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Current status: SHIPPED!
TO BE DELIVERED THIS THURSDAY!
I placed an order with AT&T Premier at 3am on Tuesday.
Ordered two black 16gb.
Order status was immediately at backordered but changed to processing.
I wish they gave free overnight shipping but best I got was free two day.
So it if ships on the 30th (tuesday), Looking at a Thursday delivery day!
Update 04/22
ATT SENT AN EMAIL:
"Dear Valued AT&T Customer,
Thank you for ordering the Samsung Galaxy S® 4 from AT&T. We are excited to announce that we are able to ship devices earlier than originally expected. Customers who preordered their smartphone early can begin receiving it as soon as April 25th.
You should expect to receive an Order Confirmation email with your shipment tracking number as soon as your order has been shipped."
Update:
Checking your order status:
Go to https://www.att.com/order_status/
There you will be able to see if you are on backorder. This works even if you are a premier customer.
Update from ATTBrandon
ATTBrandon says that att will start shipping on April 23. (This upcoming tuesday)
Lets hope its true.
It is now clear that the phone is on backorder for late orders since some emails are coming in to people saying their order is backordered.
I DIDNT GET AN EMAIL YET!?!
Dont worry. From my experience I never get the emails like "your order has finished processing and is ready for shipment" This does not mean anything. If you check your order status and it says that backordered quantity = 0, you're good to go. If it says 1, dont worry it might change on the day att begins shipping. If you ordered very late, than you will have to wait if backorder = 1.
Should I cancel and try to pick it up in store?
This is entirely up to you. There is no guarantee you will be able to pick it up in store.
ATT Support/Chat said "So and So"
Dont listen to att support. Whatever they tell you when you call or chat online regarding your order, unless they tell you there is a problem with your order is all false. They know as much as you do, maybe even less.
Nice man. Here in Australia we have to wait till the 23rd, then we can preorder. :thumbdown:
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Ordered mine tuesday morning. It says 2-day delivery, but it also says it'll arrive "on or around may 3rd"
I guess we'll see whether it gets here thursday the second or friday the third (fingers crossed!)
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Ordered mine tuesday morning. It says 2-day delivery, but it also says it'll arrive "on or around may 3rd"
I guess we'll see whether it gets here thursday the second or friday the third (fingers crossed!)
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That's pretty much in line with what AT&T has said. On or around the 3rd for delivery.
I ordered mine right after the site went live. At the beginning of the order it said ships April 30th. However, halfway through the order process, there was a page that mentioned April 26th. It was either "ships by" or "delivered by." Then at the end of the order, it went back to "ships on April 30th. I'm wondering since AT&T was supposed to be one of the first carriers to have the S4, that the "April 30th ship date" is just a precaution and they might quite possibly be delivered on April 26th.
Anyone else notice this?
Ordered at 7am est on Tuesday. Had to do it over the phone to get an early upgrade but I chose overnight shipping. The order status just says processing. Where is everyone seeing the ship date and such?
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I ordered mine right after the site went live. At the beginning of the order it said ships April 30th. However, halfway through the order process, there was a page that mentioned April 26th. It was either "ships by" or "delivered by." Then at the end of the order, it went back to "ships on April 30th. I'm wondering since AT&T was supposed to be one of the first carriers to have the S4, that the "April 30th ship date" is just a precaution and they might quite possibly be delivered on April 26th.
Anyone else notice this?
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I honestly feel like they will ship before the 30th. The 30th date seems like an insurance policy against delays, but I bet they want to be first. Who knows. Wishful thinking.
Around or before May 3rd my status says on the AT&T premier site. Not a official ups or FedEx tracking yet .
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I honestly feel like they will ship before the 30th. The 30th date seems like an insurance policy against delays, but I bet they want to be first. Who knows. Wishful thinking.
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I think you may be on to something. I dont understand how if I go on att's site it still says "your device will ship on april 30". No way preordered have held this long. Unless samsung has sent a few million of them. What's the point of holding on to them when there are already ordered in place and they have the stock.
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I think you may be on to something. I dont understand how if I go on att's site it still says "your device will ship on april 30". No way preordered have held this long. Unless samsung has sent a few million of them. What's the point of holding on to them when there are already ordered in place and they have the stock.
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I ordered Wednesday, and called back Thursday to cancel and they said I couldn't because it was being prepared to ship, but my status does not say warehouse. I'm PO'd because I want a free accessory or money off, especially if the other stores will get it first, what the F is the point of a pre-order if everyone else does it cheaper or offers more, AND delivers it earlier. I will return mine and goto best buy, very annoyed at AT&T for not cancelling my order.
