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Hi , At&t is offering me galaxy s2 for $230 as an early upgrade offer. my contracts ends in nov 2012, so if i take this upgrade offer, my contract would end in nov 2013, should i go ahead with this or wait for some new phones in june/july.
There will always be a better phone coming out in a few months. If you wait for summer, it will be the holiday season.
Samsung sold over 10 million GS IIs before selling a single one in the US.
Any flaw, what so ever insignificant, in the captivate is fixed in the GS II. It feels amazing in hand, super smooth and fast, plus there is already 7 different ROMs, and it hasn't been out a month yet.
You cannot go wrong with the GS II. Go into the store and play with it. After two weeks I have yet to find a flaw, or a way to make it lag, or hesitate.
My question for you is: how do I get att to let me renew a year early? (For next time)
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AT&T is letting me upgrade a year early also. Pretty sure it's not a full discount upgrade, or what, but my contract isn't up until 2012.
the original retail price is $199 and they are offering me for $230. I just called customer care and asked for an upgrade for s2 they gave the above option...this is with a 2 year contract....
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Don't do it! You'll feel ripped when the SGS 3 comes out, Think about how long the SGS 2 has been out outside the USA..... Or you can can get the GS2 as it is one of the greatest phones out there right now and it flies like the wind.
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My contract ends in January 2012, but I got a Galaxy S II off-contract.
The thing's AMAZING!! Super light, amazing screen, extremely fast, the best in every aspect.
The price is not, it's $599 off-contract. But do what I did, scout craigslist and find people who are selling it new in box at a good price, or sell your captivate, or trade.
The deal I scored was $360 + hacked Motorola Backflip, and I have a spanking new Galaxy S II.. Just don't deal in a bad neighborhood and always make sure it's the Galaxy S II (Say's it on the back)
Save your contract/upgrade for the Galaxy S III
Bowsa2511 said:
My contract ends in January 2012, but I got a Galaxy S II off-contract.
The thing's AMAZING!! Super light, amazing screen, extremely fast, the best in every aspect.
The price is not, it's $599 off-contract. But do what I did, scout craigslist and find people who are selling it new in box at a good price, or sell your captivate, or trade.
The deal I scored was $360 + hacked Motorola Backflip, and I have a spanking new Galaxy S II.. Just don't deal in a bad neighborhood and always make sure it's the Galaxy S II (Say's it on the back)
Save your contract/upgrade for the Galaxy S III
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Damn that's a pretty good deal.
*Get Chance and Luck*
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Damn that's a pretty good deal.
*Get Chance and Luck*
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Patience and Negotiation my friend. There are people out there that just want to sell the phone and one needs to take advantage. Did the same thing for the original Galaxy S (Captivate), got it new in box for $350 when it was $599 at the time.
does the galaxy s2 with live wallpaper make the phone slow down when scrolling through apps?
what I wanted todo was..take the early upgrade option now and take it early next time to..by doing this I will have a new phone for a cheaper price...
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does the galaxy s2 with live wallpaper make the phone slow down when scrolling through apps?
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It does not lag at all, it's buttery-smooth and shows no sign of lag considering the powerful specs and the hardware-accelerated browser, launcher, and touchwiz applications.
vamshi999 said:
what I wanted todo was..take the early upgrade option now and take it early next time to..by doing this I will have a new phone for a cheaper price...
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How so?
quarlow said:
My question for you is: how do I get att to let me renew a year early? (For next time)
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You get a faster upgrade cycle (discounted upgrades every year) if your bill is over a certain amount per month, which I think is around $100
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You get a faster upgrade cycle (discounted upgrades every year) if your bill is over a certain amount per month, which I think is around $100
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That stopped this year. They changed it, from 12 months to the normal 20. After upgrading in September, I next qualify 5/2013. That's why I was curious how he got them to budge at all. I have another line that qualifies in December (start date 4/2010, never renewed), and the phone broke, I tried in store and over the phone, they won't let me upgrade early without adding like $100 to the price of the phone, not the gentle $30 the OP got.
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doing the same thing which I am doing now call and get an early upgrade for just $30 extra....anyways I am glad that I didn't go through with this would have missed the lte version..
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I don't know how I was able to get an upgrade for just $30 extra..I was supposed to get an upgrade in july... maybe its because of the data plan which they add..right now I don't have a data plan on my phone...
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vamshi999 said:
doing the same thing which I am doing now call and get an early upgrade for just $30 extra....anyways I am glad that I didn't go through with this would have missed the lte version..
