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Samsung Galaxy Note coming to Bell?

By on January 9, 2012 at 7:43am in Bell Mobility News, CES 2012, Mobile News


The Samsung Galaxy Note is heading to Canada in Q1 2012, this is something we let you know at the end of November 2011. However, what was unclear at the time was the carrier that the phone/tablet was heading towards. I personally thought it was heading towards Rogers, but this screenshot from the Android Market might give a bit more insight. What you see here is an image of an app within the Android Market that was captured by an unlocked Galaxy Note, model version Samsung GT-N7000. It clearly states “This app is compatible with your Bell Samsung GT-N7000″… perhaps it’s a coding error, perhaps not.

Bell has been getting lots of exclusives first: Samsung Galaxy SII, Samsung Galaxy Nexus… but Rogers secured the Galaxy SII LTE. However, there is a slight chance that the Note could actually find it’s way to TELUS. The bottom line is that Galaxy Note is coming to Canada and hopefully the truth gets revealed at Samsung’s CES press conference today. We’ll bring you all the details around 2PM (PST).

Samsung recently announced that they’ve successfully shipped over 1 million Galaxy Note devices worldwide. Refresher of specs, the Note has 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280×800, “S Pen” stylus, a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, runs Android OS 2.3.5 (but will be upgraded to OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), HSPA+ and LTE-enabled, 8 megapixel camera that shoots 1080p HD videos, 2 megapixel front-facing camera and a 2,500 mAh battery.

Source: Engadget
(Thanks Ramen!)

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Discussion

24 comments for “Samsung Galaxy Note coming to Bell?”

  1. This doesn’t mean that it’s going to bell. I have the galaxy SII running on fido and that’s what I get if my phone is connected to the network data rather wifi. Except that it’s written “compatible with your fido samsung….. etc”.

    The only thing this picture indicates is that the person who took the picture has only one active android device. Coz with my case I need to open a drop down menu to see the message.

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    Posted by Sub-Joker | January 9, 2012, 7:55 am
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    • He’s got it spot on.

      Even for myself, I’ve used the market enabler for my Virgin Galaxy Nexus and now in the drop down menu it says “AT&T *insert #code here*” along with the same virgin number code and my previous android devices.

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      Posted by milesclarence | January 9, 2012, 7:59 am

  2. How about going to The Source and asking many employees, like i told you one or two weeks ago, to check whether Bell or Virgin (forget Solo) will get a Galaxy Note?

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    Posted by Alex Perrier | January 9, 2012, 8:02 am
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    • Source employee here. We have as much knowledge as you guys do about this coming to Canada. But I’m keeping my eyes out.

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      Posted by Obscura | January 9, 2012, 9:15 am

    • Well, someone at The Source *did* tell me the Galaxy Note was for Bell and Virgin. i didn’t even bring it up, he just told me that it has a bigger screen than the Nexus.

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      Posted by Alex Perrier | January 9, 2012, 11:00 am

  3. Galaxy Nexus should have been developped from this amazing phone!

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    Posted by Mark | January 9, 2012, 8:02 am
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  4. Move along, there probably isn’t anything to see here. This phone has likely been Qualcomm’d.

    :(

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    Posted by TouchMyBox | January 9, 2012, 8:22 am
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  5. I hope Rogers will get this

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    Posted by sam | January 9, 2012, 8:26 am
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  6. My Note says Bell when I look at in the Market online. My Galaxy Nexus says Union Telecom something or other. I’m definitely using both on Virgin. So that title in the online Market means nothing. Different roms will change what it says there.

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    Posted by tremSr | January 9, 2012, 9:01 am
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  7. Any word on whether Canada will be receiving the international version (two buttons + physical homescreen button)?

    I swear if that American version with four capacitive buttons shows up I’m ordering from afar.

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    Posted by International or American | January 9, 2012, 9:32 am
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  8. IT WILL BE FOUR SENSITIVE BOTTOMS FOR CANADA

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    Posted by SAM | January 9, 2012, 9:39 am
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  9. I call fake. I change the display name of the device through Market Settings.

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    Posted by Andy | January 9, 2012, 9:46 am
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  10. It will be with Rogers. It’s the 4-capacitive button version, sporting the AT&T branding on top as many of Rogers’ Samsung phones do both carriers are close to each other. No release dates have been set forth yet though, it’s still in device testing.

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    Posted by Guy | January 9, 2012, 9:47 am
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    • I really am not buying that. Rogers has not even released a Good phone in months & + they took so long to release the Galaxy s 2 LTE & now the Galaxy Nexus when the other carriers will release it.

      Robbers will most likely not get it & even if they do it they f**k us over with the prices & terms on it. Rogers reps are not reliable to believe anyways. All them lie & make stories up so they can keep the costumer with them.

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      Posted by Dimitri K. | January 9, 2012, 10:17 am

  11. I emailed the guys who made the smart rotator and here is the reply
    galaxy not will be available by bell canada? I don’t know. But whatdoes it matter to Smart Rotator? BTW, I am not good at English.Thanks
    As you can see they don’t know any thing about it!!!!!

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    Posted by sam | January 9, 2012, 9:56 am
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  12. If it were really a Bell version of the N7000, it would say GT-N7000M. Or N7000D if Telus, or N7000R if Rogers.

    If it were the rumoured LTE version that is also being picked up by AT&T, it would not use the N7000 numbering, it would use the three-digit model numbering Samsung uses for North American market handsets, so it likely be some variation of SGH-iXXX(r/d/m).

    My money is on Rogers getting it if it’s the LTE model, Bell getting it if it’s the international HSPA+ model, and Telus not getting it at all unless T-Mobile gets a variant.

    There’s a chance Bell will get the LTE variant if it exists, but only if Rogers passes on it. And we could see both versions here as well.

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    Posted by Croak | January 9, 2012, 10:48 am
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  13. Bell engineering has been testing the Note for at least two months now…

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    Posted by Sparrow | January 9, 2012, 10:56 am
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  14. It has displayed that for me on the market since I started using my unlocked galaxy note two months ago. Never thought anything of it cause I’m using it on Bell.

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    Posted by Ivan | January 9, 2012, 11:36 am
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  15. I just don’t understand the point of releasing a device to only 1 carrier.
    Wouldn’t you sell more phones if every carrier could buy it?
    Anyway… I’m hoping for TELUS.

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    Posted by Mystic09 | January 9, 2012, 12:21 pm
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  16. I also don’t think Rogers will get it. They already had the Dell streak 5 and it didn’t sell very well. Not sure they’ll take another chance on a 5+ inch phone.
    Just my opinion of course.

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    Posted by Mystic09 | January 9, 2012, 12:42 pm
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  17. It comes with a stylus! We so excited!

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    Posted by Ben Dover | January 9, 2012, 2:12 pm
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  18. Mystic09, looks like youre getting your wish. Telus first to internally confirm getting the Note, but other Canadian carrier(s?) to follow. Crossing fingers for Bell here, which I think is likely. Damn thats a great phone.

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    Posted by Fastmack | January 10, 2012, 6:40 pm
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  19. The reason I was alerted about this (I’m the one who spotted it) was that, for over a week it had the generic phone name. Then one day, it mysteriously changed on its own. Keep your eyes peeled.

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    Posted by Ramen | January 12, 2012, 3:40 am
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  20. Has been confirmed that Rogers will carry it. Feb 2012

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    Posted by LTE | January 18, 2012, 12:54 am
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