When no one seems to be paying attention, the giant tech vendor from
the South Korea, Samsung, has silently introduced a dual-SIM version of
its latest phablet device, the Galaxy Note 4. This new variant, however,
is only available for the Chinese market. As it turns out, the dual-SIM version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is
available in three variants. The first variant is the SM-N9109 which is
specifically designated for the China Telecom carrier. The second
variant is the SM-N9106W which is designated for the China Unicom
carrier and the last one is the SM-N9108V. The latter is not designated
for any carriers, it’s a SIM-free version. This means that users of the
device can use it with just about any carrier of their choosing.
According to the SamMobile, the first SIM card slot of the Samsung
Galaxy Note 4 Duos supports 4G connection already. It has been designed
to fit the 4G networks provided by the carrier companies in China, which
use the TDD-LTE or the FDD-LDD. Unfortunately, though, the second SIM
card slot only has support for 2G network at best. Besides the dual SIM card support, this version of the Note 4 also
has slight spec differences when compared to its original counterpart.
Samsung has degraded the internal storage capacity to 16 GB. For your
reminder, the original version has 32GB built-in storage capacity. And,
while the original version of this latest generation phablet from
Samsung carries a 3,220mAh battery, the dual-SIM version carries a
3,000mAh battery.
Apart from those slight differences, the remainders of the
specifications stay true to the original version that the customers in
the North America and Europe can get their hands on. It is still
supported by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 CPU running at the clock speed
of 2.7 GHz. In addition to that, it has 3GB RAM, 5.7-inch display with
quad HD resolution, 16MP main camera on the rear, 3.7MP secondary camera
on the front and the Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS. The Galaxy Note 4 Duos phablet, the SIM-free version, which Samsung
is offering to the customers in China comes at a slightly higher price
than the one that the South Korean company is offering to the customers
at the rest of the world. Samsung is demanding 5,199 Chinese Yuans for
the device. Yet, as for the other two variants, the prices remain to be
seen as of this moment.