International Version of Galaxy S6?

[XxMcWeinerxX]

Sorry for posting this again, I posted it in the wrong forum the first time...

I am about to purchase the Galaxy s6 phone. I was planning on buying one through Amazon because it is cheaper. I noticed that the Galaxy S6 that Amazon sells is the international version. After reading reviews, people say that international versions will not be best fitted for some carriers/networks. I want to make sure that the phone I buy will be best fitted for my carrier which is T-Mobile in the US.

I was wondering if there is indeed a dramatic difference in connectivity between an international unlocked version, Unlocked Version thats not region locked, or just buy it through T-Mobile store which is much more expensive?

Is there a difference between the 3? And is there a way I can take the international version to a tmobile store and they can tune it for there network? Thanks!

 

[Titillating]

The first two you linked are identical. Both are factory unlocked versions of the international variant. Per the description in the Amazon listing: "Unlocked cell phones are compatible with GSM carriers such as AT&T and T-Mobile, but are not compatible with CDMA carriers such as Verizon and Sprint."

All three will work on T-Mobile, however, the international variants probably won't get T-Mobile updates. To give you an anecdote, T-Mobile customers with a T-Mobile branded S6 received the 5.1.1 Android update about a week before it started rolling out to other variants. T-Mobile also may not offer/honor warranties for international variants, which is another thing to consider.

 

[XxMcWeinerxX]

The first two you linked are identical. Both are factory unlocked versions of the international variant. Per the description in the Amazon listing: "Unlocked cell phones are compatible with GSM carriers such as AT&T and T-Mobile, but are not compatible with CDMA carriers such as Verizon and Sprint."

All three will work on T-Mobile, however, the international variants probably won't get T-Mobile updates. To give you an anecdote, T-Mobile customers with a T-Mobile branded S6 received the 5.1.1 Android update about a week before it started rolling out to other variants. T-Mobile also may not offer/honor warranties for international variants, which is another thing to consider.

So will the internationally unlocked one be compatible with T-mobiles 4g and LTE bands?

 

[Titillating]

Allow me to reiterate: "Unlocked cell phones are compatible with GSM carriers such as AT&T and T-Mobile, but are not compatible with CDMA carriers such as Verizon and Sprint."

Bands used by T-Mobile: https/support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4988