KTF

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Background

KT Freetel Co., Ltd. (Korea Telecom Freetel, Korean: 주식회사케이티프리텔), mostly known as KTF, was a South Korean telecommunications firm, specializing in cellular services. KTF commercialized the world first nationwide HSDPA service with the brand of SHOW on 1 March 2007. On 1 June 2009, KTF was merged with Korea Telecom.

1st Logo (2004-2008)

Logo: Over a white background, we see an orange circle with streaked borders. Inside it is the white text "Have a good time!", and the KTF logo, consisting of "KTF", below on the right. An orange progress bar is shown below the logo.

Variants:

• On some devices, like the SPH-S1100, the progress bar is green with a border.
• On devices like the KTF-X8000, the progress bar disappears with the logo left intact, and the audio from the next logo plays.

Technique: Computer animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon in Korea. Seen when booting up any KTF-branded phone.

2nd Logo (2004-2006)

Logo:

• Startup: We see a flower field with multiple sunflowers and grass. The camera pans up and zooms out further as a white iris grows in from the borders, as the flower field changes into orange with the "Have a good time!" and KTF logo then fading in from the formed circle inside.
• Shutdown: We see another shot of the sunflower field with a blue cloudy sky shown above. The flowers are seen growing in as the streaked circle with the KTF logo fades in front of the sky at the right.

Variants: The framerate and speed might vary depending on the device.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds:

• Startup: A melodic electronic theme, followed by a high-pitched child's voice saying "Have a good time!" after the last note.
• Shutdown: A different arrangement of the electronic theme, this time with the voice saying "KTF!".

Availability: Seen on most KTF phones from the time period.

3rd Logo (2006-2007)

Logo:

• Startup: Over a multicolored, moving bubble background superimposed in white, a blue/red gift box zooms in. It spins out into a circular flower field, which then flips out into the KTF logo, spinning as streaks move around, with the slogan "Have a good time!" above in blue. The logo then settles into place as the bubble background fades out.
• Shutdown: Over a black background, multiple multicolored circular lights move around as the KTF logo with the slogan is revealed zooming out. The logo is shown in multiple colors before fading into it's standard ones, then to white, as the lights move out leaving the black background.

Variants: On lower-spec devices, the animation is sped-up with a choppy framerate, sometimes without sound.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Music/Sounds:

• Startup: A soothing guitar theme with synths, followed by the "Have a good time!" voice from before.
• Shutdown: A swirling synthesizer, followed by the "KTF!" voice from before.

Music/Sounds Variant: On the LG-KH1200 model, the jingle from the 1st T-Mobile logo plays.

Availability: Seen on most KTF phones from the time period.