Country of manufacture - Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers

Just curious where everyone's N20U was manufactured. In the past, some people had phones made in Vietnam, Korea, and China. I wasn't for sure if that had changed. It was handy to track hardware defects sometimes, if they were more prevalent in handsets manufactured in a certain country.
Stare which model you received, where you purchased it, your country, and where it was manufactured. I'll start:
Model SM-N986U1 - US Factory Unlocked
Purchased directly from Samsung.com
Country - USA
Manufactured in Vietnam

Model SM-N986B/DS - UK Factory Unlocked
Purchased directly from Samsung.com
Country - UK
Manufactured in Vietnam

SM-N986W Canadian factory unlocked
Samsung Canada direct
country: Canada
made in Vietnam

SM-N986U T-mobile carrier locked
Country : US
Made in Vietnam

SM N986U - ATT CARRIER LOCKED (for now..)
Country - USA (purchased from Samsung)
Made in Korea

SM-N986U ATT-LOCKED
COUNTRY: USA
MADE:KOREA
Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

Unlocked US variant
Made in Vietnam

Are we going off of what's on the back of the phone versus an app like "Samsung info"?
Back of phone says Vietnam. App says Korea.

SM-N986N (unlocked)
Korea
Made in Korea

dottat said:
Are we going off of what's on the back of the phone versus an app like "Samsung info"?
Back of phone says Vietnam. App says Korea.
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I was going off the back of the phone. Odd your app says something different.
Actually my app says Korea as well. So I say we stick with what's on the back of the phone or in the box. My phone and box both say Vietnam.

Bought Samsung UK direct

paulrgod said:
Model SM-N986B/DS - UK Factory Unlocked
Purchased directly from Samsung.com
Country - UK
Manufactured in Vietnam
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I got mine from Samsung UK also and mine is from South Korea

Sm-n986u att-locked
country: Usa
made:vietnam

SM-N986U1
USA
Made in Vietnam

mancuk29 said:
I got mine from Samsung UK also and mine is from South Korea
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What does the back of your phone say? Not the phone info app

SM-N986B
Australia.
Back of the phone only shows "SAMSUNG" & IMEI number, no country of manufacture.
Thus, the box says Vietnam, but the Samsung Info app says STH Korea.

Exynos 986b/DS made in Vietnam

SM-N986B/DS
Globe-PH

So almost everyone's is made in Vietnam. Odd that we have two ATT models made in Korea. Not sure why only ATT models are made in Korea, unless those posters were going off the Phone Info App, which seems to say Korea no matter what.

Exynos.
"All" India.

