Hi,
I want to buy international model of Samsung Note 8. Also, can anyone share like the cheapest deal for Note 8's international version. ebay or anything works with me as long as the source is reliable.
zaidbaby said:
Hi,
I want to buy international model of Samsung Note 8. Also, can anyone share like the cheapest deal for Note 8's international version. ebay or anything works with me as long as the source is reliable.
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N950F = International Version (EXYNOS)
N950U = US Version (SNAPDRAGON)
N950N = Korean Version (EXYNOS) 256GB
I do not reccomend buying from eBay unless its overseas. Lots of easy scams with eBay and Mobile phones
Mr.Ash.Man said:
N950F = International Version (EXYNOS)
N950U = US Version (SNAPDRAGON)
N950K = Korean Version (EXYNOS) 256GB
I do not reccomend buying from eBay unless its overseas. Lots of easy scams with eBay and Mobile phones
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There is no N950K, like the US variants, all the Korean variants were unified into one SKU, which is the SM-N950N.
zaidbaby said:
Hi,
I want to buy international model of Samsung Note 8. Also, can anyone share like the cheapest deal for Note 8's international version. ebay or anything works with me as long as the source is reliable.
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SM-N950F (Exynos Single SIM)
SM-N950F/DS (Exynos Dual SIM)
SM-N950N (South Korean carrier variant, Exynos)
SM-N950U (US Snapdragon 835 Single SIM variant, Locked Bootloader)
SM-N950W (Canadian Snapdragon 835 Single SIM, Locked Bootloader)
SM-N9500 (Chinese Snapdragon 835 Dual SIM, Unlocked Bootloader)
Preferably get either of the first two, they're unlocked and it doesn't really matter whether you get the Dual SIM or not since the software updates and all are the same.
murtaza02 said:
There is no N950K, like the US variants, all the Korean variants were unified into one SKU, which is the SM-N950N.
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Yep my bad I meant N950N
Fixed
murtaza02 said:
SM-N950F (Exynos Single SIM)
SM-N950F/DS (Exynos Dual SIM)
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Ah, that explains it with the SM-N950F/DS I have, which is the variant sold here in Singapore. I'd be willing to bet the SM-N950F has a different SIM tray.
Besides looking at the label on the bottom of the box, another way to identify the SM-N950F/DS variant is the presence of the Samsung "DUOS" logo on the top of the left side of the box, where the carrier logo would be on a carrier variant.
Additionally, Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, and Note8 sold in Singapore have an extra Samsung Singapore support sticker on the top of the inner lid of the box, and as with past Galaxy phones sold in the same country, there's an extra brochure (separated from the documentation) highlighting some features (some of them specific to here) like Smart Switch, Samsung Pay, Samsung Concierge, and Smart Academy.
kbhasi said:
Ah, that explains it with the SM-N950F/DS I have, which is the variant sold here in Singapore. I'd be willing to bet the SM-N950F has a different SIM tray.
Besides looking at the label on the bottom of the box, another way to identify the SM-N950F/DS variant is the presence of the Samsung "DUOS" logo on the top of the left side of the box, where the carrier logo would be on a carrier variant.
Additionally, Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, and Note8 sold in Singapore have an extra Samsung Singapore support sticker on the top of the inner lid of the box, and as with past Galaxy phones sold in the same country, there's an extra brochure (separated from the documentation) highlighting some features (some of them specific to here) like Smart Switch, Samsung Pay, Samsung Concierge, and Smart Academy.
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It probably does, and yes the stuff you mentioned in the spoiler is exactly the same as my Note 8 which is a Singapore import as well. I too have the extra Samsung support sticker, Samsung Pay info and extra brochures inside the box.
murtaza02 said:
It probably does, and yes the stuff you mentioned in the spoiler is exactly the same as my Note 8 which is a Singapore import as well. I too have the extra Samsung support sticker, Samsung Pay info and extra brochures inside the box.