I ordered mine from at&t a few days ago. Should have it may 1st as i paid for overnight shipping.
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I think you may be on to something. I dont understand how if I go on att's site it still says "your device will ship on april 30". No way preordered have held this long. Unless samsung has sent a few million of them. What's the point of holding on to them when there are already ordered in place and they have the stock.
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Revised shipping! April 23rd! Told yall so!
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So far mine still says shipping on the 30th.
Boom!
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Wooo! Just doing my regular obsessive "galaxy s4" search in google and saw the news. I'm leaving the country May 2nd and only got standard shipping without the ability to change (ordered in store) so this is amazing news for me. Thought for sure I was gonna get the phone May 3rd and be pissed lol
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So far mine still says shipping on the 30th.
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My order status still says to arrive may 3rd but I doubt they will hold the earliest pre orders back.
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I'm thinking about ordering a 2nd Galaxy S4 but off contract. My family plan is full so I can't add another $10/month line. I can however add a brand new plan...my question is if I add a new plan w/2 year contract Galaxy S4 for $199...then cancel the plan immediately (ETF for $325) will my total charges just be $525 (phone + etf)? Or are there other hidden charges like I still have to pay for that first month of service on the new plan? And do they disable or blacklist the phone you ordered when you cancel and pay an ETF? This seems like a much better deal to get an "off contract" phone than paying the $639.99 for the same exact thing...am I wrong?
Nice, I'm very happy!
any word on in-store availability?
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any word on in-store availability?
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Do a google on "ATT april 23"
a lot of reports say its still not 100% confirmed but I think it is.
Hi guys, I just wanted to pass along some potentially juicy info. I've been amped up about a potential early release of the VZW model from that last thread that got closed, so I've started my own sleuthing around.
I saw a thread somewhere that someone had heard from a Best Buy employee that the VZW version would be on sale on Friday, October 4th (that's this Friday!) As a result, I decided to call 4 of my local Best Buy stores (which included one specialty BB Mobile store) and check for myself. This is what they said
Store 1: "we don't have an exact date yet, but it should be within the next week" (this is unfortunate, because this is the closest store to my house)
Store 2: "our system says October 4th"
BB Mobile: "we haven't received any shipments yet, but the system says October 4th"
Store 3: "We haven't gotten a shipment yet, but if they arrive, they will go on sale on October 4th"
Things are beginning to look up again for the Verizon faithful. I encourage everybody give their local BB stores a call to see if you get similar responses. My only question now is if they'll price match VZW's $699 price if the corporate stores haven't started selling them yet (Best Buy currently lists full retail price for the VZW variant as $799)
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Hi guys, I just wanted to pass along some potentially juicy info. I've been amped up about a potential early release of the VZW model from that last thread that got closed, so I've started my own sleuthing around.
I saw a thread somewhere that someone had heard from a Best Buy employee that the VZW version would be on sale on Friday, October 4th (that's this Friday!) As a result, I decided to call 4 of my local Best Buy stores (which included one specialty BB Mobile store) and check for myself. This is what they said
Store 1: "we don't have an exact date yet, but it should be within the next week" (this is unfortunate, because this is the closest store to my house)
Store 2: "our system says October 4th"
BB Mobile: "we haven't received any shipments yet, but the system says October 4th"
Store 3: "We haven't gotten a shipment yet, but if they arrive, they will go on sale on October 4th"
Things are beginning to look up again for the Verizon faithful. I encourage everybody give their local BB stores a call to see if you get similar responses. My only question now is if they'll price match VZW's $699 price if the corporate stores haven't started selling them yet (Best Buy currently lists full retail price for the VZW variant as $799)
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And they said that this was for the VZW version? The only reason I want to verify, is that the AT&T version releases on Friday the 4th, so I hope they weren't looking at that.
One can only hope, ive called 5 stores in utah and 4 of 5 said the 4th?? but that's weird cause its friday and VZW usually likes thursdays???
i guess we shall wait and see....i'll know when/if i get my preorder email friday morning!
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And they said that this was for the VZW version? The only reason I want to verify, is that the AT&T version releases on Friday the 4th, so I hope they weren't looking at that.
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This is the Verizon version. I'm grasping at straws every chance I get, so I hope this Oct 4th date holds true. My heart's been broken once already with the original Sept 29 early shipment rumor (which I hold nothing against the EZ in his thread for), so I'm hoping this holds true.
And hopefully it's for both preorder and walk ins. I'm contemplating cancelling the VZW corporate preorder, and pre-ordering one with BB...
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Honestly, if by some miracle BB gets it on 10/4 then I will be at the store asking them to hold one while I call Verizon and cancel my pre-order.
