S23 ultra which version should use if I buy from Dubai to use in India

[CSR1]

Hi I'm about to buy S23 ultra from Dubai and gonna use it in India and I came across 3 versions UAE, Middle-East and International version and I came to know that UAE and Middle-East are same. So which version shall I choose either Middle-East or International? 

Does both versions support 5G and call recording options?

Does International version has warranty in India?

[Chaudhary]

UAE version ... international one is Chinese.

[CSR1]

Does UAE version supports 5G?
Do we have any issues with phone if we use in India?
Do we need to use UAE sim initially just for 10min or not required?

[CODM6567]

1. yes it supports
2. yes we have issues because of 5g band availability variation. you have to flash ins firmware. also their may be some problems with CA too(LTE+)
3 yes u have to activate it by using uae sim.

[CSR1]

@CODM6567 So which version shall I choose in your opinion either Middle-East(UAE) or International

[CODM6567]

Go for UAE but I will advise u to rethink and consider indian one because of green line issues with S series.
They don't give international warranty so if u face any problem u will be charged by service centre.

[MasterChief117]

Right
But the price difference is justified
The display panel costs approx 16k
And the price difference between Indian and UAE variant is almost 40-45k

[MasterChief117]

2. No, there's no issue of network on UAE variant. It locks on 5G network almost instantaneous when wifi is disabled.
3. No you don't have to activate it using an UAE sim, I didn't amd it's working fine after changing the firmware to INS via ODIN

[Chaudhary]

Yes it supports 5G..and you can even change csc to Indian csc. I am not sure about activation with UAE sim but it's safe you can do it.

[CSR1]

Also do we get updates slower in UAE phones compared to our Indian version phones?