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Anonymous · ‎24-02-2016

Hi guys,

As the titles states, I'm looking to buy the US variant of the Samsung Galaxy S7. This is because only the US variant has the Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC which is easier to develop roms for. The UK version has the exynos which is closed source and receives hardly any development.

If I were to buy the US version, would it work here in the UK with a uk o2 sim card?

Thanks

viridis · ‎24-02-2016

Free Gear S2 with verizon, not bad at all...

Bambino · ‎24-02-2016

Verizon and Sprint phones will not work in the UK.

@Anonymous Please heed my previous post. If you buy a phone in the US and bring it back here and it breaks, you will NOT get it fixed under warranty by Samsung.

I DO NOT WORK FOR O2

MI5 · ‎24-02-2016

As far as I can see there is only a "Global" spec and a "South East Asia" spec so the Global one should be fine as long as it's GSM.

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Anonymous · ‎24-02-2016

If i am going to buy it in the US, which bands & frequencies should I be looking to match to ensure i get the same 2g/3g/4g coverage?

viridis · ‎24-02-2016

Isn't that how verizon and sprint get some special models of phones @Bambino, because their signals are unique, the global phones don't work?
I know they've had some Xperia models with different specs due to being the "verizon version"

Anonymous · ‎24-02-2016

Forgot to mention

viridis - all the us sites are listing theirs as the snapdragon. I'm pretty sure the EU will get the exynos.

bambino - That's fine, I think my phone insurance will cover me

MI5 · ‎24-02-2016

@Anonymous wrote:
If i am going to buy it in the US, which bands & frequencies should I be looking to match to ensure i get the same 2g/3g/4g coverage?

o2 4g is band 3 and band 20

3g is 1800 and 2100

2g is 900

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Bambino · ‎24-02-2016

@viridis Verizon phones don't even have sim cards. They are made specifically for Verizon by the manufacturers.

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MI5 · ‎24-02-2016

Best Buys is your best bet.

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viridis · ‎24-02-2016

Op wants to get the

SM-G930T

http://www.mobosdata.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-sm-g930t

Or

SM-G930A

http://www.mobosdata.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-sm-g930a

I believe them to be the right ones.

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