Me: I spoke with someone in sales yesterday, who surprised me by saying the S4s you sell (Voda please) are the 32GB model. I can't see any confirmation of this online.
Him: Do you know who it was you spoke to about this, as we only offer the 16GB model
Me: Ah, thought so.... Any word on when you or Voda will sell the 32gb one, as that's what I'm holding out for?
Him: The 32GB hasnt been released yet, as Samsung are still trying to get the S4 in 16GB over here properly (its been a bit of a nightmare) but it should be within the next few months
Me: Oh, so they're struggling to supply enough 16gb models that 32gb ones will take a few more months?
Him: In a nut shell
Me: If that's the case, what's the best case or worst case for waiting for that 32gb to arrive on our shores?
Him: If I was being optimistic I'd say around July, but thats just me going off a few online rumours, so far we've had nothing concrete from Samsung
Me: OK, so best case July, worst case later... or never!
Him: However you do get expandable memory on the S4 so you can increase the 16GB to whatever you like
Me: That's a shame, as not knowing how long to wait for a 32gb that might not even arrive tips me towards the One.
Him: I love the One, is it as great choice
Me: True, though the SD card's for data only – my concern is fitting my apps into the 9gb remaining internal memory.
Him: Apps take up mere MB's really, when you consider that an Xbox game is around a few GB's, then Apps take up nowhere near that amount as they're alot more compressed
Me: Do you have plans to sell (whether Voda contract, or off contract) the i9500 model? I know, I'm being picky here... I'm hoping you'll one day stock the i9500 32gb
Him: We do, however we're again playing the waiting game there too
Me: Will that option be available on contract too? And how long do you think I'll have to wait for you to get them in?
Him: As soon as we have it it absolutely will be available on contract, as thats the largest market for handsets. Unless we take a massive U turn in business practice haha
Me: That's great news to hear that we'll have i9500/i9505 options then. I guess it's just a matter of waiting impatiently for Samsung to get those to you then.
Him: It pretty much is, we're all in the same boat as retailers at the moment
Me: Thanks for your help today... at least I know there's some hope if I do hold out for a couple of months.
Him: My pleasure!
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read and weep fanboys
http://shop.o2.co.uk/iPhone
I have no reason to weep as I'm not a iPhone fan. But thanks for the notice!
Interesting. That's either because they've run the stock out for the 3g model coming out soon, OR they've pulled out of their contract with Apple for some reason.
Here is the full press release
British carrier O2 today issued a statement on its website (not available outside of the UK) that the company has stopped selling the current-generation iPhone. Both the 8GB and 16GB models are listed as "no longer available" and have not been given a restocking date by the provider. Apple itself continues to list both versions as shipping within 24 hours, though independent phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has also reported selling out all its supply without expectations of new shipments.
O2 recently instituted a temporary price cut to help drive sales but is thought to have underestimated demand, triggering a sales spike that dried up supplies of the 8GB model covered by the discount.
The device has been in chronic shortages in recent weeks across both the US and Europe, and is believed by many to have effectively been phased out by Apple in favor of a replacement expected at next month's Worldwide Developer Conference. California-based Apple has not explained the early shortfall other than to suggest that demand has been stronger than anticipated.
To me, this seems a slightly strange marketing tactic unless they're gonna sell the "new" iPhone for a lot more...
Why stop people buying the current generation when you can still make money?
Actually... I have both an iPhone and a TyTN II... so... just to help shed some light... while WM people here are saying that O2 is cutting supply because of unsatisfactory demand, people at the Mac side are speculating that this is to make way for the 3G model, with its eminent release, which is believed to be held sometime June 9th-13th, in Apple's WWDC. AT&T has also passed an internal memo to its employees restricting employee vacation days on June 12-July 15 or something like that... I forget. But on the company memo, it said that they needed manpower to help the stores because they were "expecting large demand" due to an "exciting new product launching." Looks like O2 is probably clearing the way for the 3G iPhone. Just my 2 cents.
just an update the site now says that only the 16gb is available. this has been updated within the last half an hour???
