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[Q] If I can get this off-contract for 200, should I?

I've never had an Android phone, but something tells me the Captivate won't be the phone to have for 2 years.
But is it worth getting for 200 dollars? To mess around with and experiment with? I mean I'd use it as my main phone and all, but it's gotten such bad press, I'm not sure what to think of it. Not to mention the guy I am buying it from is switching to Sprint or Verizon because of a lack of HTC Android Phones on ATT.
So, should I go for it? It is a brand new Galaxy S, or a refurbished one... I don't know actually. It is in a box that was sent to him to replace his bricked Galaxy S from when he canceled an update.
And, is the GPS really that bad? Considering my Touch Pro's GPS is horrible, I don't expect much!

Off contract? Yes.
If I could switch to Verizon, Sprint, or T-Mobile, I'd be goner than gone.

Go for it. It's a good deal.
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Yes yes yes.
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Any chance you will share where you can get this phone for $200 off contract. I paid that for min on contract. I would love to get one for my wife but she has another year before she is eligible for an upgrade.

If you go to at&t's site, login and try to buy this phone without a contract they will charge you over $400.

hehe. i'm just gonna pay the breach of contract and switch to sprint for the evo or the epic. not sure wich, but i'm tossing mine up on craigs list. oh, and overstock.com is advertising them for .01 with new contract...

Paid $120 for mine after I called AT&T and told them that my crenelation is less than $100 or they can sell me the new phone for $120. The never thought twice and overnighted the phone to me for the $120.

I paid 230 for mine the first week it came out. I eventually went to best buy and got 80 bucks from them when they put it on sale

I paid $200 for mine. Totally worth it.

Coming from an x10 user, this phone is really good. Of course there is better, there always is hurting the price that you're getting is really good too.
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I would give a resounding "heck yeah". Get it. If you don't like it, you will most likely be able to sell for a profit.
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Original full price for NS4G?

What was the original price for the NS4G when it was first released? Trying to figure out how much I'll get back for it when I sell it to Best Buy

599 or 699. I know after 6 months u get like 350 back
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I bought my 4G from BestBuy on release day flat out for $699.99.

Why didn't you have them price match the Sprint retail price? Which is considerably lower. Just saying if you are paying "retail" then you have a case more than disputing a contract price.
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$199 with contract.
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I'm not disputing anything, don't they give you whatever percentage of the retail value back to you with their buy-back program?

Yes. Its 50% within the first 6 months. Here is a link.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Misc/Buy-Back-Program/pcmcat230000050010.c?id=pcmcat230000050010
I wasn't saying anyone was disputing anything. What I meant was, if you were buying it retail you should have told them that Sprint sells it for $549.00. Would have saved you $150.00 on the release day.
Edit: Also in terms and conditions it says that the buyback program does not start til 30 days after the purchase. So in all actuallity you have til the 7th month of purchase to sell it back.
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You folks must all be the daddy warbucks type. I got my NS4G brand new off craigslist for $170 in box, a month ago. Pays to arrive late at the party and pay way less.

They're giving em away for free a BB right now where i live

I traded my Evo for mine. Definitely satisfied with my end of the trade.
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LordLugard said:
You folks must all be the daddy warbucks type. I got my NS4G brand new off craigslist for $170 in box, a month ago. Pays to arrive late at the party and pay way less.
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Good find. 225 is the going price for the SF bay area
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if I bought it with an upgrade at BB do I get 50% of the price I payed or retail?
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Retail
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Actually, I forgot that tthe buyback wasn't a free service. Woops. Too bad these aren't going for much on eBay...
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Will Verizon have holiday deals?

Maybe the razr or nexus with free accessories, our 50 dollar price drop,I mean something has to go down right? Cheers!!
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Just go to AmazonWireless.com. The Droid Charge is free right now.

An employee at radio shack told me most of the Verizon phones will be free with upgrade. Might include razor.
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killerapl said:
An employee at radio shack told me most of the Verizon phones will be free with upgrade. Might include razor.
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8O , sounds great!, hopefully that's what Verizon plan on doing.
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juanzr1 said:
Maybe the razr or nexus with free accessories, our 50 dollar price drop,I mean something has to go down right? Cheers!!
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Less likely on any of the phones you would be interested in. More likely on the older phones.

my daughters line is up for an Upgrade on 20 Dec. Called tonight to see if they would let me upgrade now since its a month away so I could get it done before christmas...told me sure, as long as you don't want to upgrade to any 4G phone. Pfft, 20 Dec it is. I also asked if waiting til 20 Dec was going to net me any discounts or other pricing offers, said, Nope none planned. Oh well.

