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Preorder Captivate

Does anyone know if AT&T is going to allow you to preorder this phone? I really want to be guaranteed one on Sunday!

I was wondering the same thing. I was also wondering if other merchants like Best Buy would carry the phone on launch day.

I'm just gonna be there at 11am when the store opens on Sunday. I went and asked about it a couple days ago at the local ATT store and they had no idea they were even going to carry it. Kind of dissapointing really, but that just means they haven't been hyping the phone, and I'll be able to get one for sure

An AT&T customer service rep said "no" to pre-ordering. I'll just order it online on Sunday. Why risk having to pay a store's re-stocking fee in the event you want to return / exchange it? Not being negative - just realistic.

It will available. Its not a Iphone. Only tech savvy people like us will be interested in these type of phones. No pre order necessary. I don't understand how and why people are willing to stand in a line for hours for crap like that.

less hype = loyal customer base and less teenagers showing off their new phone and complaining it isn't like the iphone >.> I seriously hate it when younger kids (10~14) have a smart phone and barely know how to use it, ahem I'm talking about you grade schoolers with blackberries
still awaiting confirmation if it is 350$ but I'm really hoping that it isn't sold out when i attempt to get one by the end of next week =[

less hype = less stock = one phone per store.
You telling me there's no person in a 5 mile radius around me that doesnt also want the captivate?

caelestis2 said:
less hype = less stock = one phone per store.
You telling me there's no person in a 5 mile radius around me that doesnt also want the captivate?
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LOL no one carries one unit per store.

I called 4 BestBuy stores around me and none of them know if they will have it Sunday. Most of them said to call back later to see if they came in on their truck this week. Doesn't surprise me AT&T stores don't know about it. The one by me, I told them they had the Aria, but they didn't believe me until another guy came out of the back room with one and said "Is this what you were talking about?" wtf?

Danni3 said:
less hype = loyal customer base and less teenagers showing off their new phone and complaining it isn't like the iphone >.> I seriously hate it when younger kids (10~14) have a smart phone and barely know how to use it, ahem I'm talking about you grade schoolers with blackberries
still awaiting confirmation if it is 350$ but I'm really hoping that it isn't sold out when i attempt to get one by the end of next week =[
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Its confirmed on ATT Twitter now! $350 off contract

fade2black said:
I called 4 BestBuy stores around me and none of them know if they will have it Sunday. Most of them said to call back later to see if they came in on their truck this week. Doesn't surprise me AT&T stores don't know about it. The one by me, I told them they had the Aria, but they didn't believe me until another guy came out of the back room with one and said "Is this what you were talking about?" wtf?
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I've chatted with AT&T reps online who, when asked about the Captivate, had no idea what I was talking about. And this is a product that's 5 days away. Let's cut to the chase. My experience has shown that - generally speaking - we know a lot more about their product line than they do. It would be a good thing if their employees shared our passion.

fade2black said:
I called 4 BestBuy stores around me and none of them know if they will have it Sunday. Most of them said to call back later to see if they came in on their truck this week. Doesn't surprise me AT&T stores don't know about it. The one by me, I told them they had the Aria, but they didn't believe me until another guy came out of the back room with one and said "Is this what you were talking about?" wtf?
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I went to an ATT store near me today and the lady there said that they had gotten their demo but not the shipment. She said that she didn't normally get excited by phones, but this one she was pumped about. She had to check with someone else to confirm the Sunday date, though I knew about that, and she said that they didn't really know the price off contract. She also said they usually get their shipments on Wed or Thurs with the info about the phone that they need to know.

