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HTC Thunderbolt launch at Best Buy on the 21st (yes I have a pic lol)

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According to the information on this screenshot and word of mouth from Best Buy employees, the Thunderbolt will be released on the 21st. From what I understand, if a product doesn't have a street date (see street date on pic), the product can be sold as soons as it arrives at the store.
Here's a link to the guy who works at Best Buy who provided the pic answering questions...
http://androidforums.com/htc-thunderbolt/278409-best-buy-details.html
Edit: I know that it isn't an official date from Verizon and that things could change so there's no need to be a Buzz McKillington by pointing out the obvious about that.
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Good to know, looks like i'm going to bestbuy this weekend.

That's a "in stock" date, I doubt they are going to release as soon as the receive them
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I work for Best Buy Mobile and as I have said, in stock date means nothing when it comes to when a product is being launched/sold.
Look for the 24.....

24th. No doubt.

Is anyone aware of what Verizon's price breakdown for the Tbolt will be?
I'm aware of the $749 full retail and $249 2/yr pricing from BestBuy but has any info slipped about big red'spredictions?

Was in Best Buy yesterday and spoke to the guy who got the incredible release date spot on before it's official announcement and we were going over the differences. When I spoke to him he pulled some paperwork that stated the 24th is the official street date. The computer system just states when they are going to arrive in store, not really a release date.

THe guy in that forum has also posted the ad from next week that goes out monday morning on the 21st. The thunderbolt is on there, so dont be surprised if BB is selling it on the 21st, no where it says the availability so it looks like it will sell on the 21st. otherwise it would have said the available date on the ad. If they dont do sell the phone, it will sure piss people off who go to the store after seeing the ad.

They can easily print up an ad-correction stating when it will arrive in store. I have a feeling this ad is just reflecting the original 14th date and is just saying "oh don't forget we have the new Thunderbolt"
ads are printed up months in advance, so i doubt BB would have had enough time to get a reprint issued before it was sent to all the news papers for distribution.
24th should be the date, we know it ships this week from HTC to Verizon as was tweeted by Peter Chou, i think the instock date is right and that they will start pre-ordering them at Verizon on that same day to ship on the 24th/on sale date.
if we go by the previous launch (droid incredible last year) the phone was announced the friday before, pre-orders started Monday around 1am EST, the phone shipped a day or two later and arrived a day earlier than the street date for most, and went on sale that Thursday (April 29th)

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They can easily print up an ad-correction stating when it will arrive in store. I have a feeling this ad is just reflecting the original 14th date and is just saying "oh don't forget we have the new Thunderbolt"
ads are printed up months in advance, so i doubt BB would have had enough time to get a reprint issued before it was sent to all the news papers for distribution.
24th should be the date, we know it ships this week from HTC to Verizon as was tweeted by Peter Chou, i think the instock date is right and that they will start pre-ordering them at Verizon on that same day to ship on the 24th/on sale date.
if we go by the previous launch (droid incredible last year) the phone was announced the friday before, pre-orders started Monday around 1am EST, the phone shipped a day or two later and arrived a day earlier than the street date for most, and went on sale that Thursday (April 29th)
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I work retail, and no ads are not printed monts in advance. Our ads go out a week in advance, and I work at frys. Yes ads are made atleast 2, 3 weeks in advance. They dont print until a week in advance. we dont throw anything on ad that we are not sure about and that will not be available, unless ofcourse they one store is out of stock for some reason. Unless ofcourse we put an availability date on the paper that says the item is available on such date.
If best buy puts it on ad going out on the 20th and doesn't say that the item will be available on the 24th then they will probably piss off a lot of customers, even if it being released on the 24th, you gotta put that on ad.

Ads for best buy are actually made typically two~three weeks in advance, and get to the store a week before it comes out approximately

I know this just adds to all the heresay on here but this is what i was told by BB today. First the normal (non-mobile) store said they had no idea when they would get it, and it showed up in the system as "disco" so that meant it got delayed again.
Then i went to the BB Mobile store and they said it would be available on the 24th, and they wil reserve one for 50 bucks. Then the guy proceeded to tell me how stupid i would be if i got it with the Bionic being announced and then pulled out a DX to tell me how awesome it was being rooted. I asked what all he could do with root and he said it is overclocked and has a custom start page. I said oh yeah, my Incredible has Gingerbread, ill stick with HTC for the dev support/non locked bootloader.