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To me, this seems a slightly strange marketing tactic unless they're gonna sell the "new" iPhone for a lot more...
Why stop people buying the current generation when you can still make money?
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y? maybe they dont want to piss their customers off?
buying a iphone for less then a month, and now u have 3G iphone which is much better?
Guess that explains this...
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/171022/iphone-price-reduced-to-169-from-to/
I don't get it. i clicked the TS link and i get offered to buy an iPhone. Am i missing the part where i can't buy it and its no longer available?
The 8Gb are gone but they seem to not have a problem selling you a 16GB one. Is that what all the hullabaloo is about?
This is bizarre - can't get onto the o2 shop to even look - says they only sell to the UK.
But I'm in the UK, working at one of the larger internet backbone suppliers ....
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I don't get it. i clicked the TS link and i get offered to buy an iPhone. Am i missing the part where i can't buy it and its no longer available?
The 8Gb are gone but they seem to not have a problem selling you a 16GB one. Is that what all the hullabaloo is about?
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If you read my post following the original announcement. Within half an hour of releasing an official press statement from both o2, apple and carphone warehouse they have changed the site to say that only 16gb available
Looks to me like either they cant make up their mind or a shameless marketing ploy
Saw this 32GB on eBay just now and it's an absolute steal for that price.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160525594986
Just wondering whether it'd work in my phone (i9000), and whether it'd work well. I know that it's not gonna be great quality, but I was thinking about just sticking music and bits like that on it so I don't need to carry around an iPod with me too.
Check the feedback.. There is a lot of bad feedback, and it seems to be mostly for computer products. Mostly all of their good feedback is from jewelery sales.
Assuming it is an original product though, yes.
Yupp, thanks for pointing that out to me. Comments seem to say the stuff is fake.
its fake don't buy it
Almost all of those "deals" on flash memory on ebay are fake. You'll end up getting a 1 or 2gig card that is made to look like a 32gig card. Don't buy it.
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The Chinese writing on the packaging screams "FAKE!"
I wish somebody or some organisation would take eBay to court for being an accessory to fraud. Perhaps they would stop allowing this then. Look at these guys feedback it is obvious there is a serious problem.
I wouldn't be afraid of buying it. if its fake, i'd sent it back, and get all your money back. ebay and paypal is really good at it. never lost any money on fake stuff yet.
i bought a 32gb "supposed" sandisk one from ebay before christmas, came from China, when it arrived the packaging was awful, but the card worked.............for around 30 seconds, tried putting anything on it and it died and was no longer showing up on anything
basically they are naff, you may get one that lasts for a while, i personally wouldnt bother, i paid £11 for mine, it took 6 weeks to get here, worked for less than a minute, and took 5 weeks for a refund due to the utterly awful postage service returning it to China
Hey,
Officially not the owner of a Transformer Prime, woohoo, got the refund I was after! But, its in store credit . I can't seem to find out where JB-Hi-FI says I can't have a cash refund:
http://www.jbhifi.com.au/documents/corporate/43_2012-01-06_10-10-25.pdf
So a massive gift card is what I get. So, I want the Infinity 32GB no dock, although probably will get one later, but I am not exactly sure about how to go about it. My other options in the store are a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (Poo), Toshiba Excite 10 (Err, not really), Nexus 7 (honestly, too small) and the A510 which is Acer and overheats. So really the Infinity does seem like the best. As many of you know the 64GB with dock is the first to release in Australia which to me seems mental, the person running ASUS over hear must be cos there are lots of wierd decisions. And there is no word on the 32GB which I am sure will eventually come, but I am not waiting another 6 weeks for it, so how am I supposed to deal with this. Anyone know an eta on the 32GB?
Thanks,
Hi,
i live in Italy and i also wanted to buy the 32GB version (more cheap) but ended up buying the 64GB version (a retailer had a very good price on it =515 euro) because there's no word about any other version here. I heard that Asus is selling the 32GB version in France, but i didn't checked that personally.
