Will i be able to use LTE in uk? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello guys, noob question here, in september im going to be studying in uk/brighton and i was wondering if i will be able to use LTE when it wi be available there. I have the GT-I9500 version.
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andys93 said:
Hello guys, noob question here, in september im going to be studying in uk/brighton and i was wondering if i will be able to use LTE when it wi be available there. I have the GT-I9500 version.
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Nope, if I'm not wrong, the i9500 doesn't have an LTE Radio in it.
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Is it worth it though? Or is the 3g-4g network cheaper and more practical?
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andys93 said:
Is it worth it though? Or is the 3g-4g network cheaper and more practical?
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is what worth it?
LTE is not avaliable on your hardware. You will need to purchase the 9505 variant for LTE.
So your question is redundant

I was asking if the whole lte concept is worth it, i might sell my 9500 and get a 9505 if it is.
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andys93 said:
I was asking if the whole lte concept is worth it, i might sell my 9500 and get a 9505 if it is.
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i dont understand
how can another person say if it is worth it for you?
some people might think so, some might
what do YOU think?
will you have the need of downloading stuff at high speeds? if not, then no, its not worth it

Well ive been living in cyprus for my whole life, fast speed for me is 10mbps and the fastest speed available in cyprus from an isp is 20-30mbps, in cellular in H+ i get approx 7- 8mbps its very fast for me if u consider that my house network is 2mbps so for me is not really worth it.
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this suggests you will be able to use LTE with your i9500

And that would be incorrect. The I9500 is not LTE capable. The E300K/L/S versions support LTE.

lte speed
andys93 said:
Well ive been living in cyprus for my whole life, fast speed for me is 10mbps and the fastest speed available in cyprus from an isp is 20-30mbps, in cellular in H+ i get approx 7- 8mbps its very fast for me if u consider that my house network is 2mbps so for me is not really worth it.
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the reason i bought galaxy s4 GT I9505 here in italy is because of the lte radio in it. and i say the speed is very impressive. i have already tested 3 networks here namely vodafone, tim and h3g and i spend lots of money just to activate and test their speeds via speedtest.net. h3g has the fastest reaching speeds of up to 73.46 Mbps download and 13.89 Mbps upload, but it is still very costly to download files through this technology, maybe in time it will go down. however, activation of lte here in italy costs 1 euro/month for h3g, 6 euro per week for tim and for vodafone its automatically activated without cost, its the traffic that costs a lot. rigth now i am limited to only 150 Mb per day but good enough to browse the net and do my banking transactions using this phone via lte due its speed.

MistahBungle said:
And that would be incorrect. The I9500 is not LTE capable. The E300K/L/S versions support LTE.
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Yeah, to be exact, the 9505/E300K/L/S supports LTE but not LTE-A, which is what the 9506/E330 supports... I think? And neither on the 9500.
Edit: got it wrong first time around...
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jas0nuk said:
Yeah, to be exact, the 9505/E300K/L/S supports LTE but not LTE-A, which is what the 9506/E330 supports... I think? And neither on the 9500.
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Ahaa, useful, thanks both. How sure are you about the 9506?
So if I wanted a 32gb white S4 with LTE-A, I can forget about the 9500, and potentially forget about the 9505 since I can't find it for a good price/at all in white in the USA, and also it's maybe worth waiting anyway since the 9506 is the 9505 with a souped-up processor?
Don't suppose anyone knows any more about the 9506?

It can't be far away, a telecom company in Germany will be selling it and it's soon to get FCC approval in the US http://www.sammobile.com/2013/08/17/international-lte-a-galaxy-s4-gt-i9506-visits-fcc/
Almost wishing I'd waited now!
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dez93_2000 said:
Don't suppose anyone knows any more about the 9506?
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Been looking into it: seems that IFA (a tech show in Berlin) is on literally now here and Samsung are currently going through their wares. Nothing yet about phones, only smartwatches & tablets, I assume they'll be the big finale.
Or not: looks to have finished, nothing explicitly about the 9506 or 9507. Peculiar. Maybe the situation with the S4 has gotten so fractured and confusing they can't even bring themselves to announce the new models?!
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Apparently Samsung are planning a review to look into the disappointing sales of the S4. I wonder to what extent those poor numbers are attributable to Samsung flooding the market with a confusing myriad of ultra-similar models?
By my reckoning there are 3, soon to be 5 variants of the same model, with up to three (64gb never seen in the wild) RAM options and colour schemes differentially available depending on location, with international capabilities mostly understood from enthusiast messageboards (esp here). There's already talk of the S5. Why on earth didn't they wait a while to get everything in place and make one international LTE-A compatible variant with the best version of their Exnos chip tweaked and mass produced and working well, all RAM & colour options available from the outset?

