I just realized.....
The Verizon version not only gets LTE but it ALSO GETS 32GB !!!
While the rest of the world has to pay the same $650 for no LTE and 16GB !!
WTF
I feel the GSM should have been 32GB....
If you are on TMo or AT&T you are 16GB. Not that I care too much it seems to be enough.
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THS1989 said:
I just realized.....
The Verizon version not only gets LTE but it ALSO GETS 32GB !!!
While the rest of the world has to pay the same $650 for no LTE and 16GB !!
WTF
I feel the GSM should have been 32GB....
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you JUST realized this?
Well there's no LTE version for non-US countries because the US is the only country that has a carrier thats quite far along with LTE. Its not even close to being launched across Europe right now.
It probably gets 32gb storage at the same time because the device already has to be thicker for the LTE chipset, so now they have room for extra storage.
Pretty sure the GSM version has an expansion SD card slot
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Does not. But you can buy the 32GB version from stores if you want. It's roughly ~1000 usd here in Romania.
Eg: http://www.pcgarage.ro/telefoane-mobile/samsung/i9250-galaxy-nexus-32gb-black/ available in 7 days after order. (use google translate to view the site)
Operators and other sites selling the Gnex have just the 16GB version on stock, but other shops can provide the 32GB aswell. Prolly they don't have it on stock as it carries quite a hefty price tag
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you JUST realized this?
Well there's no LTE version for non-US countries because the US is the only country that has a carrier thats quite far along with LTE. Its not even close to being launched across Europe right now.
It probably gets 32gb storage at the same time because the device already has to be thicker for the LTE chipset, so now they have room for extra storage.
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16gb and 32gb take up the same physical space. The issue is cost.
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Clyzm said:
16gb and 32gb take up the same physical space. The issue is cost.
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Not if they just used 2x 16gb cards instead of 1x 32gb (cut cost). But I'm sure theres an iFixit teardown that proves whats under there. More than likely, it was at Verizon's request that they made it 32gb to put it in line with its other $299 LTE phones.
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Pretty sure the GSM version has an expansion SD card slot
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It does not.
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myxcon said:
Does not. But you can buy the 32GB version from stores if you want. It's roughly ~1000 usd here in Romania.
Eg: http://www.pcgarage.ro/telefoane-mobile/samsung/i9250-galaxy-nexus-32gb-black/ available in 7 days after order. (use google translate to view the site)
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32gb version is up for pre-order on plenty of sites. It hasn't been sold yet because no one has them, and there's no indication that they ever will get them. We're probably stuck on 16gb for the GSM version.
1) This is not new news
2) The GSM version costs the same because you an use it on multiple carriers. I can literally take the T-Mobile SIM card out of my phone, reboot it, and put an ATT SIM card in it and make a call. That alone is worth extra $$$ in my opinion.
Unlocking a phone and allowing you to use it on any carrier AND having carriers let you use it is enough. I'm pretty sure someone had to fuss up money to allow it.
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1) This is not new news
2) The GSM version costs the same because you an use it on multiple carriers. I can literally take the T-Mobile SIM card out of my phone, reboot it, and put an ATT SIM card in it and make a call. That alone is worth extra $$$ in my opinion.
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Agreed. The fact that this is 5-band HSPA+ at 21mbps far outweighs LTE on a single (overpriced) carrier. If I get fed up with T-Mobile (or just want to try out ATT) there isn't a thing in the world stopping me from hopping back and forth.
32gb and/or sd ftw!
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yeah, it $ucks that the 32GB version is only able to work in one carrier. I miss the days when I had an unblocked phones and I was switching between AT&T and T-mobile every month.
(yeah, the above is sarcasm)
If you take a look at the teardowns, the Verizon version's internal layout is significantly different from the GSM version's layout. To make room for the LTE chipset the SIM card slot and the flash memory chip are moved off the motherboard onto a daughterboard that stacks on top of the motherboard (hence the extra thickness), the mini-SIM slot is changed into a micro-SIM slot, and the Samsung 16GB flash+512MB LPDDR2 RAM combo module is changed into a SanDisk 32GB flash module, and another 512MB LPDDR2 RAM package is added to the motherboard to maintain 1GB of total RAM. Motherboard layout-wise, they are totally different devices.