Jack45 said:
I've chatted with AT&T reps online who, when asked about the Captivate, had no idea what I was talking about. And this is a product that's 5 days away. Let's cut to the chase. My experience has shown that - generally speaking - we know a lot more about their product line than they do. It would be a good thing if their employees shared our passion.
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Are you surprised? It's not the Jesus phone so what do they care?

p.ford said:
I went to an ATT store near me today and the lady there said that they had gotten their demo but not the shipment. She said that she didn't normally get excited by phones, but this one she was pumped about. She had to check with someone else to confirm the Sunday date, though I knew about that, and she said that they didn't really know the price off contract. She also said they usually get their shipments on Wed or Thurs with the info about the phone that they need to know.
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I went to my local corporate store today and they wouldn't show me their demo and said they had no stock to sell. I went out to my car and called the next closest store and they told me the same thing!
I explained at the first store how a few people online had seen them in the store and even a few had purchased units and she told me if they had stock they would probably sell it but they had no stock and were HOPING they had a few for Sunday.

ctalbot said:
Are you surprised? It's not the Jesus phone so what do they care?
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I wouldn't put up with it if I were in upper-level management at AT&T. Either you give a damn or get out. The store managers should be ashamed that some of their employees are uninformed and, worse, uncaring. And the district managers should be ashamed...and so on. If we have to educate them about their product line then we should be receiving a portion of their salaries. During a chat session today with a CSR at AT&T I sent him the link about the upcoming release of the Captivate.
There are no excuses.

AT&T is making a huge mistake by not hyping this phone. They obviously don't know how great of a product they have and to be the first in the US to release it! I realize they are trying to stay close with Apple, but come on!! Unleash the beast! Give the consumers what they want! Oh yeah and Apple, LMAO... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20010212-37.html

Jack45 said:
During a chat session today with a CSR at AT&T I sent him the link about the upcoming release of the Captivate.
There are no excuses.
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I had a chat session with a CSR today also and the guy pretty much said "Check out att.com/android for any news about this phone." Like everyone else said, we seem to know more about the phone than AT&T itself.

kennethpenn said:
Its confirmed on ATT Twitter now! $350 off contract
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This is a pretty douchey thing to ask for a newb like me, but can you provide a link for that tweet?
Not doubting, just hoping.

http://twitter.com/ShareATT
@harishv79 - The Captivate is $350 w/o contract
9:32 AM Jul 12th via web in reply to harishv79
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Haven't we known the off-contract price for a week or so now? Maybe I just dreamed it, who knows
I had to ask around at three stores before I found one where they even knew that the Captivate was coming out (the first two had no clue when it was coming out, if AT&T was even sending them any, or when). At the third store though, the guy was awesome and let me sign up to be notified as soon as they get it sometime next week (hoping for Sunday or Monday), and he said he'd put one aside for me.
I do hope Wirefly/Amazon puts the Captivate for sale online for under $200, like how they're selling the Aria for free with a contract, but I'll get it in store if not.

Question Re: Radioshack Pre-Orders

There was a rumor going around the Radioshack might be giving the inspires out early - can anyone confirm a case of this? I had called two stores and they both said no, however if someone can confirm a positive on this - I will keep calling!

The stores were given strict instructions not to. Plus many of them have likely not received their stock yet.

mentalcase said:
The stores were given strict instructions not to. Plus many of them have likely not received their stock yet.
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Thanks, this is what I thought. When I reserved mine the guy said that the system won't even allow them to sell them until Sunday... but then again on various message boards there were people saying the Radioshack sales rep that they pre-ordered their phone with said they would call them if they got them early. If the sales reps are unsure of information, they should just not say anything.

acPIZZA said:
If the sales reps are unsure of information, they should just not say anything.
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Keep in mind that a Radio Shack employee isn't much higher on the ladder than a McDonald's employee. So you can't expect much common sense from them. lol

Donatron said:
Keep in mind that a Radio Shack employee isn't much higher on the ladder than a McDonald's employee. So you can't expect much common sense from them. lol
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Well, maybe a little higher than McD's employee... but I haven't been inside McD's in about 12 years.
My Radioshack guy was way to "YEAH BRO, TOttalLy bro! Sick Phone Bro!!" for my taste. I'm not really a personable shopper... I kinda want to get in, take care of business and get out while in a store.

