Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Regional SIM Lock

[Jestin Mathews]

Greetings to all Community members!

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Unlocked from USA. Can I insert and use a physical Indian SIM card like Jio or Airtel in that while I'm in India?

I would be highly grateful for clarification of this important topic!

Thank you in advance for your reply!

Sincerely

With my best regards and wishes!

[Jestin Mathews]

You too. Thanks!

[Members_ym20Jyo]

Hey 2 ? For u.   Hope u can help me I'm stuck on 2 diff things.    First s23 fe network unlock.   This device has 2 imei numbers.   I using one I got it threw att and I using a cricket Sim.   It's working.  But I wud really like to unlock both. The second imei number is esim.  Witch is locked to att

[Members_ym20Jyo]

My sec question is how to change sn number on ipad 6th gen 

[Jestin Mathews]

Actually, it is from this post where all my doubts started.

[Loyd Koon]

I didn't know of that. But I did find this

[linkysys]

S23 and newer models have been reported to be region locked as to physical SIM card but not as to eSIM. See https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-S23/Samsung-Regional-SIM-Lock/m-p/2539149#M6039
Of course, rumors like this have also been reported in prior releases of these phones.

I would like clarification on this from anyone who has traveled to Europe with a US U1 factory unlocked S23. Were you able to use, for example, an Orange Europe Holiday physical SIM card or eSIM with success on a U1 US factory unlocked S23? Am I stuck paying AT&T for an international plan?

Seems like Samsung would have a method to fully unlock these phones if they are purchased outright and not subject to payments or a carrier specific payment plan. If a factory unlocked phone is not truly unlocked I would expect a visible warning label in the promotional materials. When a phone is sold and marketed as "unlocked," the assumption is that it will not geofence a good faith purchaser.