I need a I9505 Euro open S4 LTE model.
I frequently bought from UK phone store (Clove or handtec)
But, that sim-free provider all delayed until May 03 in UK. (thaty said that samsung UK make a delay)
I can't wait until may 03.
Could you let me know where is In stock of I9505 LTE device?
Seller must support intenational shipping and want to dutyfree or price not over $900 (inc, shipping cost)
Hi. As I know there is nowhere to be found the S4 I9505 until May 3. Also, without talking with a particular guy or something, will be impossible to get the duty declaration as "gift". I have looked every single website. Btw, why you want the I9505 when you guys have the Octa with even higher cpu frequency ? We are crying for Octa and you guys want Snapdragon LMAO
demlasjr said:
Hi. As I know there is nowhere to be found the S4 I9505 until May 3. Also, without talking with a particular guy or something, will be impossible to get the duty declaration as "gift". I have looked every single website. Btw, why you want the I9505 when you guys have the Octa with even higher cpu frequency ? We are crying for Octa and you guys want Snapdragon LMAO
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Thanks for your reply!!!
This link is why i hate korean galaxy variants model. even though that have exynos octa chipset.
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.
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I'm still between the i9500 and i9505. People having i9505 reports high temperature, probably because of the clock. Not sure what to choose.
I knew that Korean version have many limits, but I didn't know that was so horrible.
In your case, you will need to find somebody to buy and send the phone as gift in Korea, but the package can still be stopped in airport or border and if it's opened, they can still ask you for taxes (even if the chances are minimal). You may find somebody and talk to him to do it on a website like eBay, so you will pay him the money with PayPal, they will buy the phone and send to you. This way you have warranty that he will not steal your money and he will have the money to buy and ship it to you. Once I did something like this with a friend. Ebay have taxes, but depends on category and at least you have your money safe
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Hi,
I walked into the Samsung store in Westfield,Stratford today.
I bought a i9505 ,unlocked and and sim free.
demlasjr said:
I'm still between the i9500 and i9505. People having i9505 reports high temperature, probably because of the clock. Not sure what to choose.
I knew that Korean version have many limits, but I didn't know that was so horrible.
In your case, you will need to find somebody to buy and send the phone as gift in Korea, but the package can still be stopped in airport or border and if it's opened, they can still ask you for taxes (even if the chances are minimal). You may find somebody and talk to him to do it on a website like eBay, so you will pay him the money with PayPal, they will buy the phone and send to you. This way you have warranty that he will not steal your money and he will have the money to buy and ship it to you. Once I did something like this with a friend. Ebay have taxes, but depends on category and at least you have your money safe
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks for your detail information! :good::good:
If price is good, i will try it. but mostly New release cell phone is too expensive. :'(
In now, I consider keep order from handtec(UK) or make a new order from negri(US).
Importance is two seller have only "Expected date". and that expect days is everytime varilabe. :crying::crying::crying:
malybru said:
Hi,
I walked into the Samsung store in Westfield,Stratford today.
I bought a i9505 ,unlocked and and sim free.
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Wow, really I envied you!
I hope, I request to you that buying I9505 on that store.
But, UK GBP have too high exchane rate. :'( My money is not enough.
(i ordered from handtec, you known that international customer get duty free)
Thanks for your information.
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hello guys.I'm going to buy the galaxy s4 i9500 from eBay>>(here)http://www.ebay.it/itm/Samsung-Gala...0921143337?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item2ec7d55829
so i want from you guys some feedback about the seller,phone,shipping.... if you have bought your galaxy s4 from here.It will be very helpfull for me.Thanx in advance
Phone is great, but it might be a little hard for you to find people who bought from that specific seller HERE.
1.What I suggest: go to the seller's sales list and look for people who bought samsung galaxy s4. Send messages and ask them if it's perfectly fine. If you want to make sure send out 15-20 messages (could do it in 15 mins, copy paste a message).
2. Seller seems pretty trustworthy with a high rating, and price isn't too low to be real.
3. I don't know the language so I couldn't check but look for the bad feedbacks and check why people gave them (if someone said the machine they got is bad, dont buy it from him. but if someone says the phone was 3-4 days late it might not be bad for you)
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Phone is great, but it might be a little hard for you to find people who bought from that specific seller HERE.
1.What I suggest: go to the seller's sales list and look for people who bought samsung galaxy s4. Send messages and ask them if it's perfectly fine. If you want to make sure send out 15-20 messages (could do it in 15 mins, copy paste a message).
2. Seller seems pretty trustworthy with a high rating, and price isn't too low to be real.
3. I don't know the language so I couldn't check but look for the bad feedbacks and check why people gave them (if someone said the machine they got is bad, dont buy it from him. but if someone says the phone was 3-4 days late it might not be bad for you)
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only 3 or 4 people said that the phone was bad
another question:can someone who has bought from ebay give me an opinion about this seller?
