I went ahead and bough the mega 9205 lte version. Currently running on tmobile. Let me tell you this phone is awesome. Sold my g pro and dont regret. After having the ascend mate this phone wroks flawlessly better even with a dual core. Video unboxing and review coming up.
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1Q how does it fit in hand ??
I also have been wanting this phone but the lack of support for the 1700MHz band for T-Mobile sucks... The Huawei Ascend Mate does support 1700MHz though I believe. Any reason why you switched to the Galaxy Mega instead?
Im a phone reviewer and buy phones as I sell them. The mega caught my attention because although we got 1080p screens and quadcores. A dual core phones still manage to work very well. I remember when dual core where the high end ones. I think this is just a test for what the next will be. I can tell you that this phone is amazing and big. I would buy this rather than the ascend mate. That phone has problems with 3d gaming lag.
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Fits good in one hand to scroll, but if you have to type two hands is a must! In pocket it fits great!
Here is the video guys!
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Here is the video guys!
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fantastic
darkmuck said:
I also have been wanting this phone but the lack of support for the 1700MHz band for T-Mobile sucks... The Huawei Ascend Mate does support 1700MHz though I believe. Any reason why you switched to the Galaxy Mega instead?
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Didn't OP say he's running on T-Mobile without a problem? Or did I miss something here?
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Didn't OP say he's running on T-Mobile without a problem? Or did I miss something here?
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T-Mobile has been refarming 1900MHz for 3G lately, which is not available in my area. They primarily use 1700MHz (actually 1700 and 2100 together) for 3G
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T-Mobile has been refarming 1900MHz for 3G lately, which is not available in my area. They primarily use 1700MHz (actually 1700 and 2100 together) for 3G
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Its runs great on 4g hspa+. But this is missing the 1700 band that works with the 2100 to provide tmobile lte.
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Does it have some screen protection? dont see gorrila glass etc? does screen scratch easily?
Havent got any scratches yet. I have xtremeguard on it.
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I've had mine for 2 weeks sans-case, and have no scratches. The glass feels the same as other phones.
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Did anyone try to see if the Flash Player is working in the stock browser? .
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Havent got any scratches yet. I have xtremeguard on it.
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Hey, I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out the bands for the i9200 vs i9205.
I live in nyc and i get great hspa speeds (10-15-even 20 down) The bands are a little over my head though, i think nyc is refarmed. Will the mega work with all the tmo hspa bands? what wont it work with? LTE is slowly coming around where i live, do either of hese phones works on the tmo lte bands?
Bottom line, which model is better for tmo?
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Can you use the Samsung Galaxy SII on Tmobile..they are both gsm..if so...does it get 3g and 4g on tmo....i like the look and feel of the att version better than tmos....thanks
You will get voice, txt, and edge data but no 3g. TMo uses a different frequency band than att
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You will get voice, txt, and edge data but no 3g. TMo uses a different frequency band than att
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As tony said, everything works but you only get edge speeds. I know because I am on T-Mobile. Its fine for web browsing and such, but don't expect any HQ YouTube.
Wish i had 3g at least, could care less about 4g, because i like the ATT version the best of the sgs2's. I knew this would happen before i bought it though. Maybe the merger will go through?
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As tony said, everything works but you only get edge speeds. I know because I am on T-Mobile. Its fine for web browsing and such, but don't expect any HQ YouTube.
Wish i had 3g at least, could care less about 4g, because i like the ATT version the best of the sgs2's. I knew this would happen before i bought it though. Maybe the merger will go through?
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i know..i love the att version so much...stinks...i have tmo..
what happen if i get the unlocked gsm version of clove and other detailer overseas..
http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-i9100-16gb
will that one be able to get 3g action tmobile...
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i know..i love the att version so much...stinks...i have tmo..
what happen if i get the unlocked gsm version of clove and other detailer overseas..
http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-i9100-16gb
will that one be able to get 3g action tmobile...
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no i believe those come with at&T bands
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Just to expand on the others comments, that phone you mentioned has: Frequencies 850/900/1900/2100 (Quad band), whereas T-Mobile needs both 1700 and 2100. You need both because they use one for uploading and another for downloading.
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Just to expand on the others comments, that phone you mentioned has: Frequencies 850/900/1900/2100 (Quad band), whereas T-Mobile needs both 1700 and 2100. You need both because they use one for uploading and another for downloading.
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Oh man. I figured i would give a shot...i really do love that phone. Good info.