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Except, I do actually live in Singapore*, where it has a recommended retail price of S$1398, and it seems to be more expensive in Australia.
*I'm currently on holiday with some relatives in Perth, that's why I bothered to research the Australian retail price.
Oh yeah! I just remembered, Samsung Pay appears to be region/country specific. I'm not sure if there'll be a way to sideload a different country version without rooting, or if the user would have to use Android Pay instead. At least, after finding out while browsing the "My Apps" list in Galaxy Apps, I now have a second reason why I bought mine in my home country (besides the price difference).
I can post a screenshot of what I mean here, or you can watch this video I just uploaded, where you can also see my particular unit I just mentioned:
Oh, and if you want to see them, more photos I posted on Instagram, and I have even more photos of mine.
kbhasi said:
Except, I do actually live in Singapore*, where it has a recommended retail price of S$1398, and it seems to be more expensive in Australia.
*I'm currently on holiday with some relatives in Perth, that's why I bothered to research the Australian retail price.
Oh yeah! I just remembered, Samsung Pay appears to be region/country specific. I'm not sure if there'll be a way to sideload a different country version without rooting, or if the user would have to use Android Pay instead. At least, after finding out while browsing the "My Apps" list in Galaxy Apps, I now have a second reason why I bought mine in my home country (besides the price difference).
I can post a screenshot of what I mean here, or you can watch this video I just uploaded, where you can also see my particular unit I just mentioned:
Oh, and if you want to see them, more photos I posted on Instagram, and I have even more photos of mine.
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Samsung Pay will activate in your country when you activate the phone with a SIM card from that country, doesn't matter where you bought it.
Singapore's default CSC is XSP, activating the phone with a Singaporean SIM card will activate XSP on the phone and you'll be able to use Samsung Pay in Singapore.
Suppose you take the phone to Australia cause you've moved there. Reset it, activate it with an Australian SIM card. Origin CSC stays as XSP, active CSC however becomes XSA or any other Australian CSC and Samsung Pay will work there too.
Keep in mind this only applies to international model phones (N950F), and not the other variants.
The issue with the Korean Note FEs was that they were all South Korean carrier phones which meant they could only be used there for Samsung Pay and nowhere else.
murtaza02 said:
Samsung Pay will activate in your country when you activate the phone with a SIM card from that country, doesn't matter where you bought it.
Singapore's default CSC is XSP, activating the phone with a Singaporean SIM card will activate XSP on the phone and you'll be able to use Samsung Pay in Singapore.
Suppose you take the phone to Australia cause you've moved there. Reset it, activate it with an Australian SIM card. Origin CSC stays as XSP, active CSC however becomes XSA or any other Australian CSC and Samsung Pay will work there too.
Keep in mind this only applies to international model phones (N950F), and not the other variants.
The issue with the Korean Note FEs was that they were all South Korean carrier phones which meant they could only be used there for Samsung Pay and nowhere else.
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Oh, I get it now. I'll go update the description of my video.
The thing is, I saw these packages in Galaxy Apps:
(It disappeared, but I remember it being there when I made the video yesterday)
Oh yeah, and a small side effect for me that can be ignored: I bought my Note8 from someone else, who got it from Singtel, and when I set it up for the first time, I didn't have my SIM card installed, which had it set the CSC to XSP, and install that carrier's bloatware. (I did it like this first because I wanted to try some stuff that I couldn't try on the retail demo unit, theming being one of them) I did a reset, and put in my M1 SIM card. This time, only "My Singtel" app installed, and I could disable that and "Singtel Apps" packages in the Apps section in Settings.
I did, however, find out a way to view the active CSC, which I remembered not being able to do on my Note3 a few years ago.
Hey guys, might be a stupid question, but I wanted to ask this, is the N950F/DS the same (or another name actually) as the N950FD ?
