Update: Samsung's official Swiss Facebook account has stepped in with some information regarding the locking issue. According to the official source, a European SIM-locked Galaxy Note 3 could be used ...

David is the former Editor-in-Chief of Android Police and now the EIC of Esper.io. He's been an Android user since the early days - his first smartphone was a Google Nexus One! David graduated from ...

Region locked DVDs and Blu-rays are those which can only be played by a machine which has a corresponding country code, for example Region A Blu-rays can only be played in players that support that ...

Samsung came in for some criticism after it was revealed that the company is set to “region-lock” devices that are sold unlocked, so they can only be used with SIM cards from certain markets.

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. It was the noted developer Chainfire that came through with the solution. He found that instead of the ...

Region-locking a smartphone means that the device won’t work if a sim card of another region is inserted, thus curbing gray market sales of Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Region-locking a smartphone ...