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Re:The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked by mikeash on Thursday September 26, 2013 @11:59AM (#6451631)
It's also clearly Samsung's fault for not simply refusing to include those apps.
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Re:The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked by eli on Thursday September 26, 2013 @12:33PM (#6451860)
shrug

I guess so. I'm not sure they have as much leverage as Apple did with the iPhone. (Fun aside: Verizon was Apple's first choice for a launch carrier, but Verizon balked at the level of control they wanted over the device. Well, that and the cut of the monthly data plan fee.)

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Re:The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked by selectodude on Thursday September 26, 2013 @02:35PM (#6452700)
And then Verizon hemorrhaged customers until the CDMA iPhone 4 came out. I doubt people would be willing to switch carriers to get the Galaxy S5 (there is a lot of substitute goods in the Android world), nor does Samsung care to find out.
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