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beenz

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#153653 3-Oct-2014 17:27

Most new phones come branded to a specific network these days now (not taking in to account low end budget models which are locked to that specific network) are there really any major differences between say a Galaxy S5 branded Spark or an S5 branded VF.

I know some of the software settings might need to be changed to use on other networks and I presume there is no other differences ?

Thanks

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Andib

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#1146828 3-Oct-2014 17:31

a VF s5 won't have any "Branding" on it as such. e.g boot logos where as I believe spark do.

Hardware wise, they are the same.
Software wise, they are tweaked to the network they are intended for e.g. fast dormancy

beenz

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#1146830 3-Oct-2014 17:33

Andib: a VF s5 won't have any "Branding" on it as such. e.g boot logos where as I believe spark do.

Hardware wise, they are the same.
Software wise, they are tweaked to the network they are intended for e.g. fast dormancy

Sorry what is fast dormancy ?

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#1146856 3-Oct-2014 18:23

beenz:
Andib: a VF s5 won't have any "Branding" on it as such. e.g boot logos where as I believe spark do.

Hardware wise, they are the same.
Software wise, they are tweaked to the network they are intended for e.g. fast dormancy

Sorry what is fast dormancy ?

saves your battery

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dcole13

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#1146885 3-Oct-2014 19:02

nathan:
beenz:
Andib: a VF s5 won't have any "Branding" on it as such. e.g boot logos where as I believe spark do.

Hardware wise, they are the same.
Software wise, they are tweaked to the network they are intended for e.g. fast dormancy

Sorry what is fast dormancy ?

saves your battery

http://tinyurl.com/m2k2vdw

bing

why

Home ADSL: School:

nathan

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#1146900 3-Oct-2014 19:25

dcole13:
nathan:
beenz:
Andib: a VF s5 won't have any "Branding" on it as such. e.g boot logos where as I believe spark do.

Hardware wise, they are the same.
Software wise, they are tweaked to the network they are intended for e.g. fast dormancy

Sorry what is fast dormancy ?

saves your battery

http://tinyurl.com/m2k2vdw

bing

why

google

http://tinyurl.com/3p4gdf7

why?

Batman

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#1146940 3-Oct-2014 20:25

No difference to the average human. Put sim in, it just works.

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#1146942 3-Oct-2014 20:27

(Put it this way. Do you need to buy a new phone when you go overseas? No. Just put in the overseas sim. Will spark s5 phone work with voda sim? Of course ... )

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#1146979 3-Oct-2014 21:47

joker97: No difference to the average human. Put sim in, it just works.

Not quite. There are big differences between the settings used for various networks. You should always use a phone with the appropriate firmware for the network it's being used on.