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Well for me it means paying an extra $300 odd dollars which is way more than I intended. I would possibly buy a 32GB with the dock but no way would I buy the 64GB, I would just never use that much.
32 GB is available here in US at best buy for 499
All good and helpful but I live in Australia. At least Apple has global releases and a pretty much fixed price, instead of plopping them here and there and raising the price everywhere. And yeah, if I did need the 64GB, I would just use an SD card, I only used about 6GB of my Prime, couldn't really use much more unless I filled it with movies. JB Hi-Fi have been extremely helpful and I can't really blame them for not getting the 32GB in, no one really has it but hopefully it shouldn't be too long. If not, I may be able to haggle down a Galaxy S3, but really, I bought the Prime to replace the laptop, and now I want an Infinity to replace the Prime so the docking and big screen are pretty important. In store credit, just hate them. Unless there was a way to import through them.
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All good and helpful but I live in Australia. At least Apple has global releases and a pretty much fixed price, instead of plopping them here and there and raising the price everywhere. And yeah, if I did need the 64GB, I would just use an SD card, I only used about 6GB of my Prime, couldn't really use much more unless I filled it with movies. JB Hi-Fi have been extremely helpful and I can't really blame them for not getting the 32GB in, no one really has it but hopefully it shouldn't be too long. If not, I may be able to haggle down a Galaxy S3, but really, I bought the Prime to replace the laptop, and now I want an Infinity to replace the Prime so the docking and big screen are pretty important. In store credit, just hate them. Unless there was a way to import through them.
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This may sound dumb, but I'm just taking a stab at it. But would shipping be that bad on something so small to prohibit buying on amazon and having it mailed to you. I realize that it'll cost you $40-$50 in shipping (guessing), but it means saving the $300 price hike and you actually get what you want and save the money. Or is it that you want to use that big ol gift card?
Thanks for the suggestion but yeah, I have to use this store credit. And the other problem is that Amazon dont ship electronics to Australia, had another store on hold though before I got the news I had a gift card.
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Thanks for the suggestion but yeah, I have to use this store credit. And the other problem is that Amazon dont ship electronics to Australia, had another store on hold though before I got the news I had a gift card.
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Don't know what JBs is, quick google search suggests JB HIFI, an electronics outlet? But regardless, there are lots of places online that will buy your gift card. Again you will lose money, probably 20% (guessing), but you can get more for your card if you do a trade for credit to one of their cards for another outlet. I bought several gift cards to bestbuy for about 10% less then face value, used those to buy a TV that was already on sale and saved a massive amount in the end. Probably not the way you want to go, but just thinking outside the proverbial box.
Yeah, I would prefer to do it with the least amount of loss possible. But the good news is that the Prime is under $700 AUD with the dock for what I think is a first in Australia, so I think that suggests the Infinity will be in soon. They have axed the 32 GB no dock and have no 64GB at all, so it should be in. Official launch for the infinity is Tuesday so fingers crossed :fingers-crossed:
mdemons12 said:
Hey,
Officially not the owner of a Transformer Prime, woohoo, got the refund I was after! But, its in store credit . I can't seem to find out where JB-Hi-FI says I can't have a cash refund:
http://www.jbhifi.com.au/documents/corporate/43_2012-01-06_10-10-25.pdf
So a massive gift card is what I get. So, I want the Infinity 32GB no dock, although probably will get one later, but I am not exactly sure about how to go about it. My other options in the store are a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (Poo), Toshiba Excite 10 (Err, not really), Nexus 7 (honestly, too small) and the A510 which is Acer and overheats. So really the Infinity does seem like the best. As many of you know the 64GB with dock is the first to release in Australia which to me seems mental, the person running ASUS over hear must be cos there are lots of wierd decisions. And there is no word on the 32GB which I am sure will eventually come, but I am not waiting another 6 weeks for it, so how am I supposed to deal with this. Anyone know an eta on the 32GB?
Thanks,
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Don't forget about the Lenovo S2110 which has a keyboard dock almost identical to the Transformer(even has a large battery). The S2110's CPU is a Snapdragon S4 which is a generation newer than the Tegra 3.