So the GSM version will work on nearly every single GSM network in the world?
The rest of the world also got the Galaxy SII while the U.S. had to wait for months. Id say we're even now.
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So the GSM version will work on nearly every single GSM network in the world?
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I Could be wrong but the Galaxy Nexus is petaband (5 bands) so yes it will work on any GSM band in the world, some carriers sell it unlocked like mine (Bell) others sell it locked so it needs to be unlocked to work on other carriers but it will work.
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just curious I know the GSM works on every GSM carrier anywhere in the word, but what about the LTE version ? i know it is for USA Verizon and it is CDMA but does it have other GSM frequenies to work on the GSM bands ? I can take my GSM version to anywhere in the world pop a local SIM in and it works, what if I have the Verizon unit travel outside the USA will the LTE work ? or am I stuck to use it only in the USA for Verizon ?
Now I'm on an unlimited data plan music and pictures don't take up any space on storage so the only thing taking up space on my storage now is rom manager backups
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spences10 said:
Now I'm on an unlimited data plan music and pictures don't take up any space on storage so the only thing taking up space on my storage now is rom manager backups
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... And you can stream videos from Netflix and/or the Market, keep (a few of) your files in Dropbox, upload your photos to Picasa, Google+, etc... Rooted users can even back up their apps to dropbox using Titanium Backup (I even used TiBu's dropbox integration feature to backup my USER apps from my Fascinate and restore them on my Gnex). Cloud storage is the wave of the future.
That said, local storage is far from being obsolete, and my sympathy goes out to those who only have 16gb to store the HD videos they recorded. Plus, if you have a data cap and slower-than-LTE speeds, it sucks not to have expandable storage...
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After reading/watching The Verge review, it is mentioned that the HSPA+ version will only come in a 16GB option. Does anyone know if this is true? I'm sure, like me, a lot of people here were planning to get a 32GB HSPA+ version. Thanks.
i'll only get the 32GB version, there's no point getting the 16GB version
and yes we need GSM HSPA+ for Tmo/ATT
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I tried to see if this was asked already. Mods, please delete if so.
After reading/watching The Verge review, it is mentioned that the HSPA+ version will only come in a 16GB option. Does anyone know if this is true? I'm sure, like me, a lot of people here were planning to get a 32GB HSPA+ version. Thanks.
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i think The Verge may be getting confused...since the UK is the only place that has the phone at the moment, and it's already been confirmed that the UK is only getting the 16GB version, they may be taking that as being a blanket designation for all the HSPA+ handsets.
The japanese NTT Docomo advert quite clearly states that it is available in 16GB & 32GB capacities.
We really don't know right now. Indicators are that the UK HSPA+ version is 16 and the US LTE version is 32, but that's just because we really don't know too much more than that right now...
And that is a big reason why the launch of this reeks. No details.
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And that is a big reason why the launch of this reeks. No details.
I invented cyberspace. You're trespassing.
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Yup, I agree. This is getting really annoying.
the *****ing and moaning would be a lot more tolerable if say google said something like the unlocked gsm/hspa+ version would be available unlocked in the usa like january 3 or something. something to look forward to at least. we'd still whine 'why the hell give verizon exclusivity?' and such but again at least we'd have something to look forward to.
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the *****ing and moaning would be a lot more tolerable if say google said something like the unlocked gsm/hspa+ version would be available unlocked in the usa like january 3 or something. something to look forward to at least. we'd still whine 'why the hell give verizon exclusivity?' and such but again at least we'd have something to look forward to.
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Just looked on google.com/nexus... I am disappointed.
When you select United States at the bottom and go to the tech specs, under data it says CDMA/LTE; however, when you select United Kingdom, under data it says 3G/EDGE/GPRS.
I'm beginning to think that in the US there will be only a LTE/Verizon nexus
i think the only 32gb nexus will be the thicker verizon unit... i could be wrong. but if you have seen any other evidence of a gsm 32gb variant ..please point it out. i have seen nothing
BiGMERF said:
i think the only 32gb nexus will be the thicker verizon unit... i could be wrong. but if you have seen any other evidence of a gsm 32gb variant ..please point it out. i have seen nothing
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Samsung on FB said the UK will only get the 16GB "initially" .. meaning there is a 32GB GSM, it just won't hit until...Dec/Jan? My guess is around the time (or exactly when) the GSM Nexus comes to the US.
