3 telecom companies significantly raised support for Galaxy S20 and iPhone 12 at the end of the year

Input 2020.12.23 08:55

During the Christmas and the end of the year, during the peak smartphone sales season, mobile carriers are expanding subsidies to attract 5G (5th generation) mobile communication customers.

According to the industry on the 23rd KT(030200)On the 22nd, the publicly announced subsidies for the Galaxy S20 Ultra increased from 600,000 won to 700,000 won.

The factory price of the Galaxy S20 Ultra was 1,595,000 won at the time of its launch in February of this year, but dropped to 1298,000 won due to two price cuts in September and December. If you receive an additional discount (up to 15% of the publicly disclosed subsidy) to 700,000 won of the publicly disclosed subsidy, the actual purchase price drops to 493,000 won.

The factory price of the Galaxy S20 Plus BTS Edition has been reduced from 1353,000 won to 12,48,500 won. Disclosure subsidies have risen from the previous maximum of 480,000 won to a maximum of 600,000 won.

The actual purchase price of the iPhone 12 series, released in November, also dropped significantly. LG Uplus (032640)On the 19th of this month, the publicly announced subsidies for the general iPhone 12 model nearly doubled from 84,000 to 229,000 won to 212,000 to 430,000 won.

On the 16th of this month, LG Uplus raised the public subsidies for the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra to 650,000 won and on the 18th to 783,000 won for LG Velvet.

Prior to this, SK Telecom raised the public subsidy for the iPhone 12 to a maximum of 420,000 won, the public subsidy for the Galaxy S20 Ultra to 580,000 won, and the public support for the LG V50S ThinQ to a maximum of 600,000 won.