This info was given to a Note 3 user, when they rang up Samsung to complain about the European model not accepting SIM cards from other regions, even though the company bent backwards to explain the region lock will be gone after activating the phone with a local card first...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsungs-new-region-lock-might-extend-to-the-Note-II-and-S-III-with-the-Android-4.4-KitKat-update_id47935
