A decade ago, Samsung was like Haier these days. The brand wasn't really appealing to anybody and considered a very cheap and low class products. After a while it became very hot due to cheap price but with good quality and durable. The same goes with LG which is now getting very popular in Consumer Electronics Industries. These are the two Korean Brands which contributes the most in Korean economy.
Korean exports their technologies be it a consumer electronics or automotive industries. The Koreans are very loyal to their own brands. Just like Malaysian and the Proton car. I have never seen any Nokia brand sold in any mobile phone shop in Seoul area. The most popular are Samsung and LG phones. They even have a special adapter for the phone charger. They don't pack the charger together with the mobile phone because they have the same charger for any model from those two brands. At home, people can have different phone model but using the same charger. It is very convenient for consumers. In Malaysia, a Nokia brand itself will have more than one type of charger plug and a sony ericsson phone will have to use their own charger. That is not convenient.For those who would like to come to Korea and hoping for International Roaming service, make sure that your mobile phone are 3G phones. You need to select the CDMA mode while you are in Korea. If you don't, then you won't get any service. If you are interested to buy phones in Korea, make sure that the phone has both CDMA and GSM mode. Else your phone won't work at home.