I actually just came from a radioshack after calling the store and she told me I could buy one...I was like are u sure?? She said yeah ..come over...I rushed over there to talk to her, she went back to get it and give it to me and her manager saw her...and said no! What a **** lol...anyways she atleast opened the box and let me play with it for awhile...thing is sexy! Feels so solid..camera is awesome ...and btw everyone *****ing about the battery cover being tough to come off is either a like girl or a retard...got it off in no time...can't wait till Sunday now! Ima pick one up first thing
Oh btw it booted up super fast, and asphalt 5 HD installed
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man I was just in radio shack today and they wouldn't let me pre order - they said they'll only have 4 left after the pre orders so I'd better be there when they open on sunday if I want one.

Went in my local Radio Shack yesterday, and they told me the pre order deadline was on Wednesday. Anyhow, they called me today and have one with my name on it for Sunday morning pick up. I doubt if these people will let one go early.

I also pre-ordered from RS and have been trying to get them to give it to me early, lol. When I pre-ordered on the 8th, guy said they were getting it in on the 10th and I could pick it up then!
So I went back on the 10th and unfortunately there was a different guy working and he refused to give it to me. Bah! I think it depends on the person there, some people seem to be more/less knowledgeable that others.
That being said, just heard Costco has them now and are being sold. I'm going over soon and see if they sell them off-contract. If not, then I'll swing by RS again and see who's working tonight, lol. Worth a try.

Looks like the only chance I have to get this a little early is to drop by RS before closing on Sat night, and hope they're cool enough to let me walk out with it...
I don't know why ATT is making such a big deal about the 13th release date. If a store has in stock, who cares!

Mine opens at 10...guess i'll go try my luck

I tried to get mine today but no luck. I even said that I'm flying for business and won't be able to make it tomorrow, but still.
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I tried with no luck. Radioshack has their sku locked so it won't even ring up. Very disappointing and a waste of a drive. Oh well 1030 tomorrow isn't too far off...

Called my radio shack today and no luck either. Was told they couldnt release them until tomorrow, and that they hadnt even got them in yet, truck was supposed to come later today.

WHERE IS THIS SURVEY ON THE RECEIPT? I can't find it anywhere - I think it might have been cut off? Do you enter your order information on the online survey site? If so, can someone please post the URL to the survey? Would be much appreciated, thanks!

I went in today and bribed the Guy to sell me one and he finally caved and went to ring me up....only to find out the sku wasn't recognized and it was literally impossible to buy guess I will be there bright and early. On a side note I also went in to att to ask about the price off contract as I heard it was 399 at corporate stores only for them to rudely tell me that because there wasn't a price tag yet that they couldn't tell me. Wtf att?? That kind of bull**** is probably why I will still buy at radio shack even if att is cheaper.
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Got mine today from Radio Shack. Got to know the tricks. I was buying outright so that may have been the difference. He rang me up with 481.49 in gift cards. He will use those gift cards to ring the actual phone tomorrow. I waled out with a phone and was happy. I do have to make a return trip to get my real receipt. Radio Shack is supposedly $50 higher than COR stores on an outright purchase. I had a Otterbox Defender IP4 that I was given from there for Christmas. He took that back which netted my price down to about the same as the COR stores. If I did not have the freebie $50 off, I would have just waited to get it at a COR.

laxwillsch said:
I went in today and bribed the Guy to sell me one and he finally caved and went to ring me up....only to find out the sku wasn't recognized and it was literally impossible to buy guess I will be there bright and early.
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Haha, I considered that also, slipping the guy a $20... but if the sku won't even take, then I guess I'll just have to wait until Sunday morning.
BTW, I was looking at my pre-sale receipt and it does not mention the 2/13 release date at all - it only says they'll hold it for 3 days after getting it in stock. I suppose if you wanted to be a giant PITA, you could make a fuss out of it, but whatever... I'll just wait.