The only free Verizon phone radioshack is gonna have is the stratosphere. Black Friday will have cheaper phones but the razr is not included. I can't remember the prices off the top of my head.
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Anyone know if the Rezound will be discounted? I can only upgrade directly through VZW though.

...before you buy the Razr please ensure your prepared for
1. a crappy display
2. 4G/3G data popping in and out and dropping completely (ala Bionic)
3. alarms not functioning properly
4. missed phone calls/texts
(my experiences in 4 days with it)
if your going to upgrade, grab the Nexus Prime ...Samsung may be plastic, but they function at least 95% of the time

As far as "deals" are concerned, I'm never buying from a VZW store again - not unless there's a darned good reason.
I'll probably be buying at Costco - They're deals are usually really good: Some of the cheapest pricing, with nice accessories thrown in for free. I might try Amazon or Best Buy, too.
Now that VZW has tossed the "New Every Two" plan, I plan on tossing VZW.

mdeathike said:
The only free Verizon phone radioshack is gonna have is the stratosphere. Black Friday will have cheaper phones but the razr is not included. I can't remember the prices off the top of my head.
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Radio shack , has the galaxy s 2 for at&t on black Friday for 49$, the infuse for free, atrix 2 for free. Good deals
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http://specialoffers.verizonwireless.com/holiday/2011/?CMP=EMC-C-C-S-NL-P2&name=EMC-C-C-S-NL-2
Like I said, no real sales on any of the newer stuff.
$200 for a XOOM probably isn't a bad deal, if it wasn't for the monthly cellular contract you have to purchase with it.

Just saw a commercial on TV last night that Verizon will be offering the red DINC2 for free on black Friday. My wife watches this website every year around this time, check it out.
http://bfads.net/
They list a ton of the black friday deals for all kinds of stores.
Also, Amazon.com has all Verizon phones for 1 cent. (with an upgrade). This includes the Bionic, Rezound and Razr.
http://wireless.amazon.com/f/pennypincher

[Q] Best Buy price ?

Does anyone know what the upgrade price at best buy will be? I want to know if I should cancel my preorder if it above $150 and go somewhere else. Thanks

Shoot...best buy and best buy mobile here in Jacksonville told me they don't have it for preorder. Screw em.
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That sucks. I wonder when they will release info for the ones who did preorder though :/

Artimus009 said:
Shoot...best buy and best buy mobile here in Jacksonville told me they don't have it for preorder. Screw em.
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Here in Saint Louis, they all have them for preorder and they will price match Radio Shacks $149.99. I just canceled my radio shack order and will be ordering mine today because i have a ton of gift cards plus i think there protection plan is the best. If its available on there website, which it is they can order it and it will ship on the 6th

dmbrown81 said:
Here in Saint Louis, they all have them for preorder and they will price match Radio Shacks $149.99. I just canceled my radio shack order and will be ordering mine today because i have a ton of gift cards plus i think there protection plan is the best. If its available on there website, which it is they can order it and it will ship on the 6th
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the bestbuy here told me if i brought me phone in brand new (no matter where it's from) they would let me have their black tie...let's hope so.

chaosjh said:
the bestbuy here told me if i brought me phone in brand new (no matter where it's from) they would let me have their black tie...let's hope so.
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As a best Buy employee we can only do that with the iphone, unless i didn't check my email
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dmbrown81 said:
As a best Buy employee we can only do that with the iphone, unless i didn't check my email
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i'm friends with several at the mobile department, if it can be done they'll do it. if not, i'll wait until they have it in stock, return mine to at&t, and buy it there. i like black tie that much...although i've yet to use it.

I'm wondering if they'll price match radio shack at $49.99. I'm hoping they will of course. I used to work at Best Buy, so I hopefully may be able to convince a BB Mobile employee to price match.
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SR4 said:
I'm wondering if they'll price match radio shack at $49.99. I'm hoping they will of course. I used to work at Best Buy, so I hopefully may be able to convince a BB Mobile employee to price match.
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No they can't price match online prices, only if a local store has that price and it's in stock
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Right, I understand that. I guess I wasn't aware that the Radio Shack price was online only.
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I also went to a best buy in stl and I ask the best buy employee, so when's the htc one x coming out?! I think it's going to be another month atleast. And that was Sunday he said this. Lol the store I went into was a best buy mobile store ONLY! But didn't know they would price match or I would of gone with them.

