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No more iphone

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???

l3v5y said:
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 ....

Snowreaper said:
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

i9500 32gb coming to UK. Here's what a phone shop says...

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!

Bestbuy Preorders for Verizon

Hey so I was thinking about preordering from bestbuy but i noticed on their website, they have the unlocked s6 for 750, while verizon has it for 600. What prices have people around here been getting the verizon one for from bestbuy?

NoFanboy said:
Hey so I was thinking about preordering from bestbuy but i noticed on their website, they have the unlocked s6 for 750, while verizon has it for 600. What prices have people around here been getting the verizon one for from bestbuy?
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They usually can price match Verizon corporate price.

Best Buy on Elston in Chicago was selling pre-orders with included charging dock, but unfortunately, had no 128GB SKUS whatsoever. By the way, does anyone know where we can pre-order off-contract S6 Edge's?

eyc said:
Best Buy on Elston in Chicago was selling pre-orders with included charging dock, but unfortunately, had no 128GB SKUS whatsoever. By the way, does anyone know where we can pre-order off-contract S6 Edge's?
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You should be able to pre-order off-contract S6's and S6 Edge's anywhere (carrier stores, carrier website, best buy website, best buy stores)

Juliann826 said:
You should be able to pre-order off-contract S6's and S6 Edge's anywhere (carrier stores, carrier website, best buy website, best buy stores)
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People are saying that the off-contract prices at Best Buy are $150 more than at VZW, but that certainly wasn't the case for me. See http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/31391i/free_wireless_charger_at_best_buy_for_pre_order/

eyc said:
People are saying that the off-contract prices at Best Buy are $150 more than at VZW, but that certainly wasn't the case for me. See http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/31391i/free_wireless_charger_at_best_buy_for_pre_order/
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Yes Best Buy's prices are $150 more than Verizon, however I've heard they're price matching. Seems silly to me, plus you're more likely to get it in your hand sooner if you pre order from verizon

Juliann826 said:
Yes Best Buy's prices are $150 more than Verizon, however I've heard they're price matching. Seems silly to me, plus you're more likely to get it in your hand sooner if you pre order from verizon
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Right. But, if they are price matching (which they were at my location), then I'd rather go with Best Buy and get the free wireless charger, which is $60.

So i did my research and talked to a few bb employee friends and they do not price match off contract pricing. Anyone that says they will is probably just saying that, and they'll most likely give you a hard time when you go on the 10th to pay full price. Of course, you can be an exception though.
Anyways, submit my preorder with vzw and ordered a 20$ wireless charger from amazon.

I questioned a Best Buy employee yesterday to verify my full retail price and questioned the price being $150 more. He assured me they would price match the Verizon "Edge" price which in my case was $699 for the 64GB. He offered to give me a written price quote to avoid any confusion on release day and I took him up on it.
Now obviously there is no guarantee that any of that will prevent them from trying to over charge me when it's released but I feel okay about it.
I also questioned him about the Verizon release date and if they'd have it ON that date. He told me they were planning on an April 10th release date unless they get a "push back" date from a Verizon. He said if that's the case it'll be the same for everyone including Verizon. He said the only thing that would prevent someone from getting a pre-order ON that release date would be a lack of supply. He said this was an issue with the Note 4 but he wasn't sure if it was something they'd have an issue with for the S6.
Again none of this really means anything and it's no guarantee but hopefully it'll provide some comfort for those of us who have already preordered from Best Buy.

Hi Verizon users, does the S6 work for T-Mobile's LTE frequencies? I really want to ditch my Note 4, but I honestly cannot tell because I feel like the bands are lower, but I hear the S6 is unlocked though Verizon. Is this true?

Just letting everyone know that if your getting the 2051 error code that they "VZW/bb" know about lol but don't about"know anything " about. At the last step your billing pass is not you acct login pass. It's the last 4 of you ss. Even though you put your ssss above.

Also beware, do not pay off your edge plan over the phone in order to edge up. You will be in limbo for a month. I was in best buy last Wednesday night to pre order and what I wanted to do was keep my Droid Turbo so I was paying it off completely. At the advice of the person at best buy he told me to call 611 and do the transaction, so I did. The Customer service rep took my payment knowing what I was trying to do and he told me I was good to start a new edge plan. Well no the only way you can pay off your edge plan is to go to a Corp store but no one told me this and now I can't get any phone unless I buy it out right for 30 days.

