Unlocked vs Carrier

[Phillip Payson]

Which one you bought unlocked or carrier version?

Unlocked

 

[mustang7757]

Unlocked

You won't get , video call ,RCS message,wifi calling... But you can flash to carrier version and get it

 

[Phillip Payson]

You won't get , video call ,RCS message,wifi calling... But you can flash to carrier version and get it

 

[Phillip Payson]

For att, or all four carriers?

 

[mustang7757]

For att, or all four carriers?

Att for what i mentioned before , for TMobile and rest will not have RCS message and video chat in the dialer but will have wifi calling

 

[Phillip Payson]

Then what are benefits of buying an unlocked phone lol

 

[mustang7757]

Then what are benefits of buying an unlocked phone lol

No bloat , no carriers splash screen and better deal 600 trade in
Edit: you seen how many pre installed apps Att puts

 

[bhatech]

Then what are benefits of buying an unlocked phone lol

Not having carrier crap, the ugly boot screen, modified carrier firmware. I like my phones the way Samsung intended and not the way carriers want. Obviously majority people don't care and perfectly fine with carrier versions.

And on the update front as well finally looks like Samsung has made some improvements on pushing updates to US unlocked model. Looks like they are no longer bending over backwards to carriers and hold up updates on unlocked model. The updates are coming in fast to the unlocked model now on Note 10.

 

[Omar Cardenas]

I never really travel outside the US so I don't need an unlocked phone. And only time I do which is rare maybe like once a year Verizon offers completely free Mexico roaming. I used it twice before and not a problem.

 

[Phillip Payson]

Hmm

 

[Phillip Payson]

No bloat , no carriers splash screen and better deal 600 trade in
Edit: you seen how many pre installed apps Att puts

So do you think that unlocked phones will ever be able to have advanced messaging and all that ?

 

[mustang7757]

So do you think that unlocked phones will ever be able to have advanced messaging and all that ?

Maybe in future it could change , but I use Google messages for RCS and Google duo for video .

 

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