That looks pretty nice, coming from a non Lenovo fan such as me. Unfortunately, we get hit again as this tab isn't coming to Australia. Are we really that minor to every other country?
Yay, got my refund, time to place an order on buyspry.com for a TF700, lets hope I get a good, one, if not, everyone will hear about it
Ugh, so confusing about what to do. Still probably going with BuySPRY.com as they seem to have the best tock and shipping but thats where I am sorta stuck. Some online stores place the Infinity shipping $50 higher than others which confuses me. Its FedEx International Priority so some pretty decent shipping. Add on insurance is also covered with an extra cost of $15 which I think I will get. But if I need to send it back, thats where the problem begins. I read ASUS provides a warranty for devices everywhere no matter where they are from. But any more advice would be more than welcome.
Thanks,
A friend of mine has been having increased issues with her ancient Verizon GNex lately and drunkenly ordered a 16GB black N5 from the Play Store last week. Her contract isn't up until mid-December, but her phone arrived today. My order (32GB black) says it won't be leaving the warehouse until December 3rd. She is afraid she's going to be too tempted to port her number to T-Mobile and risk an ETF with Verizon, so she isn't even opening the box. She is wrapping her phone up and putting it under her Christmas tree until her contract runs out.
She just proposed swapping with me. She said she would pay me the difference if I wanted hers now, and she would just take mine when it arrived.
The impatient side of me is really intrigued by this proposal. I am currently using a 16GB N4. I've never run out of space. I'm in an excellent 4G market, and I stream all of my music. I don't play games. The thing that takes up the most space on my device is podcasts, which can easily be managed better than I manage them now. Plus, I would be able to have an N5 in my hands tonight after work.
On the flip side, $50 is a really low price to pay for double the storage space. This screen is bigger and prettier, so I might be more tempted to throw a movie or two on here (would I?). I do have a 32GB N7 (13) that handles most of my media consumption needs. I mostly ordered the 32GB version out of laziness. Going 32 essentially meant not making a decision. But I do want this thing to be very future-proof (even though I'll probably buy next year's device as well).
Anyway, if you're me, what do you do? I'd especially like to hear from people who already have a 16GB version in their possession. Are you happy with 16? Do you wish you had gotten 32?
ejchis said:
A friend of mine has been having increased issues with her ancient Verizon GNex lately and drunkenly ordered a 16GB black N5 from the Play Store last week. Her contract isn't up until mid-December, but her phone arrived today. My order (32GB black) says it won't be leaving the warehouse until December 3rd. She is afraid she's going to be too tempted to port her number to T-Mobile and risk an ETF with Verizon, so she isn't even opening the box. She is wrapping her phone up and putting it under her Christmas tree until her contract runs out.
She just proposed swapping with me. She said she would pay me the difference if I wanted hers now, and she would just take mine when it arrived.
The impatient side of me is really intrigued by this proposal. I am currently using a 16GB N4. I've never run out of space. I'm in an excellent 4G market, and I stream all of my music. I don't play games. The thing that takes up the most space on my device is podcasts, which can easily be managed better than I manage them now. Plus, I would be able to have an N5 in my hands tonight after work.
On the flip side, $50 is a really low price to pay for double the storage space. This screen is bigger and prettier, so I might be more tempted to throw a movie or two on here (would I?). I do have a 32GB N7 (13) that handles most of my media consumption needs. I mostly ordered the 32GB version out of laziness. Going 32 essentially meant not making a decision. But I do want this thing to be very future-proof (even though I'll probably buy next year's device as well).
Anyway, if you're me, what do you do? I'd especially like to hear from people who already have a 16GB version in their possession. Are you happy with 16? Do you wish you had gotten 32?
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I have a 32gb right now, but the only reason was that I was impatient and didn't want to wait for the 16gb to arrive. As of now, with about 100 songs and 10 downloaded apps, I still have 21gb available.
At the time, I also really needed a flash drive since mine just failed, so I thought an extra $50 for a 32gb flash drive wasn't too bad anyway.