The rumor mill has been awfully quiet today...
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I think everyone is just sick of it. This is just completely ridiculous.
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Just got word from BestBuy. As of this morning, the release has been delayed indefinitely
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Haha starting that stupid rumor again? I'm glad all the rumors stopped
Atleast we are all almost set in the right date... the 24th
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You work for Best Buy and you don't know the difference between in-stock date and street date?
Do you see to the left where it says "Street Date" and it's blank? That's where Best Buy documents the release date for a product. In-stock date just means when it's supposed to come into inventory.
Stores receive shipments on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays typically. I didn't even work in inventory to know that.
Anyway the confirmed release date is the 24th and the "delayed again" rumors are false. HTC CEO already stated he shipped out the phones. The only people crying "delay" are saying it because they might not get their shipments in time to launch on the 24th with the rest of the carriers.

I'm just saying what Bestbuy rep told me. He stated he's been calling people all morning. I don't know whether to believe him as there were only three other people on the waiting list when I signed up for preorder on Feb 14th. I've seen all the rumors on the web, I'm as excited as you are to get this phone, but Bestbuy really let my hopes down some... I hope It's out on 24th...
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Guys this is a great phone but im just wondering.....if you take the 4g away from this phone its still a basic 2.2 Froyo Android phone.
There are no apps in the market that are special for this hone that another android phone can play.
What are you expecting from this phone besides looks and 4g? Or is the 4g enough?

Oh and the guy that leaked the inventory screen shot also leak the new sells paper for next week and it's in there as a "new" item with a price.
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[Q] good idea to buy second hand?

it's out of stock everywhere and the only option now is second hand, should i go for it? my other option would to buy a ipad 2 16gb but i feel that won't be enough data for me and i am so used to android, anyone give me advice?

Uh... I would say, wait until they get some stock? Find a place that will restock? Import? Craigslist may also offer some new ones from people who bought at a discounted price.

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Uh... I would say, wait until they get some stock? Find a place that will restock? Import? Craigslist may also offer some new ones from people who bought at a discounted price.
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i can't wait till they get stock, it could be up till a month before they come back (can you go a whole month without a tablet?) and the price would increase and i would miss out on the £50 cashback, i can't even buy second hand from cex they are all gone, its all because of christmas, bah humbug i say!
i will try the stores on the high street today but i've checked all their stock online, they are all gone, i think i will have no choice but to buy a ipad 2, its either that or go without a tablet for a whole month, i can't use a samsung galaxy S2 to browse the web e.t.c LOL screen is tiny and impossible to type with (using it now to type this post)

I would go without a tablet for a month. You want warranty for something like this. I had the opportunity to get a used but unopened note off craigslist for $75 less but I decided against it.
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i found one from the high street, it costs more at £355 but i am happy i have got one, i don't think i would have been happy with a ipad anyway.

Picked one up at tescos(York) yesterday for £318 and to quote the samsung guy 'there's load in stock'.... sure you tried everywhere?!
And for those that dont know you have to purchase up to and including the 31st December to be entitled to the £50 cashback.
EDIT: By the way, something else I also found out yesterday which could be relevant to you, is that Tescos website on purpose prevents you from checking stock of these items.

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Picked one up at tescos(York) yesterday for £318 and to quote the samsung guy 'there's load in stock'.... sure you tried everywhere?!
And for those that dont know you have to purchase up to and including the 31st December to be entitled to the £50 cashback.
EDIT: By the way, something else I also found out yesterday which could be relevant to you, is that Tescos website on purpose prevents you from checking stock of these items.
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yeah i saw tesco direct website had the tablet for £318 but i heard such bad stories about their delivery i decided to pass on that and that is strange, why would they not let you check stock on online :S
i am going to claim my £50 cashback tomorrow, gotta setup the tablet tonight so tired too.

