Samsung Galaxy S5 also region-locked, here are the details

11 April, 2014
The Galaxy S5 requires 5 minutes of talk time in the region it's bought before going abroad.

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  • Ayush_1226
  • 2WY
  • 11 Apr 2014

That's a smart move, to decrease grey market imports.

    Why Samsung? Why to complicate things???

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      • Josh
      • N5H
      • 11 Apr 2014

      Very dumb stipulation. I've never heard of this restriction on other SIM-Free phones...so why now? Let people buy and use their phones wherever they want without forcing them to take special steps to use the phone. All this is going to do is frustrate buyers.

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        • Anonymous
        • J8L
        • 11 Apr 2014

        Sounds fair, also a little annoying if you don't know.