The new LTE phone is not worth it considering that it sports a slower processor, and LTE isn't widely implemented
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That stopped this year. They changed it, from 12 months to the normal 20. After upgrading in September, I next qualify 5/2013. That's why I was curious how he got them to budge at all. I have another line that qualifies in December (start date 4/2010, never renewed), and the phone broke, I tried in store and over the phone, they won't let me upgrade early without adding like $100 to the price of the phone, not the gentle $30 the OP got.
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I have always had an 18-month upgrade cycle with them, $75 "earlier than that" option. But, I've been with them since the Cingular era courtesy of corporate discounting.
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I have always had an 18-month upgrade cycle with them, $75 "earlier than that" option. But, I've been with them since the Cingular era courtesy of corporate discounting.
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I was with att wireless, before they were Cingular, with a corporate sponsorship this whole time. In the past I have had 18 or 12 month cycles too. The att store told me they changed the policy a few months back so all future renewals are not eligible until 20 months. I'm ecstatic with my phone now, so it doesn't matter now, but if in a year I can upgrade for only an extra $30, I'll be all over that. Maybe by then the LTE phones will have battery life worked out, and my area will have LTE
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I was talking to one of the managers at my local AT&T store and he was saying that he could upgrade me early and renew my 2 year contract, he said I would get the phone at the 2 year contract price, the only catch was I had to buy $200 worth of accessories to go with it. Of course he pointed out the the Jawbone Jambox is $200. I might use it for the Skyrocket that's coming out, I'm just having a hard time parting with my Cappy.
I was talking to one of the managers at my local AT&T store and he was saying that he could upgrade me early and renew my 2 year contract, he said I would get the phone at the 2 year contract price, the only catch was I had to buy $200 worth of accessories to go with it. Of course he pointed out the the Jawbone Jambox is $200. I might use it for the Skyrocket that's coming out, I'm just having a hard time parting with my Cappy.
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That sounds like total crap, IMO. How early are you trying to upgrade?
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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.
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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
You may have already heard the news released today about the Samsung Galaxy S3 arriving in stores on June 20th (fingers crossed ) but I thought I would post it for others to see. T-Mobile also has included release dates for a few other phones like the Galaxy Note (way too big ) and the Mytouch line of devices. The fallowing information has been provided by TMOnews.
Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB Metallic Blue – June 20th
Samsung Galaxy S III 32GB Metallic Blue – June 20th
T-Mobile myTouch (Huawei Phoenix) – July 11th
T-Mobile myTouch (Huawei Buddy) – July 11th
Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB Ceramic White – July 11th
Samsung Galaxy Note – July 11th
* I got my eye on the Blue 32gb. SGS3....(Pebble Blue)
What are you all thinking?
July 11th for me, not wasting my time with the blue version. White is just too pretty.
Hope they release the radio for the note before the release of the t-mobile note. I just don't see myself rockin a smaller screen lol
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How Much are they going to be?
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I'll gun for the Galaxy Note.
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How Much are they going to be?
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Not sure about price...How much does a Note go for on other networks? Probably similar pricing? I bought my SGS2 for full price the day it came out and I kicked myself for doing so. I had the MT4G in one hand and the SGS2 in the other, what am I supposed to do? lol....I called T-Mobile this afternoon to check on my upgrade status. and what do ya know? This June I will be due for a full upgrade, just in time for the worlds greatest smartphone aka SGS3. Or until a better phone drops 2 weeks later....haha. My guess is no less than $600.00, and who knows about the difference in price from the 16gb to the 32gb? I cant imagine it being over a 100 dollar difference between the two, but what do I know. Our luck it will be like $850.00 or something ridiculous...
T-mobile is notorious for making you pay way too much for a phone even when you have a full upgrade available. Needless to say I'll be waiting to see reviews and developments before I jump onto any of these, even though the galaxy III is calling my name.
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July 11th for me, not wasting my time with the blue version. White is just too pretty.
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Same thing my wife said. She has the next toy turn and she wants the white one. I'll just sit across the room with me sgs2
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namelessghoul said:
T-mobile is notorious for making you pay way too much for a phone even when you have a full upgrade available. Needless to say I'll be waiting to see reviews and developments before I jump onto any of these, even though the galaxy III is calling my name.
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Uh... What? T-Mobile is known for having the cheapest subsidized pbones.. Most other carriers sell new phones around $299 with an upgrade. I paid $99 for my s2.