DeejayTelis said:
Hey guys, might be a stupid question, but I wanted to ask this, is the N950F/DS the same (or another name actually) as the N950FD ?
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Yes. Technically there is no N950FD but most retailers have the dual SIM variant listed as such. That and the N950F/DS are exactly the same.
murtaza02 said:
Yes. Technically there is no N950FD but most retailers have the dual SIM variant listed as such. That and the N950F/DS are exactly the same.
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Happy new year! And thank you very much!
I've recently received my note 8, and I've been meaning to install the ironman rom + kernel + twrp, so i wanted to know if it would be possible. Thanks again!
DeejayTelis said:
Happy new year! And thank you very much!
I've recently received my note 8, and I've been meaning to install the ironman rom + kernel + twrp, so i wanted to know if it would be possible. Thanks again!
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If it's a N950F or the DS variant, it is possible.
Happy new year to you too.
Cheers
Can I use the International the N950f in the US ??
Thank You.
Mr.Ash.Man said:
N950F = International Version (EXYNOS)
N950U = US Version (SNAPDRAGON)
N950N = Korean Version (EXYNOS) 256GB
I do not reccomend buying from eBay unless its overseas. Lots of easy scams with eBay and Mobile phones
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Mr. Ash Man thanks for the info on the Note 8 variants !!!
I really appreciate XDA Developers, the limitless amount of legitimate information that is given freely on XDA is truly astonishing.
XDA is my go to place for all things Android.
Hmmmmmm
Mr.Ash.Man said:
N950F = International Version (EXYNOS)
N950U = US Version (SNAPDRAGON)
N950N = Korean Version (EXYNOS) 256GB
I do not reccomend buying from eBay unless its overseas. Lots of easy scams with eBay and Mobile phones
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I really don't understand Samsung's choices sometimes, at time I feel totally mind boggled by some of the decisions that Samsung makes, like putting Tizen on Gear smartwatches & making it incompatible with Android Wear, why not make Gear line of run on both Android's os & Samsung's Tizen os just like our Notes & S line phones do, if they couldn't put both operating systems on the devices then why not make a line that runs Android os & a line that runs Tizen os, the same frustration with Samsung when they short the US customers with base variant phones that only come with 64gb of rom, we do always get blessed with the flagship snapdragon processor chip, I definitely appreciate Samsung for that b/c the Snapdragon processors are always better, what I don't understand is why bless the states with Snapdragons flagship processor chips but then turn around & short us by only releasing base version variants that only come with 64gb, bless us with the best processors & cut us off at the knees by only releasing a base model with 64gb of rom while Samsung releases variants with 64gb rom & 128gb rom & 256gb rom.
I WANT the 256gb version, I always go for the variant that has the largest screen size & the most memory.
Samsung should release all variants in every country, it shouldn't be a problem for anyone in any country to go to Samsung's global site or our country's site & order whatever device we want with whatever variant that we want.
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Mr.Ash.Man said:
N950F = International Version (EXYNOS)
N950U = US Version (SNAPDRAGON)
N950N = Korean Version (EXYNOS) 256GB
I do not reccomend buying from eBay unless its overseas. Lots of easy scams with eBay and Mobile phones
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Is the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 256gb Korean variant compatible with US carriers ?!!
If so which carriers is it compatible with ?
Verizon Wireless is my carrier.
Do any of you have a non US variant & if so does it fully function or is it limited ?
Is the 950F/DS or 9500 on 8.0 yet?
note 8models unlock issue
note 8 from pakistan model number SM-N950FZKDXSG
is this unlocked in my country?
im ordering this from online dubai website
kindly help
SAMSUNG NOTE 8 SM-N950U and SM-N9500
Hello All. Please, I need some help. I have a Samsung note 8 SM-N950U as it says in the "About Phone" option with the Snapdragon 835. When i take photos or connect the phone to a PC, it says Samsung note 8 with model number SM-N9500.