Oh sorry didn't see you managed to grab one! Annoyingly you cant start cashback claim process until 15 days after you buy it...probs to prevent you buying one claiming cash back and taking it back. But at the same time it has to be claimed before 60 days......probably in the hope you forget to claim!
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yeah i saw tesco direct website had the tablet for £318 but i heard such bad stories about their delivery i decided to pass on that and that is strange, why would they not let you check stock on online :S
i am going to claim my £50 cashback tomorrow, gotta setup the tablet tonight so tired too.
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Oh sorry didn't see you managed to grab one! Annoyingly you cant start cashback claim process until 15 days after you buy it...probs to prevent you buying one claiming cash back and taking it back. But at the same time it has to be claimed before 60 days......probably in the hope you forget to claim!
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man, that's lame so i have to wait till, gah! that won't be till january, am i screwed? or can i just fill in the form and wait the 15 days out?

HUYI said:
man, that's lame so i have to wait till, gah! that won't be till january, am i screwed? or can i just fill in the form and wait the 15 days out?
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The device is out of stocks in singapore as well. But believe uts totally worth it compare to ipad.
I bought with no regrets..

HUYI said:
man, that's lame so i have to wait till, gah! that won't be till january, am i screwed? or can i just fill in the form and wait the 15 days out?
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Basically you're perfectly fine. if you look here:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/tab2cashback/tandc.html
At no. 2. You just have to claim before the 28th feb(or 60 days after purchase, whichever is sooner), but have to have BOUGHT it before the 31st December. And you have. so youll have no probs! Just make sure you claim before that 60 days expires.

HUYI said:
man, that's lame so i have to wait till, gah! that won't be till january, am i screwed? or can i just fill in the form and wait the 15 days out?
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Take a weeks holiday in Dubai, we've got thousands of them. Everyone here is suffering from iPad mania
Nice weather is a bonus, drop me a PM and I'll even take you dune bashing. Might get some airtime
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International Exynos I9500 for $699 Shipped. Get yours now!

Wanted to share this deal for you guys, I purchased a GS3 international from these guys before and everything was peachy.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Samsung...407?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51ac15dad7
Get them while they last!

Dan37tz said:
Wanted to share this deal for you guys, I purchased a GS3 international from these guys before and everything was peachy.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Samsung...407?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51ac15dad7
Get them while they last!
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Holy Batman!

No warranty no buy!
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Shipping: $99.95 FedEx International Priority
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Ehhhh. No sorry that's a bit much. Still amounts to 615€ which is overpriced.
I think I'll have to wait to get this device at reasonable price... (Still tempting)

Ahh yes, unfortunately not that good of a deal if you live outside of the US since the shipping is only FREE if you live here.
Still $150 cheaper than Negri Electronics, the only other place that is shipping them now....

AndreiLux said:
Ehhhh. No sorry that's a bit much. Still amounts to 615€ which is overpriced.
I think I'll have to wait to get this device at reasonable price... (Still tempting)
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This is how they make money by boosting the shipping cost. I live in China I know how much they pay the phone and I know how much it cost to ship a phone. I shipped a guitar for 40$ in Montreal from Shanghai so 99$ for a phone makes no sense.

They are local to me. I wonder how much if i picked it up and pay cash.
Will I get LTE on AT&T with this one?

Isnt it best to wait for a Korean version? Dont they support both lte and octa core?
I ordered a Korean phone before and it worked fine in the uk
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If the Korean Version did have octacore and support LTE it would be worth waiting for, as long as it wasn't 3-4 months down the line anyway.