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i have a cellphone repair store and am addicted to new cellphones and trying them out. i currently have the i9300 and love it, but am wondering if there would be anyway to hack it to receive 3g/4g T-Mobile USA. I have switched over back to T-Mobile because they have the best speed for money and coverage ratio where i live. I also have the galaxy note sgh i717 and have it rooted and running ics with the blaze radio hack and it works beautifully on T-Mobile. So what im asking is, will there be a way to flash a radio the same way it was done on the note for the i9300? i really like the way my phone is and prefer the quad core over the dual core that will be coming out here in the us. I don't want to have to sell my international i9300 to get the USA T-Mobile version just so i can have working 3g/4g. Im Hoping for a answer yes you can flash a radio and someone can try to do it. I wish i had more time to play around with these things and be more knowledgable about what im saying, but with my job and two kids i try to learn as much as possible.
Nope. The hardware for the international version doesn't support LTE. Unless you're a superDev and manage mod the system on a chip support it, you'll have to use the US version to get 4G.
It's only the the main reason that the US version isn't getting the quad core. Not that the S4 + 2Gb of memory isn't just as good if not better than the exynos.
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What about the hspa+ or even 3g on T-Mobile. I can't see the note that has the same bands as the i9300 being able to do that why not the i9300?? I guess maybe I'm missing something?? Cause the only thing missing is the 1700 band. From both phones and they added it to the att note somehow
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Nope. The hardware for the international version doesn't support LTE. Unless you're a superDev and manage mod the system on a chip support it, you'll have to use the US version to get 4G.
It's only the the main reason that the US version isn't getting the quad core. Not that the S4 + 2Gb of memory isn't just as good if not better than the exynos.
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He's not asking about LTE, he's asking about getting T-Mobile 3G. I'd like to know if this is possible as well....
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What about the hspa+ or even 3g on T-Mobile. I can't see the note that has the same bands as the i9300 being able to do that why not the i9300?? I guess maybe I'm missing something?? Cause the only thing missing is the 1700 band. From both phones and they added it to the att note somehow
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No.
The AT&T Note has an SoC that has the 1700mhz band. It is the same SoC that is in the T-Mobile SGSII.
The international Note has the same SoC as the i9100 and i9300 and it does NOT have the 1700mhz band, and it never will.
The only way is when tmo start reusing the 1900 frequency for 3g later this year.
Apparently they are trying it out in some places already.
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The only way is when tmo start reusing the 1900 frequency for 3g later this year.
Apparently they are trying it out in some places already.
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A few scattered locations in California and the west coast as well as some on the east coast.
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A few scattered locations in California and the west coast as well as some on the east coast.
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I really hope they go widespread with it because I was in America two months ago and tmo was better than at&t for pricing etc. And I'll likely be going back again and wanna use my phone there on tmo preferably.
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I really hope they go widespread with it because I was in America two months ago and tmo was better than at&t for pricing etc. And I'll likely be going back again and wanna use my phone there on tmo preferably.
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Haha yeah it is much better. I have been using mine on T-Mobile and 2G isn't the worst thing in the world, especially when I'm around wifi all day long at school and home, and you can't even get the T-Mobile versions anywhere here.
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here is an interesting link showing these 1900 locations coming up http://www.airportal.de/
I don't think there is any hack or mods, just have to wait for T-Mobile to expand their 1900mhz coverage.
Luckily, I'm in the area where T-Mobile offers 1900mhz coverage and I can connect to hspa+ on my i9300. It's so much faster than what I'm used to when I was on AT&T. I was only getting 0.5-1.5mbps on AT&T but now 5-6mbps on T-Mobile. When I'm in area that lacks coverage, I do get only EDGE though which is pretty darn slow
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What's your data plan wight TMobile ?
2gb or the 200 Mb data package ?
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What's your data plan wight TMobile ?
2gb or the 200 Mb data package ?
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Unlimited 4G plan with no cap or throttle.
I'm probably going to switch i9300 to new tmobile branded note 2 or S3 though. There is no coverage of 1900mhz when I'm around home area. Using EDGE is so painful...
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Unlimited 4G plan with no cap or throttle.
I'm probably going to switch i9300 to new tmobile branded note 2 or S3 though. There is no coverage of 1900mhz when I'm around home area. Using EDGE is so painful...
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Yeah.. I'm using the 200 Mb data plan with my i9300. Since we only getting edge for now , it is a waste of paying 25 dollars a month for 4g if we can't use the speed.. I'm in New York Brooklyn , and still can't get any 3g signals...
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Brooklyn new york here . in nyc ATT is the fastest for mobile data no question about it. I get an average of 6 mbit/s . some times up to 11 mbit/s I tried t mobile and the best i got was edge. under 100 kbit/s could barely make calls. I dont know about other cities or regions but in nyc ATT is king even though they suck .
