There is confusion about the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 The Smartlet should have a lock that does not support SIM cards from other than the home region. A similar barrier but there were already talking about the Galaxy Note 2 Update: Meanwhile, Samsung has confirmed the lock
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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 | (c) Samsung
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 causes confusion. The XDA Developers forum of experts is reported that the new Smartlet only works with SIM cards of the region in which it was purchased. In order for a product bought in Europe Samsung Galaxy Note 3 would be useless if a local SIM card would be inserted when traveling in other parts of the world. The fear is underpinned by a corresponding label that can be found on the packaging of the Smartlets. One of these stickers was, however, already seen on the box of the Galaxy Note second A final confirmation of the regional lock that is a SIM lock right, there is not.
UPDATE: Samsung confirms lock
has just confirmed the regional lock Samsung. The Korean company will publish a formal announcement with the SIM lock would affect all manufactured in July 2013, and provided with a corresponding sticker copies of the models Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, S4 Galaxy Mini, Galaxy Note Galaxy Note 2 and 3 In a message first published in AllaboutSamsung it says:
Some current Samsung products are now provided with a local SIM card lock. This means that devices purchased in the European Union, with SIM cards of mobile operators from Germany and from the European Union and the European Economic Area (the “European region”) work as usual.
users of these Samsung devices can continue to use this together with its SIM card from a mobile service provider from the European region via roaming service to appropriate roaming charges to their wireless service provider around the world. If purchased in the European Union and not yet been put into use to be activated for the first time abroad, users can at local Samsung service partners can unlock their device for the region free.
Regional SIM card lock only affects the following Samsung models that are produced from the end of July 2013, and provided with a corresponding sticker:
Samsung GALAXY S III, II, GALAXY Note, GALAXY S4, S4 GALAXY mini and the GALAXY Note 3 Devices that have been delivered by Samsung and are in camps or even at retail are not affected.
Specifically, there is a functionality of the devices with SIM cards of mobile operators from the following countries:
countries of the European Economic Area (EEA):
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, Switzerland, Croatia
– non-EU/EEA:
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia, Vatican City
warning sticker on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 | (c) Androidnext
Previously, only Samsung Switzerland had expressed on the subject. On Facebook, the Confederates was informed by a purchased in Switzerland Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is quite compatible with SIM cards from other countries. However, it must first be activated with a SIM card from the home region. So that Samsung would push forward a stop to those who buy a Galaxy Note 3 cheaper in other parts of the world and then take it home in operation.
Now the situation is not so clear. The lock in Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and the other devices will not be relevant for all users. Who momentarily bored with his Galaxy Note 3 abroad and a local SIM card used in the Smartlet is such a lock eventually never notice. It’s ugly anyway, if the manufacturers, led by one of the fattest fish in the pond, to introduce such regional restrictions.
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Source: Android Authority, XDA Developers via Cashys blog Androidnext
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