I am confused because it is a single sim device and all the SM-N9500 are dual sim device. I was thinking of flashing with the China firmware but i am scared the IMEI will become locked again.
What should I do at this point?
Chidavis said:
Hello All. Please, I need some help. I have a Samsung note 8 SM-N950U as it says in the "About Phone" option with the Snapdragon 835. When i take photos or connect the phone to a PC, it says Samsung note 8 with model number SM-N9500.
I am confused because it is a single sim device and all the SM-N9500 are dual sim device. I was thinking of flashing with the China firmware but i am scared the IMEI will become locked again.
What should I do at this point?
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Boot into download mode and it'll show you the actual model number.
If it's SM-N9500, you can flash the TGY SM-N9500 ROM and you should be able to get dual SIM functionality.
Hello,
I have bought branded s10 - Vodafone UK. I will change CSC code to remove Vodafone branding from device and I am going to use Samkey. I live in Great Britain so default csc code for my region is XEU. I am familiar with Samsung and years ago I made a research and case looks a little bit complicated. New phones sold directly from Samsung come with BTU csc code, but phones from resellers come with XEU csc. Additionally I experienced on s9 that in Odin flashing BTU resulted XEU. Very strange. There are a lot of threads with question about difference between XEU and BTU with always the same answer - it depends from where phone come. That's quite simple however still very strange.
Anybody has never explain what's the difference in software and services between XEU and BTU. What's the real difference between both of them?
Should I flash XEU or BTU? And why XEU or BTU?
If I know any other country doesn't have more than one csc for non branded Samsung's. Why Samsung released two different csc for UK?
It's really strange. Currently changing csc in samkey require credit so there is no sense check all csc just to see how them works. If you have knowledge what's going on please explain that.
Grimm-reaper said:
Hello,
I have bought branded s10 - Vodafone UK. I will change CSC code to remove Vodafone branding from device and I am going to use Samkey. I live in Great Britain so default csc code for my region is XEU. I am familiar with Samsung and years ago I made a research and case looks a little bit complicated. New phones sold directly from Samsung come with BTU csc code, but phones from resellers come with XEU csc. Additionally I experienced on s9 that in Odin flashing BTU resulted XEU. Very strange. There are a lot of threads with question about difference between XEU and BTU with always the same answer - it depends from where phone come. That's quite simple however still very strange.
Anybody has never explain what's the difference in software and services between XEU and BTU. What's the real difference between both of them?
Should I flash XEU or BTU? And why XEU or BTU?
If I know any other country doesn't have more than one csc for non branded Samsung's. Why Samsung released two different csc for UK?
It's really strange. Currently changing csc in samkey require credit so there is no sense check all csc just to see how them works. If you have knowledge what's going on please explain that.
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if you flash a CSC in Odin and it changes from what you thought you were flashing to something else, then its a multi csc file and the SIM in your phone is telling the phone to go to that CSC.
That's right in almost all case. My region UK is the only one exception with two csc XEU and BTU. XEU comes from resellers, Samsung sales phones with BTU csc code localy. Nobody knows why we have got two different csc for our country and what's the difference between both.
Grimm-reaper said:
Hello,
I have bought branded s10 - Vodafone UK. I will change CSC code to remove Vodafone branding from device and I am going to use Samkey. I live in Great Britain so default csc code for my region is XEU. I am familiar with Samsung and years ago I made a research and case looks a little bit complicated. New phones sold directly from Samsung come with BTU csc code, but phones from resellers come with XEU csc. Additionally I experienced on s9 that in Odin flashing BTU resulted XEU. Very strange. There are a lot of threads with question about difference between XEU and BTU with always the same answer - it depends from where phone come. That's quite simple however still very strange.
Anybody has never explain what's the difference in software and services between XEU and BTU. What's the real difference between both of them?
Should I flash XEU or BTU? And why XEU or BTU?
If I know any other country doesn't have more than one csc for non branded Samsung's. Why Samsung released two different csc for UK?
