Hello every one
I am a french citizen living in China for one year
I am dreaming to buy a Galaxy Note, but I can buy it only in China, is someone can tell me if it will work properly when I will come back to France ?
If not is there a possibility to change the system at this moment?
Sorry but I am a novice in this matter
Thank you in advance for your help
Yes as long as you buy the GSM version. Not sure if there is some CDMA weird version for the Chinese market.
Agreed, look for the GSM bandwidths, I think the EU's on 900 and 1800.
Jacques Deliessche said:
Hello every one
I am a french citizen living in China for one year
I am dreaming to buy a Galaxy Note, but I can buy it only in China, is someone can tell me if it will work properly when I will come back to France ?
If not is there a possibility to change the system at this moment?
Sorry but I am a novice in this matter
Thank you in advance for your help
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There is only one variant of the galaxy note in the present market.
So go to store and buy it
It has this bands:
GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900
UMTS850, UMTS900, UMTS1900, UMTS2100
Thank you very much
Thank you very much for your help
I have very much appreciated it
Thanks again
Thank you very much for your help. i have a similar question
where are you folks planning to buy?
hey, I'm an American in Shanghai - I've been planning on buying one as well, but it seems the only choices are
a) buy a "brand-new" model, grey-market European version, 50% chance it's a refurb, but can offer local store warranty for ~3280rmb ($520 USD), or
b) buy an official, brand-new one for 4100rmb ($650 USD)
I almost pulled the trigger on the grey-market one, but it just kills me to know that I can get a brand-new NON-refurb for $500 USD through Newegg in the US... arrgh.
segascott said:
hey, I'm an American in Shanghai - I've been planning on buying one as well, but it seems the only choices are
a) buy a "brand-new" model, grey-market European version, 50% chance it's a refurb, but can offer local store warranty for ~3280rmb ($520 USD), or
b) buy an official, brand-new one for 4100rmb ($650 USD)
I almost pulled the trigger on the grey-market one, but it just kills me to know that I can get a brand-new NON-refurb for $500 USD through Newegg in the US... arrgh.
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I bought mine on taobao from Shenzhen, 1 day shipping. I think that is safer than buyer from a store in shanghai, as the taobao sellers are selling loads of these phones.
Mine had been opened and made chinese even it is a european version. they changed some settings so you'll default to chinese language after a wipe/upgrade, and the samsung keyboard didn't work when I first good it. But after reinstalling european firmware everything is good.
I would stay away from official version because of price and I'm also not sure if all google services work on those.
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Be careful - there are now clones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzbe9Hv1py0
yeah - the quote I had for ~3300 was from a taobao seller with a brick 'n mortar store. At least there's somewhere to go if the thing is borked. The "warranty" is through the store and not samsung, but at least they know where (taobao!) to source screens/mobo and claim to give 2 years replacement service should anything go wrong. still might pull the trigger on it... unless one of my friends goes back to the states in the next couple of weeks.
Did your seller offer any kind of warranty?
nick5000 said:
I bought mine on taobao from Shenzhen, 1 day shipping. I think that is safer than buyer from a store in shanghai, as the taobao sellers are selling loads of these phones.
Mine had been opened and made chinese even it is a european version. they changed some settings so you'll default to chinese language after a wipe/upgrade, and the samsung keyboard didn't work when I first good it. But after reinstalling european firmware everything is good.
I would stay away from official version because of price and I'm also not sure if all google services work on those.
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Looking for a good combo on price, warranty, service.
Also, are all GT-N7000s the same? I would assume they are but you never know. (Once we root and put a custom rom on). If they aren't, is there something I should know?
Going from a AT&T note to the international.
Thanks!
Cheapest is the one on dailysteals.com for $599. But that is for today only.
Otherwise buy from expansys-usa.com which is a reputable seller. Google for some coupons to get some additional $ off.
As far as warranty, expansys provides thru their site in Europe. So if any issues you send the device back to expansys USA and they work with their Europe counterpart. Not sure about daily steals. But don't bank too much on warranty since it will be lengthy process if something goes wrong.
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Is there any way for N7000 warranty in US? The phone is unlocked international version and purchased from other country.. Wish someone can share experience for similar situation. Thanks!
chan_max said:
Is there any way for N7000 warranty in US? The phone is unlocked international version and purchased from other country.. Wish someone can share experience for similar situation. Thanks!
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Samsung has "blocks" of warranty service. For Europe and North America - there are separate blocks. Extract from Samsung support:
"Samsung Electronics Ltd supports a product purchased in Europe if it has an EU Bloc Warranty. This warranty is present where the top of the product warranty card clearly states 'European Bloc'. If the product is purchased in another part of the globe then Samsung may attempt a repair. Samsung Electronics Europe Ltd cannot guarantee the outcome."
So basically they "may but don't have to" repair European device in the US.
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Absolutely not....you will need to send it back to the country from which it came if you need to get it fixed. I was in the same boat a while back with "The Monster" kernel fiasco...I just ended up buying a new phone instead...which actually turned out to be better than my last.
I'm about to buy HTC phone from a UK seller on eBay. The seller provides 2 year manufacture warranty + invoice. But I was wondering about how to claim warranty in case I need replacement or a repair as there's no HTC service center available in my country.
Any information you could give is greatly appreciated.
Id be leery of buying a unit from another country and then hoping to get a warranty elsewhere.
I wish i could point you to something to confirm or deny this but if it were me and i was worried about a manufacturers warranty i would not buy a unit from outside my country.
Im sure there are reasons why you would but be very cautious.
Just had a look on eBay UK and there are a lot of vendors selling the Note 5 with eu shipping. Thinking of ordering. How will the warranty work anyone know?
since there is no international warranty, most often you'll have to return the item to the seller where they will send it in for warranty repair. you would be paying to ship it back unless otherwise stated. read their Warranty section for exact details.
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