SKT는 9월13일부터 19일까지 1주일간 iPhone 16 & 16 Pro 사전예약을 진행한다. SKT는 한국이 iPhone 출시 1차 출시국에 처음 포함된 것을 기념해, 오직 SKT에서만 만나볼 수 있는 차별화된 서비스와 프로모션 혜택을 선보인다.
A week of abundant benefits from September 13th to 19th
All customers receive a free 1-year subscription to 'Perplexity Pro'
SK Telecom (CEO Yoo Young-sang) is offering customers generous benefits through pre-orders for the iPhone 16 series.
SKT announced that it will conduct pre-orders for the iPhone 16 & 16 Pro for one week from September 13th to 19th.
To celebrate Korea being the first country to launch the iPhone, SKT is introducing differentiated services and promotional benefits that can only be found at SKT.
First, SKT will run a 'Daily Lucky Draw' event for iPhone 16 pre-order customers, which is open for participation every day. From September 13 to October 4, for 22 days, approximately 500 people will be selected every day and various prizes will be provided, such as △LG Electronics Standby Me TV △LG Electronics CineBeam projector △PlayStation 5 △5,000 won Naver Pay points. You can participate in the 'Lucky Draw' event every day by pre-ordering, and each prize will be individually delivered to the winner after they open their device.
In addition, SKT will be giving away 7,000 won in Naver Pay points to all new A. (Adot) subscribers who pre-order the iPhone 16 from September 13 to 26. Adot's 'automatic recording, summary' function is a special function that only SKT customers can set and use, and cannot be used by customers of other mobile carriers or budget phones.
In addition, SKT will also provide a free one-year subscription to Perplexity Pro, an interactive search engine from Perplexity, an American unicorn company that recently signed an investment partnership with SKT, for all SKT customers (worth 290,000 won). You can apply for the free Perplexity Pro benefit on the event page within Adot.
In collaboration with the global entertainment service 'Netflix', a promotion is also being held where a limited edition 'Netflix Watch Kit' item will be given away through a raffle. The 'Netflix Watch Kit' consists of a wireless charging tray, key ring, and curation card.
Anyone who purchased an iPhone 16 from SKT and signed up for a Netflix benefit plan (12 types) or a T Universe Netflix subscription product can apply. The promotion will be held in two rounds: the first from September 13 to 19 and the second from the 20th to the 27th, with 4,500 people selected in each round, for a total of 9,000 people. The winners will be individually notified on October 4.
In addition, SKT is planning to release the iOS app 'ZEM' this month to help children form good smartphone habits, and will be giving away 50,000 won worth of Baedal Minjok gift certificates to a total of 600 people through a raffle. The draw targets are parents who have opened an iPhone 16 or customers under the age of 12 who are using an iPhone and have signed up for the ZEM app and linked the parent and child ZEM apps.
Additionally, all customers who open an iPhone 16 account with SKT from September 20 to October 4 will be provided with a one-month free pass to the wavve paid content-only channel.
Detailed information on the iPhone 16 promotion can be found on the T World homepage (https://www.tworld.co.kr/).
To celebrate the launch of the iPhone 16, SKT will be holding a special invitation event for customers who pre-order at the Hongdae T Factory on September 20th at 8 AM. Team SK’s French Olympic fencing gold medalists Gu Bon-gil, Park Sang-won, and Do Kyung-dong, as well as weightlifting silver medalist Park Hye-jeong, will be attending the event. The event will feature various events and prize draws, and 100 customers who apply by 9:00 PM on September 13 will be selected and invited to the draw.
In addition, SKT's official online mall T Direct Shop will provide benefits such as the following to customers who make a reservation from September 13th to 19th: △Morning Quick (first-come, first-served for 10,000 people) arriving on the morning of the first day of launch, △Netflix Watch Kit, and △100,000 won immediate compensation for used phones (for iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus).
In addition, SKT provides a discount benefit of up to 716,000 won (based on Woori Card + Hana Check Card) for 24 months through affiliated card discounts, and supports compensation for used phones of up to 700,000 won* through T Peace of Mind Compensation.
In addition, the monthly fee for the terminal damage insurance 'T iPhone Care 16' was lowered by 14% compared to the existing price to KRW 12,600 (based on the iPhone 16 Pro model), while maintaining the terminal loss coverage benefit that is the only one among domestic telecommunications companies.
Kim Ji-hyung, in charge of integrated marketing strategy at SKT, said, “We have prepared special and diverse pre-order promotions that can only be found at SKT in line with the selection of the first countries to launch the iPhone,” and “We will continue to approach customers by introducing customer-friendly benefits and services in the future.”