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Question about buying a used S3

tjamzt

tjamzt

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I am going to be buying a used S3 to replace my one S, but I am not sure what version I need to get. I am on bell mobility in Canada. Ideally I would get the bell version, but that may be hard to find so which american version can I buy to unlock and use.
 
If this article on Wikipedia is correct, the international version would not work on Bell Mobility: Bell Mobility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You would be forced to get one of the CDMA variants (either Sprint or Verizon). Even then, it'd likely not work because CDMA doesn't allow for inter-carrier crossover without modifying the phone in ways that skirt legal boundaries. Even past that hurdle, LTE frequencies vary from carrier to carrier, so either US CDMA variants may not work on a Canadian LTE network. I don't even think a Sprint LTE phone would work on Verizon (and vice versa).

So, if you want all functionality, I think you'll be forced to look for a Bell Canada version.
 
jerofld said:
If this article on Wikipedia is correct, the international version would not work on Bell Mobility: Bell Mobility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You would be forced to get one of the CDMA variants (either Sprint or Verizon). Even then, it'd likely not work because CDMA doesn't allow for inter-carrier crossover without modifying the phone in ways that skirt legal boundaries. Even past that hurdle, LTE frequencies vary from carrier to carrier, so either US CDMA variants may not work on a Canadian LTE network. I don't even think a Sprint LTE phone would work on Verizon (and vice versa).

So, if you want all functionality, I think you'll be forced to look for a Bell Canada version.
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Oh. I just thought I might be able to get one of the American ones because on xda it says that the bell and at&t versions are exactly the same.
 
According to the Bell Canada website their GS3 is:
Network compatibility AWS, 700
HSPA/UMTS compatibility UMTS 850/1900/2100 MHz
GPRS/EDGE compatibility 850/900/1800/1900MHz
I'm not smart enough to convert that to a USA phone, but someone else might be.
 
tjamzt said:
I was considering that but I word rather have LTE and 2 GB of ram than a quad core CPU.
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The 2GB RAM is irrelevant.

Its quad core vs LTE.

The LTE version NEEDS that extra RAM just to function normally (LTE needs much RAM) so don't think that RAM is a selling point.

The LTE versions are not as quick as the quad core. So the decision is how much you want LTE
 
I wouldn't say 2 GB of ram is irrelevant unless LTE alone will use a whole 1 GB. Even a few hundred note MB would be nice.
 
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