More Mobile Phones in South Korea than People
For the first time ever, South Korea's mobile phone devices outnumber the country's human population, no fooling. According to the Korea Communications Commission, there are now 50 million mobile service subscribers in the country, a staggering number considering there are 48.8 million people living in South Korea.
"You may say there are 1.2 million people carrying two phones, but excluding children and those with no phones, the number of multiple phone owners could be far higher," Choi Seong-Ho, the commission's communication service policy director, said.
Most of those are ordinary cell phones and the such, with 'only' 3.67 million classified as smartphone devices.

How many mobile phones do you own? Tell us in the comments section below.
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RAF
September 18, 2010 at 2:57am
Neither do I.
Actually i dislike phones or any source of distraction when i´m painting, gaming or surfing the Web.
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matmatician
September 17, 2010 at 3:47pm
I've only got one phone thats activated, but like 4 that dont have a subscription. then I have a pager for work.
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Queenof1
September 17, 2010 at 3:41pm
I have one cellphone. I don't see the need to have more than one unless the 2nd one is for business.
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praetor_alpha
September 17, 2010 at 9:45am
The only phone i have is a cell phone. I use it, maybe twice a day, and there are plenty of days where I only turn the vibrate on and off. Once in a blue moon i will text or send a picture.
It's a phone. I use it to CALL PEOPLE. If I want to do something else, that's what my laptop (or sweet desktop) is for.
I don't have a facebook or twitter, and have no desire to check my email on my phone. At no point have I wanted to watch a movie on it. I am reminded of Gordon's rant about two years back about the Pizza Hut iphone app. Why use that to order a pizza? IT'S A PHONE: CALL THEM!
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T0mmy1977
September 17, 2010 at 8:52am
I have one cell phone and it is as basic as you can get. I only have it for emergencies and have sent a total of a dozen texts in my short 33 years. I do have a sweet PC though. :)
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mainlander
September 17, 2010 at 6:24am
I don't have a cell phone and don't want one. I was tethered to one for years in my job. Now that I've retired, people can call me at home or leave me the bleep alone.
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Blues22475
September 17, 2010 at 7:21am
...the same way. Unfortunately I had to get a phone due to my job. The only reason I use it for emergency contact. Not to text, not to play games on, not to shop on, or any of these new features that smart-phones generally have.
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Corfy
September 17, 2010 at 5:53am
I just have one cellphone. At least, I just have one cellphone that is active and that I regularly carry around with me.
I just got a new feature phone last month (I couldn't afford the data charges required for a smartphone). But while it no longer has service, I haven't gotten rid of my old phone. It is a Palm Treo 755p, and it has a few PDA features that my new phone doesn't have. So even though the phone service has been shut off on the Palm, I do occasionally use it because it is a really nice PDA.
Don't get me wrong, though. I do like my new phone. And while it isn't a smartphone, it is pretty smart for a feature phone. And most of the tasks I can do on my new phone, but not everything.
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