Here's the BBC's report from the 3GSM trade show in Barcelona, talking about the latest converged devices:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6355449.stm
But I had to laugh when I read this quote:
"My biggest gripe, though, is the form factor. Answering e-mail using a numerical keypad is hard slog.
I still wait for slim smartphones with large touch-screens and slide-out keypads. A few phones - like Samsung's Ultra Smart F700 - are getting close, but they are expensive and not in the shops yet."
Maybe someone should tell him about the Wizard and Hermes??
No SAMSUNG logo above the screen on Swedish retail version as I saw it today in Media Market store in Norrkoping. dealer said package contains MHL converter.
Btw are wich price u found it?
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Seriously? That rises more questions than answers lol
The pre-order special price is 4990 Sek (Swedish Krona) and delivery date is 12th of May.
El Salvador said:
Seriously? That rises more questions than answers lol
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I Know!!! I asked lots of different questions and also lots of same questions about non existing Samsung logo and MHL converter in the box!! The guy almost cried!! )))
samini said:
I Know!!! I asked lots of different questions and also lots of same questions about non existing Samsung logo and MHL converter in the box!! The guy almost cried!! )))
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Was this an official outlet? Sounds more likely he's got his hands on prototypes or review models...
I'd stay away from a device without Samsung Branding, as when have you known Samsung not to stick their logo on the phone?
hmm...
If I am not mistaken, the Korean models have no Samsung logo on the front.
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Was this an official outlet? Sounds more likely he's got his hands on prototypes or review models...
I'd stay away from a device without Samsung Branding, as when have you known Samsung not to stick their logo on the phone?
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Samsung not having a Bright White logo on GS II is strange!! I can not agree more but I made the guy call his boss and ask!! and I made sure that what I saw was retail version with 1.2GHZ CPU.
Now I have more ....
As you know, from one certain date Samsung replaced pictures with ones with logo. from then almost every online store and mobile reviewer changed their pictures too. Recently I realized Telenor and Tele2 (bigest phone companies in sweden) changed back pictures to ones without Samsung logo.
You can chek it yourself.( As I am sure you know! web sites are .se rather than .com or ...)
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as when have you known Samsung not to stick their logo on the phone?
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Nexus S. It has the Samsung in the back cover.
But I don't believe it would come to sweden without Samsung text in front, when it does in Finland.
I have my doubts about this information. I don't doubt the veracity of what you're saying, but of the information you were given.
First, I wouldn't put it past the regional marketing branch of Samsung to hand out some of the former prototype devices to retailers to look at and Media Markt may have mistook it for a display model. Second, the very fact that Samsung doesn't include an MHI adapter cable is strange, especially when they're rare to come by and other manufacturers like Nokia have set the standard (my N8 came with an HDMI cable, USB-to-Go cable, you name it), so I think the local MM manager is just going on logic without really checking things up.
Yesterday I was in an ElGiganten in Stockholm and the whole front of the store was decked out in huge display boards. They expected to be ready for release on May 6, and kind of miffed about having to wait until May 12. Won't they look rediculous when they realize all their expensive marketing material doesn't even look like the device to be sold - with a Samsung logo on it.
I would be very surprised if the hardware versions delivered to the various EU countries have any significant differences (and I prefer the Samsung lable on the front). But then again, stranger things have happened.
The samsung brand is on the back... Strangely like the iPhone?!
And its not just Sweden. If you visit the Samsung page (swedish, finnish, whatever), only the front page and top images have it - the rest in the actual specification/advertisment of the phone doesnt have it. Three UK shows it without the name. Etc and so on.
You're right about the local Samsung page, it's a mixed bag.
The retailer pictures vary, but the OP is right in saying that a surprising number of retailers now or still have the photos without the logo on the front.
If this is true, it makes me worry that there might be other less benign differences from the units that we've seen from the UK, like cheaper camera sensors or the like.
Let's hope that there is no hardware difference in EU. I really hate it when they do that.
The worst case scenario is Samsung having many first production devices that we know as test devices mostly with 1 GHZ CPU and then they realized that they want to go with 1.2 GHZ and the Samsung LOGO and rest is not so hard to guess since CPU speed is just the matter of over clocking old devices and ..... OH just find a cold place in north to get rid of them ))))
I really hope that I am wrong ..... we will know in less than 5 days.