Yep. The number of S4 variants is crackers. It feels like the phone was rushed to market to meet a deadline set by PR/marketing people who weren't communicating with engineers... that's just me speculating though!
I wonder if the 9506 will have a bigger battery? That Snapdragon 800 will surely consume more power.
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Buying a international lte galaxy note 2 in us

Hi guys I am interested to buy international lte galaxy note 2 (gt-n7105) .I stay in us I dont want to stick with at&t galaxy note 2 just because updates are very slow and support is very frustrating.till date we didn't get the update for multi app Window which is one of the unique features in note 2 .can u suggest me a place or website where I can buy the note 2 lte (gt-n7105) in us .
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sush143555 said:
Hi guys I am interested to buy international lte galaxy note 2 (gt-n7105)
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Hmm
sush143555 said:
Hi guys I am interested to buy international lte galaxy note 2 (gt-n7105) .I stay in us I dont want to stick with at&t galaxy note 2 just because updates are very slow and support is very frustrating.till date we didn't get the update for multi app Window which is one of the unique features in note 2 .can u suggest me a place or website where I can buy the note 2 lte (gt-n7105) in us .
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I recently bought one from www.android-enjoyed.com and they shipped from hongkong to me. It's perfect and in a sealed box. Also available at www.gsmnation.com. Price is the factor which vendor to go with. Check if at&t support the LTE bandwidth (800, 1800, 2600). Good luck.
unless you're going to be staying a lot in Europe, the N7105 isn't going to be a particularly better phone for you with its Euro/ETSI bands for LTE. The Note2 is multiband GSM and 3G (UMTS) anyway.
And LTE isn't fully deployed across Europe either, so by the time it is, the Note3 will be here, so I would say buy a cheaper Note2-7100 and save your money!
Or buy an US variant and flash a custom ROM on it.
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sush143555 said:
Hi guys I am interested to buy international lte galaxy note 2 (gt-n7105) .I stay in us I dont want to stick with at&t galaxy note 2 just because updates are very slow and support is very frustrating.till date we didn't get the update for multi app Window which is one of the unique features in note 2 .can u suggest me a place or website where I can buy the note 2 lte (gt-n7105) in us .
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Just as Victorator mentioned, just get the AT&T Note 2 and flash international firmware onto it. The N7105's LTE hardware is not compatible with domestic North American LTE service, so it won't work. Fortunately, the AT&T/Rogers i317(m) Note 2's are virtually identical to the N7105 from a hardware standpoint, with the exceptions of differing LTE radios and lack of FM radio in the case of the North American Note 2's. That's why it's so easy to flash the international firmware onto them.
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hpacura said:
I recently bought one from www.android-enjoyed.com and they shipped from hongkong to me. It's perfect and in a sealed box. Also available at www.gsmnation.com. Price is the factor which vendor to go with. Check if at&t support the LTE bandwidth (800, 1800, 2600). Good luck.
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Niether of those are selling cheap N7105 compared to
www.negrielectronics.com
Who are also more suitably based for the OP in the US.
The 7105 LTE bands aren't the US bands but alot are buying the 7105 for its faster 3G capabilities (DC HSPA+) rather than for its 4G
Not sure whether its an advantage to have that feature in US though.
For the International version N7100, if I put in the T-mobile sim, do I only get "edge" and not "3G" ?
And with AT&T, do I at least get the 4G? I am debating to either get the AT&T one of the international one.
benzso63 said:
For the International version N7100, if I put in the T-mobile sim, do I only get "edge" and not "3G" ?
And with AT&T, do I at least get the 4G? I am debating to either get the AT&T one of the international one.
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I'm in the same boat. I'm moving from Japan to the America, and I have an unlocked N2 with docomo. I knew off the bat that the LTE wouldn't be compatible, but didn't even consider the 3G. Hate to have such an awesome device on an ancient network.
I am using AT&T myself. I just want to make sure with the N7100 international unlocked version. Will I get 4G , I know LTE is out of luck.
Can anyone confirm this?
D1G1N1XY said:
I'm in the same boat. I'm moving from Japan to the America, and I have an unlocked N2 with docomo. I knew off the bat that the LTE wouldn't be compatible, but didn't even consider the 3G. Hate to have such an awesome device on an ancient network.
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Almost same here. I will be coming to the US next month with international N7100 unlocked.
And I am wondering which provider will give me maximum speeds (AT&T or TMo or someelse like Straighttalk)
sids911 said:
Almost same here. I will be coming to the US next month with international N7100 unlocked.
And I am wondering which provider will give me maximum speeds (AT&T or TMo or someelse like Straighttalk)
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If you have the INT GT-N7100 then you will want to use AT&T but go with Straight Talk they use att network. I use Straight Talk and get dl speeds of 6-8 up of about2-4. And its cheaper than att.
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[Q] The korean SGS IV (SHV-E300) possible to import?