They could price match verizon corporate price.

This morning I got an email saying my order was delayed until May 7th, then 4 hours later got an email saying my order had shipped. Glad I didn't cancel.

they shippped the wireless charger not the phone......atleast for me.

Carl Kast said:
They could price match verizon corporate price.
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I went in to pay full price and they told me they could not match Verizon's price. I was told that it was less than their cost. I call B.S. on that but either way, I had then refund my gift card and went and bought it at Verizon.
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Said it shipped phone just now, 6 hours after the charger shipped. Looks like Monday or Tuesday for delivery.

IMMORTALKING69 said:
they shippped the wireless charger not the phone......atleast for me.
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I finally got around to logging into Best Buy, it looks like I'm only getting the wireless charger on Monday too. Unlike your later post, my phone still hasn't shipped.

Anyone know when BB will get the gold in? I picked up on 4/10, but 32 white. Really want the gold. Hoping it comes in within the next two weeks.

Bestbuy Sucks
I pre-ordered from bUstbuy. I got an email stating i can pick up my pre-order on 4/10/15. I went by the store to pick up my phone and they said. Verizon is not selling that phone until 4/17.
i argued with the guy for a few minutes and asked why i got the email from their company saying my order was ready for pickup.
He started getting kinda irate about me questioning him. he about yelled at me that Verizon stores are not selling the phone until 4/17......
So i left bUstbuy and went across the street to verizon and picked up my new 64gb white S6.
F- Bustbuy... they'll never get my business again.

Sign off if you are getting this phone

This I'll give us an idea of how big the community will be for this phone
I'm hopeful but also a bit uncertain about what I should expect
Regardless I'm getting one
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gtuansdiamm said:
This I'll give us an idea of how big the community will be for this phone
I'm hopeful but also a bit uncertain about what I should expect
Regardless I'm getting one
Sent from my SM-G900P
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I'm getting one, just not sure if I am going with Sprint or TMobile. Thoughts?

I am, getting the gold 64gb since 128gb is no where in sight

I'm getting the black 64gb on Sprint.

I'm thinking about picking one up, haven't completely made my mind up yet.

I ordered mine from Amazon. I have no upgrade eligibility so I figured use the Amazon credit card lol. I got the 32 gig. That has always been enough space for me.

Getting a 32 gb for my girlfriend on Sprint, but waiting for the availability of the Edge in the the green color.

64 black edge preordered at best buy

price is going to turn away a lot of people.. i think samsung is demanding too much money for the Edge compared to the S6 ($100 or more in some cases)
there is no way to justify the increase in price just for a slightly different curve phone..
also, S6 has close to 20 million orders from Samsung, only 5 million or so for Edge version so that gives you an idea that while the Edge won't be a total failure, the S6 will have bigger support just because price is more realistic.
I am going to wait until price drops in a few months. because of samsung Greed (and forcing me to spend more money on a 64GB version) when i would have bought a 32Gb on release day if it had SD card) now i wait for them to be cheaper..

markapowell said:
I'm getting one, just not sure if I am going with Sprint or TMobile. Thoughts?
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if anything find some friends with tmo and sprint in your area and ask them to do a speed test
in my area i get amazing results occasionally going over 50mbps. i also like contracts lol. i dont want to spend full price for the phone like tmo makes you.
dazednconfused said:
I'm thinking about picking one up, haven't completely made my mind up yet.
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it was really hard to justify the edge but i remembered how i felt back when i had the s1 and s2. it felt good not having the same phone as everyone else. no a days everyone has an s3, 4 or 5 and i can see the s6 being way too popular and common for me
Mangu said:
Getting a 32 gb for my girlfriend on Sprint, but waiting for the availability of the Edge in the the green color.
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i really wanted the green too T.T
tft said:
price is going to turn away a lot of people.. i think samsung is demanding too much money for the Edge compared to the S6 ($100 or more in some cases)
there is no way to justify the increase in price just for a slightly different curve phone..
also, S6 has close to 20 million orders from Samsung, only 5 million or so for Edge version so that gives you an idea that while the Edge won't be a total failure, the S6 will have bigger support just because price is more realistic.
I am going to wait until price drops in a few months. because of samsung Greed (and forcing me to spend more money on a 64GB version) when i would have bought a 32Gb on release day if it had SD card) now i wait for them to be cheaper..
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yeah they shouldnt have set the jumps to $100
had they set it to $50 they would have been praised so much
i know i would have had no doubt about getting the 128gb edge if they did and i bet so many more people would have felt the same way
but im going to settle with the 64gb edge

I preordered a Gold 64GB Edge. Hoping to receive it at least a couple days early.
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I'm getting the black 64gb on Sprint, moving over from T-Mobile

64 gb for Sprint. Pre ordered from best buy.