Sarcron said:
If the Korean Version did have octacore and support LTE it would be worth waiting for, as long as it wasn't 3-4 months down the line anyway.
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Thats what ive heard... Im going korea in june so maybe i can pick one up

ive bit the bullet and ordered the international one, will send my lte one back when it arrives..
@AndreiLux Hope you get the device soon and start making your legendary kernels

I contact him to buy to Puerto Rico but not answer me

Has anyone actually received yet?
I ordered but havnt had any confirmation and i notice he hasn't had any feedback on the s4 either
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Guitarfreak26 said:
Has anyone actually received yet?
I ordered but havnt had any confirmation and i notice he hasn't had any feedback on the s4 either
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I was tempted to order one myself but wanted confirmation that it was the I9500 and not the Snapdragon 600 I9505. So I sent him a message early this morning. As yet - no reply !!!
This doesn't inspire confidence in buying from him even though he has a very good seller rating. Also, as you say I can only see 1 positive feedback from someone who has purchased an S4 - yet he has sold over 1000.
I was prepared to order this morning but not now. Especially after reading your message and not getting a reply to my earlier question, I'm not sure what to do.
I hope you get yours and at least you're covered by eBays Buyer Protection should anything go wrong !!! Keep us posted.

He replied to a message I sent on saturday today. All I can think is that he has so many messages he can't get through them all
I'm hoping it comes tomorrow if he holds up to his one buisness day claim

Guitarfreak26 said:
He replied to a message I sent on saturday today. All I can think is that he has so many messages he can't get through them all
I'm hoping it comes tomorrow if he holds up to his one buisness day claim
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Thanks for the update.
I contacted someone who had left positive feedback for purchasing an S4. I asked whether it was a genuine Octa I9500, you never know with alot of online retailers simply copy/pasting specs, and he confirmed that it was.
He also mentioned that the packaging was in spanish/portugese or something so looks like these might have been destined for South America maybe.

I got this reply..
Dear Buyer,
Thank you for your order. We will email you the tracking details to your order once it is processed and shipped. We are working hard to get your order processed. Thank you for your understanding in this matter. Once your order is shipped you can follow the progress of your package online
PS- please note that SAT & SUN are not business day or shipping days
Thank you
Looks like there getting overwhelmed with orders, meh

Guitarfreak26 said:
I got this reply..
Dear Buyer,
Thank you for your order. We will email you the tracking details to your order once it is processed and shipped. We are working hard to get your order processed. Thank you for your understanding in this matter. Once your order is shipped you can follow the progress of your package online
PS- please note that SAT & SUN are not business day or shipping days
Thank you
Looks like there getting overwhelmed with orders, meh
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Well, that sucks because you are paying $99 shipping for FedEx International Priority so even if they are really busy - they owe it to you to ship your order out in a timely fashion.
I have just placed my order - it's working out about the same as buying the Snapdragon 600 version here in the UK, as long you don't get it hit by Customs that is !!! Hopefully, I get by the weekend at the latest otherwise I won't be a happy bunny

Yeah i agree, still no notification of shipping!

For what it matters, I did in the end buy from this guy. It arrived today. It's a latin america destined 9500 with the Octa as advertised. The thing left the manufacturing line only about a week ago. No problems in terms of tracking or shipping (Intl is FedEx, inside of the FedEx box it was wrapped in a UPS wrapper). Btw: European users: it comes with a US-power adapter, so probably you should order a Note 2 charger to go with it (works flawlessly).
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I ordered it Friday and it arrived yesterday (from across the globe!) but it missed the daily courier truck so I got it only today.
In the end it was worth it because my country apparently doesn't give a crap about adding VAT to inbound packets and didn't ask me to pay nothing in addition, so I actually paid no taxes at all on it, i.e. 537€. (Plus shipping)

Shield Recall: Wait time to receive tablet?

Hello! I've done some looking around on the forums before making this, but I might have missed it since I'm looking rather specifically. I'm wondering what peoples wait times are to receive their replacement tablets? I submitted my info for the recall on August 7th, and received the confirmation, but here it is 4 weeks later and I have yet to receive any further information or my replacement tablet. I'm wondering if I should keep waiting, or if there's something I should do? I tried contacting the recall hot-line, but every time I do, they seem to be closed.

They said 2-4 weeks so you have some wait time still. I'm in the same boat. Filled out form late in day on Aug 3. No notice yet except the initial confirmation. I'm in the US by the way. No worries. Will get here eventually
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Frankenscript said:
They said 2-4 weeks so you have some wait time still. I'm in the same boat. Filled out form late in day on Aug 3. No notice yet except the initial confirmation. I'm in the US by the way. No worries. Will get here eventually
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Thanks for the input, that calms my worries a lot! I already disposed of the old one, I'd hate to not receive it. Haha.

