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Kicking some tires on the S6 Edge plus as I like its 5.7" screen size. It sells on Amazon NIB for around $480.00 with a Cricket sim card. That's a deal for a device which was up at $840.00 plus. It's a International model and I read its charger and a few other minor things about it, may be different than a US market phone. Would you know about a International model phone? Will all be good useing it here in America? Eeek, its $575.00
 
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Most chargers for small electronic devices will accept 110 to 240 volts from the wall, the electronics in the wall charger shouldn't be a problem.

The charger might not have the flat bladed prongs that we have here in north America. You might need a cheap adapter piece, like the one below to adapt the round plugs used in Europe and Asia with the north American bladed plugs.

https://www.amazon.com/Ceptics...nternational+adapter

The better option, of course, is to just buy a replacement S6 Fast charger. It's about $10 here:

https://www.overstock.com/Elec...ro79ICFZRsfgod_ScBfg

The radios on the S6 should work fine with the GSM frequencies here in North America. Most phones these days work everywhere.
 
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Very nice and I thank you. That fast charger is similar to the one I have now for my Galaxy.
 
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I don't think that's a deal at all.

A couple of weeks ago, Samsung direct had the S7 for $395 and S7 Edge (5.5" display) for $494. Maybe it is still available now. All are brand new with full warranty.

ETA: yes still available
 
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Originally posted by David Lee:
Kicking some tires on the S6 Edge plus as I like its 5.7" screen size. It sells on Amazon NIB for around $480.00 with a Cricket sim card. That's a deal for a device which was up at $840.00 plus. It's a International model and I read its charger and a few other minor things about it, may be different than a US market phone. Would you know about a International model phone? Will all be good useing it here in America? Eeek, its $575.00


I looked at the S6 but settled on the Motorola/Moto G Play(4th Gen.)unlocked
GSM phone at around $150. Since this phone will mostly be used for travel, I couldn't see spending a lot of money on another phone. It's got great reviews on Amazon,4G LTE speed, and its screen size is about the same as the S6 phone. As far as adapters-they're fairly inexpensive(for use here in the states I'v got a T-Mobile pay-as-you-go sim inside it at about $3 a month).


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Check out One Plus. I have the One Plus 3, it's a great phone and cheaper than the Samsung with way better specs. It also comes with a fast charger. It will work on GSM networks just about anywhere. I'm using it in Guatemala now, but it works just fine in the U.S. too.

https://oneplus.net/
 
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I don't think that's a deal at all.

A couple of weeks ago, Samsung direct had the S7 for $395 and S7 Edge (5.5" display) for $494. Maybe it is still available now. All are brand new with full warranty.

ETA: yes still available
What a nice deal. Maybe I will go this route, being as its AT&T and I like Cricket for my service. Thank you.
 
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Originally posted by David Lee:
Kicking some tires on the S6 Edge plus as I like its 5.7" screen size. It sells on Amazon NIB for around $480.00 with a Cricket sim card. That's a deal for a device which was up at $840.00 plus. It's a International model and I read its charger and a few other minor things about it, may be different than a US market phone. Would you know about a International model phone? Will all be good useing it here in America? Eeek, its $575.00


I looked at the S6 but settled on the Motorola/Moto G Play(4th Gen.)unlocked
GSM phone at around $150. Since this phone will mostly be used for travel, I couldn't see spending a lot of money on another phone. It's got great reviews on Amazon,4G LTE speed, and its screen size is about the same as the S6 phone. As far as adapters-they're fairly inexpensive(for use here in the states I'v got a T-Mobile pay-as-you-go sim inside it at about $3 a month).
I really like the plus size phone of the S6 and, I would even be pleased with their Note 5 phone.
 
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WOOT! has a sale today, Samsung phones.

Take a look and see if there's anything there that will meet your needs.



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Some of the international model phones don't operate on all of the same bands as the US versions. Case in point, I bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini international last year that does not operate on (I think) Band 4 (I'll report the actual frequency later today), so my data is limited to 3G, as ATT uses Band 4 for the 4G.
 
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Originally posted by Bigbuck5:
Check out One Plus. I have the One Plus 3, it's a great phone and cheaper than the Samsung with way better specs. It also comes with a fast charger. It will work on GSM networks just about anywhere. I'm using it in Guatemala now, but it works just fine in the U.S. too.

https://oneplus.net/



This. Works everywhere but Japan, Korea, and the Verizon cell system.





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