Telemaphone

I got my cell phone yesterday. I had originally planned to buy a used one from another person that was living here. He was offering a Motorola KRZR which is what I had in the states and liked it. I realized that I would have to make an hour and a half subway ride to get to him though and decided nuts to that. Plus, I didn't really use all the features that it came with and couldn't justify the purchase except as just a creature comfort. Then it seemed like he had stolen it, because he also had two more phones for sale and one was in it's original box, unopened. So, very shady indeed. Instead I got a used phone which has surpassed all of my expectations. Here's the money shot.

That's what $50 gets you in Korea. I had to pay a $20 starter fee and paid for three months of service up front which was only 10,000 won for each month. So I've got a bitchin' new phone and three months of service for roughly $100. But given the current economy, it rounds to something more like $65-70. Also, I can't believe the amount of features on this phone. I have subway maps for every single city on here, a piano and full music editing software program, I can do photo editing, a karaoke program, 3 megapixel camera and video, it came with a game like Aero Fighters Assault, full calender crap, it acts as a flash drive, a flashlight, has bluetooth, infrared, and a pile of other crap.