You'll never get more than 2G. Unless you're in one of the new areas where they have out their new towers. You'll get 2G most of the time... There isn't a "hack" and there never will be... Its a hardware limitation.
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I am aware that they are not compatible but I have a question about the bands. So AT&T and Verizon use the same 700MHz but the bands are different. Verizon uses Band 13 and AT&T uses Band 4 and 17. Are the bands strictly hardware only? Or can you add a mod where it can pickup AT&T LTE?
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I am aware that they are not compatible but I have a question about the bands. So AT&T and Verizon use the same 700MHz but the bands are different. Verizon uses Band 13 and AT&T uses Band 4 and 17. Are the bands strictly hardware only? Or can you add a mod where it can pickup AT&T LTE?
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Hardware,
I've not looked but I doubt it supports ATT LTE bands.
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Hardware,
I've not looked but I doubt it supports ATT LTE bands.
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Yeah but It just seems that it would be compatible since it the same frequenciey.
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Yeah but It just seems that it would be compatible since it the same frequenciey.
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But its not the same frequency. Both use a slightly different part of the 700mhz range.
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But its not the same frequency. Both use a slightly different part of the 700mhz range.
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Oh well... I purchased from Amazon for $600 that's $50 off from Verizon. I can live with HSPA+ I'm usually on WIFI mostly anyway.
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Oh well... I purchased from Amazon for $600 that's $50 off from Verizon. I can live with HSPA+ I'm usually on WIFI mostly anyway.
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Wow...
Rare to see a glass is half full kind of person around here
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Wow...
Rare to see a glass is half full kind of person around here
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Yeah, I mean you're getting 1080p and 2GB or RAM. I'd trade LTE for those things any day.
Amazon has them in stock for$599 no contract no taxes. Get it boys
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Amazon has them in stock for$599 no contract no taxes. Get it boys
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I grabbed that fast! (;
When I pop in the sim from my One X into the DNA the data icon constantly cycles between H+, H, and 3G. I've added an AT&T APN but it's still doing the same thing. Am I missing something?
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Amazon has them in stock for$599 no contract no taxes. Get it boys
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Thanks for the tip, I had sent an eBay seller an offer of $700 last night. Luckily he didn't accept it and countered back at 730. Now I scooped it up for 600 from Amazn!
Any updates?
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When I pop in the sim from my One X into the DNA the data icon constantly cycles between H+, H, and 3G. I've added an AT&T APN but it's still doing the same thing. Am I missing something?
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Not to rehash an old thread (well I did mean to)...but any updates on how this is working out on AT&T? I had a Nexus 4 running on the network here in Charlotte and wasn't too pleased with the speeds I was getting. Ran back to my One X real quick. But I'm ready to grab one of these I think.
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Not to rehash an old thread (well I did mean to)...but any updates on how this is working out on AT&T? I had a Nexus 4 running on the network here in Charlotte and wasn't too pleased with the speeds I was getting. Ran back to my One X real quick. But I'm ready to grab one of these I think.
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Work like a charm. In Charlotte on the DNA with ATT.
Hi guys,
I went ahead and got a D801 (T-Mobile) thinking basically all G2s had all the bands listed in GSM Arena. I sadly found out after I got the device that this is not the case and that the D801 doesn't have the 900 band for HSDPA, which is what my carrier uses, so I'm stuck with Edge.
I'm now selling it in order to get another one that works for me (because why would you buy a Ferrari if you couldn't drive over 20Mph?...)
I've been reading up on the subject trying to find one that fits the bill but I find a lot of conflicting/confusing info so I'm just asking straight out, which version of the G2 do I need to get in order to have HSDPA on the 900 band?
Thanks in advance.
Sprint maybe
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900 band for HSPA? In the US? I don't think so.
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900 band for HSPA? In the US? I don't think so.
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I'm not in the US, I'm in the Dominican Republic.
Does anybody know a place where I can see the different bands for all models? I can't find one single place that has them all.
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Does anybody know a place where I can see the different bands for all models? I can't find one single place that has them all.
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_G2
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Thanks! That's just wat I needed. I was on wikipedia before but some how I missed it.
Seems like the only one I can go for is the Verizon one. Honestly, I'm not too thrilled given their update record on my current phone (Motorola Droid 2 Global) which is also from Verizon (yeah, I waitied A LOT to do the upgrade but I really liked having a keyboard so I held on to it as long as I could).