The point is, unless you store 10 1080p movies with a bunch of other stuff, you're never going to fill up the 32gb of space. 16gb should be more than enough for normal usage. Actually, I never used the 8gb of space on my N4.
You have a 16gb right now and arent finding yourself wishing you had more. To me that is the answer to your question. If you needed more you would already know it, you wouldnt be 'wondering'. As for futureproofing, you also said you will probably get a new phone in a year.... so thats not really a very long future.
I think you are mostly impatient, and trying to justify jumping on this offer which to me isnt that compelling of a reason. It is more emotional than logical as far as how i personally weigh decisions. I am going to say that my personal decision was no doubt that I wanted 32gb. I have tons of mp3s, large game installs, and I DONT have the ability to use the cloud for everything all the time. So really my personal choice is very different but because we have different situations, it is also completely irrelevant. LOL
It is ironic that patience is the driving force for both of you. hehe, she is afraid she will be tempted to switch her contract even if there is a penalty so that pushes her to NOT want the device now, and you DO want it now based on that same challenge. I definitely think you have less to lose by giving up the space, especially since she is paying the difference. whereas if she caves and switches providers that is a BIG ding in the wallet.
TLDR: if 16gb is enough for your current device, it will be enough for another year. :silly:
aooga said:
I have a 32gb right now, but the only reason was that I was impatient and didn't want to wait for the 16gb to arrive. As of now, with about 100 songs and 10 downloaded apps, I still have 21gb available.
At the time, I also really needed a flash drive since mine just failed, so I thought an extra $50 for a 32gb flash drive wasn't too bad anyway.
The point is, unless you store 10 1080p movies with a bunch of other stuff, you're never going to fill up the 32gb of space. 16gb should be more than enough for normal usage. Actually, I never used the 8gb of space on my N4.
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32gig for 2 reasons..
1) I agree, $50 cheap for double memory
2) My 32gig said will ship in 3-4 weeks... I got it in 4 days. I mean yours may come way faster than you think
I think the part of me that wants to say no to her is mostly driven by the fact that I don't like my impatience driving a decision, as Tweak properly pointed out. Then there is also the reality that this thing (my order) could very well leave the warehouse well before December, as Tomey points out. My friend's wasn't supposed to ship until November 26 as of yesterday, and it arrived today.
I believe they are going to be hard to get.
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I believe they are going to be hard to get.
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Easier if anything. Most people are going to go for the 64GB variant followed by the 32GB. The 128GB will see most of its sales to the kinds of people who frequent forums like this one and other power users. Any hardship would be due to carriers not bothering to carry as many of the 128GB units.
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Any hardship would be due to carriers not bothering to carry as many of the 128GB units.
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I imagine this will be the case.
I'm waiting on pre-orders to be available for 128GB versions on AT&T. Think I've seen a few people post on here that they have pre-ordered them, but at both Best Buy and AT&T websites, 128GB preorders are not available. Talked to Best buy sales guy, had no clue why. AT&T sales guy said it was a 'technical issue' with no resolution timeframe, for what that's worth. Making me nervous....
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I'm waiting on pre-orders to be available for 128GB versions on AT&T. Think I've seen a few people post on here that they have pre-ordered them, but at both Best Buy and AT&T websites, 128GB preorders are not available. Talked to Best buy sales guy, had no clue why. AT&T sales guy said it was a 'technical issue' with no resolution timeframe, for what that's worth. Making me nervous....
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AT&T's pre-order website was definitely having some issues. It actually managed to swap around my billing info when I purchased my device somehow. Got an e-mail later the night I ordered it saying they couldn't charge the card (even though I saw the charge on my online billing lol). Turns out my bank had just rejected it because their system managed to swap JUST the name on the credit card I used with the name of someone else on the account.
With that said, I've got a 128GB Black Sapphire Edge currently processing.
I'm not sure about the standard S6, but if I had to guess, I'd say they probably just ran out. They're definitely going to stock more 32 and 64GB variants than 128s, so it's possible that they just didn't quite order enough for their first shipment.