Note 5 still isn’t available in Europe. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

Six months after launching the Galaxy Note 5, Samsung has finally revealed the reason why it decided not to bring the device to Europe — and it might just offend you.

According to the South Korean company, we Europeans just aren’t productive enough.

Google apps are pre-installed on the Galaxy S6. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

After years of examining the Android operating system, the European Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into claims that Google unfairly forces competitors into bundling its own apps on their devices.

Google has officially announced that it has expanded the availability of its Play Books service on smartphones and tablets to an additional 13 new countries across Europe.

Next year, Europeans will most likely be able to travel around their happy Union and enjoy the same call and data charges as they do when they’re at home. But even before roaming is scrapped, the EU is pushing down prices. As of now, travelers in the Eurozone will enjoy more than a third off the prices of calls, data and SMS messages.

Europeans will next year be able to take their smartphones anywhere within the EU and enjoy calls, texts, and data without paying a penny more than they do at home. Expensive roaming fees are set to be scrapped by July 1, 2014, after the European Commission voted to fast-track a major overhaul of telecoms regulation.