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only 3 or 4 people said that the phone was bad
another question:can someone who has bought from ebay give me an opinion about this seller?
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I have purchased an i9505 from that exact seller a few weeks ago. The phone shipped quickly and was at my door in several days (US based seller, ships out of US) and in seemingly unopened retail packaging. Your mileage may vary, as you are an international buyer. You may be responsible for duty and taxes.
Received:
GT-I9505
Baseband Version: I9505ZHUAME3
Build Number: JDQ39
This is a Hong Kong market phone and it will be set to Chinese Language by default. When I turned on the phone I was able to guess my way into changing the language by changing to the second option on the two option prompt. Phone is currently rooted, no problems.
The phone you linked is GT-I9505 (Snapdragon), not GT-I9500 (Exynos). Most likely if you order I9500 from this seller, you will receive a Hong Kong market I9500. This is a trustworthy seller, just note that you're getting a Hong Kong market phone. If you order the I9505 instead of I9500, I have noticed (as have others on XDA) that the performance of the I9505 camera is subpar compared with the I9500.
MifuneT said:
I have purchased an i9505 from that exact seller a few weeks ago. The phone shipped quickly and was at my door in several days (US based seller, ships out of US) and in seemingly unopened retail packaging. Your mileage may vary, as you are an international buyer. You may be responsible for duty and taxes.
Received:
GT-I9505
Baseband Version: I9505ZHUAME3
Build Number: JDQ39
This is a Hong Kong market phone and it will be set to Chinese Language by default. When I turned on the phone I was able to guess my way into changing the language by changing to the second option on the two option prompt. Phone is currently rooted, no problems.
The phone you linked is GT-I9505 (Snapdragon), not GT-I9500 (Exynos). Most likely if you order I9500 from this seller, you will receive a Hong Kong market I9500. This is a trustworthy seller, just note that you're getting a Hong Kong market phone. If you order the I9505 instead of I9500, I have noticed (as have others on XDA) that the performance of the I9505 camera is subpar compared with the I9500.
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i don't know....it's not a i9505 for me...it shows the i9500 one....
and i don't want the i9505.....
Hi
I live in Malta (Europe), and need a good dual sim active phone.
The only option there seems to be is buying the samsung galaxy s4 dual sim from this seller etotalk.
I would like to query whether anyone has bought this phone from this seller and their experience.
Thanks
Ken
ken481 said:
Hi
I live in Malta (Europe), and need a good dual sim active phone.
The only option there seems to be is buying the samsung galaxy s4 dual sim from this seller etotalk.
I would like to query whether anyone has bought this phone from this seller and their experience.
Thanks
Ken
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I bought this phone from Ebay from a chinese seller.
I9502 is not doubt one of the best phone i have every seen.
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I bought this phone from Ebay from a chinese seller.
I9502 is not doubt one of the best phone i have every seen.
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HI thanks for the info
Yet you use it in europe - and did you buy it with a custom rom pre-installed?
Ken
Got one from Etotalk.com; very happy with it and all is genuine!
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Me too. Had it rooted and have their custom rom installed. Have some minor issues with the rom but nothing serious.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9502 met Tapatalk
A week or so ago I also bought a GT-I9502 from etotalk and got a very good impression of them considering the natural obstacles of sending stuff from China, customs, paying with Paypal etc. Got the phone just after a few days, sent by DHL.
You can ask them to send it as a "gift", declaring a lower than actual value of your choice, which might make things slip through customs easier/cheaper/less VAT slapped on.
Bought it in stock version and rooted/ROMed it myself, using this procedure and with SVA's excellent ROM that you buy for a few $.
In certain (most?) countries the GT-I9502 doesn't show CallerID properly as the phone's software platform is made for China, but I've done a patch for that, see this post.
Hi there guys,
Hope you all are having a good day.
So the thing is that I decided on getting myself a Note 3 (the international version). I sought the add out on Amazon and will be purchasing it soon.
Could someone who has an idea about the import tell me as to how much will the final price be that I have to pay after the custom clearance? I really need to know this before buying it. The on-shelf price of the Note 3 on the website is $705 and the seller is 'mygsmstore'.
It would be a great help. I can't ask questions on the website as I haven't yet bought anything from amazon.
Hi there,
I am also trying for the same. if you refer to my question here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47783662, I am trying to get this from Expansys.
Let me know if you are interested and/or want to pursue this!
Thanks,
Ckhurana
Even I was thinking of the same, however there are quite a few problems.
1. How good is the retailer. As we will lose all warranty since its a USA product. So we need to be pretty sure of genuineness of the product.
