On 8/10/2012 2:53 PM, Russell Coker wrote:
In most cases warranty only covers the same country. For cases where the warranty is international (as IBM always did with Thinkpads and Lenovo used to do - not sure if they still do) then you can buy in any country and use in any country. I've bought a Thinkpad from the US and then got warranty support in Europe and Australia without any difficulty. IBM never even asked for a receipt if the manufacture date indicated that it was within warranty.
Yes, IBM warranties were great. I also got a lot out of Dell warranty with onsite visits (too) many times....
If Samsung offers the same level of warranty support then Andrew's arguments against grey-market devices are all void. If Samsung doesn't offer the same level of support then if you plan to travel then the warranty is useless anyway.
Well, I am not Samsung, but I'm sure any problems can be sorted out when you get home IF there is nothing supporting you overseas (which may or may not be possible -- talk to Samsung). Cheers A.