Phone is made in China

Carnotaurus · Oct 7, 2013

This explain why the black phone has loose home button. Samsung should be ashamed of themselves considering the phone price did not drop and it not even made in South Korea.

eleeDallas · Oct 8, 2013

All things are made in China nowadays. iPhones/iPad are made in China and their built quality aren

Veritas4420 · Oct 8, 2013

My black phone has no issues with the home button....

chimphappyhour · Oct 8, 2013

eleeDallas said:
All things are made in China nowadays. iPhones/iPad are made in China and their built quality aren

zipred · Oct 8, 2013

I'm really surprised with the high quality of the Note 3 I have. Made in South Korea, this is the first time I've bought a new smartphone that wasn't made in China.

All the buttons are precision fit, snug and properly aligned, there's not one thing wrong. It's better built than my iPhone 5S and lots more fun.

Blazing speed, a great accurate and fast SWYPE keyboard, I couldn't be happier.

androidexpat · Oct 9, 2013

zipred said:
I'm really surprised with the high quality of the Note 3 I have. Made in South Korea, this is the first time I've bought a new smartphone that wasn't made in China.

All the buttons are precision fit, snug and properly aligned, there's not one thing wrong. It's better built than my iPhone 5S and lots more fun.

Blazing speed, a great accurate and fast SWYPE keyboard, I couldn't be happier.

I wonder if they made the ones for sale in South Korea in South Korea but the ones for export in China. Could explain the wiggle problem. QC for Chinese is not always that great as not all Chinese have an eye for detail. Someone missed this one big time in QC :mad:

Andrewtst · Oct 9, 2013

Now everythings Made in China, Vietnam and Thailand.

Important is quality control not Made at where.

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Samsung product always have made in few country.

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This time my Note 3 probably Made in China also as it label Made by Samsung, from history, Samsung will label Made by Samsung if it is Made in China. Samsung do label proper country name others than China.

My previous Galaxy S III is label Made in Korea but I don't feel it is the best either, I notice the CPU seems got some clock speed block or more easier throttle, as I never able to get suppose benchmark score on it. My colleague S III is Made by Samsung and her phone can perform suppose benchmark score.

Now my Note 3 also label Made by Samsung and I can get suppose benchmark score as well.

In above case scenario, I don't see Made by China means bad and my white Note 3 don't have any issue like home button or camera case.

Limeybstd · Oct 9, 2013

Carnotaurus said:
This explain why the black phone has loose home button. Samsung should be ashamed of themselves considering the phone price did not drop and it not even made in South Korea.

My T mobile version is made in China and my wife's ATT version is made in Korea.

Neither one has a lose home button. I consider myself lucky, as I have been having issues with cell phones lately.

hbryder · Oct 9, 2013

My Black TMO has no issues, button secure.

HanSolo · Oct 9, 2013

androidexpat said:
QC for Chinese is not always that great as not all Chinese have an eye for detail.

Right. Because all Americans have an eye for detail.

Limeybstd · Oct 9, 2013

HanSolo said:
Right. Because all Americans have an eye for detail.

Hilarious!

Is that we have ON and OFF instead of 0 and 1 in our settings?

ocnbrze · Oct 9, 2013

i have no issues with my button as stated in http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...key-button-moves-spen-isnt-easy-take-out.html

and no it is not because of where it is made.....just quality control issues is all......from what i have seen and hear....it is a very small percentage of people who are having this issue.....if it is a problem then just get it exchanged.

Droid4g27 · Oct 9, 2013

ocnbrze said:
i have no issues with my button as stated in http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...key-button-moves-spen-isnt-easy-take-out.html

and no it is not because of where it is made.....just quality control issues is all......from what i have seen and hear....it is a very small percentage of people who are having this issue.....if it is a problem then just get it exchanged.

Very small percentage are u kidding? Every damn black note 3 ive seen already out here the home key button has an issue and i exchanged 3x same issue so.

Limeybstd · Oct 9, 2013

Droid4g27 said:
Very small percentage are u kidding? Every damn black note 3 ive seen already out here the home key button has an issue and i exchanged 3x same issue so.

