region lock on note3?

[wolwol]

as subject
i've read a news on androidpolice regarding samsung began to implement region sim lock on their phones....

so is the singapore set comes with the sticker?

please click the link to read the news


[Update: It Gets Worse] Samsung Has Begun SIM Locking Its Phones Across The World To Home Regions, Putting The Squeeze On Phone Importers?

 

[Xerovix]

as subject
i've read a news on androidpolice regarding samsung began to implement region sim lock on their phones....

so is the singapore set comes with the sticker?

please click the link to read the news


[Update: It Gets Worse] Samsung Has Begun SIM Locking Its Phones Across The World To Home Regions, Putting The Squeeze On Phone Importers?

it is against the law to region locked in singapore.

 

[muddle]

it is against the law to region locked in singapore.

Or is it against the law to be operator-locked in singapore?

 

[Lamwm]

It means you must 1st activate the phone with a sim from the home region. So flashing a custom ROM may become tricky.

 

[seller4]

Does Singapore Note 3 has a Asian Model sticker?

American Model

European Modal

1) The new policy, at this point, applies to Galaxy S III, S II, Note, S4, S4 Mini, and Note 3 devices produced after the end of July 2013.

2) All regionally locked devices will have a sticker on the box indicating as much.

3) The regional locks cover large geographic areas (eg., a Note 3 purchased in Europe will work throughout the European Economic Area, and multiple non-EU countries / principalities, but not in, say, Africa or Asia).

4) If a phone is purchased in one region but never activated with a SIM in that region, it can be unlocked free of charge outside of that region by a "Samsung service partner" wherever it ends up.