Galaxy s3 which carrier

Initially, I was told that the Samsung Galaxy S3 was "the same on each carrier except for the network and carrier specific services pre-loaded on the device. The phones all seemed to have the same basic guts inside. Samsung also said that within the U. You have to buy from a carrier. I looked for tech specs at the Samsung Galaxy S3 site , but they were nowhere to be found. There are various ones online, but they don't seem to cover U.

Samsung told me specs would be posted soon. Without them, I wanted to double-check that the phones sold by each carrier should be exactly the same hardware given there are different versions with different internal storage options, that's already a reason doubt this. Samsung told me, "A specific carrier version of a device will not necessarily work on another carrier.

You will have to check with each carrier to confirm how the service works. That sent me off to the carriers, and here I wait. If I hear back I'm still fairly positive I will , I'll update this column. I suspect that the phones won't work on each other's LTE networks, that they don't have the necessary radio equipment for this.

OK, most people who buy new phones seem to do it under contract, so that by the time they may want to change carriers, they may also want to just get a new phone. It might not be worth the extra expense and power hit and space issues to have radio equipment that's not needed. But phones also get handed down or sold on. Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for enthusiasts and power users of the Android operating system. It only takes a minute to sign up.

Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. So it won't come up with any specific carrier. You can also use i with any carrier as you like. If you want use them ,you need to unlock it.

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