According to Samsung, the topaz blue S6 version is "now available" (as of May 17, 2015). Has anyone seen this one in the US yet? What does "now" mean for Samsung? Best Buy? AT&T stores?
Aqua1ung said:
According to Samsung, the topaz blue S6 version is "now available" (as of May 17, 2015). Has anyone seen this one in the US yet? What does "now" mean for Samsung? Best Buy? AT&T stores?
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If history repeats itself, Best Buy will carry AT&T, VERIZON, and SPRINT versions in Blue. It will only be available from Best Buy probably in 32GB only so don't hold your breath.
Aqua1ung said:
According to Samsung, the topaz blue S6 version is "now available" (as of May 17, 2015). Has anyone seen this one in the US yet? What does "now" mean for Samsung? Best Buy? AT&T stores?
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The new colors are not currently available in the US. Of course with every variant/color of any device, availability varies by country/region. Samsung is simply announcing that the colors can now officially go on sale, somewhere in the world, when a carrier or vendor decides to sell it. Samsung has not stated where it is currently available, which probably means that no one has picked it up yet to sell.
No one in the US has announced anything.
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Well. Since it is not released globally. Is Google going to make the international version available for purchase on their website? Or, what is the best way to purchase the international N6?
I saw button on Google's N6 page (at the bottom) that says just Google, where there options like Sprint, AT&T and other places. So, I'm wondering that this might be where they well sell the international version.
I saw a surprising note on clove.co.uk I think it was, they said all Samsungs shipped after 2013 are region locked. This was a note on the bottom of the page for a Tab S2 LTE. They went as far to say they were no longer selling sealed boxes because they are region unlocking all devices before selling to international buyers.
Can anyone confirm/deny there's a region lock on Samsung's 4G/LTE tablets? Thanks.
midnightrider said:
I saw a surprising note on clove.co.uk I think it was, they said all Samsungs shipped after 2013 are region locked. This was a note on the bottom of the page for a Tab S2 LTE. They went as far to say they were no longer selling sealed boxes because they are region unlocking all devices before selling to international buyers.
Can anyone confirm/deny there's a region lock on Samsung's 4G/LTE tablets? Thanks.
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I dont think that's true. My Tab S LTE is international unlocked made in mid 2014 and sealed.
Tab A 9.7 lte I bought last year same thing.
Thanks. I didn't buy from them after I read that, I bought from another place to make sure I didn't get an open box item for the prices everybody is charging. It has not been shipped yet although it was supposed to go out Friday. I guess I will use it on wifi just to be safe until I get to the region where I bought it. Heading there for work anyway. BTW I didn't mean carrier unlocked, I meant region unlocked. Not sure if that came through ok.
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Thanks. I didn't buy from them after I read that, I bought from another place to make sure I didn't get an open box item for the prices everybody is charging. It has not been shipped yet although it was supposed to go out Friday. I guess I will use it on wifi just to be safe until I get to the region where I bought it. Heading there for work anyway. BTW I didn't mean carrier unlocked, I meant region unlocked. Not sure if that came through ok.
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I bought my 715Y from Amazon in USA.
It is unlocked but I still haven't gotten MM and it is out for 715Y for more than a week.
However my local SIM card works fine.
There was a time when you had to activate the SIM in the country you bought it from (mine is built in Vietnam, impossible for me) and then it was OK anywhere.
None of that merry go round with the 715Y.
Shofar1 said:
I bought my 715Y from Amazon in USA.
It is unlocked but I still haven't gotten MM and it is out for 715Y for more than a week.
However my local SIM card works fine.
There was a time when you had to activate the SIM in the country you bought it from (mine is built in Vietnam, impossible for me) and then it was OK anywhere.
None of that merry go round with the 715Y.
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Pretty much all of them are built in Vietnam.
In the end I couldn't find anyone to ship me an LTE model so I got the wifi only model which kinda sucks but is ok for now. I couldn't get the Exynos version either, the stores that would ship here only had the new one. I got a T819 with the Qualcom. I'll try to pick up an LTE version when I go to Europe for work later. Thanks guys.
ashyx said:
Pretty much all of them are built in Vietnam.
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Yeah it even says "designed and built in Vietnam" Kinda interesting, I had no idea Vietnam was a high tech center or that Samsung had a facility there.
Samsung UK support says LTE tablets are definitely region locked. I don't know if I believe them since they were trying to push me to buy a tablet in my country- which has no Samsung store, and no Samsung presence except for a company that is the "official importer" that has nothing in stock and doesn't import the tab s2 in lte anyway. I call B.S. and I would bet money the tablets aren't region locked like you guys seem to be saying. But I can't prove it until I see an LTE tab box with the region lock warning.
My S2 bought in Hungary died the day after i took it to the usa and put in a local sim. Specially the imei and the baseband went null. Hungary tech support says it's due to the out of region sim. Believe it or not.