Hello XDA!
Does anyone know if it would be possible to import the SGS IV edition with exynos octa core and 4G (LTE) (SHV-E300) to Europe?
I can't find any thread with that suggestion - Is it because it's just not possible (some import/export restrictions), technical difficulties (carriers not supporting etc.) or just too expensive?
My case is: I own the SGS II and my carrier has planned to open for the LTE in late Q3. So at one side, I want to have the i9505, but when I read the benchmarks I really want to buy i9500. Then I saw a thread in here some place and an article at gsmarena saying that the korean version would be, kind of a fusion of i9500 and i9505
So is it possible or should I just forget about it?
patrickpetersen said:
Hello XDA!
Does anyone know if it would be possible to import the SGS IV edition with exynos octa core and 4G (LTE) (SHV-E300) to Europe?
I can't find any thread with that suggestion - Is it because it's just not possible (some import/export restrictions), technical difficulties (carriers not supporting etc.) or just too expensive?
My case is: I own the SGS II and my carrier has planned to open for the LTE in late Q3. So at one side, I want to have the i9505, but when I read the benchmarks I really want to buy i9500. Then I saw a thread in here some place and an article at gsmarena saying that the korean version would be, kind of a fusion of i9500 and i9505
So is it possible or should I just forget about it?
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Just be careful in doing so. To my knowledge, a lot of firmware built into those S4's are to support Korean specific carrier features which can interfere with your carrier's features. For example, I know texting is usually heavily effected. Given the limited release of it, just be ready to run into difficulty and have patience if you're going to do so before it's fully compatible with what your carrier has to offer for just a few higher benchmarks.
attbrandon said:
Just be careful in doing so. To my knowledge, a lot of firmware built into those S4's are to support Korean specific carrier features which can interfere with your carrier's features. For example, I know texting is usually heavily effected. Given the limited release of it, just be ready to run into difficulty and have patience if you're going to do so before it's fully compatible with what your carrier has to offer for just a few higher benchmarks.
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Thanks for the quick and very useful answer!
Okay. damn.. I just really wanted that octa core.. In Denmark, where I live, we get the Snapdragon and only the 16 gb version, and I would love to have the 4G oppertunity as well..
patrickpetersen said:
Hello XDA!
Does anyone know if it would be possible to import the SGS IV edition with exynos octa core and 4G (LTE) (SHV-E300) to Europe?
I can't find any thread with that suggestion - Is it because it's just not possible (some import/export restrictions), technical difficulties (carriers not supporting etc.) or just too expensive?
My case is: I own the SGS II and my carrier has planned to open for the LTE in late Q3. So at one side, I want to have the i9505, but when I read the benchmarks I really want to buy i9500. Then I saw a thread in here some place and an article at gsmarena saying that the korean version would be, kind of a fusion of i9500 and i9505
So is it possible or should I just forget about it?
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I live in South Korea, the official release will be 25th of April which are couple days counting from I posted this.
I am also still waiting for the detail review and official specification, even here in S. Korea, some web just mention internal memory 16 G, 1.9 octa core, some mention 1.8 octa core.. well wait and see.
I sent some cellphone frequently to South East Asia countries, so far ok but need to deal with custom stuff. Not sure about europe.
Yes, absolutely right if S.Korea smartphone made very custom to S. Korea market, like limitation of SMS to 80 character, they have DMB TV that only works in S. Korea etc. You have to deal with it if you use it in your country.
cheers
If you really want 4G, not sure if really worths buying the Octa. There is an Antutu test where S600 gets 28k, just as Octa and S600 have better GPU.
For me, 4g is just stupid, I want Octa but waiting some reviews, more precisely some opinions related to the battery life and some updated GPU benchmarks
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just wondering if anyone got the SHV-E300 yet?
Any good?
I live in Hong Kong and have a guy importing it from Korea to me. I have a choice of all 3 phones though so really hard to decide which one to get.
Regards,
Alex
demlasjr said:
If you really want 4G, not sure if really worths buying the Octa. There is an Antutu test where S600 gets 28k, just as Octa and S600 have better GPU.
For me, 4g is just stupid, I want Octa but waiting some reviews, more precisely some opinions related to the battery life and some updated GPU benchmarks
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demlasjr said:
If you really want 4G, not sure if really worths buying the Octa. There is an Antutu test where S600 gets 28k, just as Octa and S600 have better GPU.
