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Different versions of galaxy note

Samwung galaxy note comes with sooo many version...
There is the original version in 1.4 ghz processor
A korean version (like mine) packed with 1.5ghz processor, 4G LTE, a tv module and a bit thicker compared to the original
And I saw another one, galaxy note with no physical button... just 4 old school touch bottons
its really confusing and disappointing that samsung is like selling different kinds of phone in one name. And with that, its so hard to customize it because of major hardware differences..
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Can anyone explain why Is this happening?
I tried to search but there is no specific thread with answers. Starting a thread would be better I guess.
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The home market will always get the LTE with the TV module version. Thats what they did with the SGS II as well.
The 1.4 Ghz version with the physical home button is their international version which is sold ALL OVER aside from the U.S.
the "Old School" 4 Button one you refer to is the U.S version. Its specified that all devices they sell will have the 4 capacitive buttons to follow a schema. Also the U.S version will get a Snapdragon processor. As to the reason behind why the diff processor is unknown to me. I am sure there is some tie up or standard set behind that.
Same was the case with the SGS II variants. Aside from the ATT version of the original SGS II (not Skyrocket).
Majority of the people wont MOD their device and those who do, will come to XDA to obtain the proper MOD / ROM for their specific device.

The buttonless version it's the US at&t LTE note. Basically the same as your Korean.
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The reason Qualcomm CPU is used is because it supports 4G LTE, and the Samsung Exynos does not. Sadly the 1.5Ghz Qualcomm CPU is considerably slower than the Exynos chip. Qualcomm is Cortex A8 chip, Exynos 4210 is Cortex A9 chip, which is more effective and faster.

dhruvmalik said:
The home market will always get the LTE with the TV module version. Thats what they did with the SGS II as well.
The 1.4 Ghz version with the physical home button is their international version which is sold ALL OVER aside from the U.S.
the "Old School" 4 Button one you refer to is the U.S version. Its specified that all devices they sell will have the 4 capacitive buttons to follow a schema. Also the U.S version will get a Snapdragon processor. As to the reason behind why the diff processor is unknown to me. I am sure there is some tie up or standard set behind that.
Same was the case with the SGS II variants. Aside from the ATT version of the original SGS II (not Skyrocket).
Majority of the people wont MOD their device and those who do, will come to XDA to obtain the proper MOD / ROM for their specific device.
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Hmmmm its USA.... I guess patent copyright issues? Lol
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Its not an att note. Its north American, Canada is getting the exact same version on all 3 major carriers BEFORE att even gets it. So call it north American or i717.
And why its different from n7000? Because samsungs CPU doesn't support lte. So they have to use a different CPU till they have a working lte exynos cpu.
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aniphreak said:
Hmmmm its USA.... I guess patent copyright issues?
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Pardon me, but I have a patent on that type of sarcasm. You will pay me a 1 USD royalty on each person that reads this, and you will cease and desist making sarcastic remarks.

aniphreak said:
Samwung galaxy note comes with sooo many version...
There is the original version in 1.4 ghz processor
A korean version (like mine) packed with 1.5ghz processor, 4G LTE, a tv module and a bit thicker compared to the original
And I saw another one, galaxy note with no physical button... just 4 old school touch bottons
its really confusing and disappointing that samsung is like selling different kinds of phone in one name. And with that, its so hard to customize it because of major hardware differences..
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I read lots of Korean galaxy note forum through internet and lots of people in Korea have bought international version of galaxy note because of the hardware differences and other reason is that Korean version of note comes with LTE which is amazingly fast. I mean its super fast as I saw the demo of it but you have to pay a price for it!! since its just started recently. However, because its new and there are lots of places in korea where LTE coverage is an issue as well and that is why lot of people have bought international version of note as 3g data plan is unlimited whereas LTE is not...

Samsung made so many editions. Does 1.4g CPU 2- core and 1.5g one 1-core?