The final date

OK, OK. So many threads, rumors etc. I finally got a hold of a girl I used to go to school with. She works in Sales here in NJ and the date is next week. the 16 or 17. Yeah I get it, he said / she said. I feel confident because she has no reason to lie and has been working there for 10 years.

The Manager of my Verizon store has been with the company for about that long. She also told me the 17th..........of February. She didn't have a reason to lie either, they weren't taking preorders at my Verizon store.

Yeah I figured as much lol. The store she covers, is taking pre orders though.

Already being discussed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11912512&postcount=7

will there be a lot of people waiting at the store?

Ill be picking up the g2x tomorrow when the store opens at the tmobile store on northern and parsons in nyc. This will be my first time getting a tmobile phone at launch so does anybody know if there is usually a line?
Im also worried because there will be 3 new devices releasing at the same time

probably not.

xdmds said:
Ill be picking up the g2x tomorrow when the store opens at the tmobile store on northern and parsons in nyc. This will be my first t
ime getting a tmobile phone at launch so does anybody know if there is usually a line?
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pretend its black friday and go there at like 3 am...... <---sarcasm! lol
at my store (witch was a little kiosk in the mall) when the vibrant was launched there was a line.... id say get there early cuz i asked the rep if alot of these phones have been sold online/phone and she said YES ALOT!

I got the Vibrant 5 days early from Costco Too bad can't get G2X like that...

the only reason people lined up for the iphone is because they are/were weak minded and succumb to the subliminal advertising that apple ran. I mean seriously it is just a phone.

Did they change the release date? Everything I'd heard was that they were supposed to be in the stores on 4/20, i.e., Wednesday, not tomorrow.

I think you are correct, I think it is 4/20 not 4/19 .. so that guy can go in tomorrow if he wants lol.

lol ya start the line for us Ill send you a card with my name on it you can tell people your holding a place in line for me till wed morning.

Think many people who wanted one now ordered via phone/web. Doubt many will be in-store.

Im getting mine in store also this Wednesday here in Nashville TN. I called last Saturday to verify that they will have some on the 20th. She said yes. And also put me on a Waiting list for the phone. According to her, they will hold a phone for me for 24hours and she asked for my Name / TMobile number.
Funny thing is, I was the first person on / starting the list. I called again today to verify again and was told they now have 3 total people on the list lol. Ima go there first thing in the morning though.
Was going to order online but dont like paying for things and having to wait on my items. Id rather pay and get the item right then and there.
I remember when I ordered the Nexus One back in Jan when it launched. Those where the longest 2 days of my life LOLOL.

I once showed up mistakenly one day early to pick up a video game and they actually sold it to me. Could be he is the one laughing tomorrow ... Well probably not but I always root for the underdog. Lol

The store where I picked up my vibrant a long time ago, said I won't have any problems picking this up Wednesday. I can't wait!

I went to the T-mobile store to check out a G2X. The rep said there should be plenty of G2X's on the sales date and joked that T-Mobile didn't even advertise their new 4G phone.

hypersonicx said:
Im getting mine in store also this Wednesday here in Nashville TN. I called last Saturday to verify that they will have some on the 20th. She said yes. And also put me on a Waiting list for the phone. According to her, they will hold a phone for me for 24hours and she asked for my Name / TMobile number.
Funny thing is, I was the first person on / starting the list. I called again today to verify again and was told they now have 3 total people on the list lol. Ima go there first thing in the morning though.
Was going to order online but dont like paying for things and having to wait on my items. Id rather pay and get the item right then and there.
I remember when I ordered the Nexus One back in Jan when it launched. Those where the longest 2 days of my life LOLOL.
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I've never heard of this waiting list... I might need to look into it this morning

I just spoke with a sales person at my local corporate store (Framingham, MA), who said that they had "plenty" in stock. I asked if I could reserve one, and he said that I shouldn't have any problem if I show up around opening time tomorrow. FWIW.

wmm said:
I just spoke with a sales person at my local corporate store (Framingham, MA), who said that they had "plenty" in stock. I asked if I could reserve one, and he said that I shouldn't have any problem if I show up around opening time tomorrow. FWIW.
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Nice!!!
With them not advertising it. Alot of people dont even know about the G2 except for us since we more Phone Pros. The average Joe dont be on twitter and dont be on XDA so the average person doesnt even know a new Android phone is coming out. That said, there shouldnt be a problem for us getting one at the store.

