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Doherty

Does anyone have a Samsung Galaxy note 5? I want to get one but I'm not sure if they work here in Ireland. Thanks

nedd

Doherty wrote: »

Does anyone have a Samsung Galaxy note 5? I want to get one but I'm not sure if they work here in Ireland. Thanks

Unless you're going for an obscure Chinese cheap phone, all phones will work in Ireland.
The note 5 definitely will.
Where are you thinking of buying it?

Doherty

nedd wrote: »

Unless you're going for an obscure Chinese cheap phone, all phones will work in Ireland.
The note 5 definitely will.
Where are you thinking of buying it?

Off eBay or Amazon, I'm not sure which one is best. Both will be coming from the UK though.

bricky06

@Nedd, that is really not true.

OP if you are planning on being on a particular network in Ireland then check out their website too see what frequencies they run. E.g. a network carrier may run 4G over 800 and 1800MHz frequencies but different model phones, especially when buying off eBay and the like, may support neither or just one of those.

Also note that a single device may have several models which are for different markets and will support different frequencies but all look the exact same. I mean exact model codes like the Samsung devices tend to be something like GT-N5xxx

Also, the note 5 want originally brought to Europe due to network band compatibility, I think they released a later version that would work but you need to be careful which one you get.

Possibly adverts might be a good route fit a second hand one, if that's what you're after.

Doherty

bricky06 wrote: »

That is really not true.

OP if you are planning on being on a particular network in Ireland then check out their website too see what frequencies they run. E.g. a network carrier may run 4G over 800 and 1800MHz frequencies but different model phones, especially when buying off eBay and the like, may support neither or just one of those.

Also note that a single device may have several models which are for different markets and will support different frequencies but all look the exact same. I mean exact model codes like the Samsung devices tend to be something like GT-5xxx

Yes I have actually looked that up. The model which I've been looking at should support 4g as it has at least 2 of the same frequencies (800) and (1800), this is on Three btw (I think Im right in saying Three has these bands). But even though the phone supports the right frequencies will it still work? That's what I'm curious about.

bricky06

Doherty wrote:

Yes I have actually looked that up. The model which I've been looking at should support 4g as it has at least 2 of the same frequencies (800) and (1800), this is on Three btw (I think Im right in saying Three has these bands). But even though the phone supports the right frequencies will it still work? That's what I'm curious about.

Hutch/3 definitely didn't have 800 to start out with but they probably got some from O2. Pretty sure they always has 1800 LTE. Think that only had 3g on 2100 but again that might have changed with O2.

Once your bands match up and you have the right size SIM you should be good to go yeah. I wouldn't go buying from America though as they could be CDMA devices, generally speaking "European" model is what you should look for.

bricky06

Check out the model code you're looking at on gsmarena.com - best way of getting exact details

ED E

bricky06 wrote: »

Hutch/3 definitely didn't have 800 to start out with but they probably got some from O2. Pretty sure they always has 1800 LTE. Think that only had 3g on 2100 but again that might have changed with O2.

Once your bands match up and you have the right size SIM you should be good to go yeah. I wouldn't go buying from America though as they could be CDMA devices, generally speaking "European" model is what you should look for.

Their 4G is almost 50/50 B3(1800) and B20(800). Buying a phone without B20 is a bad idea.

4G bands
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800) - N920A

LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700) - N920I

LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 40(2300) N920G

Only buy the A revision.

Doherty

ED E wrote: »

Their 4G is almost 50/50 B3(1800) and B20(800). Buying a phone without B20 is a bad idea.

4G bands
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800) - N920A

LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700) - N920I

LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 40(2300) N920G

Only buy the A revision.

The model I've been looking at is N920C and it says it supports B20(800). There's so many different models I don't know which one is right to get. I've also used the site: "willmyphonework.net" to check to see which models are compatible and it says the N920A model and also N920C model will get 4G with Three. I never thought buying a phone would be so hard lol (I really want this one)

Doherty

Doherty wrote: »

The model I've been looking at is N920C and it says it supports B20(800). There's so many different models I don't know which one is right to get. I've also used the site: "willmyphonework.net" to check to see which models are compatible and it says the N920A model and also N920C model will get 4G with Three. I never thought buying a phone would be so hard lol (I really want this one)

And when I first started searching I thought I was supposed to get the N920i model as it stands for international (if I'm correct)

ED E

Yeah, I is usually international but the thing is International usually means not Korea/China/Japan.

Back in the blockia days only a tiny bit of spectrum was allocated to GSM, nowadays we're moving more and more to support our insatiable data needs. Downside is this makes compatibility less simple.

bricky06

Just in case it's not clear to the OP as the conversation hasn't really touched on it, you need to look at more than just 4G. Make sure your 2G & 3G bands are in order too. Voice calls are all CS in this country unless someone has started doing voLTE that I'm not aware of. 3G is also very important for data, especially if you ever spend time away from big towns and cities

MarkR

According to willmyphonework (super useful) it fully supports 3.

Doherty

bricky06 wrote: »

Just in case it's not clear to the OP as the conversation hasn't really touched on it, you need to look at more than just 4G. Make sure your 2G & 3G bands are in order too. Voice calls are all CS in this country unless someone has started doing voLTE that I'm not aware of. 3G is also very important for data, especially if you ever spend time away from big towns and cities

Yes I have made sure about 2g and 3G also, from what I've seen all models are compatible with both. I guess my main concern about the whole thing is, if I do get a model which supports the required bands, will the network still work even though the phone isn't sold by Three, or anywhere in Ireland. I'd really like to find someone who has the phone and is on Three to hear their opinion

Doherty

I have found out that "N920C" means it's not network branded. Is this a good thing does anyone know? I obviously don't know much about phones. Thanks

Tom Dunne

Yes, I have the Note 5 and I can confirm it is working well on a number of different networks, including Three.

Doherty

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Yes, I have the Note 5 and I can confirm it is working well on a number of different networks, including Three.

What model note 5 do you have? Is it N920A or N920C etc. ?

Tom Dunne

920C, it says here.