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OMG!!!!!! i so want to get the Brazil GT-i9000 model it's so sweeet!

Check out their specs:
http://www.samsungmobile.com.br/telefone-celular/samsung-galaxy-s-especificacao
Digital TV = Yes
3G = 850/1900/2100 YES!!!!!
OMG!!!!!! i so want to get the Brazil GT-i9000 model it's so sweeet!

What about the battery life?!

Isnt that normal to all galaxy s'? I got the international i9000 and it has those features as well...

maverickzero said:
Isnt that normal to all galaxy s'? I got the international i9000 and it has those features as well...
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the international i9000 doesn't have 3g 850 (it has 900 instead of 850). Also, the digital tv thing will only work in brazil due to their tv infrastructure (from what I've heard).

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-3115.php
In this site there are the specifications of the international version of galaxy s, and you can see it does have 2g 850 connection... And about digital tv, what do they mean by that?

maverickzero said:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-3115.php
In this site there are the specifications of the international version of galaxy s, and you can see it does have 2g 850 connection... And about digital tv, what do they mean by that?
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Can you read? Where has anyone even mention 2g! We are talking about 3G!
Sorry if I sound harsh, but it annoys me when people don't take the time to actually read what a posts says. 3G! not 2G!
And if you're wondering why anyone cares about 3G 850 is because AT&T uses it among other carriers.

The.Opethian said:
What about the battery life?!
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well.. i think anyone smart enough to watch the world cup, or whatever the next big event is, should be smart enough to keep the USB plug nearby

INeedYourHelp said:
Can you read? Where has anyone even mention 2g! We are talking about 3G!
Sorry if I sound harsh, but it annoys me when people don't take the time to actually read what a posts says. 3G! not 2G!
And if you're wondering why anyone cares about 3G 850 is because AT&T uses it among other carriers.
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My bad... Guess it doesn't really matter for me, since I live in europe.. And yes after I posted I saw that you meant 3G and not 2G, but it was too late...

INeedYourHelp said:
the international i9000 doesn't have 3g 850 (it has 900 instead of 850). Also, the digital tv thing will only work in brazil due to their tv infrastructure (from what I've heard).
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yup, they share the same Digital TV infrastructure as Korea,
but the Korea version is all Asian language, so... no one will understand crap which menu option does what
i wonder if you can flash a Brazil ROM into the Korea phone?
according to their website, it's totally different series Korea SHW-M110S vs GT-i9000 Brazil
http://kr.samsungmobile.com/product...100001&pdMaster=&shape=all&imgMenu=9&onPlay=N
but spec wise it's the same as the Brazil one

AllGamer said:
Check out their specs:
http://www.samsungmobile.com.br/telefone-celular/samsung-galaxy-s-especificacao
Digital TV = Yes
3G = 850/1900/2100 YES!!!!!
OMG!!!!!! i so want to get the Brazil GT-i9000 model it's so sweeet!
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Price: US$ 1400 = NNNOOO!!!!!
BTW: Brazil DigitalTV uses a modified Japanese Standard and it doens't work with any other Digital TV Standards. I doesn NOT use Korean infrastructure.
BTW2: It looks li it will only have 8GB version. Also wi-fi b/g only. No "n"

AllGamer said:
yup, they share the same Digital TV infrastructure as Korea,
but the Korea version is all Asian language, so... no one will understand crap which menu option does what
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It's called Hangul, which I had to learn to read in order to learn Korean
AllGamer said:
i wonder if you can flash a Brazil ROM into the Korea phone?
according to their website, it's totally different series Korea SHW-M110S vs GT-i9000 Brazil
http://kr.samsungmobile.com/product...100001&pdMaster=&shape=all&imgMenu=9&onPlay=N
but spec wise it's the same as the Brazil one
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I think the DTV specs are different between Brazil and Korea. Korea uses DVB-H, while Brazil uses some wierd standard called ISDB-T.

AllGamer said:
yup, they share the same Digital TV infrastructure as Korea,
but the Korea version is all Asian language, so... no one will understand crap which menu option does what
i wonder if you can flash a Brazil ROM into the Korea phone?
according to their website, it's totally different series Korea SHW-M110S vs GT-i9000 Brazil
http://kr.samsungmobile.com/product...100001&pdMaster=&shape=all&imgMenu=9&onPlay=N
but spec wise it's the same as the Brazil one
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Korean version has 2 languages, Korean and English. I use English about 98% of the time, I'll flip it over to Korean for voice search in Korean (I really think I shouldn't have to do that, but that's Android) and for my friends to play around with.

TravUK said:
Korea uses DVB-H, while Brazil uses some wierd standard called ISDB-T.
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sounds remarkably similar to the good old ISDN standards for better than dial up model connections
taking a guess it might be a modified version of ISDN for TV over the air

Dandarebr said:
Price: US$ 1400 = NNNOOO!!!!!
BTW: Brazil DigitalTV uses a modified Japanese Standard and it doens't work with any other Digital TV Standards. I doesn NOT use Korean infrastructure.
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$1400? LOL! They can't be serious.