2. Customs is quite tricky. I have searched and could barely find a convincing answer about the customs aspect on importing the phone
3. Region Locking- Samsung region locks the device. i.e. if we get it from USA, how will we get a US sim to unlock it.
Would be glad if some community member can help us.
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Hi there guys,
Hope you all are having a good day.
So the thing is that I decided on getting myself a Note 3 (the international version). I sought the add out on Amazon and will be purchasing it soon.
Could someone who has an idea about the import tell me as to how much will the final price be that I have to pay after the custom clearance? I really need to know this before buying it. The on-shelf price of the Note 3 on the website is $705 and the seller is 'mygsmstore'.
It would be a great help. I can't ask questions on the website as I haven't yet bought anything from amazon.
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hey bro. i am also planning to get the note 3 n9005 in india .
have you purchased it. if yes then from which site .please do reply with all the information and what were the custom taxes you have to pay.
also how much did it cost to you overall including all the taxes and charges.
Thanks
alok_dhawal said:
Even I was thinking of the same, however there are quite a few problems.
1. How good is the retailer. As we will lose all warranty since its a USA product. So we need to be pretty sure of genuineness of the product.
2. Customs is quite tricky. I have searched and could barely find a convincing answer about the customs aspect on importing the phone
3. Region Locking- Samsung region locks the device. i.e. if we get it from USA, how will we get a US sim to unlock it.
Would be glad if some community member can help us.
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I think u guys must think to buy from U.A.E Dubai, from dubai its region lock free, if someone known person is coming than u can have custom duty free also.
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hey bro. i am also planning to get the note 3 n9005 in india .
have you purchased it. if yes then from which site .please do reply with all the information and what were the custom taxes you have to pay.
also how much did it cost to you overall including all the taxes and charges.
Thanks
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why dont you buy from Ebay.in, i know most of the people dont prefer ebay but still its in Endia so you wont be having serious problems with the dealer or the product.
adilrenzu said:
why dont you buy from Ebay.in, i know most of the people dont prefer ebay but still its in Endia so you wont be having serious problems with the dealer or the product.
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but bro ebay does not have the n9005 version. i can see only one seller and that also says that that the box will be open and all that.
what about your note 3?? where did you buy it from??
AmanAgrwl said:
but bro ebay does not have the n9005 version. i can see only one seller and that also says that that the box will be open and all that.
what about your note 3?? where did you buy it from??
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is that so well as i recall it i could see a number of sellers who directly import unused and unopened Note 3 from the US, only extra cost which the customer may need to pay is OCTROI if applicable.
http://www.ebay.in/itm/Brand-New-Sa...nes&hash=item27de67a81f&_uhb=1#ht_3324wt_1275
http://www.ebay.in/itm/Samsung-Gala...nes&hash=item19e850c59e&_uhb=1#ht_3699wt_1041
http://www.ibhejo.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3-N9005-32GB-White.html
Try these ones, as for me i live in KSA so its easily availble here.
Hi all
I went ahead and got this beast from g s m store - arena the link is as below -
http://mygsmstore.com/242-samsung-n9005-galaxy-note-3-lte-32gb-black.html
i got this delivered in the us which was brought back by a friend. If you want it to be delivered in india the cost is a bit more for shipping but i am not sure about the taxes octroi or custom duty
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How is that N005 is working?
ckhurana said:
Hi all
I went ahead and got this beast from g s m store - arena the link is as below -
i got this delivered in the us which was brought back by a friend. If you want it to be delivered in india the cost is a bit more for shipping but i am not sure about the taxes octroi or custom duty
Sent from my SM-N9005 using xda app-developers app
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Hi,
I see that you have ordered note3 N9005, even I am planning to buy one from US. But there are two main concerns, first, is this a genuine Samsung phone? Second, about region lock policy of Samsung.
So, please let me know did you face any region lock problem and how is your phone working so far (could you check your phone with android app which verify the originality of Samsung phone). If your phone is good, I can order from the same seller.
Hi guys,
I'm actually in Tenerife Island, Canaria. This is a '' duty free'' area. A store ask 200 Euros for the Note 3 'North American version', new (8 gigs). It is 260$ US or 280 $ Ca.
I plan purchase one used when I'll return to Canada,middle October, but the best cost at home is 350 $ Ca, used .
The offer is tempting but how to be sure the phone is not a fake and if it really works in Canada ?
I plan go to the store, ask the seller to check myself in 'properties' and verify the processor (2.30GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800) but what are the other ways to check it rapidly?
Probably he don't want I check with Antutu benchmark because the phone is 'new in the box' ...
4 month ago,I buyed a Zopo 998 from China . Great phone (except for the GPS) but I can use it in Canada (IMEI incompatibility), I want be sure the new one will work and with the true Samsung.
Thank's
icare2 said:
Hi guys,
I'm actually in Tenerife Island, Canaria. This is a '' duty free'' area. A store ask 200 Euros for the Note 3 'North American version', new (8 gigs). It is 260$ US or 280 $ Ca.
