Here is my experience in the Philippines: In 2022, I imported a Samsung Galaxy A02 phone from Turkey, which I bought there in a retail store. It works, but cou

Here is my experience in the Philippines: In 2022, I imported a Samsung Galaxy A02 phone from Turkey, which I bought there in a retail store. It works, but could use VoLTE with Globe or SMART, and the operators' personnel provide conflicting answers as to why. Finally, they revealed the existence of a whitelist of models. But it worked with DITO, which is a 4G-only operator, but even that is not an argument for Globe and SMART to extend their whitelist. Same for the newer POCO X4 Pro (international version) which I bought online.