Dmw017 said:
Samsung on FB said the UK will only get the 16GB "initially" .. meaning there is a 32GB GSM, it just won't hit until...Dec/Jan? My guess is around the time (or exactly when) the GSM Nexus comes to the US.
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you can interpret what you want...there is no evidence of it.. patents, fcc filings, etc
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you can interpret what you want...there is no evidence of it.. patents, fcc filings, etc
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It wasn't an interpretation Samsung literally used the word "initially" in their reply on Facebook.
Im holidaying in the US of A near the end of December, will it be possible for me to buy a 32gig 3g/gsm/hsdpa etc etc model of the Galaxy Nexus unlocked anywhere??? Its either I wait to get it when im there or I can just buy a Galaxy Note model now..
This is a bit ridiculous of google having all this advertising, pretty looking girls smiling into the camera using the phone etc and having absolutely no info on where/when/what (32gig GSM or only 16g??)
Dont advertise until ALL the details are available, it just pisses off people who want one!
(and why must Samsung always leave out one bit from each phone, no galaxy notes with nfc available yet? and nexus with no sdcard if the note had nfc/ics i'd get it now instead of the nexus)
Interesting to see that the UK Galaxy nexus page shows tech specs of 32 gb.
As long a 32 gb hspa+ is release, either in UK or US, i don't care. The phone is pentaband.....
droiduser said:
Im holidaying in the US of A near the end of December, will it be possible for me to buy a 32gig 3g/gsm/hsdpa etc etc model of the Galaxy Nexus unlocked anywhere??? Its either I wait to get it when im there or I can just buy a Galaxy Note model now..
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There is no indication whatsoever that Google will sell an unlocked GSM version in the US. The only info we have now is the CDMA/LTE Verizon version for the states.
axtn95 said:
Interesting to see that the UK Galaxy nexus page shows tech specs of 32 gb.
As long a 32 gb hspa+ is release, either in UK or US, i don't care. The phone is pentaband.....
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indeed, very interesting. I checked it yesterday and I am sure it said 16GB....
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indeed, very interesting. I checked it yesterday and I am sure it said 16GB....
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It did -- then it said 32GB yesterday, and it's back to 16GB today. This is dizzying! And maddening for those of us with our hearts set on a 32GB HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus.
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As long a 32 gb hspa+ is release, either in UK or US, i don't care. The phone is pentaband.....
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+1
I need a GSM 32GB...
I don't want to get it months later though
Handtec has a listing for the 32GB GSM model, and predicts an after New Years launch. When asked if they know for sure, they said Samsung hasn't told them anything
best guess it'll be sometimes in March 2012 before you see it's appearance for the 32GB GSM version
My gnex has a broken screen and is a GSM that I'm using on t mo. What I want to know is if I buy a Verizon version with a bad esn would the screen on the cdma version work on the GSM one.
Also a bonus question would I be able to put the 32 gb memory in the GSM version.
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DroidDavi said:
My gnex has a broken screen and is a GSM that I'm using on t mo. What I want to know is if I buy a Verizon version with a bad esn would the screen on the cdma version work on the GSM one.
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Possibly... but the phones are definitely not built the exact same (just take the battery cover off and you'll see). So I'd need someone with more technical knowledge of the differences to chime in.
Depending on how much you're paying for that you might be better off selling yours for parts and buying a new one since they're only $399 now.
Also a bonus question would I be able to put the 32 gb memory in the GSM version.
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Definitely no.
They definitely have some differences in parts. When I had an issue with one of my GSM versions I remember looking up tear downs for both and they were a lot more differences that I originally thought. I'd be very cautious attempting to put a part from the cdma variant into GSM until you're 100% sure it'll work. Hopefully someone here can confirm.
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I have my nexus listed now. I sold my nexus s for 180 hopefully I can get like 150 for this and I can buy one from google between college and a baby I aint got any extra cash lol
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hi everyone
so, I was watching a review of Galaxy Nexus because I'm gonna buy one,
& I crossed over this only in Cnet's review, they said 16 GB one is unlocked, & also the 4G one is thicker as they showed.
now my question is if I buy the 32 one, can I unlock it later? myself?
