A few weeks back it was discovered that Samsung's latest flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 3, could be region locked. This meant trouble for those who travel frequently or those who rely on the grey market for their latest smartphone/phablet fix. Samsung later clarified that region locking only applied to first time activations of the device only. Still, the region locking debacle created a lot of confusion for customers.
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