Samsung has confirmed that they have region-locked the Galaxy Note 3 phablet, an extremely restrictive practice.
Being region-locked means buyers in Europe will not be able to use an American SIM when they travel (or vice versa, of course) and will have to stick with Wi-Fi or pay roaming fees.
UK retailer Clove first brought the fact to light, before Samsung confirmed the practice. ... [ read the full article ]
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What the...i travel to the far east from Europe, and get simms in country, now Samsung are saying, no way and don't even try and purchase one from another region. Come on those who can find a work round
I know that in the Middle East one can't make any internet calls. I guess the only option is to carry a vanilla instrument for such visits or simply stay away from this Samsung Phablet.
Probably not region locked but the signals don't work, like 700mhz is the std signal in the USA and but they won't work in Australia as the std here is 800 850 900mhz and 2100mhz for wcdma
So US phones don't work anyway unless they are able to use 2100mhz but that would depend on handshakes etc as well.
I was going to buy one of these as my first smartphone. Guess Samsung weren't as smart as their phones! They can go abuse themselves with the rough end of a pineapple now.
Originally posted by xtago: Probably not region locked but the signals don't work, like 700mhz is the std signal in the USA and but they won't work in Australia as the std here is 800 850 900mhz and 2100mhz for wcdma
So US phones don't work anyway unless they are able to use 2100mhz but that would depend on handshakes etc as well.