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Im hearing the HTC one x still beats the sgs3 in most ways....even with the dual core S4....read the Engadget.com review of the sgs3....gives u their opinion but everyones opinion is different
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Im hearing the HTC one x still beats the sgs3 in most ways....even with the dual core S4....read the Engadget.com review of the sgs3....gives u their opinion but everyones opinion is different
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My opinion, these phones hardware are ahead of the software. I think all the high end phones are going to pretty much work the same until we have some software they fully utilizes quad core.
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Uh... What? T-Mobile is known for having the cheapest subsidized pbones.. Most other carriers sell new phones around $299 with an upgrade. I paid $99 for my s2.
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The last time I bought a phone, upgraded, and added a 2 year contract on my plan was when I got a Blackberry Curve 8900 right around when the phone came out for close to $300. I've been using a jailbroken/unlocked iPhone I bought from a friend up until I got my S2 about 6 months ago. I paid $400 dollars (With a $50 dollar rebate, whoopdeedoo...) out of pocket with an obvious full upgrade at a T-Mobile store not an "Authorized" reseller. Close friend of mine paid the same amount as me shortly afterwards.
I would have much rather have paid the glorious $99 dollars you paid. Did you get it during a promotion?
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The last time I bought a phone, upgraded, and added a 2 year contract on my plan was when I got a Blackberry Curve 8900 right around when the phone came out for close to $300. I've been using a jailbroken/unlocked iPhone I bought from a friend up until I got my S2 about 6 months ago. I paid $400 dollars (With a $50 dollar rebate, whoopdeedoo...) out of pocket with an obvious full upgrade at a T-Mobile store not an "Authorized" reseller. Close friend of mine paid the same amount as me shortly afterwards.
I would have much rather have paid the glorious $99 dollars you paid. Did you get it during a promotion?
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Thats very strange. I have never seen a subsidized phone at T-Mobile cost $300-400. It was a sale when I bought mine, but the normal price was $199
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I got my TMO Sensation 4G in 8/2011 and it cost me $229 up front. Was supposed to be $249, but the salesclown screwed up and initially said $199. I was going to walk away, then he offered a bit less and I took it since I really wanted the Sensation. My big mistake, picking the phone first instead of the carrier. I didn't realize TMO coverage is not so hot here in Vegas. I will be switching to either Verizon or Sprint in 14 months unless TMO dramatically upgrades their coverage.
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Thats very strange. I have never seen a subsidized phone at T-Mobile cost $300-400. It was a sale when I bought mine, but the normal price was $199
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Just found my receipt, the breakdown looks like this.
Phone price - $279.99 (Discount - Normally $499.99)
Sales Tax - $43.59 (Based on the full price of the phone)
Upgrade Fee - $18.00
Upgrade Fee Tax -$1.58
Total = $341.58
I feel molested after hearing you paid a whopping $99 dollars....
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I got my TMO Sensation 4G in 8/2011 and it cost me $229 up front. Was supposed to be $249, but the salesclown screwed up and initially said $199. I was going to walk away, then he offered a bit less and I took it since I really wanted the Sensation. My big mistake, picking the phone first instead of the carrier. I didn't realize TMO coverage is not so hot here in Vegas. I will be switching to either Verizon or Sprint in 14 months unless TMO dramatically upgrades their coverage.
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What part of town? The Sensation 4G has mediocre reception, I had one. T-Mobile's biggest problem is EDGE coverage, not a total lack of. Thankfully after two years of them basically stopping any major investments in the Las Vegas area, they are picking back up again. Mountains Edge just got 4G HSPA+ instead of the 3G it was on.
Dude I can't wait!!!!!
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Anyone know when we will be able to pre order the Galaxy S4 with BB?....
i dont think bestbuy is doing preorders for this one. at least not for at&t.
check this out: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...p=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960
They are!
Now! http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Mobile-Phones-Promotions/The-Next-Big-Thing/pcmcat298000050012.c?id=pcmcat298000050012
Eat a pik, Verizon!
Only AT&T, no T-Mobile yet
If I preorder at Best Buy, do I still have to pay the upgrade fee for AT&T?
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If I preorder at Best Buy, do I still have to pay the upgrade fee for AT&T?
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Yes.
749 unactivated price? Wtf best buy?
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check this out: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...p=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960
They are!
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Thanks!!!
Just left my local Best Buy, pre-ordered a white S4 on AT&T for a $50 reservation!
Don't forget to attach your "Phone Freedom" or whatever it's called this year thing to save an easy $50, provided you signed up for it before February....
Also, they are accepting price matching from Amazon Wireless this year, they didn't for the SIII, I had to PM with Target last year as they luckily had it $50 off on launch day, brought the total for my SIII down to $100 the first day it was available! Hopefully someone will have it for $150 again this year....