& also if it's true 16GB is thinner, how thin is it in hand? because I already took one 32GB in hand & it was not that bad to take in hand
Unlock it to use on a GSM network? No (at least not as far as I know), the internal hardware in Toro (32GB version) is different than that in Maguro (16GB version).
The thickness isn't really too noticeable for me, depending on what phone you are coming from you probably won't notice a huge difference when held compared to the Toro model, It has a nice quality feel no matter which one you choose.
I hope this helps!
The 4G is used on CDMA, there's not point in unlocking it as you couldn't use it on another CDMA carrier's 4G (such as Sprint).
The 16 GB is GSM, not CDMA. So depending on what network you plan on using it on, that should dictate which one to use.
Since I'm on Tmo, the GSM is the one for me.
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The 4G is used on CDMA, there's not point in unlocking it as you couldn't use it on another CDMA carrier's 4G (such as Sprint).
The 16 GB is GSM, not CDMA. So depending on what network you plan on using it on, that should dictate which one to use.
Since I'm on Tmo, the GSM is the one for me.
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thanks, it's the first time I also hear it's CDMA
then if it's CDMA, why are they selling it where I live here in Cyprus?
cause there's no CDMA in here as far as I know.
is there any chance u might be wrong & 32GB also has a GSM version?
Nope just 16g
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mehras1991 said:
thanks, it's the first time I also hear it's CDMA
then if it's CDMA, why are they selling it where I live here in Cyprus?
cause there's no CDMA in here as far as I know.
is there any chance u might be wrong & 32GB also has a GSM version?
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Well actually, some GSM 32 GB WERE sold a LONG time ago, near launch. Samsung quickly discontinued this model however, and made it a CDMA exclusive for some reasons (only reason I envy my gfs Sprint Gnex).
Anyways, I've seen a few sell on eBay, but as far as everyone knows, they stopped making them, and I don't see why they'd start selling them exclusively there. Maybe a misprint?
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Well actually, some GSM 32 GB WERE sold a LONG time ago, near launch. Samsung quickly discontinued this model however, and made it a CDMA exclusive for some reasons (only reason I envy my gfs Sprint Gnex).
Anyways, I've seen a few sell on eBay, but as far as everyone knows, they stopped making them, and I don't see why they'd start selling them exclusively there. Maybe a misprint?
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So, let's say, the one I saw is from the first few 32gb GSM
if I buy that, will I have problem with updating to other ROMs, because of hardware differences?
(like as u know these people release some ROMs according to the device model number for some brands)
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So, let's say, the one I saw is from the first few 32gb GSM
if I buy that, will I have problem with updating to other ROMs, because of hardware differences?
(like as u know these people release some ROMs according to the device model number for some brands)
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Should not have problems.
No, the only change would be the 32 vs 16 gb storage. All GSM are maguro models.
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Well actually, some GSM 32 GB WERE sold a LONG time ago, near launch. Samsung quickly discontinued this model however, and made it a CDMA exclusive for some reasons (only reason I envy my gfs Sprint Gnex).
Anyways, I've seen a few sell on eBay, but as far as everyone knows, they stopped making them, and I don't see why they'd start selling them exclusively there. Maybe a misprint?
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No.. they were never sold as 32GB and GSM. It was a rumor. The "pre orders" were sold but no one got an actual device.
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joshnichols189 said:
No.. they were never sold as 32GB and GSM. It was a rumor. The "pre orders" were sold but no one got an actual device.
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I saw a few on eBay when I was shopping for my Nexus, this one is the only one that shows up. Maybe I'll find another.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Goo...Cell_Phones&hash=item1c27ed4940#ht_500wt_1202
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I saw a few on eBay when I was shopping for my Nexus, this one is the only one that shows up. Maybe I'll find another.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Goo...Cell_Phones&hash=item1c27ed4940#ht_500wt_1202
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Probably straight from Google.
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
Hi, I'm in America most of the time, but looking for an Android phone that could potentially be rooted/unlocked and then take a local SIM card in Eastern Europe when I'm back there.
