Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Olympic Edition comes out
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- Anonymous
- Snv
- 23 Jan 2014
Anonymous, 23 Jan 2014Actually, I am a US citizen currently visiting Novocheboksa... moreAn like the elephant in the room nobody wishes to mention, here are the other two issues those phones, and recipients, may face: 1. Like all my other unlocked Russian phones, once leaving Russia they will not receive updates. 2. If they ever do get updates (via a PC) and/or are factory data reset, they again become region locked. (Contact Samsung Support to verify.)
Note: It requires a Russian passport to receive a SIM on Beeline, MTS, or MEGAFONE. The MEGAFONE Note 3 is also carrier locked; they are the official carrier here and offer the Note at a substantial discount. (The signs are everywhere.)
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- Anonymous
- Snv
- 23 Jan 2014
geordie81, 22 Jan 2014actually sim region lock does not work like that, if the at... moreActually, I am a US citizen currently visiting Novocheboksarsk, Russia. I visited the local authorized Samsung Store. I considered the Note 3 here; after direct contact with Samsung, and with help from the Russian clerk, I opted against it. According to Samsung Russia, Region Lock does not work as many people claim.
My German friend purchased an Unlocked Note 3 in Germany (not T-Mobile branded); the phone was activated using a local German T-Mobile SIM; upon arriving to Houston, TX, the Note worked great (roaming). When a US T-Mobile or AT&T SIM was used, the phone would not function.
So in the case of this Olympic version, they may not be region locked (as some were not).
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- Jarret
- 25G
- 23 Jan 2014
Anonymous, 22 Jan 2014Bwahaha....You actually compare this to what Apple does??? ... moreApple has started builds plastic iPhone5S aka iPhone6 in next May 2014...ha ha
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- Anonymous
- 4QS
- 22 Jan 2014
geordie81, 22 Jan 2014huhhh....sound familiar??? almost every single company oper... moreBwahaha....You actually compare this to what Apple does??? And now Apple started flagship updates?
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- Anonymous
- thY
- 22 Jan 2014
A clown phone lol
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- geordie81
- H5x
- 22 Jan 2014
Kourtney, 22 Jan 2014This Years SAMSUNG'S are part 2 of last year's phones and n... morehuhhh....sound familiar??? almost every single company operates this way, incremental updates, and in actual fact, most of these companies learned this exact method from apple, 3g/3gs, 4/4s, 5/5s,, its almost probable that apple will increase the screen size, a bit, latest os and a bit more power in its new chip for the 6, and then the same with 6s.
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- geordie81
- H5x
- 22 Jan 2014
Anonymous, 22 Jan 2014Ugliest plastic price ever. And its gonna be a disaster aga... moreactually sim region lock does not work like that, if the athletes are given these phones to use then once they put their sims into the phone the phone will work anywhere, first it needs to be activated with a local sim, which will be provided with the phone, then take that out and pop your own sim and it will work, maybe though as samsung are giving these away for free they will supply them unlocked, and even if they are not unlocked, it can be done via samsung customer service, which allows for activations. no big deal really.
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- Anonymous
- thY
- 22 Jan 2014
AnonD-59657, 22 Jan 2014What about Samsung Galaxy Note 3: -Valentine Edition -Apr... moreUp haha Lol!
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- KIP
- 22 Jan 2014
AnonD-59657, 22 Jan 2014What about Samsung Galaxy Note 3: -Valentine Edition -Apr... moreand this stupid Samsung's note 3 getting more attraction day by day.... what about non sense apple's tiny waste pieces,
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- MkX
- 22 Jan 2014
AnonD-59657, 22 Jan 2014What about Samsung Galaxy Note 3: -Valentine Edition -Apr... morehahahah u made my day :))
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- Anonymous
- Snv
- 22 Jan 2014
Will these be region locked? If so, what use are they after the Olympics when the athletes travel home?
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- Mateuiu
- nDx
- 22 Jan 2014
AnonD-59657, 22 Jan 2014What about Samsung Galaxy Note 3: -Valentine Edition -Apr... moreApple fanboy :))
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- Anonymous
- t7E
- 22 Jan 2014
are they giving these out to olympic atleaths??
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- AnonD-59657
- ibc
- 22 Jan 2014
What about Samsung Galaxy Note 3:
-Valentine Edition
-April Fool Edition
-Major League Edition
Stupid Samsung!
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- Anonymous
- Kg%
- 22 Jan 2014
Ugliest plastic price ever. And its gonna be a disaster again because of the region lock, most of the athletes cant bring it back to their home countries, will not work with SIM cards from their region.
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- AnonD-43136
- 39x
- 22 Jan 2014
Good job olympic medals dont come in plastic and fake leather :-D
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- Anonymous
- t1$
- 22 Jan 2014
Yawn. Boring.
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- Kourtney
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- 22 Jan 2014
This Years SAMSUNG'S are part 2 of last year's phones and neo's also.
No diffrence, same design, more ram, latest os.