I live in Montreal where Rogers is one of the first to start lte. Definitely already using it on skyrocket. Can't wait to get my note in 2 days haay.
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Sarius24 said:
I live in Montreal where Rogers is one of the first to start lte. Definitely already using it on skyrocket. Can't wait to get my note in 2 days haay.
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I live in Montreal too, but don't have a lte device yet so I cant wait to get my hands on a note and see what this speed is all about
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Lucky you to have LTE deployed. In France we have to wait another two years for a reasonable deployment.
It will leave me enought time to play with my non-LTE Note and wait for a quad-core LTE version ;-)

how can i read My CPU on the phone?
tnx

enobrec said:
how can i read My CPU on the phone?
tnx
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you are in the wrong section ...

mustang2012 said:
you are in the wrong section ...
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..mmmhh..not at all
i wanna know some information about my processor(CPU)..1.4?...1.5?
In this 3d i read about different processor on different NoteS ..
so i am simply interested about my Note Version...looking at the processor...
how can i know what processor i have?
there is a menu option?

enobrec said:
..mmmhh..not at all
i wanna know some information about my processor(CPU)..1.4?...1.5?
In this 3d i read about different processor on different NoteS ..
how can i know what processor i have?
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LTE = 1.5Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual core
Non LTE = 1.4GHz Exynos Dual core

ah..ok..tnxx...

dhruvmalik said:
... Also the U.S version will get a Snapdragon processor. As to the reason behind why the diff processor is unknown to me. I am sure there is some tie up or standard set behind that...
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Well snapdragon has the advantage of LTE and is more battery efficient.
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andrawer said:
Well snapdragon has the advantage of LTE and is more battery efficient.
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Snapdragon may be more battery efficient (don't know, never heard that one) but LTE is apparently horrible on battery life! I will find out in a few days, lol...
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S4 Octa-core Version on USA LTE

We know Octa S4 can have LTE on it, But will it have USA LTE BANDS? Will the International LTE version work on ATT or tmobile?
Who would like octa s4 LTE work with USA LTE bands? How would it work, if it support either att or tmobile LTE?

well Samsung said OCTA-CORE (I9500) will come with LTE Support? it was just said that Exynos chip do supports LTE, but they will not add LTE Chip or whatever it's called in I9500, although i would like to see LTE Version for everyone, one model is better than two different variants

tvp480 said:
We know Octa S4 can have LTE on it, But will it have USA LTE BANDS? Will the International LTE version work on ATT or tmobile?
Who would like octa s4 LTE work with USA LTE bands? How would it work, if it support either att or tmobile LTE?
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i9500 does not have an LTE modem (although it would support a LTE modem, if Samsung decided to add one). So no, you can't have LTE with the i9500

Well guys Samsung made one but it's Korea only. samsung is not releasing it for the whole world because they can't produce so many octa chips. Here is a link confirming it. Hit thanks please
http://m.mobot.net/exynos-5-octa-support-lte-exclusively-korea-55024

_MrAwesome_ said:
Well guys Samsung made one but it's Korea only. samsung is not releasing it for the whole world because they can't produce so many octa chips. Here is a link confirming it. Hit thanks please
http://m.mobot.net/exynos-5-octa-support-lte-exclusively-korea-55024
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I hate it when people ask for thanks....especially when they really didn't even do anything - you shouldn't do.stuff on xda looking to raise that thanks bar...just do them to be helpful and if people find you helpful then they will thank you...simple as that
asking for thanks just makes you look desperate in my opinion
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_MrAwesome_ said:
Well guys Samsung made one but it's Korea only. samsung is not releasing it for the whole world because they can't produce so many octa chips. Here is a link confirming it. Hit thanks please
http://m.mobot.net/exynos-5-octa-support-lte-exclusively-korea-55024
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mg2195 said:
I hate it when people ask for thanks....especially when they really didn't even do anything - you shouldn't do.stuff on xda looking to raise that thanks bar...just do them to be helpful and if people find you helpful then they will thank you...simple as that
asking for thanks just makes you look desperate in my opinion
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I agree about this begging for thanks thing...
i guess when you only have 4 thanks, you get desperate...but that's really no excuse.

tvp480 said:
Who would like octa s4 LTE work with USA LTE bands?
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i would. glad i could help answer your question for you lol.
you can forget the thanks, my ePeen is big enough, just hit up that Donation button i got over <<<< ^^
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LAtin America S4
What variant will the LAtin America S4 have? And will the Korean version work on AT&T HSPA+21 ?

South and Latin America are getting the non LTE version. The only market (announced) getting the Octa with LTE is Korean and not even all of that market since the LTE variation is being made for a specific carrier if I understand it correctly.

