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#171377 15-Apr-2015 17:17

Hi, I was thinking about getting this phone but not sure if there's any unseen issues or costs with buying phones like this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Unlocked-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-GT-I9500-Android-13MP-Smart-Phone-Black-16GB-/171573458079?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27f293349f

The last one i bought was a Motorola razr I off ebay and it was fine and a lot cheaper than buying phones in nz,

Thanks

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#1285026 15-Apr-2015 18:29

As long as it stays carrier unlocked with future factory resets or flashed roms etc.

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#1285058 15-Apr-2015 19:38

has good feedback but China based so could be a recon unit

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#1285339 16-Apr-2015 09:20

Don't get an i9500. It's the 3G-only version with an Exynos chipset - NZTechFreak had one for a while & had no end of issues with throttling, overheating, poor performance, and poor battery life. Get the i9506 with the Snapdragon 800 chipset, or at least the the i9505.

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#1285377 16-Apr-2015 09:51

Are you sure i9500 is 3g only.... I'm pretty site all variants have gsm.

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#1285414 16-Apr-2015 10:37

kiwijunglist: Are you sure i9500 is 3g only.... I'm pretty site all variants have gsm.

Nik has a terrible habit of always being right when it comes to this sort of thing. :)

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#1285424 16-Apr-2015 10:44

http://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9500_galaxy_s4-5125.php
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

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#1285459 16-Apr-2015 11:06

He meant 3G only as in it doesn't do 4G.

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#1285510 16-Apr-2015 12:23

Yes, 3G-only in that it does not support 4G.

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#1285570 16-Apr-2015 13:02

Yes. No 4g on i9500.
The nice thing about i9505 in addition to 4g support is that it had the same chipset as the Google play edition, so it's an easy port for vanilla rom.

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#1285709 16-Apr-2015 16:21

kiwijunglist: Are you sure i9500 is 3g only.... I'm pretty site all variants have gsm.

So? GSM is pretty much redundant. I always switch it off on phones where possible because nothing is worse than finding that data is useless and you have to toggle airplane mode to get it back on 3G.

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#1285727 16-Apr-2015 16:42

so.. not 3g only. What he meant was no 4g support.

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