I've was living in Japan for a long time and was impressed by how easy it was to pay using your smartphone. This is made possible by the use of the "feliCa" technology. Do anyone know if the Galaxy S4 will support this? If supported, is it only for Asian markets?
I know that Note II has this implemented, but not sure if this was available worldwide.
drlipton said:
I've was living in Japan for a long time and was impressed by how easy it was to pay using your smartphone. This is made possible by the use of the "feliCa" technology. Do anyone know if the Galaxy S4 will support this? If supported, is it only for Asian markets?
I know that Note II has this implemented, but not sure if this was available worldwide.
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Google Wallet? In the U.S. I use it to pay for stuff all the time at grocery stores and fast food places.
drlipton said:
I've was living in Japan for a long time and was impressed by how easy it was to pay using your smartphone. This is made possible by the use of the "feliCa" technology. Do anyone know if the Galaxy S4 will support this? If supported, is it only for Asian markets?
I know that Note II has this implemented, but not sure if this was available worldwide.
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Only the Japanese version should/might support FeLiCa, as FeLiCa differs from the regular NFC specifications (it's a closed protocol patented by Sony, it was there long before NFC had been introduced), the good news is FeLiCa is only used in Japan, so as long as you are living abroad you shouldn't be missing too much.
FeLiCa is live in the US
mathieulh said:
Only the Japanese version should/might support FeLiCa, as FeLiCa differs from the regular NFC specifications (it's a closed protocol patented by Sony, it was there long before NFC had been introduced), the good news is FeLiCa is only used in Japan, so as long as you are living abroad you shouldn't be missing too much.
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I have a FeLiCa enabled card in my pocket and two readers on my desk that support it. Several college campuses in the US are using FeLiCa enabled devices.
NTT Docomo varient support FeliCa, but other versions only support standard NFC Type A/B. However, NFC Type A/B can also allow users to pay with a tap as long as there are compatible system exist.
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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?
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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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I would like to know if there is any version of the SGS2 that is available for import (to the US) that supports NFC?
All versions available for purchase are mainly from the UK and do not support NFC.
I think over the next few years NFC will be common in europe and in the US (I am in the US on AT&T but travel to germany often). I think this would adequately future proof the device for me (along with the other awesome spec it already has).
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youre saying "over the next few years" here??? people that use these forums seem to switch phones every few months! im changing from Galaxy S which is a year old and i feel like i switch slow compared to most of these people.
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I would like to know if there is any version of the SGS2 that is available for import (to the US) that supports NFC?
All versions available for purchase are mainly from the UK and do not support NFC.
I think over the next few years NFC will be common in europe and in the US (I am in the US on AT&T but travel to germany often). I think this would adequately future proof the device for me (along with the other awesome spec it already has).
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I am looking for the same. From its official launch in UK around 2 days ago , it is not clear that the handset in the market are NFC enabled or not , or is it explicitly mentioned somewhere when we are going to buy it.
The NFC support is optional in the official specs page, which is a bit confusing as how to get the NFC/non-NFC version, or whether it is a hardware limitation or just some software NFC support to be upgraded by any firmware/ROM upgrade.
Please keep all of us posted if you get any answers.
Thanks.
According to Clove the UK version doesn't come with an NFC chip.
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According to Clove the UK version doesn't come with an NFC chip.
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Aha....that's why all the UK people who have the sgs2 allready can't find any NFC on it.
Is there an unbranded/unlocked south korean version (which i am told has nfc) that can be imported to the US?
I am not sure if the SK version is also gsm quad band and would work on AT&T though.
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Hey I have an opportunity to grab a Korean S4 (SHV-E300K/S). I am wondering if there will be any issues to using this phone in HK? The LTE bands appear to be compatible. I was wondering if the phone will be locked or if there is something that just won't work? I've never been to Korea so I don't know how phones are sold there so any insight will be appreciated.
Thanks in Advance!
Did some digging around and apparently KT telecom, (1 of the 2 large operators in South Korea) did not lock the previous release of the S3.
Also including the article which mentions the LTE bands just in case anyone's interested.
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/04/02/galaxy-s4s-korean-variant-shv-e300sk-to-feature-exynos-5-octa-clocked-at-1-8ghz-confirmed-by-fcc/
Still hoping to get some input before pulling the trigger. Thanks
I'm very interested in this, and I've been trying to do some research. I have a best friend who's brother lives in Korea and works at Samsung, and she told me that if I wanted the Korean version, he'd do his best to ship one to my specifications.