Please post any Edge deals or availability of gold variant.
Best Buy has no word on gold
Sprint's website only show black and white
Amazon has the 64gb gold for pre-order for $399.99 with $30 worth of free apps. Warning, apps in Amazon store are waaaay outdated.
I pre-ordere black form BB to swap to gold later in order to get the free wireless charger, $59 retail.

I wouldn't mind having one.
Went to Best Buy for a "hands on" experience, and I have to say, this blew my M8 out of the water for screen quality.
A very good looking phone. I didn't realize however, that there wasn't a micro SD slot. That's a no go for me in the end, but it is truly a beautiful phone.

rank78 said:
Please post any Edge deals or availability of gold variant.
Best Buy has no word on gold
Sprint's website only show black and white
Amazon has the 64gb gold for pre-order for $399.99 with $30 worth of free apps. Warning, apps in Amazon store are waaaay outdated.
I pre-ordere black form BB to swap to gold later in order to get the free wireless charger, $59 retail.
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I checked & Sprint's website does offer the Gold Edge.
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Black 64gig for me.
I too am hoping they ship a little early, and we don't have any root and recovery problems.

optimummind said:
I checked & Sprint's website does offer the Gold Edge.
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I just double checked and gold is available in 64gb but not 32gb on Sprint.com

Preordered black 64GB through Bestbuy. I have top wait till the 10th to pick it up.

It sucks they won't let us get out early even though sprint is already starting to ship them
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Sprint - Gear VR Promotion

Is the Samsung promotion page not active yet? When I go to the link that the Sprint rep sent me there's just an option to pre-order or it says come back later. but two reps that I've spoken to said I should be able to register now and file a claim form. Samsung rep said it's not open yet but seemed very confused as to what I was asking about.

WeatherTech said:
Is the Samsung promotion page not active yet? When I go to the link that the Sprint rep sent me there's just an option to pre-order or it says come back later. but two reps that I've spoken to said I should be able to register now and file a claim form. Samsung rep said it's not open yet but seemed very confused as to what I was asking about.
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You can't apply until you have your phone so there is no point having the page up until the phones ship. You have to enter the IMEI as part of the application.
Also note that this only applies to pre-orders through the carriers. Direct orders from Samsung.com ship the bundle around the same time as the phone (albeit separately as evidenced by them splitting the charges on my credit card), so there is no form to fill out.
To be honest given the limited number of bundles (50K for the VR Immersive Bundle) I'd be surprised if there were any left by the time the phones ship. I mean they've said 700K pre-orders in South Korea alone, I can't imagine Samsung.com (US) haven't taken 50K yet and for $99 I would imagine most people would have opted for the bundle. The memory card alone is worth twice that and then the headphones are also highly rated $150 Bluetooth wireless over the ear headphones.

craigdamey said:
You can't apply until you have your phone so there is no point having the page up until the phones ship. You have to enter the IMEI as part of the application.
Also note that this only applies to pre-orders through the carriers. Direct orders from Samsung.com ship the bundle around the same time as the phone (albeit separately as evidenced by them splitting the charges on my credit card), so there is no form to fill out.
To be honest given the limited number of bundles (50K for the VR Immersive Bundle) I'd be surprised if there were any left by the time the phones ship. I mean they've said 700K pre-orders in South Korea alone, I can't imagine Samsung.com (US) haven't taken 50K yet and for $99 I would imagine most people would have opted for the bundle. The memory card alone is worth twice that and then the headphones are also highly rated $150 Bluetooth wireless over the ear headphones.
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Debbie Downer over here...

bselesnew said:
Debbie Downer over here...
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Don't shoot the messenger Neither Samsung.com nor the Samsung Shop app offer the choice of gift anymore, it's the Gear VR and Controller or it's nothing. Someone else posted that based on previous promotions Samsung always seem to come up with enough to keep everyone happy but they're clearly limiting the orders right now.