[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richardbroder:
The Vibrant (T-Mobile) is a 1700/2100Mhz 3G set... so no 850Mhz either... from what I can see from Galaxy S's specs, the only 850/2100Mhz Galaxy S is AT&T's Captivate, but, as I said, having a Captivate in a non AT&T environment might not be a pleasant experience (try at our own risk)...

I'm sorry, did you even READ the full thread? We're talking about different things. Our friend was talking about buying a NORTH-AMERICAN Galaxy S (he specifically said he had found a reseller wich had both the Vibrant and the Captivate - wich I advised NOT buying for using in a Brazilian network)...

It was pretty clear we were NOT talking about a regular International I9000 branded by some European carrier, but the north-american variants, wich are significantly different to the International Galaxy S by having hardware modifications to the "original" I9000 design.

As for the the Vibrant/Captivate/Fascinate/Epic being considered branded Galaxy S models or "separate phones", well, there has been enough discussion in this forum already, I don't really care about what you consider (its a subjective matter, for me, Vibrant/Captivate/Fascinate/Epic still ARE Galaxy S phones, just modified, hardware and software-wise, to suit their specific carriers, that's why I call them "branded" devices).

Good. I'm happy north-american users can mess up with their Galaxy S variants as much as I can with my International Galaxy S. Still, I haven't seen any unbranded Galaxy S come with the 3-button problem. If it is true, I'm going to do some research about this, since alot of people that see my Galaxy S end up wanting one too, and I'm recommending the device to lots of them. Would be really frustrating if someone buys a unbranded Galaxy S (by my recommendation) and ends up with the 3-button problem.

Once again, we're not talking the same thing. It's not as if getting a Vibrant/Captivate/Fascinate/Epic to work in a Brazilian carrier is as simple as unlocking the device. In fact, back in your post you even stated that those devices are so different from the I9000 that you even consider them "separate phones"....

Yeah, the SGS you refer to in this is just a regular I9000 that was branded and locked by some carrier, sure it's not as compromising as the AT&T iPhone case... but the fact is that we are NOT talking about a locked I9000, we're not even talking about I9000's, but its north-american variants, which go way beyond simple firmware customizations....

I rest my case with a clean conscience. If you read everything from the start, you will see that what you just did was RECOMMEND a Brazilian user to buy himself a north-american SGS instead of the International unbranded I9000... and what is worse is that this recommendation has been done before someone (me) actually gave him the CORRECT information: stay away from the north-american variants (Vibrant/Captivate/Epic/Fasciante - the 2 latter are non-GSM variants, they simply wouldn't work AT ALL over here) and get the International unbranded version (or the brazilian version itself as a 2nd recommendation). You erroneously corrected me by stating that he should, in fact, be getting the north-american version instead of the International SGS....

Talking about giving away misinformation....