Took approx 4 weeks for mine to arrive in the UK.

I havent heard/got anything yet since putting in the request on 31st July, Im in Oxford/Leamington

Got this email today (UK)
Dear NVIDIA tablet owner,
We apologize for the delay in sending your replacement SHIELD Tablet.
We are fulfilling claims as quickly as we can, in the order in which they were received. In some cases, we are running behind our target delivery of 2-4 weeks. We’re doing everything we can to accelerate the schedule.
We’ll notify you when your unit ships. In the meantime, should you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Thanks for your patience.
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Got the same email. Submitted RMA on August 3.

Got that email just now!
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Got the delay email yesterday, got an email today saying it's shipped and being delivered today. Checked the tracking number and it says delivered. New tablet was sitting on my front porch. I got the box to ship back the old one and everything.

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Got the delay email yesterday, got an email today saying it's shipped and being delivered today. Checked the tracking number and it says delivered. New tablet was sitting on my front porch. I got the box to ship back the old one and everything.
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Got the same thing.

I received mine this week and it was a time of 1-2 weeks until it arrived (germany).

Thanks for the responses everyone! It'd be nice if I got one of those emails soon, haha. I'm likely just being overly paranoid, but the lack of info is bothering me since I already disposed of mine.

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Got the same thing.
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i got that email as well for UPS.
But i live in the UK and the tracking number has been coming uo as invalid for the past few days =/

I'm just off the phone with them. I registered mine on July 31st and still no sign of anything.
They had no detail to give me other than there was a delay in sending out non-US tablets. Are the people in the UK / Europe that have got theirs WiFi only or LTE? I've seen a lot of Europeans saying they registered in August and have received theirs, seems odd that they wouldn't send them out in the order RMAs were received.

I just got an email from UPS My Choice, no official email yet, but I've got a package coming from Stericycle-ES! I registered for the recall on Aug 8th, so this turnout doesn't seem too bad.

Usually you get the UPS Mychoice (presuming you've signed up) email the business day before delivery, and then an email from Stericycle/Nvidia the next day, from most reports, on the day it gets delivered.

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Usually you get the UPS Mychoice (presuming you've signed up) email the business day before delivery, and then an email from Stericycle/Nvidia the next day, from most reports, on the day it gets delivered.
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Yup! Got the official email about a hour after it arrived by UPS!

Still haven't received my replacement nor have I heard anything from nvidia since the email informing me it was going to take longer than the original 2-4 weeks. I'm in Texas awaiting the LTE version. I submitted my RMA 8/1

I submitted my RMA on August 3 and received the replacement on September 8. This was for the LTE tablet,and I live in the Indianapolis area. I got notice from ups my choice the day before delivery (I'm a my choice member). Day of delivery, got the email from nvidia that the tablet was on the way
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well its 2 weeks into their second email for me, reg 31st July! So two more weeks will see if anything arrives.

Question Samsung Care+ Free Year

I see in the members app where you can get care+ for a year if you pre ordered but when I tap the button nothing happens. Anyone know how to get the free year?
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Try directly via Browser/PC: https://www.samsungcareplus.com/

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Try directly via Browser/PC: https://www.samsungcareplus.com/
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That gives me a "you are no longer eligible to enroll in Samsung care+" message. You think they are making us wait until the actual release date of the 27th before it goes live?
Edit: Samsung said it will go live on the official launch the 27th.

It's the same offer in my country, but it says "Samsung care+ not available in your country".

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It's the same offer in my country, but it says "Samsung care+ not available in your country".
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Try tomorrow once the official launch hits.