The whole thing is kinda stupid. It seems to make some sick kind of sense with phones from a corporate strong-arming the customer point of view. On the phones they say you have to make an actual 5 minute voice call to unlock, they specifically say using data won't work. The whole point of an LTE tablet is not to make calls, although you can. It's supposed to keep you connected when you're away from wifi. So what are people supposed to do? Hold up a ten inch brick to their heads and make a 5 minute call to region unlock it?
The phones that are region locked are supposed to come with a warning sticker on the box. Unless your tablet packaging specifically warns of the region lock I call B.S. on Samsung support on this topic. Otherwise they've been reasonably helpful.
Hello,
Just wondering if anyone know if any UK providers (o2 ideally as that's who I have my OP3 with) will be stocking the OP5 from launch on contract? Not due for an upgrade but would happily cover the £300 left on my device plan to pick up the OP5.
o2 won't confirm anything but hoping there could be an inside-man (or woman) with some knowledge.
Thanks
No doubt o2 will stock it again since no one else has picked up the 3T
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Hello,
Just wondering if anyone know if any UK providers (o2 ideally as that's who I have my OP3 with) will be stocking the OP5 from launch on contract? Not due for an upgrade but would happily cover the £300 left on my device plan to pick up the OP5.
o2 won't confirm anything but hoping there could be an inside-man (or woman) with some knowledge.
Thanks
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I work for O2 as one of their instore technicians also have a Oneplus3, got it via oneplus.net before o2 announced the partnership and there is no news yet about anything related to Oneplus 5 probably due to the phone not being announced yet. Remember companies sign non disclosure agreements so it isn't exactly encouraged to talk about things not even announced to exist yet.
Cheers for the replies.
I spoke to LiveChat again today just to ask a question regarding pre-ordering the device once its announced (So I pay off the device plan and get the new OP5) and the reply I was given basically said when the device is announced on the site there will be instructions on how existing customers can pre-book the upcoming device.
From that it sounds like O2 are taking on the OP5 from launch!
Does anyone know where i can purchase a unlocked deep sea blue exynos version and have it shipped to the us? This will be my first time trying to purchase a international version so im not familiar with where to look. Just really want the blue one and sucks it's not available in the us. Thanks in advance for the help
I would like to know this too. probably would have to be a F version to work here in the states
AssAssiN FtC said:
Does anyone know where i can purchase a unlocked deep sea blue exynos version and have it shipped to the us? This will be my first time trying to purchase a international version so im not familiar with where to look. Just really want the blue one and sucks it's not available in the us. Thanks in advance for the help
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Ebay, amazon, bh photo, handtec.
Id go bh out of all of those.
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force70 said:
Ebay, amazon, bh photo, handtec.
Id go bh out of all of those.
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, or S6
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OK i will try bh. Im assuming i have to wait after Sept 15. Thanks for the advice brother
There is already a thread for this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/help/getting-exynos-t3661439
dontbeweakvato said:
There is already a thread for this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/help/getting-exynos-t3661439
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Not reality i was doing a lot of searching for the blue one and couldn't find it anywhere so technically this it's a different question. A more specific question. I had found international versions in black and gold but not blue. But i finally found it. Pricy but i found it on ebay the 256gb Korean version in Blue on eBay. I'm going to get that one.
Whoa there fella! Check the freqs on that one, I think you may find you're going to want to skip it.
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Whoa there fella! Check the freqs on that one, I think you may find you're going to want to skip it.
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My korean note FE works fine on rogers
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Different animal, he needs to check freqs before ordering, some SK phones don't work well in North America. If it's good to go great, if not he isn't stuck with a spendy problem having skipped it.
This site has a list of model numbers and their supported frequencies.
Not sure how accurate it is, but it looks right.
https://www.techwalls.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-sm-n950-model-number-differences/
I cant pass up the $425 off for previous note 7 owners. I will getting a US unlocked in black and will do a poor man blue for now(slick wrap or dbrand). then if they release a blue variant, I will sell my unlocked note 8 for more then what I paid for it to get the deep sea blue.
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I cant pass up the $425 off for previous note 7 owners. I will getting a US unlocked in black and will do a poor man blue for now(slick wrap or dbrand). then if they release a blue variant, I will sell my unlocked note 8 for more then what I paid for it to get the deep sea blue.
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My plan too...
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Different animal, he needs to check freqs before ordering, some SK phones don't work well in North America. If it's good to go great, if not he isn't stuck with a spendy problem having skipped it.
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Freqs have tmobiles 2,4 and 12 bands so i shoud be good right?
In my area you'd be good.
Typical Sammy
I just don't understand why all color variants are not available in every country. It's obvious most people crave the blue, but if you live in the USA u can pick only boring black and orchrid.
Early jumpers get screwed. But he'll most throw a case on to protect the investment anyway.