I hear that korean version has issues with sms in NA since their software is a bit different. The octa shouldn't be worth importing the device... The snapdragon 600 it still a great performer and you won't notice real world performance difference. Benches are going to be better but are you buying your phone for benchmarking or to use it?

Is the I9500 Octa 4g in the States?

I want to buy the I9500 Galaxsy s4 with the Exynos 5 Octa 5410 Chipset, does anyone know if it will work in the States? Specifically in T-mobile's 3G/4G network?

The Octa-core version is LTE only from my understanding. Since T-Mobile's network is not LTE, but HSPA+ it would not be compatible.

PurpleSh4rk said:
The Octa-core version is LTE only from my understanding. Since T-Mobile's network is not LTE, but HSPA+ it would not be compatible.
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This is incorrect. The i9500 has support for all 20 LTE bands but no modem for them, so no LTE. As far as support on T-Mobile; it has UTMS/DC-HSPA+42, which is what the GS2, GS3, and Note 2 all had. T-Mobile does support LTE in a handful of markets and is adding 10-20 in the next few months. Please do some research before commenting on something you know nothing about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_SIV

Could we import a south korean gs4?
exynos + lte
however due to the different model, it would be harder to develop right?

spazzy1912 said:
Could we import a south korean gs4?
exynos + lte
however due to the different model, it would be harder to develop right?
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ROMs should work from the i9500, the modem would need to be left out to avoid a brick/baseband unknown.

KillaHurtz said:
This is incorrect. The i9500 has support for all 20 LTE bands but no modem for them, so no LTE. As far as support on T-Mobile; it has UTMS/DC-HSPA+42, which is what the GS2, GS3, and Note 2 all had. T-Mobile does support LTE in a handful of markets and is adding 10-20 in the next few months. Please do some research before commenting on something you know nothing about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_SIV
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Okay so that means it does work?
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Treikens said:
Okay so that means it does work?
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You need to get in the habit of doing research my friend. I provided all the necessary info, all you need to do is read it. Anyone can come on here and tell you BS like the 1st responder did. I have provided the info you need. Good luck.

"Thanks for nothing.", would be the appropriate response to that. Well the PG one anyway.

Treikens said:
"Thanks for nothing.", would be the appropriate response to that. Well the PG one anyway.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_SIV

i am confused which model to buy

I am so confused which is better N9000 or N9005, which one is the phone that will get most dev support and custom roms,
please don't ridicule me as I read all threads and still am confused which one is the best version
I live in Israel so I assume I need to have the international version so whic one is it N9000 or N9005
I hope things will not be a mess for us as the N3 has so many different versions that confuses the hell out of regular users.
I think it will be quite an interesting forum and I hope we will not end up in a big mess due to different versions of N3

Here are all the variants:
SM-N9002 Dual Sim variant for Chinese Market
SM-N9005 LTE variant
SM-N900K for KT Telecom South Korea
SM-N900L for LGU+ South Korea
SM-N900S for SK Telecom South Korea
SM-N900A for AT&T United States
SM-N900T for T-Mobile USA
SM-N900V for Verizon Wireless
SM-N900,International variant
SLC22 for KDDI AU Japan
SGH-N075 and SGH-N099 for NTT Docomo Japan

So does this mean that N9005 will be international LTE and will have the most dev support on this forum?????

Will N9005 works with Tmobile LTE? If yes, then I will go get one on ebay and cancel my preorder with T-mobile.
hykhleif said:
So does this mean that N9005 will be international LTE and will have the most dev support on this forum?????
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hagalah said:
Will N9005 works with Tmobile LTE? If yes, then I will go get one on ebay and cancel my preorder with T-mobile.
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think its only bands for europe but could be wrong

hagalah said:
Will N9005 works with Tmobile LTE? If yes, then I will go get one on ebay and cancel my preorder with T-mobile.
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If you are referring to the same exact model here: http://negricare.negrielectronics.c.../2355825-samsung-n9-5-galaxy-note-3-32gb-lte-
It only supports 2g on T-mobile