Long story short, I want the Exynos + LTE, but the information online is few and in between.
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Well if you can find out anything from that person who works for Samsung that would be much appreciated. I'm willing to pull the trigger if:
a) they sell phones outright off contract in Korea,
b) the phone is carrier unlocked, and
c) I can set English menus.
I am willing to Gamble with the LTE bands and the software compatibility quirks that I may experience.
Perhaps someone from Korea can shed some light?
Thanks.
pygo said:
Well if you can find out anything from that person who works for Samsung that would be much appreciated. I'm willing to pull the trigger if:
a) they sell phones outright off contract in Korea,
b) the phone is carrier unlocked, and
c) I can set English menus.
I am willing to Gamble with the LTE bands and the software compatibility quirks that I may experience.
Perhaps someone from Korea can shed some light?
Thanks.
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To answer your questions,
Phones are available in English menu and you only need to worry about the LTE bands as they are not carrier locked in Korea. You might need to set some settings to work in your country and chances should be high as I heard the Octa supports 20 bands of LTE.
I'm not sure what you meant by outright but you can walk into any shop and buy it if that's what you meant. Alternatively, if you know anyone in Korea they should be able to get it for you but not in the next few days because right now it seems that it's all on contract until stock are more abundant.
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It would be really cool if the Korean GS4 could work with USA LTE. But the price~! Right now, it's being sold for around $1,100 USD~!
What's special about Korean models? Don't other countries have octa too?
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What's special about Korean models? Don't other countries have octa too?
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They have octa + LTE.
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Okay, so I'm very confused. I too have the opportunity to grab a Korean version, but instead of the OP, I reside in the US, would I run into ANY problems if I got this version? LTE I understand might possibly work/might not, but is there anything else to be concerned with?
All galaxy korean version has following problems.
1. All operator too many customizing ==> it will cause unstable, because all known that they request too many modify frameworks also.
2. Too many have bloat apps.(operator apps, avg 10 + apps exist, some apps are not support uninstall, yeah rooting will delete that apps, but it make an another error)
3. UMTS band are only 1900/2100 (official), previous galaxy have only UMTS 2100 (SKT/KT model only, LGU+ model using CDMA 1800(that frequncy only exist in korea over the world)
4. LTE band are only 850/1800. (SKT 850/1800 , KT 1800 / LG U+ 850)
5. Maybe Firmare not compatible with Global version (I930X / N710X )
6. you may not use USSD code (korean all operator doesn't support USSD code, so korean localizing version remove USSD function)
I lived in korea, but i don't use our korean galaxy models. This time I also ordered galaxy s4 on UK. Because UK model is always Europe open model and it has nearly Samsung reference model. (Doesn't have or 1~2 bloat app exist)
i'm very hate too many localizing. it will always phone make unstable.
Pulverizer, thank you for the info! I think I'll be going for the i9500 now.
Thank You to all who took the time to reply!
I'm likely going to get a local machine now to reduce the need to tinker.
This is also a very informative link from an shv-e300 user for any of those who are still fence sitters! Very good information is given at the bottom of page 3!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2253148&page=3
I to was tempted for Korean
This information will keep me to in the US/UK LTE version.
Just wondering why iphone 5s from HK can use TD-LTE of China Mobile but Note3 N9005 from HK cannot?
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Just wondering why iphone 5s from HK can use TD-LTE of China Mobile but Note3 N9005 from HK cannot?
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Well, I think I read something about carrier support for the iPhone for this kind of LTE. But actually, this sounds a little like "why can a Ferrari go faster than a Toyota compact car".
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Well, I think I read something about carrier support for the iPhone for this kind of LTE. But actually, this sounds a little like "why can a Ferrari go faster than a Toyota compact car".
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So did you just mean it is a hardware problem? Perhaps the iphones support TD themselves. But in my view, MSM8974 of Snapdragon Series should support all kinds of LTE as what they peacock before, I don't know whether there is someone really good on "unlocking" the ability of that.
spasspas said:
So did you just mean it is a hardware problem? Perhaps the iphones support TD themselves. But in my view, MSM8974 of Snapdragon Series should support all kinds of LTE as what they peacock before, I don't know whether there is someone really good on "unlocking" the ability of that.