I plan purchase one used when I'll return to Canada,middle October, but the best cost at home is 350 $ Ca, used .
The offer is tempting but how to be sure the phone is not a fake and if it really works in Canada ?
I plan go to the store, ask the seller to check myself in 'properties' and verify the processor (2.30GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800) but what are the other ways to check it rapidly?
Probably he don't want I check with Antutu benchmark because the phone is 'new in the box' ...
4 month ago,I buyed a Zopo 998 from China . Great phone (except for the GPS) but I can use it in Canada (IMEI incompatibility), I want be sure the new one will work and with the true Samsung.
Thank's
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As far as I know there is no Note 3 8GB for North America, all NA versions are 32GB and the only smaller version that I know of is the 16GB HK version.
icare2 said:
The offer is tempting but how to be sure the phone is not a fake and if it really works in Canada ?
I want be sure the new one will work and with the true Samsung.
Thank's
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- If you can't install any app, you can refer to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574886
- If you can install app, it's so easy. Install Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app, open the Menu --> 'Refurbishment Check'.
It will tell you if your phone is original or not.
Hi guys
Thank's a lot xclub_101 and vndnguyen .
Just coming back little but hot treck in the mountains (+29-30 C) , I read your answer on the computer...
I go out Canary island early Tuesday (07:00 am) but I'll try to return to the store and check it.
@T Xclub_101, I wrote 8 gb for the Note, because we where looking at a Samsung Note 3 in the store and most of the tourist are from Germany England or France. I speak a bad english but he clerk presume I was North American...
Anyway,if I don't purchase one Note 3 here, I'll buy one used when I return home in Quebec province, middle of October and the tricks you give here will be very precious to me...
:good:
Thank's
+1 note 3 doesn't have an 8 gig variant. Unless he lets you open it and check it I would run away like my hair is on fire. With the price difference your probably looking at a knock off
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Hello everyone,
I am eagerly waiting to preorder the much-awaited S8(+), but since I do not live in any of the regions which traditionally supply the dual sim variant (South Korea? India? Singapore? China? Thailand?) I would like to know if any supplier is well known for forwarding a dual-sim S8 to Europe, and if so which one would you advise choosing.
My guess is preorders will be quickly saturated so I would like to know where I could get my hands on a dual sim S8 as early as possible
Thank you xda!
Me too, for import to France
In my opinion best dual sim versions coming from UAE. Currently I have s7 edge duos from UAE, and is perfect. Looks same like EU version (even address on backplate is UK). I had in the past s6 duos from china, all documentation in Chinese, also China address on the back. However it was working perfect.
Anyone know reliable online shop in UAE, who shipping to UK?
troxter said:
In my opinion best dual sim versions coming from UAE. Currently I have s7 edge duos from UAE, and is perfect. Looks same like EU version (even address on backplate is UK). I had in the past s6 duos from china, all documentation in Chinese, also China address on the back. However it was working perfect.
Anyone know reliable online shop in UAE, who shipping to UK?
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There is none reliable online store and I don't recommend buying from there as as difficult to get local warranty, still if you want to buy than get it from someone working or living there like friend or relative etc.
Saying reliable online store I mean, real store with good recommendation, who will send device to me without any problems. Unfortunately I don't know any person living there...
troxter said:
Saying reliable online store I mean, real store with good recommendation, who will send device to me without any problems. Unfortunately I don't know any person living there...
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I don't agree with many ppl here.. There are lots or reliable sources in uae, well known local online stores with a track record, i personally bought from them (and i live in dubai) and i know for a fact that they ship to many customers in Europe (reading from few other threads on xda related to Samsung products) try Mike&Smith uae and try mygsm uae.. Just Google them.. Hope this helps as i did buy from both many times..
I contacted mygsm uae. They will have s8 duos in stock next week, Shipping to UK is £20, so I will use them
troxter said:
I contacted mygsm uae. They will have s8 duos in stock next week, Shipping to UK is £20, so I will use them
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WooooW i never thought they will get it that fast, am already on the waiting list for several sellers here in dubai. Good luck for us.
Thank you for all the advice, mygsm does not display price yet and Mike&Smith sells the S8+ for 4000AED (1020€) which is crazy expensive, will any reseller be cheaper, or is there any other dual-sim friendly country which may sell it for less?
erclalle said:
Thank you for all the advice, mygsm does not display price yet and Mike&Smith sells the S8+ for 4000AED (1020€) which is crazy expensive, will any reseller be cheaper, or is there any other dual-sim friendly country which may sell it for less?
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This is the price for early birds, give it sometime till the official release, and the price will drop down.. These are my trusted sources whom i used for a while, can't advice on any that i didn't try..