After a bit of a scare in recent days that Samsung might be region-locking their Galaxy Note 3 devices, we’ve received confirmation this morning from Samsung that this shouldn’t be affecting handsets purchased in Australia:
Genuine Australian variants of the Samsung GALAXY Note 3 are not affected by any region SIM card locking.
While it isn’t much, this should mean (hopefully) that those purchasing the Galaxy Note 3 in Australia and wishing to take it (or send it) overseas won’t face the issues that we’d earlier reported with the handset failing to activate until first activated in its ‘home’ jurisdiction with a valid SIM card.