I saw on the Wirefly listing (can't put full link because i'm new but wirefly and then /product/sprint/lg/optimus-g/)
"Internationally Compatible - No"
Do you think that Sprint LG Optimus G will be capable of doing what I'm describing (with some modification)? Or, alternatively how about the AT&T model?
If not, what do you think is the best phone for potentially working abroad with a local SIM? I'm out of contract and open to any Android/WP8 phone on any network.
Thanks!!
AT&T version is more likely because it has a sim card slot while the Sprint version doesn't.
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AT&T version is more likely because it has a sim card slot while the Sprint version doesn't.
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Oh wow, so they actually don't even have a SIM card slot on the Sprint model? I didn't realize the difference was that extreme.
Thanks, that answers my question.
fanboat said:
Oh wow, so they actually don't even have a SIM card slot on the Sprint model? I didn't realize the difference was that extreme.
Thanks, that answers my question.
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They do for LTE, but I believe its embedded. If you can get to that by unscrewing some stuff, you can probably be gsm if you (or I) add some radio files from the nexus 4.
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fanboat said:
Hi, I'm in America most of the time, but looking for an Android phone that could potentially be rooted/unlocked and then take a local SIM card in Eastern Europe when I'm back there.
I saw on the Wirefly listing (can't put full link because i'm new but wirefly and then /product/sprint/lg/optimus-g/)
"Internationally Compatible - No"
Do you think that Sprint LG Optimus G will be capable of doing what I'm describing (with some modification)? Or, alternatively how about the AT&T model?
If not, what do you think is the best phone for potentially working abroad with a local SIM? I'm out of contract and open to any Android/WP8 phone on any network.
Thanks!!
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As latindor17 said a gsm phone from a US provider would have a sim card. Sometime ago I used a prepaid sim card in my unlocked T-Mobile phone for voice calls in Europe, the card had an option for a US phone number, so I forwarded my T-Mobile number and never missed a call. No bargain tho paying by the minute. Not sure what options are available for data, I relied on WiFi.
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They do for LTE, but I believe its embedded. If you can get to that by unscrewing some stuff, you can probably be gsm if you (or I) add some radio files from the nexus 4.
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afaik, all Sprint embedded "sims" are actually eUICC chips... no actual card is used. This has been the case for all current LTE devices, minus the iPhone 5.
Anyone heard anything about availabilty for tmobile or any other carrier for that matter? Ive heard costco would be recieving 64gb stock in but still not seeing anything show up. It always seems to good to be true when they say theyll be offering phones in 32-64gb options than it takes longer than expected if not ever to show up.
Carriers and Samsung need to understand there is huge demand for more internal space as the games and apps on playstore are being allowed to get larger and larger daily. If anything ill settle for the 32gb and buy a 128gb sdxc external but I just wanted to know if anyone has seen anything about this..
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Anyone heard anything about availabilty for tmobile or any other carrier for that matter? Ive heard costco would be recieving 64gb stock in but still not seeing anything show up. It always seems to good to be true when they say theyll be offering phones in 32-64gb options than it takes longer than expected if not ever to show up.
Carriers and Samsung need to understand there is huge demand for more internal space as the games and apps on playstore are being allowed to get larger and larger daily. If anything ill settle for the 32gb and buy a 128gb sdxc external but I just wanted to know if anyone has seen anything about this..
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As far as Samsung has listed/reported is the SM-9000 as a 64gb option. No others are listed with that capacity.
P.S. How do get the Note 3 to see a 128gb card ?
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As far as Samsung has listed/reported is the SM-9000 as a 64gb option. No others are listed with that capacity.
P.S. How do get the Note 3 to see a 128gb card ?
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Easy, just pop it in and format it. All these newer phones have always been able to use more than advertised sdcard space, they just dont think people need it or know that people do know its possible
The note 2 saw someone having a 256gb sdcard as his main internal storage and 16gb external with the exsdcard2internal mod mattijd created.
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Easy, just pop it in and format it. All these newer phones have always been able to use more than advertised sdcard space, they just dont think people need it or know that people do know its possible
The note 2 saw someone having a 256gb sdcard as his main internal storage and 16gb external with the exsdcard2internal mod mattijd created.