It's really strange. Currently changing csc in samkey require credit so there is no sense check all csc just to see how them works. If you have knowledge what's going on please explain that.
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usa also has multiple csc for unlocked devices.. the usa U1 (samsung direct models) have most to all the same csc that the carrier U models have.. for example theres xaa xas xac gcf then all the carriers also such as vzw spr att tmo you get the point.. usually the samsung direct has less bloat but also sometimes certain carrier features might not work such as wifibcalling for example.. usually ull be ok tho..
i suggest looking into chimera tool.. most devices r supported to change csc for free after ubpurchase a license which might b more beneficial in the long run instead of always purchasing samkey credits and you can try em all n see what works best for u.. id check if that features availabls for ur device first tho
Grimm-reaper said:
That's right in almost all case. My region UK is the only one exception with two csc XEU and BTU. XEU comes from resellers, Samsung sales phones with BTU csc code localy. Nobody knows why we have got two different csc for our country and what's the difference between both.
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i think most if not all since S8 contain multi-csc lol
Grimm-reaper said:
That's right in almost all case. My region UK is the only one exception with two csc XEU and BTU. XEU comes from resellers, Samsung sales phones with BTU csc code localy. Nobody knows why we have got two different csc for our country and what's the difference between both.
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you probably have a lot more than 2 lol.. usually each carrier has a csc.. chk ur partitions for example.. they might b in product or odm or somewhere in system.. or get phone info apk should also list them
elliwigy said:
you probably have a lot more than 2 lol.. usually each carrier has a csc.. chk ur partitions for example.. they might b in product or odm or somewhere in system.. or get phone info apk should also list them
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My mistake. Two different csc for unbranded devices. BTU - directly from Samsung. XEU - unbranded phones from resellers like Amazon. I don't understand why they are different. I have flashed BTU and my phone switched to XEU. Yes BTU is multi OXM.
Grimm-reaper said:
My mistake. Two different csc for unbranded devices. BTU - directly from Samsung. XEU - unbranded phones from resellers like Amazon. I don't understand why they are different. I have flashed BTU and my phone switched to XEU. Yes BTU is multi OXM.
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not sure what you mean by multi oxm since i thought oxm was a region code and not csc code necessarily..
@elliwigy,
1. Do you have a link to this Chimera tool?
2. I have a friend with a Galaxy Note 10+ and the CSC on this phone is set to TGY (Hong Kong).
If I understand correctly, call recording is blocked due to this CSC.
Can he use Chimera to change the CSC, and enable call recording?
ericgl said:
@elliwigy,
1. Do you have a link to this Chimera tool?
2. I have a friend with a Galaxy Note 10+ and the CSC on this phone is set to TGY (Hong Kong).
If I understand correctly, call recording is blocked due to this CSC.
Can he use Chimera to change the CSC, and enable call recording?
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It's a tool that isn't free https://chimeratool.com/en
SAMKEY Code Reader SERVER 1, 2, or 3 CREDIT Packs
elliwigy said:
usa also has multiple csc for unlocked devices.. the usa U1 (samsung direct models) have most to all the same csc that the carrier U models have.. for example theres xaa xas xac gcf then all the carriers also such as vzw spr att tmo you get the point.. usually the samsung direct has less bloat but also sometimes certain carrier features might not work such as wifibcalling for example.. usually ull be ok tho..
i suggest looking into chimera tool.. most devices r supported to change csc for free after ubpurchase a license which might b more beneficial in the long run instead of always purchasing samkey credits and you can try em all n see what works best for u.. id check if that features availabls for ur device first tho
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Unless you have a large number of phones you need to change csc for its way less expensive to use Samkey. I found a seller onebay selling 1 and 2 credits which makes it even cheaper. eBay seller name is stai30 you can find his items at link below
1 Credoit
http://www.ebay.com/itm/283850219804
2 credits
http://www.ebay.com/itm/283854077843
3 credits
http://www.ebay.com/itm/283849640785
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ericgl said:
@elliwigy,
1. Do you have a link to this Chimera tool?
2. I have a friend with a Galaxy Note 10+ and the CSC on this phone is set to TGY (Hong Kong).
If I understand correctly, call recording is blocked due to this CSC.