AssAssiN FtC said:
Does anyone know where i can purchase a unlocked deep sea blue exynos version and have it shipped to the us? This will be my first time trying to purchase a international version so im not familiar with where to look. Just really want the blue one and sucks it's not available in the us. Thanks in advance for the help
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You're question sounds kinda mixed up. Unlocked? Exynos? Sounds almost like a double negative. The US model is 'unlocked' or more technically specific it is only carrier unlocked. But it's still a snapdragon so thats bootloader locked by Qualcomm. But any carrier sim should work in any 'unlocked' phone. T-Mobile might put their version of Samsung's current release like their bloat and the lock it to their Network.
The exynos to my knowledge is always carrier unlocked and it's a bootloader unlockable device. Which is where the real party is.
So to answer your question.... All of the blue exynos versions are normally unlocked. They aren't 'locked' to a specific carrier really unless you buy from a specific Asian phone carrier maybe. I think they only do that crap in the North American and UK. That thread I pointed you to is where you will find a blue exynos phone when they are available. That's where people will post when they find them
My plan is to not get the Exynos, but the unlocked Canadian model (which is a Snapdragon like the US, with CDMA radios the stock firmware doesn't talk to) and flash 950U1 firmware.
I don't care about having an unlocked bootloader as much as I do a blue Note8...
Its this time of the year guys! This thread is to discuss pre-orders across all stores and providers in Canada. To compare notes and ask ROBELUS related questions. I personally pulled the trigger for an unlocked (no subsidy) phone through best buy, delivery scheduled for the 16th and then I went back in an through Telus the pick up is on the 9th for some reason so I pulled the trigger on both. What did you order from where? What did you select? Pick up or delivery? Please share.
I'm waiting for benchmarks between sd845 and exynos, in order to decide on which one to pick. I'm probably going exynos route again, shame we Canadians get slammed with the Americans, even if we don't use CDMA networks anymore.
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I'm waiting for benchmarks between sd845 and exynos, in order to decide on which one to pick. I'm probably going exynos route again, shame we Canadians get slammed with the Americans, even if we don't use CDMA networks anymore.
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I wish I had the self control to be able to wait. Lol. I gotta have it on release date.
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I wish I had the self control to be able to wait. Lol. I gotta have it on release date.
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Which color are you getting? I wanted the blue color, pink is a bit too much for me.
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I hope Canada will not receive trash locked snapdragon version again !!
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Which color are you getting? I wanted the blue color, pink is a bit too much for me.
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The grey one.
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I hope Canada will not receive trash locked snapdragon version again !!
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Yes we are.
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Its this time of the year guys! This thread is to discuss pre-orders across all stores and providers in Canada. To compare notes and ask ROBELUS related questions. I personally pulled the trigger for an unlocked (no subsidy) phone through best buy, delivery scheduled for the 16th and then I went back in an through Telus the pick up is on the 9th for some reason so I pulled the trigger on both. What did you order from where? What did you select? Pick up or delivery? Please share.
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I thought Best Buy did not do this anymore.
I thought you need to buy a carrier subsidized device ?
I am not going to the S9 anyway, I just do not want another device where I will need to wait for at least a year after Android P is released to get it, also I do not want Samsung Bloat you know like Bixby.
...but I am curious will check the Best Buy website, sure enough for only $1100, plus tax and shipping I can get an unlocked device sent to my home. Thanks for pointing this out.
Anyone plan to import the exynos one? Where's the best place to get it from?
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Anyone plan to import the exynos one? Where's the best place to get it from?
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Im not 100% if i will get one but for sure but if i do it will be exynos just like my note 7 and S8 plus.
I would not waste my my money on the locked down crapdragon version.
Plus the only colour i like is titanium grey and i doubt we will get it in Canada.
Ill buy local from a store here in the GTA or from PDA plaza if i get one.
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The grey one.
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Sweet, its about time we didnt get the shaft on colours.
Still wont spend a dime on the crapdragon though lol
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i pre ordered s9+ yesterday from freedom but i will get my s9+ on march 16. is it normal ? then what are the benefits of pre-order ?on march 16 everyone can buy s9.
anybody have an idea which variant we are getting ? 128gb or 64gb. is aksed the store person they said they don't have an idea because in their nothing is related to that. i wanted to orde 128gb. no price comparison was also mentioned in any store. ROGERS FIDO BELL TELUS.
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i pre ordered s9+ yesterday from freedom but i will get my s9+ on march 16. is it normal ? then what are the benefits of pre-order ?on march 16 everyone can buy s9.
anybody have an idea which variant we are getting ? 128gb or 64gb. is aksed the store person they said they don't have an idea because in their nothing is related to that. i wanted to orde 128gb. no price comparison was also mentioned in any store. ROGERS FIDO BELL TELUS.
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64GB so far. No mention of the 128gb variant. Maybe sometime in the future. Pre-order gets you the 150$ bill credit. I know it does for Robelus not sure about Freedom tho.
Hey guys. Thread moved to https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/how-to/canadian-s9-thread-waiting-t3756539