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Well thank you very much for that insight. Any problems using the larger then advertised cards?
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Well thank you very much for that insight. Any problems using the larger then advertised cards?
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n/p and as long as your buying a class 10/ultra sdxc card theres really (imho) no noticeable decrease in speed, the class 10 are amazingly fast and I have never ran into problems losing data or corruption etc.
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n/p and as long as your buying a class 10/ultra sdxc card theres really (imho) no noticeable decrease in speed, the class 10 are amazingly fast and I have never ran into problems losing data or corruption etc.
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I will def add this to the FAQj. I'm quite sure people would like to know that.
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Anyone heard anything about availabilty for tmobile or any other carrier for that matter? Ive heard costco would be recieving 64gb stock in but still not seeing anything show up. It always seems to good to be true when they say theyll be offering phones in 32-64gb options than it takes longer than expected if not ever to show up.
Carriers and Samsung need to understand there is huge demand for more internal space as the games and apps on playstore are being allowed to get larger and larger daily. If anything ill settle for the 32gb and buy a 128gb sdxc external but I just wanted to know if anyone has seen anything about this..
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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Need to find a corporate store that will order you one. Most of the employees will be clueless on how to do it and possibly even the manager. Might try T-Mobile business over the phone also.
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@rbiter said:
Need to find a corporate store that will order you one. Most of the employees will be clueless on how to do it and possibly even the manager. Might try T-Mobile business over the phone also.
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Thanks will try that out and ya so true about the employees lol
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After reading this and other 64GB Note 3 threads I've been working with T-Mobile corp. store manager, who has been stringing me along for over a month, promising to get 64GB Note 3 for me. Finally, I told him enough as enough and I made him go all the way up and get on the phone with T-Mobile country wide sales director, who shared the following information:
When Note 3 came out, T-Mobile has ordered some 64GB Note 3s from Samsung, but that order lasted only for 3 weeks, was never fulfilled and eventually got cancelled by T-Mobile, because there was not enough demand for this version. That sales director said he wanted 64GB Note 3 for himself as well, but he doesn't have it either, because T-Mobile never got and never sold any and all those, who claim to have T-Mobile branded Note 3 64GB are lying.
Personally, I've been holding out for 64GB Note 3 until now, which is a long time. Now I'm torn between exploring the possibility of getting international N9005 64GB with unlocked bootloader, and then trying to flash full T-Mobile firmware on it, including modem, in order to restore LTE bands 4 and 17, required for 4G connection in US and the option of waiting for CES 2014, which is only a month away now. CES 2014 is rumored to have new Samsung Galaxy phones revealed.
Can't restore hardware with software.
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Can't restore hardware with software.
sent from my sm-9005.
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Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 CPU version, which is in LTE Note 3, has worldwide LTE capabilities, supporting all 41 LTE bands worldwide. What determines, which bands are enabled on a specific N9005 model is strictly the firmware. It's all over XDA and other forums, and people have successfully flashed modems from other carriers on previous devices, such as SGS4, in order to enable the required LTE bands...
You telling me we have 41 antennas just for LTE in our phones?
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You telling me we have 41 antennas just for LTE in our phones?
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^ Just the same, flabbergasting question I'm wondering now. I was always under the same impression as you in your last post...
@rbiter said:
You telling me we have 41 antennas just for LTE in our phones?
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I'm merely the messenger. You don't need 41 antennas and it's not me, who is telling you this SoC is worldwide LTE capable - it's Qualcomm. Look at the "Modem" spec: http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800
Worldwide LTE capability of Snapdragon 800 has also been praised at length on popular tech blogs, such as Engadget, BGR & Slashgear and there are several XDA threads, discussing this subject as well.
Apo11on said:
After reading this and other 64GB Note 3 threads I've been working with T-Mobile corp. store manager, who has been stringing me along for over a month, promising to get 64GB Note 3 for me. Finally, I told him enough as enough and I made him go all the way up and get on the phone with T-Mobile country wide sales director, who shared the following information:
When Note 3 came out, T-Mobile has ordered some 64GB Note 3s from Samsung, but that order lasted only for 3 weeks, was never fulfilled and eventually got cancelled by T-Mobile, because there was not enough demand for this version. That sales director said he wanted 64GB Note 3 for himself as well, but he doesn't have it either, because T-Mobile never got and never sold any and all those, who claim to have T-Mobile branded Note 3 64GB are lying.