Just spoke to my local Verizon store and she said that they were actually supposed to have them in-store in the next few days, but that had been pushed back and that they don't have a definitive date at this time.
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Honestly, if by some miracle BB gets it on 10/4 then I will be at the store asking them to hold one while I call Verizon and cancel my pre-order.
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Just got back from BestBuy - pre-ordered there as well. If it's a waste then I just have a $50 gift card sitting around. At this point I cant tell if my pre-order from Verizon will arrive before or after BestBuy... Either way, hoping that one of these places gets it this week.
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Just got back from BestBuy - pre-ordered there as well. If it's a waste then I just have a $50 gift card sitting around. At this point I cant tell if my pre-order from Verizon will arrive before or after BestBuy... Either way, hoping that one of these places gets it this week.
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Hopefully it's the same as the S4 release from Verizon which shipped 8 days before it's expected ship date.
..Also the S3 pre-orders arrived several days before the ship date as well.
..Unfortunately it looks like they didn't start shipping the Note 2 until it's ship by date.
It's Verizon though, so of course we can't have a truly definitive ship date.. If they botch my order I'll ship the Note back and just wait until December to cancel and go to T-Mobile. I lover Verizon's service, but they make getting the latest greatest so damn difficult.
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Hopefully it's the same as the S4 release from Verizon which shipped 8 days before it's expected ship date.
..Also the S3 pre-orders arrived several days before the ship date as well.
..Unfortunately it looks like they didn't start shipping the Note 2 until it's ship by date.
It's Verizon though, so of course we can't have a truly definitive ship date.. If they botch my order I'll ship the Note back and just wait until December to cancel and go to T-Mobile. I lover Verizon's service, but they make getting the latest greatest so damn difficult.
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They make everything difficult dont they
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Won't be available on October 4th for verizon trust me
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I've been calling best buy and only one store in my area said they'd have the verizon Note 3 Oct 6th which is a sunday.... odd date if u ask me.
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Won't be available on October 4th for verizon trust me
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May I ask what makes you say that? I'm not disputing you (quite the opposite, judging how all these early release rumors are going), but maybe you know something that we don't.
I'm gonna call BB every day until we can get something more concrete, either from them or from VZW
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May I ask what makes you say that? I'm not disputing you (quite the opposite, judging how all these early release rumors are going), but maybe you know something that we don't.
I'm gonna call BB every day until we can get something more concrete, either from them or from VZW
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youre fine i just say that knowing verizon and other people saying they would ship by now. verizon wont let bb beat them to the punch.
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Called 2 best buys near me (Hershey, PA) as well as 2 verizon corporate stores. Best buy guaranteed the 4th - verizon reps said that is the tentative date if all goes well. Take that as you will, just thought I'd share
it will be nice if they do release it on the 4th but this sounds a lot like the AT&T thread that claimed a release on the 27th at best buy. I used to work at bb a few years ago and the release dates would change all the time until the day before something is supposed to release then they would put a notice on that product to start putting it out on the sales floor. Not sure if they still use this method but thats how it worked when I was there.
Went into my local BB today (Long Island, NY) and they said the 10th.
Well, I called the store closest to me again, came at them with "I've been hearing it'll release on Oct 4th for Verizon", and they told me "we won't know until the Oct 4th release date".
I'm considering just putting money down on a preorder at the store, then waiting to see if BB or VZW will sell one to me first. Does anyone know if BB will price match Verizon's retail price if it hasn't released yet?
My friend that works at Best Buy Mobile spoke with a rep who said it will be at Best Buy on the 10th. The phone will be out for every other carrier on the 4th; Verizon hasn't given an exact date yet which is why Best Buy employees are most likely saying the 4th since that's the day it will be released for every other carrier.
I second that. My friend is a manager at the Samsung department of BB mobile and he said 10th is when BB will have the GN3.
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I second that. My friend is a manager at the Samsung department of BB mobile and he said 10th is when BB will have the GN3.
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I was told via BB Wireless sales chat (3) different chat sessions and each one said Verizon Wireless, October 4th. I will stop into the store tomorrow, if its there great, if not, then next Thursday it is. But if you notice the BB website says "In Store Only" for Verizon and "Pre-Order" for all other carriers. So why would that be if there isn't something going on.
Just receive an email and text. (10/21/16 11AM) My AT&T LG V20 has shipped!
I am guessing it will be here Monday.
Yeah mine shipped this morning too! It will be here Monday due to overnight weekday shipping.
I'm curious if there might be a potential that even AT&T's variant could allow for the bootloader to be unlocked with T-Mobile's variant having the ability straight out of the box.