For me, 4g is just stupid, I want Octa but waiting some reviews, more precisely some opinions related to the battery life and some updated GPU benchmarks
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The China variant is running octa with dual sim and that could be a better choice.
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alextn99 said:
just wondering if anyone got the SHV-E300 yet?
Any good?
I live in Hong Kong and have a guy importing it from Korea to me. I have a choice of all 3 phones though so really hard to decide which one to get.
Regards,
Alex
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Usually get the K version for Asia countries. As mentioned you have a second choice of the China variant as well.
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It's a good choice, but it's same as the international one. I don't want a limited edition, because I know that I will have few-to-zero support for it.
Exactly the same. I live in France and we only have that ****ing snapdragon with its old fashionned adreno 320. I wish I could buy the octa version, but with 4g (carriers are upgrading to 4g 800MHz 1800MHz and 2600MHz I think) **** I'm fed up, always compromise with samsung. I wanted to import the shv-e300 but it is too specific to korea. It's gonna be hard to find international upgrade. Maybe the rugged version "active" will fully satisfy me I'm ready to pay for it. But not ready to pay for an ordinary s600 :angel:
Leechoonhwee said:
The China variant is running octa with dual sim and that could be a better choice.
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Usually get the K version for Asia countries. As mentioned you have a second choice of the China variant as well.
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sorry for off topic but, how is that pantech vega you have? i was going to get one....but ended up with an xperia z lol
spazzy1912 said:
sorry for off topic but, how is that pantech vega you have? i was going to get one....but ended up with an xperia z lol
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The screen is fabulous, definitely one of the best I've seen especially watching videos. There's some very bug in the stock ROM but overall a very polish product. There's still 80chars sms limit but I hope I can find some time and port CM to it
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Apparently, a GS4 with a Snapdragon 800 chipset has showed up on Antutu benchmarks, clock speeds are apparently going to be 2.3 ghz with the Adreno 330 GPU. So, if it was me, I would wait for that one. Also it's called the Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced or something.
SHW-M110S Owner said:
Apparently, a GS4 with a Snapdragon 800 chipset has showed up on Antutu benchmarks, clock speeds are apparently going to be 2.3 ghz with the Adreno 330 GPU. So, if it was me, I would wait for that one. Also it's called the Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced or something.
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Yeah but that doesn't work in any other country except Korea.
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An excellent phone
Leechoonhwee said:
The screen is fabulous, definitely one of the best I've seen especially watching videos. There's some very bug in the stock ROM but overall a very polish product. There's still 80chars sms limit but I hope I can find some time and port CM to it
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I just upgraded to the SVH-300K and rooted it. It is an excellent phone. The SMS limit doesn't bother me simply because everyone I know uses kakao talk or viber. I only know 2 people that don't have smart phones here. I have found no flaws with it that can't be fixed after rooting, i.e. removing bloatwear. The phone is extremely fast and I love the dual application usage feature were you can actively use 2 apps at one time. To the best of my recollection I hadn't heard anyone mention this on reviews for the I9500 and I9505. Is this application not on them or are people just not using it much?
SHW-M110S Owner said:
Apparently, a GS4 with a Snapdragon 800 chipset has showed up on Antutu benchmarks, clock speeds are apparently going to be 2.3 ghz with the Adreno 330 GPU. So, if it was me, I would wait for that one. Also it's called the Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced or something.
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Yep. It's this one:
http://www.samsung.com/sec/consumer/mobile-phone/mobile-phone/skt/SHV-E330SZB1SC-spec
(help please)
help please
my s4 shv-330s asking 4 digit password
usim personalizasation
please help me
how to remove that usim personlization :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
i dont get it... i previously flashed this custom rom tororo http://www.7hdmovie.com/2015/02/galaxy-s4.html and then when the lollipop came up out then flash it directly i got boot loop...
and suddenly.....
it boots to welcome to google account sign in,another problem is,its shutting down by itself and open..again and again..sigh
EDIT : my phone is SHV-E300L
May i have a fixed rom for 300L.... jelly bean or kit kat..... nt lolipop... thanxx