INeedYourHelp said:
$1400? LOL! They can't be serious.
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IPhone goes for similar prices, it's due to three things, last just being a rumor:
taxes
*competition/market size for high end phones @1000 you wont have many *customers (percentage of population-wise), adding an extra 400 won't cost you that many but will raise your profitability by a lot
*bundled services (rumor)

Maybe the needed hardware (except the antenna... obviously) is already in the rests of galaxy s's? Someone has compared the disassembly of both versions? Maybe it can be activated some day lol
If it's in there, hope it is dvb-h (i'm in europe)

this price is not uncommon at all here in brazil. All no-contract phones goes around 1000 US$.
I have tested the brazilian galaxy s and tv reception is fantastic. Worked flawlessly inside a shopping center.

Here in Argentina either. I bought my unlocked SGS (european version) for 900 bucks.

Brazilian Galaxy Tab has digital TV tuner

Remember that empty space in the teardown of the Galaxy Tab?
Apparently its where the digital TV tuner goes.
The Brazilian Galaxy Tab is one of the few versions in the world to have digital TV tuner built in.
Here is a video of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHrzdd4eDNM
EDIT: Forgot about the Korean version.

The korean version has it too I believe.
T-DMB or something.

VERY cool.
But..
Bah, the US models are /really/ being cut down in functionality.

It'd be great to check where that tuner is. Maybe it's hidden, maybe it can be added later, I guess it probably won't happen but I won't believe it until someone takes apart a brazilian galaxy tab and show me that damn tuner

Jyveafk said:
VERY cool.
But..
Bah, the US models are /really/ being cut down in functionality.
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Nobody in North America is using DMB though...so it'd be worthless here, or anywhere besides Brazil and South Korea.

And Norway. Unfortunately, the Tab was not released here with DMB functionality. No antenna either, so not sure if it would matter if it had the chip anyway.

WOW
Im amazed how edition has this tablet...
L;M;Sprint;T-mobile...;P1010..

Thats amazing. But i *think* it says it pick up not only digital but ALSO analog channels!

Yep
I have this model, the signal is very poor indoor but I think it's better outside, it has analog and digital reception.

Advice on Galaxy S2- South Korea

Hi, I'm thinking of teaching English in South Korea. I'd be going in maybe 4 or 5 months and was wondering if it is worth it to get the Galaxy S2 or not. I will need to get a laptop but my family might be helping me out with that. I will want to travel to Japan, China, maybe some other countries. I know it uses a SIM card but will it work in these countries as well? Do you think it is worth it? I'll be there for a year. Maybe I should get a cheap phone and maybe get a tablet instead. Any advice would be great.
Is it any kind of substitute for a Camera?
P.S. I would be selling my current Samsung Epic from Sprint to cover a good portion of the cost.

Hello.
I'm korean and please refer my reply.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052222
If you will resident(living) in south korea, you will purchased korea galaxy s2 from SKTelecom or KoreaTelecom contract.
But , in short stay and many country traveling and return to your country to use, i recommend buy the EU galaxy S2.

Any more advise?
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I beg to differ!!
The con's you mentioned here aren't much of a problem. Most of the world still uses triband gsm and having a quad band won't do much of good and how many of us really uses mms when we are using emailing or video calling!!
If you see the pro's they is NFC which is gonna be must feature in all smart mobile in future. Next gen samsung mobile is having NFC in all the models. So isn't it cool to have right now than later? well there are lot of apps in android for fm, so having a native fm on mobile is pointless. And DMB is an extra asset too. last but not the least bloatware can be removed in many ways as like rooting
So what do you think guys?
Pulverizer said:
Hello.
I'm korean and please refer my reply.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052222
If you will resident(living) in south korea, you will purchased korea galaxy s2 from SKTelecom or KoreaTelecom contract.
But , in short stay and many country traveling and return to your country to use, i recommend buy the EU galaxy S2.
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My gsm galaxy s 1 picked up signal just fine travelling SK and japan last year. You might not be able to get full speed 3g though
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[Q] Galaxy Note 4G LTE + NFC Release date?

i'm looking for the Galaxy Note 4G LTE + NFC Version, when will it be released ? and where first ?
thanks guys

There is no release for that. LTE version will be released in Korea later this year and no NFC for Galaxy Note.
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ooh, will there be an unlocked SGN version that i can buy online ?
any release dates will be great to know, so i can made up my mind about buying this version or wait.
plus, dose anyone know the different between the current speed and the LTE speed, download and upload i mean
thanks a lot everyone

siamchen said:
There is no release for that. LTE version will be released in Korea later this year and no NFC for Galaxy Note.
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The SGS2 is 4G. Can you explain why the US carriers wouldn't have a 4G version of the Note?
I don't see that as realistic.

