iPhone arrives in Korea with 60,000+ pre-orders

The iPhone made its landing in Korea last week, and it brought some nice numbers, too. 60,000 phones were delivered for the initial launch of the product, with 1,000 being handed out in Seoul instead of being sent through the mail. As with here in the United States, Korea saw its fair share of people in line, too. The first person in line reportedly waited for 26 hours just to get his hands on one. KT Corp. will be carrying the iPhone in Korea and is hoping the iPhone “will be a trigger point for the smartphone market in Korea.”

With the appearance of this device in Korea, smart phones now make up 1% of the overall cellphone market in the country. The majority of these products come from Samsung and LG, so KT Corp. is excited to help kickstart the smartphone market in the area. Since the iPhone is already available is most of the Asian countries, Korea is probably happy the wait is over. While we won’t see millions of iPhones sold there as we have in the States, it is certainly nice to see it being offered in even more areas of the world on even more carriers.

Via [BusinessInsider]