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

[Q] (Q) S4 19500 VS 19505 developers support

hi
im thinking of upgrading to s4 but im confused between the lte (19505) and the 3g (19500) versions in my country the 3g model is 100 $ cheaper than the 4g , but what i really care about is the developers support which one of them will get better support (roms,mods...etc ) , i searched the forum for similar questions but they were posted before launch now that they are both launched which one is better , and is the 4g worth the extra 100 buck , one more question why does samsung keep dropping the prices of their devices while other phones like the iphone keeps consistent prices even after the release of its predecessor
I have the i9500 and sold it poor development and sammy not releases the exynos source
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Android market is more competitive, many handsets out there. Apple only have one device so can keep their price the same with no competition. Markets fluctuate, prices drop, competition forces prices down and such, demand and supply etc etc.
As for development, the i9505 will be the most active, if the GE edition is based on the same hardware then without a doubt this will be the most developed for model.
is it worth the extra 100
malikron7 said:
is it worth the extra 100
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anyone ?
I9505 is better
It has more power than I9500
Because 8cores will not work together
Cyanogen will support I9505
I9500 won't support from developers
Because the informations about Exyon are very less
Buy the LTE model
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anyone ?
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Does your carrier support 4g? If so, it'll be better to get i9505. Moreover, there seems to much more development for i9505 than i9500.
lzk123 said:
Does your carrier support 4g? If so, it'll be better to get i9505. Moreover, there seems to much more development for i9505 than i9500.
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yup one of them supports the 1800 band
malikron7 said:
yup one of them supports the 1800 band
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Get i9505 then. It has more developer support and you can also use the 4g for your carrier.

Model confusion

Ok...
So I am totally lost. I purchased a sm-n900 which doesn't look like it is getting much dev attention and isn't able to do lte (no big deal atm) or 42mb hspa+.
I prefer to be cheap on monthly fees with a nicer device... i used straight talk and family mobile att + t-mobile mvno. Tmobile has switched their hspa to 1900mhz locally so family mobile gets me 3g. 3.5g or whatever locally 24mb on this phone but up to 42mb on the snapdragon version (in theory)... plus one lte switch is made its going to be future proof...
So anyways. I was going to return this sm-n900 for the n9005 variant but these versions have me confused... since I am going to using it unlocked what is the difference between sm-n900t, sm-n9005, and/or any of the other sm-n900* variants that are us or localized to north America ... are the hardware the same with different roms/locks?
I don't want to make a 3rd switch. The 15% restock fee hurts. I think the switch is warranted. But I don't want to do it more than once.
Any help? Advice? Master version list with comparisons? Etc.
The only reason I saw to consider sticking with the sm-n900 was some kind of future ability to beat the snaps' 4xCPU with an ability to use 2 sets of 4xCPU on exynos (sp?)...; 4 high power and 4 low power all at once... but it was burried in an article and didn't have any hard info (could be pipe dreaming).
Help...
-D0c
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The so called power of the octa core is over rated. Snapdragon is faster and just as energy efficient. It won't even be possible to run so eight cores at once because of a phenomenon known as heat. Even if you got them all working at once they would just thermal throttle or melt so it's utterly pointless.
Snapdragon is the only way to go these days my friend, I'm unsure why Samsung don't kill exynos all together, perhaps it's only because they don't want total dependence on a third party vendor since they make nearly every other part of the phone.
Then apart from the cpu being better in its own right we have, as you already know, a much more future proof set of radios so I wouldn't hesitate to make the switch if I were you.
Oh and I haven't even mentioned the superior development opportunities with snapdragon since it's a much more open platform than exynos, if roms are your thing that is.
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Ok... but do I switch to a sm-n9005 or sm-n900t? (Or is there any difference)?
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caldwelljt said:
Ok... but do I switch to a sm-n9005 or sm-n900t? (Or is there any difference)?
Sent from my SM-N900 using xda app-developers app
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The n9005 is the 'unlocked' variant, the n900t is the one from T-Mobile in the USA, the hardware is the same only the modem firmware is different, so either is fine.
Just switch to N9005 which is international standard version for Snapdragon 800.
Thanks! That is what I needed to know, makes sense,
I think I read the tmobile isn't Looked. Does that mean its just a difference of Bloat?
One thing I did like on my tmobile when I wasn't using a MVNO was their Wifi Calling, (It performed much better than Grove IP).
Anywho, Thanks! I'll Switch.
Oh, is there a version SM-n9005 without the 4k? or do they aII have it?
- D0c
Sent from my SM-N900 using xda app-developers app
caldwelljt said:
Thanks! That is what I needed to know, makes sense,
I think I read the tmobile isn't Looked. Does that mean its just a difference of Bloat?
One thing I did like on my tmobile when I wasn't using a MVNO was their Wifi Calling, (It performed much better than Grove IP).
Anywho, Thanks! I'll Switch.
Oh, is there a version SM-n9005 without the 4k? or do they aII have it?
- D0c
Sent from my SM-N900 using xda app-developers app
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The sm-900 doesn't have 4k, all sm-n9005 (snapdragon) varians have 4k video recording.

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