Danish version...
.... seems to be just like the Swedish version - or rather the version i bought.
No logo on front - also no NFC, and only 16 Gb version without memorycard in the box. BUT... also no HDMI-converter. This version actually comes from warehouses in Sweden, where Telia stores it.
But the specs on the phone shows 1,2 Ghz dual-core, and the rest of the specs fully complies with the specs from Samsung on this phone.
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If I am not mistaken, the Korean models have no Samsung logo on the front.
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This is because usually carriers force their logos on the front. This was partially the reason why iPhone arrived so late in Korea. Apple wouldn't let anyone touch'em.
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.... seems to be just like the Swedish version - or rather the version i bought.
No logo on front - also no NFC, and only 16 Gb version without memorycard in the box. BUT... also no HDMI-converter. This version actually comes from warehouses in Sweden, where Telia stores it.
But the specs on the phone shows 1,2 Ghz dual-core, and the rest of the specs fully complies with the specs from Samsung on this phone.
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The Nordic countries always share the same version (at least in my experience of Samsung).
Has it already been released in Denmark???
Could you use Android System Info and see if it looks the same as Swedroid's UK device shown in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt7mdInSWqk&feature=relmfu
At 3:26 it shows some CPU info (although not entirely accurate, it does show the use of the CPU going up to 1.2 GHz).
I Saw CONVERTER WITH MY EYES!!!
People ! I saw the converter that comes with GSII in box in Sweden @ least from Media Market it is a Charger/HDMI converter you use it to charge cell phone or plug HDMI cable. You can see it in the post here for Infuse4G "http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Infuse-4G-HDMI-out-Adapter-Demonstration_id18667"
So now you can charge and use HDMI @ same time.
Eddiedk said:
.... seems to be just like the Swedish version - or rather the version i bought.
No logo on front - also no NFC, and only 16 Gb version without memorycard in the box. BUT... also no HDMI-converter. This version actually comes from warehouses in Sweden, where Telia stores it.
But the specs on the phone shows 1,2 Ghz dual-core, and the rest of the specs fully complies with the specs from Samsung on this phone.
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Is it the Exynos 1.2?
Today Samsung Mobile Belgium and Belgacom (provider) launch an advertisment event for the Galaxy SIII.
Start in 15minutes.
Vertical Run from a building. Looks cool there is a livestream
https://www.facebook.com/samsungmobilebelgium/app_476289219051586
Nice way to promote a new product
I just thought I should post a little warning - there are new "i9000" phones on sale on eBay UK - priced at £154+shipping. I bought one of these and it shows all the signs of being a SHW-m110s Korean Anycall Galaxy S faked-up to resemble an i9000 as explained here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890667
I did not want any other members to be caught-out like this.
SM-C710/DS is that a J7? the more I search the more confusing!! I did find a C series BUT then a well known websites say it's a J710
There's another well known website that says it's a J7+
I just need the correct model so I can order a new screen for it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated/
Cheers
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SM-C710/DS is that a J7? the more I search the more confusing!! I did find a C series BUT then a well known websites say it's a J710
There's another well known website that says it's a J7+
I just need the correct model so I can order a new screen for it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated/
Cheers
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It's the Samsung Galaxy C7/J7+
Screens for it:
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H_L said:
SM-C710/DS is that a J7? the more I search the more confusing!! I did find a C series BUT then a well known websites say it's a J710
There's another well known website that says it's a J7+
I just need the correct model so I can order a new screen for it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated/
Cheers
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Samsung itself calls it the Galaxy J7+:
Galaxy J7+ | SM-C710F/DS | SM-C710FZDDXSP | Samsung SG
With its rear 13MP F1.7 camera the Samsung Galaxy J7+ is capable of capturing, high-resolution images in low-light environments.
www.samsung.com
And GSMArena shows it as the Galaxy C7 (2017) but with this remark:
Also known as Samsung Galaxy J7+ in Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines; Samsung Galaxy C8 in China
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Samsung Galaxy C7 (2017) - Full phone specifications
www.gsmarena.com