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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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[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

How to get hold of the S4 Octa?

This week I'm upgrading and will go for the S4. I live in the UK and will go onto Vodafone, however I will be open to switch carriers. I understand there are 3 variants of the S4 the Korean, International and UK/US. And the latter being the Gt-i9505, with the Snapdragon 600 and Adreno 320, while the International is the Gt-i9500, which has the Octa chip and PowerVR SGX 544MP3, yeah I know people will tell me there is virtually no difference, however I'm interested in buying the i9500 as I'd like to see what such a chipset can do, and more so to the point, I dont want to spend so much money and not even be the best (me being me). So my question is, where can I buy on contract an S4 i9500, the 3g version? As after searching all the carriers websites I cannot find one anywhere, and the area I live anyway will never see 4g, so whats the point? If its impossible to get one through a carrier, is there anyway to find one without a £550 upfront cost? As buying the 505 would be pointless, as I wont buy the 4g deal, so I'll have a 4g capable phone which I cant use, in an area it wont appear, with a worse processor and GPU. If it is totally impossible I'll accept that however I like choices and as a buyer spending this much I would like a choice..
Thanks in advance for any answers!

I'm intersted in this too . .specially now that the AT&T S4 has the bootloader locked.
Does international (Octa) have LTE?

keplenk said:
I'm intersted in this too . .specially now that the AT&T S4 has the bootloader locked.
Does international (Octa) have LTE?
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No the international (Octa) (aka i9500) does not support LTE
You can find the international octa @ Expansys & Negri

If u in L.a u can buy from this guy http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/mob/3768900703.html
jeffs99 said:
No the international (Octa) (aka i9500) does not support LTE
You can find the international octa @ Expansys & Negri
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jeffs99 said:
No the international (Octa) (aka i9500) does not support LTE
You can find the international octa @ Expansys & Negri
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I dont even need LTE, so theres no point in getting the S4 with LTE which is worse .. will it be released in time? Or will i need to pay full price?

JesseBeckett said:
I dont even need LTE, so theres no point in getting the S4 with LTE which is worse .. will it be released in time? Or will i need to pay full price?
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No one can say for sure, but you'll likely need to get the 9500 from an online retailer or another carrier. Samsung has yet to put the LTE radio in its Exynos SoC (system on a chip - what powers the 9500) so that's not going to happen mid-release for the Galaxy S4. And its highly unlikely they are going to release an LTE-enabled one and non-LTE one onto the same carrier in the same market. That just creates buyer confusion.

Only thing is for you "best of the best" types, the octa will run on the arm 7 chip most of the time. So in reality the snapdragon version is better, unless of course you just get off on running benchmarks all day. The arm 15 is the best but what's the point if it never gets used? Just my opinion, I have no right to tell anyone what they need. I WANT LTE, but all I really need is a big screen, email and a decent talker.
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Only thing is for you "best of the best" types, the octa will run on the arm 7 chip most of the time. So in reality the snapdragon version is better, unless of course you just get off on running benchmarks all day. The arm 15 is the best but what's the point if it never gets used? Just my opinion, I have no right to tell anyone what they need. I WANT LTE, but all I really need is a big screen, email and a decent talker.
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I see what you mean, and I've been checking performance numbers of both the sxg 544mp3 and Adreno 320, and it's pretty similar.. so I feel pretty happy to get the 9505. It seemed great in the shop, far smoother than my S3, thanks for everyones help:good:

Galaxy S4 International Version - Att LTE??

I have the chance to purchase/trade a galaxy S4 new still in the box. I'm on Att and my only concern is that LTE does not work on the international version..Am I correct? Thank you

Yes you can use LTE with International S4 with AT&T (use only stock roms) look for Unlock S4 and AWS...
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argo1a said:
I have the chance to purchase/trade a galaxy S4 new still in the box. I'm on Att and my only concern is that LTE does not work on the international version..Am I correct? Thank you
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International phone or ROM? Theres a difference.

i9500 or i9505
Both are S4 "International" versions. One (i9500) has Samsung's "Octa-Core" processor while the other (i9505) has the Snapdragon 600 quad core. The thing is, I don't believe the i9500 Octa core has LTE unless you get the Korean version.
If it's the i9505 version, there are some how-to's on here that might allow you to enable the ATT LTE bands.

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argo1a said:
I have the chance to purchase/trade a galaxy S4 new still in the box. I'm on Att and my only concern is that LTE does not work on the international version..Am I correct? Thank you
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The GT-I9505 with the snapdragon processor is THE same hardware of the AT&T phone. The GT-I9500 is the exynos octo-processor but as far as I know may/may not get the frequencies needed to run AT&T 3G and does not have LTE. I am not 100% sure but I ran into issues like this purchasing my S3 GT-I9300. At that time I bought the Gt-i9305 which had LTE but it would not get AT&T frequencies for 3G, so I sold it and got the 9300 that worked with AT&T but had no LTE.
"The S4 has two major variants, one featuring a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 and the other featuring an Samsung Exynos 5 Octa. The Exynos 5 Octa version features the first big.LITTLE architecture central processing unit (CPU) but does not have LTE connectivity."--from wiki
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The GT-I9505 with the snapdragon processor is THE same hardware of the AT&T phone but has No LTE. The GT-I9500 is the exynos octo-processor but as far as I know may not get the frequencies needed to run AT&T 3G. I am not 100% sure but I ran into issues like this purchasing my S3 GT-I9300.
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Thee gt-i9505 has the exact same hardware including LTE. next time maybe you should search a bit before passing off false info
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so is there an octocore with LTE or no? my research indicated no prior to purchase. just wondering really; not really needed.

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Thee gt-i9505 has the exact same hardware including LTE. next time maybe you should search a bit before passing off false info
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fixed it. I wrote it wrong, relax smarty

Slade8525 said:
so is there an octocore with LTE or no? my research indicated no prior to purchase. just wondering really; not really needed.
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No LTE on the octacore. why would you want one of those pieces of crap? ALOT of developers don't want anything to do with it. and the chip itself is apparently just a huge flaw. Just go over to the int'l forum and read about it, personally your wasting your money if you by the octacore
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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)?
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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
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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
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The sm-900 doesn't have 4k, all sm-n9005 (snapdragon) varians have 4k video recording.