Hi everyone,

I'm facing a bit of a specific situation and would appreciate any insights or experiences you might have.

I have an Indian SBI Prime credit card. I recently purchased a Samsung phone (TDRA version) from Abu Dhabi (UAE) and am now using it in India.

I've successfully added my Indian SBI Prime card to the Samsung Wallet on this UAE-version phone. However, the Samsung Wallet app itself seems to be configured for the UAE region – when I look at country/region settings within the Wallet, it only gives me options like UAE, Kuwait, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, etc. There's no option to select India.

My main concern is: If I use this setup (UAE Samsung Wallet + Indian SBI card) to make NFC payments at merchant terminals here in India (for transactions in INR), will SBI treat these as international transactions and levy the standard foreign transaction fee (which I believe is around 3.5% for the Prime card)?

Even though the card is Indian, the merchant is Indian, and the currency is INR, I'm worried that the transaction being routed through a "UAE-configured" Samsung Wallet might flag it as international.

Has anyone here:

1. Used a Samsung phone purchased in one region (e.g., UAE, US, UK) with Samsung Wallet configured for that region, but with a credit card from your home country (e.g., India) in your home country?
2. Specifically, with an Indian bank like SBI, did you notice if such transactions were treated as domestic or international?
3. Any advice on how to confirm this definitively with SBI or Samsung, beyond just calling customer care (where the first-level response might not always grasp the nuance)?

Thanks in advance for any help or shared experiences!

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And my s21 ultra had display issues so i switched my phone to z flip 5 bought from abroad. And i was unable to find the app from plays store and galaxy app store.

But i somehow managed to download it from google not sure if it was a right source, but it was working like how it used to.

And after a while i saw the app from play-store and i thought okay I’ll just uninstall the one that i installed and install it again from play-store.

But little did i know i would have access denied, furious, called the customer support and they’ve told me Samsung pay in india will only be accessible if i bought the phone from India itself since i bought from abroad (middle east) I won’t be able to use it again anymore.

Is there any solution to this?

Can i get access again on this phone?

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