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Again international model don't have all the bands for USA carriers
joeyac02 said:
Again international model don't have all the bands for USA carriers
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Hey there,
Not that I am 100% sure, but I've called this statement into question in another thread, I'll repost here.
In one of the threads here on XDA, another member suggested he ordered the intl. model and it didnt support the right bands for the USA. Leading me to think there were multiple models.
I'm starting to think there isn't, here is why.
1. Michael Fisher (I think he's in Canada) imported a TW market phone for his early review. It appears to have LTE in the film, and he doesnt mention anything about incompatibilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWbn8ecKwA
2. Jeff Springer (I think he's in the USA) imported a HK market phone, it also appears to have LTE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fclOYUyfxnE&t=522s
I believe the belief that the intl. model doesnt support USA bands (2/4, etc) comes from the practice (poor practice, admittedly) for HTC's Taiwanese website to only declare the bands that it perceives are relevant to Taiwanese users. The HK website suggests the same as taiwan = FDD: B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28 TDD: B38/B39/B40/B41
The UK / India / USA / AU sites all state - FDD: Bands B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17/B20/B28TDD: Bands B38/B39/B40/B41
With USA & AU not stating support for dual sim, but HK, TW, India, UK do.
I believe there is only one model (with multiple software variations), and the information published being variable.
I now know there are at least 2 model numbers. U-1u (Taiwan and HK confirmed to use this model, dual sim), and U-1h (single sim, AU and UK confirmed). But given the info above (michael fisher and Jeff Springer both importing the U-1u, and seemingly can connect to north american lte, seems to suggest that the band support for U-1u is wider than the official website specs)
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Here is the breakdown officially from HTC's website. The dual band international version is missing 2, 4, 12 and 17. 17 being the most important one.
So get this I wake up to a text from FedEx saying I have a package coming I didn't order anything else so it's out for delivery! I checked the HTC site and it still says it hasn't been shipped and no tracking number!
It's cheaper on eBay (649) and it's from a US based seller instead of having it shipped from Asia. What is holding me back from this phone is the horrific resale value of HTC and LG products. Once the S8 is announced/released this HTC U Ultra can be purchased for an insane amount less than full retail. Apple and Samsung phones hold their value well even used but unfortunately phones like this are not worth buying new for full retail IMO.
sephstyler said:
Hey there,
Not that I am 100% sure, but I've called this statement into question in another thread, I'll repost here.
In one of the threads here on XDA, another member suggested he ordered the intl. model and it didnt support the right bands for the USA. Leading me to think there were multiple models.
I'm starting to think there isn't, here is why.
1. Michael Fisher (I think he's in Canada) imported a TW market phone for his early review. It appears to have LTE in the film, and he doesnt mention anything about incompatibilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWbn8ecKwA
2. Jeff Springer (I think he's in the USA) imported a HK market phone, it also appears to have LTE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fclOYUyfxnE&t=522s
I believe the belief that the intl. model doesnt support USA bands (2/4, etc) comes from the practice (poor practice, admittedly) for HTC's Taiwanese website to only declare the bands that it perceives are relevant to Taiwanese users. The HK website suggests the same as taiwan = FDD: B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28 TDD: B38/B39/B40/B41
The UK / India / USA / AU sites all state - FDD: Bands B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17/B20/B28TDD: Bands B38/B39/B40/B41
With USA & AU not stating support for dual sim, but HK, TW, India, UK do.
I believe there is only one model (with multiple software variations), and the information published being variable.
I now know there are at least 2 model numbers. U-1u (Taiwan and HK confirmed to use this model, dual sim), and U-1h (single sim, AU and UK confirmed). But given the info above (michael fisher and Jeff Springer both importing the U-1u, and seemingly can connect to north american lte, seems to suggest that the band support for U-1u is wider than the official website specs)
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Having an LTE sign does not mean it supports the entire range of the network.

Samsung Pay in India- Saudi Purchase

I have a plan to purchase Galaxy S8+ from Saudi Arabia as I work here and it is cheaper (difference of $160/ INR10000). Does the model work for Samsung Pay in India? (Sam Pay is not available in KSA yet). I contacted both Indian and Saudi customer service of Samsung but they refused to comment regarding any compatibilities of device features purchased from different countries.
The model number available here is SMG955FZKDKSA and Indian is SM-G955FZBDINS

Samsung Hong Kong Providers eSim

Are there any providers in Hong Kong who offer esim for the SM-N9860? That would be great if Samsung HK comes out with an update that enables Esim. Not just in the US.
Issue is, the SM-N9860 is physical dual sim Note 20U and doesnt support esim to start with. I'll let other actual current N9860 owners chime in, since I had that specific model only briefly last year.
So I hope that Samsung Hong Kong will activate esim with an update - like in the USA

Question Lte function in different countries

Hi all. I bought a galaxy watch 4 lte version rose from Uk samsung site and would like to use in Hong Kong. (Coz this version is not available in hk) I have asked the cs from uk samsung site and they said the lte function can only be used with UK carriers because the components in the watch are specified for UK carriers only. But then I have checked the carrier band in both Hong Kong and UK and seems they are using the same lte band. So does anyone know will the lte function work in HK in this case? If not, I may have to return the watch to samsung. Thanks.
Here's the carrier list I found :
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 - The Official Samsung Galaxy Site
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Regional locks. A nasty thing indeed. I am going to return my GW4 because of this(no LTE available foir my country). Think about doing the same thing.

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The asus rog phone 5 and 5s have have different network standard version. I was intend to buy the 5s from UK website, the said is selling hong kong version. no VAT when buy from UK ship to USA. the USA version dont have official price yet. USA SKU use B version. the hong kong version have same 5G bands.
Does SKU make difference? will HK version work in USA? if check IMEI on BYOD in USA carriers will make difference?

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