Can he use Chimera to change the CSC, and enable call recording?
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Chimera is expensive and you have to re subscribe. Also samkey team is way more current with updates and you can even buy 1 credit or 2 credits cheap from ebay seller stai30.
mishaelwillo said:
Unless you have a large number of phones you need to change csc for its way less expensive to use Samkey. I found a seller onebay selling 1 and 2 credits which makes it even cheaper. eBay seller name is stai30 you can find his items at link below
1 Credoit
http://www.ebay.com/itm/283850219804
2 credits
http://www.ebay.com/itm/283854077843
3 credits
http://www.ebay.com/itm/283849640785
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Chimera is expensive and you have to re subscribe. Also samkey team is way more current with updates and you can even buy 1 credit or 2 credits cheap from ebay seller stai30.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=83299523&postcount=551
mishaelwillo said:
Unless you have a large number of phones you need to change csc for its way less expensive to use Samkey. I found a seller onebay selling 1 and 2 credits which makes it even cheaper. eBay seller name is stai30 you can find his items at link below
1 Credoit
http://www.ebay.com/itm/283850219804
2 credits
http://www.ebay.com/itm/283854077843
3 credits
http://www.ebay.com/itm/283849640785
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Chimera is expensive and you have to re subscribe. Also samkey team is way more current with updates and you can even buy 1 credit or 2 credits cheap from ebay seller stai30.
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you cant beat free.. and yes, there is free ways to change csc
Cheaper with Samkey
ericgl said:
@elliwigy,
1. Do you have a link to this Chimera tool?
2. I have a friend with a Galaxy Note 10+ and the CSC on this phone is set to TGY (Hong Kong).
If I understand correctly, call recording is blocked due to this CSC.
Can he use Chimera to change the CSC, and enable call recording?
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I was able to change CSC cheaper (as low as $2.99) with samkey, i found an ebay supplier selling 1 credit and 2 credit packs. Follow links to the items below.
1 Samkey credit http://www.ebay.com/itm/283850219804
2 Samkey credits http://www.ebay.com/itm/283854077843
3 Samkey credits http://www.ebay.com/itm/283849640785
Does anyone know what model number is specific to Europe? All i can find is G998B but theres also G998B/DS and i have no idea what the difference is
I want to make sure i got the correct model for my region and that Samsung Pay will work etc
Is International model and European the same??
DS = Dual Sim
Oh right! I asked because the European model is listed as G998B but my model is G998B/DS and has one or two pre installed apps from Singapore so when i done an imei check it confirmed the region the model belonged to was Singapore.
I just want to know if i will experience any short comings because of this? Im in Ireland so hope it won't affect the warranty and i hope Samsung Pay still works etc
Blaalad12 said:
Oh right! I asked because the European model is listed as G998B but my model is G998B/DS and has one or two pre installed apps from Singapore so when i done an imei check it confirmed the region the model belonged to was Singapore.
I just want to know if i will experience any short comings because of this? Im in Ireland so hope it won't affect the warranty and i hope Samsung Pay still works etc
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For what its worth ... I have a G998B/DS Latin American variant which has Samsung Pay and it does work in my home country (USA)
Blaalad12 said:
Does anyone know what model number is specific to Europe? All i can find is G998B but theres also G998B/DS and i have no idea what the difference is
I want to make sure i got the correct model for my region and that Samsung Pay will work etc
Is International model and European the same??
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Yes, the variant is the same. Since your device had OXM you have the option to change the CSC to your particular region. DS only means the SM-G988B is a Dual Sim Variant, the FW is identical.