TechOut said:
That gives me a "you are no longer eligible to enroll in Samsung care+" message. You think they are making us wait until the actual release date of the 27th before it goes live?
Edit: Samsung said it will go live on the official launch the 27th.
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Did you order directly from Samsung? If so, you had to add it to the order.
Unfortunately, I played this game with the Note 20 Ultra. Not adding it to the order claimed I could go into the Members app and add it for up to 30 days. After some extensive research, I found out that it could ONLY be added to the order or it "expired" and not even support could get it added.
It also wasn't actually available until after the release and then there was a slight delay (48 hours or so), much like it was a game release. I never did get it added, but that was the initial excuse support gave for not being able to add it.

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Did you order directly from Samsung? If so, you had to add it to the order.
Unfortunately, I played this game with the Note 20 Ultra. Not adding it to the order claimed I could go into the Members app and add it for up to 30 days. After some extensive research, I found out that it could ONLY be added to the order or it "expired" and not even support could get it added.
It also wasn't actually available until after the release and then there was a slight delay (48 hours or so), much like it was a game release.
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They checked and told me I would be eligible to add it tomorrow

TechOut said:
They checked and told me I would be eligible to add it tomorrow
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As long as it is on your receipt, you should be fine.

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As long as it is on your receipt, you should be fine.
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I didn't add it when I ordered. But the app says you have 30 days to redeem it. There is a button specific for pre order customers

TechOut said:
I didn't add it when I ordered. But the app says you have 30 days to redeem it. There is a button specific for pre order customers
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Hopefully it works out this time or they fixed the terms because last year, they were making the same claim and it ended up only being available if you purchased them together.

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Hopefully it works out this time or they fixed the terms because last year, they were making the same claim and it ended up only being available if you purchased them together.
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I wasn't questioning whether or not they made the claim. I had the same thing through the 10 different support conversations. I hope they do things differently this time, but I have no doubt you will invest the same amount of time I did.

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I wasn't questioning whether or not they made the claim. I had the same thing through the 10 different support conversations. I hope they do things differently this time, but I have no doubt you will invest the same amount of time I did.
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Says on the app it's during order only. I asked they won't honor it. But whatever I was paying on it for my S21 Ultra so I canceled that since I sold it and will pay for it for the Z Flip so not like I'm really out any extra

Did it work for you? I've registered mine on 25th Aug. without problems (germany), purchased directly at samsung

TechOut said:
Says on the app it's during order only. I asked they won't honor it. But whatever I was paying on it for my S21 Ultra so I canceled that since I sold it and will pay for it for the Z Flip so not like I'm really out any extra
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If it didn't arrive yet, you could try contacting support and telling them you thought you clicked the button to add it. They may still be able to edit the order. The mistake I made was waiting until it arrived to decide I should add it. By then, the order was already complete.

twistedumbrella said:
If it didn't arrive yet, you could try contacting support and telling them you thought you clicked the button to add it. They may still be able to edit the order. The mistake I made was waiting until it arrived to decide I should add it. By then, the order was already complete.
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They wouldn't.

I have the same problem, I had to add it on my cart and check out which I didn't... but the rep was kind enough to send me a $60 credit to use on samsung.com.. I ended up using it towards a watch watch 4.. Samsung care is pretty lame anyway the deductibles are way too high for screen replacement. I'll take my chances with the one year manufacturer's warranty.

Let's hope the hinge is made to be durable. The repair shops are trained to find a reason to call it accidental damage.

i waited out the preorder period to avoid Members app or Samsung account. After the release, the benefits are similar, but without that privacy annoyance. However, there's a price to pay for Care+ at least for first 2 weeks (to make sure preorder people feel privileged). The old Z models still receive free Care+ until today. I expect the same conditions to reapply for ZFlip3/ZFold3 soon. The display repair price is up to 1000$ so the manufacturer should still provide extra backing.

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i waited out the preorder period to avoid Members app or Samsung account. After the release, the benefits are similar, but without that privacy annoyance. However, there's a price to pay for Care+ at least for first 2 weeks (to make sure preorder people feel privileged). The old Z models still receive free Care+ until today. I expect the same conditions to reapply for ZFlip3/ZFold3 soon. The display repair price is up to 1000$ so the manufacturer should still provide extra backing.
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You save $100 with the Care+ plan. Screen repair is around $400.