Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones

From	PAS <abc@doremi.net>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones
Date	2016-07-22 11:00 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<nmtcdt$6ev$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<qvkhobdmm0rc10khj3r4qvknghqkr7kljk@4ax.com> <VA.00000ba1.007eba46@me.invalid> <nmava1$d4b$2@dont-email.me> <VA.00000ba2.00641157@me.invalid>

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On 7/22/2016 10:58 AM, Daniel James wrote:
> In article <nmava1$d4b$2@dont-email.me>, Pas wrote:
> http://www.androidcentral.com/heres-how-region-locking-works-european-samsung-galaxy-
> s5
>> Interesting.  Is the ability to use a locked phone in another region
>> after five minutes of use in the home region regulated by law?
> It's not a legal thing at all. It's just something Samsung (and only
> Samsung, as far as I know) do to discourage grey imports.
>
> I believe there are companies who sell Samsung phones who will open
> the box and make a few minutes of calls with a local SIM before selling
> the phone, if the purchaser lives outside the area ... but most people
> want their new phone to be unused and to arrive in manufacturer-sealed
> packaging (how else do you know that you aren't being sold a second-hand
> or even stolen phone?) so I don't suppose it happens much.
>
>> I could be wrong but I'm under the impression that locked phones in
>> the USA cannot be used in another region until they've been unlocked.
> That's a different sort of locking. It's common for phones sold through
> the networks to be locked to the network that supplies them, so that they
> can't be used on a different network. The Samsung locking applies even to
> SIM-free phones that can be used with any network.
>
Got it, thanks.

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Samsung region and SIM locking phones Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> - 2016-07-15 13:23 +0100
  Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-07-15 15:47 +0100
    Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2016-07-15 11:25 -0400
      Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-15 15:16 -0400
        Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2016-07-18 10:45 -0400
          Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 13:35 -0400
            Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2016-07-18 14:21 -0400
              Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 23:22 -0400
                Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2016-07-19 09:11 -0400
                Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 01:41 -0400
                Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2016-07-20 10:42 -0400
                Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 16:01 -0400
                Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2016-07-20 16:09 -0400
                Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 14:10 -0700
                Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-20 17:39 -0400
                Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2016-07-21 09:16 -0400
      Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-07-22 15:58 +0100
        Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2016-07-22 11:00 -0400
    Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> - 2016-07-15 17:27 +0100
      Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> - 2016-07-23 23:38 +0100
    Re: Samsung region and SIM locking phones Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-15 15:09 -0400

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