I'll need to check how's the development scene for this one (although, I think T-Mobile is the the one with the least development going on for what I've seen) but if the scene is good I think I might go for it. Otherwise I'll get a Nexus 5 which is the closest thing to a G2.
Has anyone been able to get their hands on an LTE version? I'm curious how long it will be before it gets to the US.
Hopefully my UK version should arrive today. Will share findings tomorrow.
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I got my LTE one last Friday from Samsung UK, would have preferred a Silver one (had received a Silver Wifi one last week) as the black just attracts fingerprints but it works very well!
Got the wifi but swapping for the 4G which should turn up today. Excellent customer service from Samsung
Positives
- Screen quality good even though PPI not as good as the older Note 10.1 2014 edition. Perhaps better graphics processing. Screen very fast and responsive
- WiFi seems very fast
- holds LTE Signal really well
Not sure about the S Pen functionality yet. The fine pen option is not that fine! But S Pen works well with OneNote
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when is it coming to USA or Canada or ebay for that matter?
I just bought this one. I am hoping it also has calling features enabled as it's not for US. Also it covers Tmobile LTE bands, as per the information.
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shoaibar said:
I just bought this one. I am hoping it also has calling features enabled as it's not for US. Also it covers Tmobile LTE bands, as per the information.
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Should have got the sm-t825y version , supports umts 3g also, same bands as the sm-t819y.
Doesnt look like samsung is in any rush to sell the US spec lte 4g version here.
Im gonna wait til the sm-t825y is more freely available then perhaps sell my sm-t819y. Same bands, plus makes voice calls too, which im sure usa version will be disabled.
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does the sm-t825c have phone capabilities?
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when is it coming to USA or Canada or ebay for that matter?
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Canada was the first to get the S3
We'll probably be the last to get the S3 LTE (or perhaps not at all). Eh, it might be for the best anyway.
I've tended to use my phones as a hotspots lately because of this (not having LTE or cell variants of tablets/laptops up here) but also due to battery life being better on my phones just using them as hotspots (practically naked of apps running in the background) vs. using them by themselves with apps + cellphone data (because as long as the phone is connected to network apps call home with phone off). This also causes other devices to not eat as much battery, because once the Internet's off completely, nothing will consume battery in the background. I don't like turning on/off Airplane mode all the time just to save some battery, and can't control other "features" I don't need (or can't turn off, like default apps background push data) unless rooted, but I want Netflix so gotta be chaste.
I'd like to see some battery stats on LTE vs WiFi versions, due to the nature of always-on apps.
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Yes, it does. Unfortunately, it doesn't have US LTE bands (besides band 5). But HSPA+ is pretty good though on T-Mobile in my area.
I was reading the info on it on Amazon, the info can be misleading there then. It states quote on quote "This model provides for LTE connectivity on all GSM networks throughout the globe. No support for CDMA though (Sprint, Verizon, etc.) "
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I was reading the info on it on Amazon, the info can be misleading there then. It states quote on quote "This model provides for LTE connectivity on all GSM networks throughout the globe. No support for CDMA though (Sprint, Verizon, etc.) "
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I think the information on all the current seller sites are inaccurate, they are all copy and paste from the generic spec of the SM-T825 model. I think most of the LTE version seller on eBay and Amazon is selling the SM-T825C model, which is the "Chinese/HK" version of the tablet without proper US LTE band support. It does support US GSM Bands for calling and data.
The SM-T825Y model, while it's the common model in the SE Asia Region (Singapore, Philippines...etc) and Europe, supports T-Mobile US LTE bands (2,4). However, I have yet to find a seller in the US (or ships to the US) that inidicate that they are selling the Y version besides a company called ETOREN. So you probably ned to wait a while until the Y version becomes more common.
Would have been nice to get a Y version, but I guess I will just have to work around the LTE part with my hotspot if I need the speed .
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Just ordered the silver one ?
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Just ordered the silver one ?
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Good. Hope you enjoy it.
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So far love the tab!
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Has anyone else got the SM-T825Y? I love it!
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Has anyone else got the SM-T825Y? I love it!
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I caved and got a Y version myself too (repurposed my C version) So nice to have 4G instead of just HSDPA
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I caved and got a Y version myself too (repurposed my C version) So nice to have 4G instead of just HSDPA
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It is and I got a white SUPCASE for itjust to make sure its well kept.. The 4G LTE is awesome on TMO
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It is and I got a white SUPCASE for itjust to make sure its well kept.. The 4G LTE is awesome on TMO
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It is indeed awesome. I just use the official keyboard case for typing convenience and keep the back somewhat protected.
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