Personally, I've been holding out for 64GB Note 3 until now, which is a long time. Now I'm torn between exploring the possibility of getting international N9005 64GB with unlocked bootloader, and then trying to flash full T-Mobile firmware on it, including modem, in order to restore LTE bands 4 and 17, required for 4G connection in US and the option of waiting for CES 2014, which is only a month away now. CES 2014 is rumored to have new Samsung Galaxy phones revealed.
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I kinda figured that. When I started reading this thread, and people said they have the 64gb Note 3, I didn't see any pictures or screenshots.. Just hearsay.. :
Apo11on said:
I'm merely the messenger. You don't need 41 antennas and it's not me, who is telling you this SoC is worldwide LTE capable - it's Qualcomm. Look at the "Modem" spec: http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800
Worldwide LTE capability of Snapdragon 800 has also been praised at length on popular tech blogs, such as Engadget, BGR & Slashgear and there are several XDA threads, discussing this subject as well.
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Still not buying its as easy as 123. There's more than firmware at hand. Need the hardware too. If it was that easy I am quite sure many of us would've bought the uk version or equivalent just to be rid of carrier bloatware.
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CehowardNote3 said:
I kinda figured that. When I started reading this thread, and people said they have the 64gb Note 3, I didn't see any pictures or screenshots.. Just hearsay.. :
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Yeah. I tried getting T-Mobile manager to find out for me. He said no dice but I wasn't sure if he fluffing or really tried. Obviously the demand isn't gonna be there if tmobile doesnt order the damn 64gb versions. **** how long have we been *****ing about not enough storage and the carriers still dont come through. T-Mobile is under no incentive to force their name since they offer the best value of unlimited data and have no incentive to force us to bottleneck their network to use cloud services. I think an email to john legere is needed. Or a few.
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@rbiter said:
Still not buying its as easy as 123. There's more than firmware at hand. Need the hardware too. If it was that easy I am quite sure many of us would've bought the uk version or equivalent just to be rid of carrier bloatware.
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Yeah. I tried getting T-Mobile manager to find out for me. He said no dice but I wasn't sure if he fluffing or really tried. Obviously the demand isn't gonna be there if tmobile doesnt order the damn 64gb versions. **** how long have we been *****ing about not enough storage and the carriers still dont come through. T-Mobile is under no incentive to force their name since they offer the best value of unlimited data and have no incentive to force us to bottleneck their network to use cloud services. I think an email to john legere is needed. Or a few.
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No one says it's easy...Each carrier specific OS rom has to have specific drivers and configuration, designed to work with one very specific modem's firmware that has certain LTE, GSM/CDMA/Edge etc' frequencies enabled. If you use a rom from one carrier, and flash modem from another carrier, which unlocks LTE bands you need - you are bound to have issues...People, who flashed & used cross carrier modems on SGS4 have had major power drain issues. That is why I said in my original post if I go to that route - I'm gonna flash the whole T-Mobile firmware, including the OS and everything else, not just the modem
Cross carrier? Let me know when the cross countries works.
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@rbiter said:
Cross carrier? Let me know when the cross countries works.
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"cross carrier" in no way implies carrier from the same country...Cross carrier could be Vodafone, O2, Orange, Verizon, T-Mobile US, etc
@rbiter said:
Yeah. I tried getting T-Mobile manager to find out for me. He said no dice but I wasn't sure if he fluffing or really tried. Obviously the demand isn't gonna be there if tmobile doesnt order the damn 64gb versions. **** how long have we been *****ing about not enough storage and the carriers still dont come through. T-Mobile is under no incentive to force their name since they offer the best value of unlimited data and have no incentive to force us to bottleneck their network to use cloud services. I think an email to john legere is needed. Or a few.
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To tell the truth, I returned a 16gb S4 to Tmobile, because ATT and Verizon were offering the 32gb version. I waited several months, and Tmobile NEVER got the 32gb S4.. What is with these people? They could at least stock a small quanity of the larger versions.. I am sure the demand is there. I would have opted for the 64gb Note 3, if it was offered..