us vs international s7

[Craig9988]

Hello I'm in the market for a new phone. I finally narrowed it down to the Samsung s7. I do a lot of vacationing in Mexico and some traveling in central America and South America. I currently have the Moto X and it was a brick when traveling in Mexico last year. So my question for you guys is, am I better off with the international or sticking with the US version?

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[Wizzy]

Get the international version. The Exynos CPU is better in many respects, you won't have any carrier bloatware, and the phone will already be unlocked for international travel.

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[T48]

Do you lose warranty & LTE with the International version?
The warranty doesn't bother me so much as past the first 2 weeks, you are kind of on your own with phones it seems.
But the lack of LTE would be an issue.

 

[Wizzy]

Do you lose warranty & LTE with the International version?
The warranty doesn't bother me so much as past the first 2 weeks, you are kind of on your own with phones it seems.
But the lack of LTE would be an issue.

Mine has the warranty and LTE.

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[Mecomug]

No lack of LTE. We get the international version in South Africa and LTE works perfectly

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[T48]

Good to know about the warranty & LTE parts. I *think* it was at Amazon that I was reading it lacked those two items a month or so ago. Thanks, will have to check into this more.

 

[Wizzy]

Good to know about the warranty & LTE parts. I *think* it was at Amazon that I was reading it lacked those two items a month or so ago. Thanks, will have to check into this more.

One caveat on the warranty. I registered my IMEI on Samsung's website and it shows I have a 1 year warranty. I haven't, and hopefully won't, have to find out if there's a reason they won't honor it. I bought my edge from the UK.

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[T48]

One caveat on the warranty. I registered my IMEI on Samsung's website and it shows I have a 1 year warranty. I haven't, and hopefully won't, have to find out if there's a reason they won't honor it. I bought my edge from the UK.

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Thank you. Checked a reseller(B&H Photo) in the States & in their q & a section they said they would cover the warranty, not Samsung.
Guessing the carriers state side are really trying to keep Samsung from selling direct?

Question: Is the 12 month Samsung US warranty available with this product ?
on Mar 14, 2016
BEST ANSWER: No, this would come with a 1 year B&H warranty. This would cover all manufacturers software and hardware defects.
Reply Inaccurate - Staff on Mar 15, 2016

 

[dpham00]

If you have an international version then you need to make sure from the seller whether the warranty would be through Samsung usa, the retailer, or from Samsung at the country of the phone origin. Because if it is through Samsung but in another country then you would have to send it to them at your cost, and I believe that you would need to have a local address to receive the repaired phone.

 

[Craig9988]

Thanks for the input. I know ATT version is the 930A. There are two international models if I'm correct 930F & 930FD I assume the "D" stands for duel sim am I correct with my assumption?

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[ironass]

Thanks for the input. I know ATT version is the 930A. There are two international models if I'm correct 930F & 930FD I assume the "D" stands for duel sim am I correct with my assumption?

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Spot on, correct. G930F = Global model. G930FD = "Duos" dual sim model. Marketed by Samsung for South East Asia. Both are GSM only phones.

 

[Dmitry Shuster]

I accidentally bought international version of s7. And tried to use it on tmobile and it is not working. The phone is unlocked. Please help! This is 930fd model.

 

[dpham00]

I would try to return it to the seller.

 

[Wizzy]

I accidentally bought international version of s7. And tried to use it on tmobile and it is not working. The phone is unlocked. Please help! This is 930fd model.

You should be able to use it on T-mobile. They might not have unlocked it properly. You have to make a 5 minute phone call.

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[raqball]

Yeah that's my thought as well.. It was never actually unlocked.. As stated above 5 minutes of phone calls have to be made from within the devices country of origin..

I'd contact the seller and see if that was done..

 

[aubie8]

I see international version(unlocked) available at newegg.com. they all say they don't work on verizon. i talked twice with samsung support and asked and both times i was told that the international unlocked version would work on verizon. there are no returns so i am just trying to make sure. if so, are there any restrictions?

another question - i have seen two different articles about the U.S. version and one says that it is rootable and one says that only the international version is rootable. Anyone know the answer?

 

[auditman]

US version has snapdragon. Its bootloader is locked and unrootable.

International version exynos. Unlocked bootloader and rooting is possible.

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