From my reading in different links i can understand the following :
N9000
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LTE = NO
CPU = 1.9 Mhz Octa ( 8 core processer ).
GPU = ARM Mali-T628 MP6
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N9005
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LTE = YES
CPU = Quad 2.3 Mhz ( 4 core processor ) .
GPU =Adreno 330
Video Recording 4 times better than N9000.
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Other Specs same
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1- N9000 Faster than N9005.
2- N9000 save much battery than N9005.
Please guys correct my understanding if i am wrong ,

It will not work on T-Mobile lte, just like the international S3 and S4 lte models it will only get edge so if you want to use it on T-Mobile expect 2g web
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The 9000 will support T-Mobile's 1900/2100 frequency which is used for 3G/faux G.
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so hykhleif, which one are you getting?
hykhleif said:
I am so confused which is better N9000 or N9005, which one is the phone that will get most dev support and custom roms,
please don't ridicule me as I read all threads and still am confused which one is the best version
I live in Israel so I assume I need to have the international version so whic one is it N9000 or N9005
I hope things will not be a mess for us as the N3 has so many different versions that confuses the hell out of regular users.
I think it will be quite an interesting forum and I hope we will not end up in a big mess due to different versions of N3
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i go back and forth to israel but i don't understand the frequency/speed differences both here & there. with respect to the data
speeds, which note3 will work best in both israel and USA?

From what I have gathered having the Snapdragon chipset variant will probably get you more dev support since Exynos chips are closed off.

Well that's also another factor as Samsung doesn't like to is very slow to release the sources for their processors.
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bilal1979 said:
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1- N9000 Faster than N9005.
2- N9000 save much battery than N9005.
Please guys correct my understanding if i am wrong ,
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I don't think I've seen a single shred of evidence to suggest that the Octacore Exynos is either more battery efficient, or more "powerful" than the Snapdragon S800. In fact, if anything, the complete reverse is true.
http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/1...n-800-benchmarked-beats-exynos-5-octa-and-a6x
Regards,
Dave
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foxmeister said:
I don't think I've seen a single shred of evidence to suggest that the Octacore Exynos is either more battery efficient, or more "powerful" than the Snapdragon S800. In fact, if anything, the complete reverse is true.
http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/1...n-800-benchmarked-beats-exynos-5-octa-and-a6x
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Dave
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Indeed! Now to find out which is truly the best then the only way is to have a side by side comparison of those two to see how they perform and what battery life consume!

Should I get n9000 or n9005

OK here's my dilemma I live in the States and have Lte in my location. But I'm fine with HSPA+ speeds. I've never owned an octa-core phone and I know apps are not optimized for octacore but the performance increase is still there correct? At least as far as the system goes. I'm torn on what to buy. Thanks for any input guys.
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devoureddreams said:
OK here's my dilemma I live in the States and have Lte in my location. But I'm fine with HSPA+ speeds. I've never owned an octa-core phone and I know apps are not optimized for octacore but the performance increase is still there correct? At least as far as the system goes. I'm torn on what to buy. Thanks for any input guys.
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n9005

Get the T-Mobile N900T variant, it has AT&T/T-Mo LTE bands and works fine on both networks if unlocked. You can get it a bit cheaper than N9005 as well. I flashed a ROM that was modded from N9005's stock to my N900T so it reports as N9005 now but has full LTE support.
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Keep in mind, it's not really a true octacore cpu. It's either in 4core heavy cpu mode or 4core light cpu mode. And Samsung has specifically said they won't be updating it to actually run all 8 cores at the same time (which might be better that the sd800, but I doubt by any serious margin). As it stands, you get roughly equal performance, but you don't get 4G video or lte with exynos. That, and I believe there is a ton more development for sd800 vs exynos.
So unless something drastically changes, the exynos is just limiting you vs the sd800 version.
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Good point I was reading an article just a sec ago about the octa not really being octa. Basically a sells point. The n9005 looks more promising.
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devoureddreams said:
Good point I was reading an article just a sec ago about the octa not really being octa. Basically a sells point. The n9005 looks more promising.
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This may help Watch "Galaxy Note 3 Snapdragon 800 Quad vs Exynos Octa (N9005 vs N900) Comparison - Benchmarks, 4K & More" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NOVPijsBME&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Will I have probs in the states with the region lock? Does it worm 100% now with root?
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NVR mind I see if I get it unlocked then there is no region lock
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i have a question that i ask everywhere but no one answer me:
Does Note 3 N9005 work on Tmobile's 4G?
Thank a lot.