The store I went to last night (metro Detroit) said they only have 5 in stock and had about that many people come in and ask for them. I'm gonna go back tonight and see if he'll sell one to me early.

I went to a store this evening and a.rep let me look at his, which he was very impressed with. The screen is really nice and it is very, very fast. Wish he didn't have a sleeve on it though.
He said that there were a lot of people on their waiting list, but that they got a lot of phones. I put my name on one and I will probably go in tomorrow morning and pick one up.

yes, some stores have a waiting list. I was in one store this evening that the manager was VERY knowledgeable about the G2x. We chatted for a while and he revealed that they only have 10 in stock. He ended up adding my name to one G2x box for me. I watched him go to the back of the room and added my name to it. He also said that they are expecting more phones tomorrow.

i called my local tmo corp store yesterday and was told "just try to be here at 10." the rep mentioned that they'd have "plenty" in stock and he didn't think that it'd be sold out quickly.

Best Buy in store this Friday

According to their Sunday Newspaper add.

That would be the 11th. Why does that sound familiar? I think I kept hearing the 11th in the UK and the 18th in the US. Something like that.
If that's true, I hope I get my pre-order by the 9th or 10th.
EDIT: Just checked my local Best Buy ad here in Kansas City, same thing, available 11/11/16.

fgr said:
That would be the 11th. Why does that sound familiar? I think I kept hearing the 11th in the UK and the 18th in the US. Something like that.
If that's true, I hope I get my pre-order by the 9th or 10th.
EDIT: Just checked my local Best Buy ad here in Kansas City, same thing, available 11/11/16.
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Too bad, kids took all my money for Christmas and birthdays or I would of out right get one through best buy. Nice to see someone local on here. Gonna wait for tmobile, hopefully they start pre-order soon.

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Gonna wait for tmobile, hopefully they start pre-order soon.
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Luckily I don't care about the 4G version, Doesn't look like Sprint is going to carry it.
Had mobile data with my Gear S but ended up cancelling it. Never used it. Was just throwing away $10.

fgr said:
Luckily I don't care about the 4G version, Doesn't look like Sprint is going to carry it.
Had mobile data with my Gear S but ended up cancelling it. Never used it. Was just throwing away $10.
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Yeah i really can't front the $400 cause of said holidays and b-days, but I want a smartwatch so I will take the hit and consider it an interest payment. I may cancel it later if I can tho.
At least for tmobile I think I read somewhere that it was only $5/mo, if thats the case then no biggie since i have returned the note 7 thus saving me $32.50/mo and just sticking with my note 4. I also have a second s7e not being used (for backup) that i may swap too later for samsung pay.

I saw it also! I hope they mean THIS Fri, not 11/18...

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I saw it also! I hope they mean THIS Fri, not 11/18...
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EDIT: Called my local BB in Hawthorne, CA and YES IT WILL BE RELEASING THIS FRIDAY 11/11/16! SWEEEEET!!!:good::good:

Same in Cleveland, just checked the Ad and says in stores 11/11/16
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Anybody taking bets on if this will really happen?
I say very doubtful...

Was out and about this morning, so I stopped by Best Buy.
Just as I thought, no go. Said the Samsung rep told them that there were very limited supplies and that this store didn't get any. Hmmm... They couldn't find ANY stores that did. They were just feeding me BS because they screwed up their ad.
My guess is next Friday just like Samsung has been saying all along. Hopefully pre-orders ship a day or two ahead of that.
They did offer to let me pre-order it though... Already did that long ago.