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Samsung’s new Region Locks apply only to first activation
As previously reported, in an attempt to stamp out "grey imports" of its devices, Samsung appears to have introduced a policy of region locking its phones.
The term "grey import" refers to the practice of...
Galaxy Note 3 sim restriction – Asia and Australia stock
Earlier today we confirmed that Galaxy Note 3 stock sourced from Europe and the Americas are only able to be used with a sim card from their respective regions. While this does limit our...
European Galaxy Note 3 locked to European SIM cards
Popular online UK phone retailers Clove and Handtec are reporting some unusual and surprising news this morning - Galaxy Note 3 phones purchased in Europe are only compatible with European sim cards. The European...
Virgin Mobile announces pre-orders for the Galaxy Note 3
When Telstra, Vodafone and Optus announced their pricing and plans for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Virgin Mobile advised they would be waiting to announce their plans this week, today they've announced that they...
Flexible display coming to a premium version of Samsung Note 3 in October?
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this year, Samsung demonstrated its flexible display technology, called YOUM. Samsung presented a number of prototype displays, from a wafer thin flexible screen that showed vivid colours,...
Samsung list the available Note 3 accessories
Alleviating one of the biggest annoyances in the Android platform, Samsung have taken to releasing their own range of accessories for flagship devices of late. The Galaxy Note 3 is the next in...
Harvey Norman announce pre-order pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3
After the Australian launch of the Galaxy Note 3, we now have pricing and availability from carriers for the device and Harvey Norman has just announced that they will be taking pre-orders for the...
Where to buy the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear
The official pricing and availability - October 3rd for the majority - is now out for the Galaxy Note 3 on all three major carriers if you want to purchase it on contract. With...
Optus announces pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3
The three major carriers in Australia have now made their plans for the Galaxy Note 3 available for the public, with Optus now announcing that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is now available for...
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear launch
If you have been waiting to find out when they'll be available and how much they'll cost, today’s Australian launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, the Samsung Galaxy Gear should keep you satisfied....
Telstra announces pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is being launched in Australia right now, and all the carriers are bringing out their pricing. So far, Vodafone has given us a look at their pricing and availability...
Vodafone announces price plans Samsung GALAXY Note 3 and GALAXY Gear
In their push to win back market share after a less than stellar last couple of years, Vodafone have been pushing to market quickly with new release items regularly. This time they've been first...
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (N9000 and N9005) now available for pre-order from Mobicity
The newly announced Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has just gone up for pre-order on the Mobicity website with two variants of the popular device. Both devices come with 32GB of on-board storage and differ...
Say hello to Samsung New micro-USB 3.0 cable for the Galaxy Note III
It seems Samsung is wanting to be the first in the marketplace to bring a new micro-USB connector/charger which is said to bring the ability to draw 900 milliamps of current when connected to...
Ausdroid Podcast 85 – September 3, 2013
Welcome to the 85th pisode of the Ausdroid podcast!
This week Phil and Dan joined Jason to discuss the week's local and overseas Android news.
We spent a while discussing the looming slew of Samsung devices...