ZenInsight said:
The SGS2 is 4G. Can you explain why the US carriers wouldn't have a 4G version of the Note?
I don't see that as realistic.
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Let's put it this way. There has not been a LTE Galaxy note pass through the FCC. The only one that has, comes with hspa on ATT frequencies with no LTE. This means that it will be a minimum of a couple months if ever, that there is a LTE version of the Galaxy note that will work on the US LTE (Verizon or ATT) frequencies. It will have to pass through the FCC and then the cats out of the bag.

mircury said:
Let's put it this way. There has not been a LTE Galaxy note pass through the FCC. The only one that has, comes with hspa on ATT frequencies with no LTE. This means that it will be a minimum of a couple months if ever, that there is a LTE version of the Galaxy note that will work on the US LTE (Verizon or ATT) frequencies. It will have to pass through the FCC and then the cats out of the bag.
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Good point. I hear that Att's HSPA+ is really fast though.

ZenInsight said:
Good point. I hear that Att's HSPA+ is really fast though.
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Well, it depends where you are. In Louisville, ATT is the slowest of the major carriers at around 3.5 mbps down and Verizon is the fastest with LTE pushing 12 mbps down.
I would go into an ATT store where you are and run the speedtest app on a phone labeled 4g (hspa+) and see what you get.

On 3rd Nov Samsung Galaxy Note London show they said there will be two version of Galaxy Note: LET and HSPA+. So, you have to choose one from them and there is no combination of LET/HSPA+ on a single phone. And, they never talk about NFC anywhere.

siamchen,
About your comment; I think it was a bit confusing comment on the London launch. It was stated that it was either a HSPA+ or LTE - but will both version have HSPA (the slow 3g)? I can't find that information anywhere. Anyone know?

drelle said:
siamchen,
About your comment; I think it was a bit confusing comment on the London launch. It was stated that it was either a HSPA+ or LTE - but will both version have HSPA (the slow 3g)? I can't find that information anywhere. Anyone know?
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I think both versions will have HSPA and what distinguish one from the other is the LTE
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Japanese Xperia Z has different specs

One of major differences is that Japanese model has One Seg tv tuner and IR blaster installed. LTE bands are, however, limited to local bands only, so it is not global LTE you can find in models outside of japan.
and btw, it would be available here on Feb 9th, so I guess it will be debut on home turf.

Would like to know what's one seg? I thought it was just an apk bloatware or something lol

Riyal said:
Would like to know what's one seg? I thought it was just an apk bloatware or something lol
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You can watch TV on your phone if it supports 1seg, but that's something only Japan has

Ambroos said:
You can watch TV on your phone if it supports 1seg, but that's something only Japan has
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basically is it a tv tunner???

s-X-s said:
basically is it a tv tunner???
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For a special network, yes. Completely useless outside Japan.

Did a research lol! And yes it's a tv tuner and what's great was I found the info on a review of HTC Butterfly J
Anyways it's available only on Japan, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru so yeah pretty useless.
But just wondering they all keep saying the devices have the same hardware. So would that mean that even the global Xperia Z has the capabilities of infrared blaster and 1seg but is just disabled?

Japan has a totally different 2G network and seems other network also different...

Wouldn't the network band be altered just by flashing a baseband from another variant?

Even though the Japanese Z seems to have 'extra' features, remember however that since they wont be available outside Japan, development will be very limited, if any. The safest bet would be to go for an 'International' version with an unlocked bootloader.

anirudh412 said:
Even though the Japanese Z seems to have 'extra' features, remember however that since they wont be available outside Japan, development will be very limited, if any. The safest bet would be to go for an 'International' version with an unlocked bootloader.
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Unless you live in Japan

jerryhou85 said:
Japan has a totally different 2G network and seems other network also different...
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Actually Japan is 3G and LTE only...there is no 2G...well in the Airport only...maybe

whoa ir blaster would have come handy lucky Japanese
why fix it if it ain't broken ?

lancebukkake said:
Actually Japan is 3G and LTE only...
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Not true...
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Well, I am seriously considering getting this phone here in Japan; but I would like to be able to root and flash AOSP as I have done with my Galaxy Nexus, which is the Japanese variant.
I'm looking forward to unlocked bootloaders and AOSP ROMs

Japan has no GSM, it has WCDMA, cdma2000-1x, and LTE as well as an almost totally dead 2G network called PDC.
Japanese one-seg tuners may be able to physically receive south american signals but they can't decode them due to different encodings on the streams. ISDB-T is used in japan. Elsewhere uses a slight variant called ISDB-Tb.
Japanese XZ is supposed to be quad band GSM, triband WCDMA and hexa-band LTE-FDD vs I believe penta-band WCDMA elsewhere.

It's fast!
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ZL is clocked at 1.7ghz and Z at 1.5ghz but both have s4 pro processor

Sv: Japanese Xperia Z has different specs
i9100g user said:
ZL is clocked at 1.7ghz and Z at 1.5ghz but both have s4 pro processor
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No it don't
Look at this
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...FvRgM8aGn4AfoCHVQ&sig2=AnOregff31k2YYd2K1keCw
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sfkaudi said:
No it don't
Look at this
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...FvRgM8aGn4AfoCHVQ&sig2=AnOregff31k2YYd2K1keCw
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Looks like my sources are wrong :silly: