My brother bought the note 3 N9005 with premium pricing as it was advertised by the seller as being "factory unlocked" and "international version". My brother lives in Asia and was visiting me in the U.S. for a week. The buying experience turned out to be a disaster for the following reasons -1. Paid premium pricing for the model but still had to pay for shipping even though I am an amazon prime member.2. The phone turned out to be "locked" as it didn''t work when my brother put in his sim card from Asia. It asked for a "SIM network unlock code".3. When I called the seller the first time, they told me that they didn''t have a tech support team. And that we need to contact Samsung directly.4. Samsung confirmed it was not "factory unlocked".5. We also stopped by multiple electronic stores in Chicago and they all confirmed that the phone was not "factory unlocked". They could not unlock the phone as we would need a U.S. phone service provider to get an unlock code.6. When I contacted the seller, Worldwide Distributors, they fed me some technical gibberish and asked us to buy a brand new sim card for it work (any sim card should work in a "factory unlocked" phone). Supposedly a brand new sim work would unlock the phone (didn''t make sense how but we tried it).7. We bought an AT&T sim card to test out their theory. It didn''t work! When my brother would put in his sim card from Asia again, it still required a unlock code.8. We shelled out more money to get an unlock code from the net.We ended up paying way more and wasting 2 days to get this functional so that my brother can use it in Asia.Also I didn''t even bother contacting the seller to ask if they would reimburse me for all the additional cost we incurred to get the phone unlocked. I was Wnot happy with their customer service when I contacted them and felt it would''ve been a waste of my time and potentially more money. When I asked about their return policy they emailed me saying that I need to pay for shipping when returning the phone!!