Not mine or my wife's ( both black and not ghey white or pink LOL. Dont get me wrong I am not discrediting your opinion as I have also heard of the Home button issue on here and elsewhere.

mastacow53 · Oct 10, 2013

Droid4g27 said:
Very small percentage are u kidding? Every damn black note 3 ive seen already out here the home key button has an issue and i exchanged 3x same issue so.

Well, my Black Note 3 is solid as a rock No wiggle, no wobble.

Also, my WiFi has been solid all day (somebody mentioned they had a problem) .

The only strange thing I've had all day is the HBO GO app constantly crashes. I never had a problem with that app running on a Motorola Photon with 2.3.5. Maybe it's not ready for 4.3. Who knows.

dontpanicbobby · Oct 10, 2013

Droid4g27 said:
Very small percentage are u kidding? Every damn black note 3 ive seen already out here the home key button has an issue and i exchanged 3x same issue so.

Maybe it's a Shy Town thing? No wiggle on mine from Bean Town.

ovrrdrive · Oct 10, 2013

My phone is also perfect. I don't have any issues at all and my home button (which coming from HTC I hate) is solid as a rock. I don't have any complaints about my phone at all.

Where are you guys seeing where the phone was made at?

Btw, mine is a sprint sm-n900p.

mastacow53 · Oct 10, 2013

ovrrdrive said:
Where are you guys seeing where the phone was made at?

On the side of the cardboard/wooden box (something AT&T folks apparently didn't get) .

ovrrdrive · Oct 10, 2013

mastacow53 said:
On the side of the cardboard/wooden box (something AT&T folks apparently didn't get) .

Cool. I'll have to check later. Not that it matters to me but it could help the thread.

Thanks.

Droid4g27 · Oct 11, 2013

ovrrdrive said:
My phone is also perfect. I don't have any issues at all and my home button (which coming from HTC I hate) is solid as a rock. I don't have any complaints about my phone at all.

Where are you guys seeing where the phone was made at?

Btw, mine is a sprint sm-n900p.

so your saying your home key button doesnt do this?= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ohyOz9e5w&hd=1

ovrrdrive · Oct 11, 2013

Droid4g27 said:
so your saying your home key button doesnt do this?= Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Loose Wiggly Home Button Verizon AT&T T-Mobile Unboxed - YouTube

Not that I noticed when I checked it. But I'm going to be honest here. I tapped it a few times, it seemed solid, I dismissed the issue as being non-existent. I didn't keep tapping and pushing over and over again until it started moving like the guy in the video did. Seeing the video really makes me say this is nitpicking. I think he pushed it 5 times before it started moving at all. I just don't see where that is a build quality issue at all.

Btw, my phone was made in China too.

bluenik25 · Oct 11, 2013

I have a black Verizon Note 3 made in China with a solid home button. One thing that is noticeable in the videos is that the home buttons with the problem stick out farther than mine does.

chimphappyhour · Oct 11, 2013

No, some of us do not have a wiggling, rotating, whatever home button. Posting the same video three times won't change that. My phone is made in China, it's a black T-mobile Note 3 and it does not do that. Then again, I have better things to do with my time than to try to find some little silly defect in my phone. If one looks hard enough, they can find defects in everything.

Carnotaurus · Oct 11, 2013

How can they charge us the same price as phones made in South Korea?

We are obviously not getting the same quality control and perhaps sub-par parts in ours.

EarlyMon · Oct 12, 2013

Carnotaurus said:
How can they charge us the same price as phones made in South Korea?

We are obviously not getting the same quality control and perhaps sub-par parts in ours.

The same way that they charged me the same for my TV made in Mexico when my brother got the same model made in Asia.

Consumer electronics is an international deal.

If you think that Korean made phones have only Korean parts and Chinese phones don't, I have news - it's not true.

As for sub-par parts - not because of place of origin.

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There is logic to the idea that Bean Town phones may be immune.

This could all possibly be caused by a one or two batches of defects, with the batches showing up in specific locations.

These four things are true whenever one person has a problem and another does not -

Just because it's raining there doesn't mean it's raining here.

Just because it's raining here doesn't mean it's raining there.

It's not raining everywhere.

It's not sunny everywhere.

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Multiple youtubes removed, one was indeed sufficient.

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