class=”wp_keywordlink”> Samsung has introduced a regional SIM card lock on some of its smartphones. The company yesterday confirmed that the blog All About Samsung. Devices that have been bought in Europe for example, can only operate with SIM cards of European suppliers. The scheme applies to phones Galaxy S3, S4 Galaxy S4 Galaxy Mini, Galaxy Note Galaxy Note 2 and 3, which were produced from the end of July 2013.
First, the British online retailer Clove became aware of the lock. In a blog post he published a picture of a sticker on the packaging of Grade 3, the buyers informed about the restriction. “This product is only compatible with a SIM card of a mobile operator from the following countries: All member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and Switzerland, Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Monaco, Montenegro , San Marino, Serbia, Vatican City, “it says on the packaging of units sold in this country.
smartphones that were purchased in Europe can only use with SIM cards from other regions, according to Samsung Germany if they are there or put into service for the first time enabled. Only then can users “can unlock for free at local Samsung service partners for the region.” Their device
For users who want to buy one of the question Samsung smartphones in the future, the lock means that they can no longer deal by buying a local SIM card when traveling outside Europe, the roaming costs. Samsung Germany emphasized, however, that “continue to work together with the SIM card of a mobile operator from the European region via roaming service to appropriate roaming charges on their mobile service throughout the World” can use the devices.
users notice the population generally rejection. “The more times you should reconsider. So great is not your supremacy. Should actually come, you will most likely lose many customers (myself included) “, for example, writes Ralph Bunzengeiger on Samsung’s Facebook page. “Because of the history, Samsung has done for me,” commented another Facebook member named Andy Boe.
[with material from Matthew Miller, ZDNet.com]
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