Question about AT&T release of Note 2

[acPIZZA]

LTE isn't a priority feature for me. My wife has the AT&T variation of the SGS3 (with LTE) and while I freely admit that her data speeds are (at least) 3-5 times faster than mine, it doesn't matter...

Sure, LTE is awesome for the speedtest app, but I've never had issue with non-LTE speeds (unless the phone has a poor signal, in which case I wouldn't be holding an LTE signal either.) Web browsing, push email, tapatalk, and everything else _I_ do on my phone feels just as fast regardless of LTE or not. There's only been one time in the past 2 months that I wished for LTE - and that was when downloading something huge from the play store when I wasn't on wifi. In that regard, for my usage, LTE is actually a negative as it drains the battery faster. (How much battery drain is a debate that can be saved for another thread.)

Of course, LTE might be much more valuable for other people.

The only way I'd take the AT&T LTE device over the international (non-LTE) would be if I got the LTE device for 300 or less, and if the AT&T phone wasn't crippled/downgraded the way a few other samsung devices on AT&T have been. (Huge example being the original Note.)

Yes, I'm paranoid... and with good reason.

If LTE isn't a huge deal or you don't live in an lte area, get the international version and hop on an unlimited data plan. The speeds have been great and it's only $15 a month. I called and got mine on today and it was a lot easier than I thought.

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[busab]

If LTE isn't a huge deal or you don't live in an lte area, get the international version and hop on an unlimited data plan. The speeds have been great and it's only $15 a month. I called and got mine on today and it was a lot easier than I thought.

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Unlimited data plan with at&T? Are they such a thing? Or are you referring to Straight Talk?

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[MattMJB0188]

Unlimited data plan with at&T? Are they such a thing? Or are you referring to Straight Talk?

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Yes there is. Bring an international phone to att and hop on their $10 media net plan and get unlimited HSPA+ data. AT&T's network won't recognize a phone that isn't theirs.

 

[busab]

Yes there is. Bring an international phone to att and hop on their $10 media net plan and get unlimited HSPA+ data. AT&T's network won't recognize a phone that isn't theirs.

What about minutes and text?

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[jdhommert]

Ok what storage will the ATT version have???? I can't find hardly anything on this. One newspaper link said 16gb, but for 300 bucks? Thats always the 32gb+ price point and the original note was 200 right?

 

[ronj1986]

The original Note in AT&T started @ $300 in contact. It is now $200 on contract though.

 

[ericshmerick]

Yes there is. Bring an international phone to att and hop on their $10 media net plan and get unlimited HSPA+ data. AT&T's network won't recognize a phone that isn't theirs.

How? I currently pay $50 for 5 gigs. Can I do this online?

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[MattMJB0188]

How? I currently pay $50 for 5 gigs. Can I do this online?

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You guys need to search. What I mentioned above is not new. Works with any international or unbranded att phone.

 

[ericshmerick]

You guys need to search. What I mentioned above is not new. Works with any international or unbranded att phone.

On my Note 2 and not searching. Do you call and say you have a Nokia junk phone or something? Is it HSPA+ speeds? If its not, I'm out. I had issues with my Galaxy Nexus getting exteremely slow data. Wasn't remedied until I gave ATT an IMEI from an Atrix, a '4g' phone.

If I don't get this at least, its not with it. Its not that great, but good enough for Netflix and Slingbox.

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[Scythe024]

Anyone know the non contract price? thinking if its 650 or 700 ill just buy it flat out.

 

[garyd9]

You guys need to search. What I mentioned above is not new. Works with any international or unbranded att phone.

No, it doesn't. AT&T has been doing IMEI sweeps recently and forcing i9300 (international sgs3) owners to tiered data, and has been doing the same for galaxy nexus devices for an even longer time.

I expect the same will happen with the n7100 soon after AT&T starts selling their version of the note2.

Some people are getting around it by putting their SIM in an old flip phone, calling AT&T and getting things reverted - but it appears that AT&T is re-sweeping every few weeks to catch even those people. There are some rare exceptions, but not too many.

Remember that as soon as any phone connects to an AT&T tower, AT&T logs the IMEI of the connecting device. The first 8 characters of the IMEI is the "TAC" which identifies the model and origin of the phone. (The remaining characters are a serial number and checksum.) Once the TACs are loaded into AT&T's own database, they can easily identify what type of phone your using on their network.

Gary

 

[MattMJB0188]

No, it doesn't. AT&T has been doing IMEI sweeps recently and forcing i9300 (international sgs3) owners to tiered data, and has been doing the same for galaxy nexus devices for an even longer time.

I expect the same will happen with the n7100 soon after AT&T starts selling their version of the note2.

Some people are getting around it by putting their SIM in an old flip phone, calling AT&T and getting things reverted - but it appears that AT&T is re-sweeping every few weeks to catch even those people. There are some rare exceptions, but not too many.

Remember that as soon as any phone connects to an AT&T tower, AT&T logs the IMEI of the connecting device. The first 8 characters of the IMEI is the "TAC" which identifies the model and origin of the phone. (The remaining characters are a serial number and checksum.) Once the TACs are loaded into AT&T's own database, they can easily identify what type of phone your using on their network.

Gary

I did it with an international GSIII for a couple months and was fine. Many people haven't been flagged. But I'm not using the GSIII anymore, that was back in August so maybe your right.

 

[rans0m00]

Can say from experience... sometimes you get caught and sometimes you dont. Used this trick on a few phones and only got to keep unlimited on one phone... the rest they picked up on and switched back to an appropriate plan.