Still no word on the BB price? They usually are the cheapest around. I guess either way I could price match to $150, but I'd be surprised if they didn't already beat it.

I believe from when I did my pre order that their price is 200 for a upgrade. It should be the same price as ATT maybe as low as 150.00.
I went with them as I signed up for that free 50 dollar gift card with a upgrade earlier this year so that on top of the fifty I used to pre order and some other gift cards means I will be paying about 75 for it.
As for the info I would wager that they will send out a official email around Friday saying it will be ready for pick up on Sunday. That is what happened with my Galaxy Note I had on pre order.

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I also went to a best buy in stl and I ask the best buy employee, so when's the htc one x coming out?! I think it's going to be another month atleast. And that was Sunday he said this. Lol the store I went into was a best buy mobile store ONLY! But didn't know they would price match or I would of gone with them.
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Which mall did you go too?

Where are people getting their S IV

So now the S IV has been rooted. People have had their hands on it for a little while.
eBay sellers still show pre-orders. Can't find a shop with stock since the phone hasn't been released.
Where are people getting their S IV???

They must be devs or beta testers and or reviewers.

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So now the S IV has been rooted. People have had their hands on it for a little while.
eBay sellers still show pre-orders. Can't find a shop with stock since the phone hasn't been released.
Where are people getting their S IV???
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Rooted?
S4 isn't for sale anywhere - but in Denmark you can make a pre-order in about 20 shops at the moment. First delivery end of April.

Right and stores in Germany and the UK are also taking pre-orders.
"Rooted" already, amazing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213775

We're not sure that will work
If u look at the last post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214847
Chainfire (best dev in the world:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup says you can't simply inject root there are apparently differences
S4 INFO

I have pre ordered mine at T-mobile here in Holland and they say it will be delivered around 26 April
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I think the problem is the s4 is running with selinux kernel. Somehow the security has to be disabled.
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If you can avoid ebay please do so. Most ebay sales don't come with a warranty.
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Going to get mine at Best Buy here in the States.

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Going to get mine at Best Buy here in the States.
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Does BestBuy have an advantage over AT&T? I am asking because I am trying to decide if I want to go through AT&T to buy mine or another brick & mortar store. I'm not going to buy online because I want to be able to physically see and hold what I will be buying in this case. I plan on buying it at full price, but that might change if I can get a deal on a plan if I subsidize it through AT&T.

scott14719 said:
Does BestBuy have an advantage over AT&T? I am asking because I am trying to decide if I want to go through AT&T to buy mine or another brick & mortar store. I'm not going to buy online because I want to be able to physically see and hold what I will be buying in this case. I plan on buying it at full price, but that might change if I can get a deal on a plan if I subsidize it through AT&T.
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They usually charge less. Also if you get their warranty, it's much better. Covers everything and you don't have to pay for a replacement or repair.
AND, the next time you purchase a phone, they will buy the old one back. Usually not as much as you'd get on eBay for it, but could help defray the costs of your next phone.

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They usually charge less. Also if you get their warranty, it's much better. Covers everything and you don't have to pay for a replacement or repair.
AND, the next time you purchase a phone, they will buy the old one back. Usually not as much as you'd get on eBay for it, but could help defray the costs of your next phone.
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Thanks for the reply. It sounds like a pretty good place to buy from but I am a little unsure if BestBuys is going to even be in business in 2 or three years when I go to get another phone. I guess its going to come down to how much less they can sell them for versus AT&T.

scott14719 said:
Thanks for the reply. It sounds like a pretty good place to buy from but I am a little unsure if BestBuys is going to even be in business in 2 or three years when I go to get another phone. I guess its going to come down to how much less they can sell them for versus AT&T.
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My guess is $199 for the 16GB vs. $249 that AT&T will charge.

Negri.

A shop .
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I will be getting a Samsung Galaxy S4 ATT Version soon I cannot wait....

Carphone Warehouse
People who need an upgrade on their contract should maybe check out Carphone Warehouse as the deals look OK there + you get a free accessories bundle!!
That's where I might pre-order from anyways.

I will get mine from future shop,i.love their $10/mo.insurance return policy..doesnt matter what i do to the device..brick it,water damage whatever..i.bring it in and they replace it
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T-Mobile $99 / $20 month plan

Baldilocks said:
My guess is $199 for the 16GB vs. $249 that AT&T will charge.
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The 16GB is $199 at AT&T...
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