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I'm not saying that it's the hardware. But search the internet for something like iPhone with LTE is coming to HK or so. I think I read that it's depending on whether the carrier supports it and has the network available for it.
Hello,
I'm interested in a Note 4 as an International travel device to utilize local SIM cards in whatever country/region I happen to be in (primarily the EU and Africa). I'm primarily focused on versitle connectivity for voice and text communication as well as navigational apps.
I'm having trouble deciphering the various versions (C vs. F vs. U) because I'm, admittedly, a total novice at this. So, best unlocked version to be the most versatile wordwide? Thanks.
AWB229 said:
Hello,
I'm interested in a Note 4 as an International travel device to utilize local SIM cards in whatever country/region I happen to be in (primarily the EU and Africa). I'm primarily focused on versitle connectivity for voice and text communication as well as navigational apps.
I'm having trouble deciphering the various versions (C vs. F vs. U) because I'm, admittedly, a total novice at this. So, best unlocked version to be the most versatile wordwide? Thanks.
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I would have thought something like a Nexus 6, which has only one version, would be more suitable?
AWB229 said:
Hello,
I'm interested in a Note 4 as an International travel device to utilize local SIM cards in whatever country/region I happen to be in (primarily the EU and Africa). I'm primarily focused on versitle connectivity for voice and text communication as well as navigational apps.
I'm having trouble deciphering the various versions (C vs. F vs. U) because I'm, admittedly, a total novice at this. So, best unlocked version to be the most versatile wordwide? Thanks.
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Where are you from and where would you be buying the handset from? Also this band stuff only matters if you are bothered about LTE. Europe /East Africa are on standard 900/2100/1900 mAh 3G which have great coverage everywhere and are universal across the note 4 line.
If you want to not think about this, get an iphone 6 seriously. It's truly a universal phone and will work on about every network out there. (speak from experience)
jayesh said:
Where are you from and where would you be buying the handset from? Also this band stuff only matters if you are bothered about LTE. Europe /East Africa are on standard 900/2100/1900 mAh 3G which have great coverage everywhere and are universal across the note 4 line.
If you want to not think about this, get an iphone 6 seriously. It's truly a universal phone and will work on about every network out there. (speak from experience)
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I'm from the States and will most likely buy the handset online. I already have iPhone 6 that is a contract phone with AT&T, but it's my personal phone and I'd like to get a dedicated work/travel phone. Also, I need my travel phone to be Android based to run my nav program. I'm leaning towards the Note series because of the size/display/expandable memory as this will most likely fill the space of a laptop for periods of time.
Nexus 6? I'm haven't even explored other options outside the Galaxy series... Way to many options out there!
AWB229 said:
I'm from the States and will most likely buy the handset online. I already have iPhone 6 that is a contract phone with AT&T, but it's my personal phone and I'd like to get a dedicated work/travel phone. Also, I need my travel phone to be Android based to run my nav program. I'm leaning towards the Note series because of the size/display/expandable memory as this will most likely fill the space of a laptop for periods of time.
Nexus 6? I'm haven't even explored other options outside the Galaxy series... Way to many options out there!
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The Nexus 6 is a great phone with pure android but without an SD card slot...if you want many features then go with the note 4...it doesn't really matter which one you get the F has a Snapdragon quad core processor and the C an Exynos octa-core and some different LTE bands...you will be good whichever you chose.
910U is the best. get that one. i roam around EU/HKG a lot and the 910U is excellent - it just works.
Nexus 6 is junk compared to the note 4.
Tom540 said:
I would have thought something like a Nexus 6, which has only one version, would be more suitable?
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Two versions - XT1100 and XT1103, being international and us versions respectively and with differing LTE bands.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2866827
Do I need to be concerned about the phone being region locked? If ibuy a N910C/F/U from Amazon here in the States, is there a protocol to ensure its truly a global phone that is useable in any region, bands permitting, with region local SIM cards? I've read a few things discussing the region of the phone + region of the sim + region of the first 5 minutes of call time with respect to "unlocking the phone". If I bought a Note 4 off Amazon, traveled to Europe or East Africa and put in a local SIM card... Am I good to go?
If not, what would be my best course of action if I wanted to buy the phone now, here in the US, but have it such that I can globe trot and not be concerned.
Simple answer seems to be iPhone, but I set on the Note 4. Any advice is appreciated.