

[luvey.livejournal.com]

if i had the phoned with the video speaking like i saw on WGM...i would be addicted too! it seems Korea and Japan always get the better toys. boooooooo

[fadeintoyou.livejournal.com]

ia!

[kyujong.livejournal.com]

Talking on the phone is a do not want for me.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

I know. Phones are the last thing I want to be spending my time on. If I want to talk to someone I like talking to them in person. And I hate when I'm hanging out with someone and they keep picking up their phone and talking to people or texting.

[teukchul.livejournal.com]

we don't have much nice phones here in the philippines,
but if you come here..
you'll see all people addicted to texting..
lol

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

They probably change their phones more often too.

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

Well they have a new model like every week

[chibi-roses.livejournal.com]

I really don't get how people can spend so long talking on mobiles. I guess the fact it's cheaper makes it easier, but still.

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

I had the cheapest nokia cellphone (that I often call the drunk cellphone since most people lose their cellphones while drunk and end up buying this model)but after all those anycall commercials I gave in and bought a super cute pink samsung cellphone~

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

not really addicted to my phone. i prefer chatting on the internet.
but idk if i got a high-tech one for myself, i'd probably change my opinion. XD

[kanaala.livejournal.com]

somehow i'm not surprised =D
pretty celphones and not so high prices.. lol~ i'd be just like them if i were Korean xD

[thepunkyparty.livejournal.com]

"Koreans used mobile phones three times longer than Germans, who spent 102 minutes per month on the phone, the think tank said, citing data from Merrill Lynch."

they should do such a thing with messages, becuz I only write to other ppl...

[shiddex.livejournal.com]

lol me too. my handphone is wimme for... emergency calls only. in 1 day, i only receive less than 5 texts. on some days, i dont even get texts! sad. =(

[invisibelle.livejournal.com]

I thought that picture was a toddler at first

[xshinebrighterx.livejournal.com]

i don't really like talking on the phone tbh.

[nicooyo.livejournal.com]

I don't talk on the phone. It's just not something I enjoy doing. I do like texting and IMing though.

[pretzel-knot.livejournal.com]

i guess with such pretty phones that they seem to generate regularly, they can't help but want to use their phones. LOL.

[czarny.livejournal.com]

They have nicer phones, of course they do.

[its-matteo.livejournal.com]

iconne luv omg

[tinyknots.livejournal.com]

talking on the phone is so awkward because i never know how to hang up without being like 'i have something better to do than talk to you sry...'

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

8D seriously

[changxiangsi.livejournal.com]

I don't even have a cellphone, and tbh I don't really want one. I could do without any phone at all, personally.

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

8D *so dependent on phone* but i actually prefer texting

[xradiostatic.livejournal.com]

i hate talking on the phone. i make probably five 2 minute calls in a month. but i love texting and using the internet on mine. the US needs some epik phones like korea and japan has. D:

[its-matteo.livejournal.com]

who talks on the phone nemore? it's all about texting anyway.

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

I bought my cellphone just because it was cute (pink) korean and had qwery function

[orangeinsanity.livejournal.com]

Okay I have a cell phone fascination, I own five. Which isn't that much in my eyes and only two are worth naming.

For the most part I dislike N.American phones with a passion. The exception is that some of our smart phones are pretty neat.