When did you guys place your orders?
I placed my preorder on October 12th. Can't wait!
Huge Price Difference between AT&T and VZW for V20
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Just receive an email and text. (10/21/16 11AM) My AT&T LG V20 has shipped!
I am guessing it will be here Monday.
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After sadly returning 2 VZW Note 7s, I ordered 2 AT&T V20s on the 13th of October. AT&T was the only carrier that had the V20 then. But now I see that the exact same V20 is selling for $672 compared to $830 with AT&T. I called AT&T and also chatted online to say that if the price was not made closer, that I would refuse delivery. I finally got some action at the equivalent of the AT&T retention department. My shipment is early (it shipped on the 20th instead of the 24th to the 26th). I will accept delivery and something (a price match) will be worked out after day 14 (the end of the remorse period). If not, even the $45 restocking fee would be worth it given the $158 price difference. By the way, I think that the V20 only costs $679 at T-Mobile as well also far cheaper than AT&T's $830.
Part of the problem I have with switching carriers is that in my area the only two really Reliable Carriers are Verizon and AT&T
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I recieved my v20 yesterday, I ordered a day after pre order went live. Wife's v20 arrives Monday because she didn't decide on the V20 until last Saturday. Now she thinks she has rights to the first phone delivery we got yesterday, I fought tooth and nail, I even threatened divorce papers if she put her sim in my new v20 before I got home from work LOL
I ordered my AT&T V20 from BestBuy on 10/17 (I couldn't order from AT&T since I am using GoPhone). It hasn't shipped yet, but it says estimated delivery on the 26th. It will probably ship on the 24th.
AT&T V20 arrived today.... but I have to wait 2 painful days to actually get to use it because I am swamped at work! Figures!!!
I got mine from my local corporate store today
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My pre-order from Samsung still shows preparing for shipment (as it has since Nov 6th when I ordered)
BestBuy still shows "Pre-Order"
Amazon shows "Temporarily Out of Stock"
Anybody actually gotten a tracking number or seen it in a store?
My order was confirmed this morning [LTE version from T-Mobile.] I'm expecting a tracking number before the end of the day.
My local best buy had 3 in stock. I've been trying to preorder through them for a week. Went this morning and just picked it up.
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Ordered mine from Macy's on 11-06 and it says backordered until 12-12...
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My order was confirmed this morning [LTE version from T-Mobile.] I'm expecting a tracking number before the end of the day.
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I hope they send your tracking number, but the way things seem to be going, I wouldn't get my hopes too high. I was expecting to wake up with a tracking number from Samsung, didn't happen...
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My local best buy had 3 in stock. I've been trying to preorder through them for a week. Went this morning and just picked it up.
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That's awesome. Just checked my local Best Buys, nothing here.
Nothing at my Bestbuy
Just picked mine up at my local Best Buy in Arlington, TX. There were still 2 left in the box when I left!
They had 5 in stock in the Woodlands, TX this morning when I picked mine up. Online they did not show anything so it would be best to just swing by.
Amazon telling me Tuesday 11/22 delivery
Just called Samsung. She said they were "processing" my pre-order today and I'd have it by next Wednesday at the latest.
if i cant get one today ill wait till the 20th and get it from samsung.com for $299 free ship and no tax
I just canceled my online order and picked one up from the AT&T store by my work
Cancelled my Macy's preorder. Called customer service and they said expected ship date was 12-12. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Verizon might have it before those guys. Plus, that was the wifi/bt only version....
Just picked up the only one available at the corporate store downtown Dallas AT&T. They only received one unit. I was there when the doors opened. Love it.
Ordered on Nov. 4th, just received tracking number
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Ordered on Nov. 4th, just received tracking number
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Who did you order it from?
I ordered mine from AT&T and is supposed to ship on 18th (today) , but still says "preparing to ship"
Just received a reply to the email I sent to Samsung on Monday.
It says:
"Hello,
I do see thatyour order is currently pending to be filled once it comes in stock on11/22/2016. Shipping status is early December, also I do see that you purchased the Gear S3 frontier directly from Samsung.com.We at Samsung appreciate your business, Have a great day!
Thank you,
Sayra|Samsung Ecommerce|855.726.8721|"
My reply wasn't very nice. Shipping status early December? When people are picking them up in stores now? And the highly publicized release date of the 18th.
After the Note fiasco, you'd think they would have been better prepared for upcoming releases of whatever device it may be.
Just picked up mine from at&t. They only had one and only the supply person new they had it. Just hooked it up to my lg v20. Everything seems to work as advertised. I do use the at&t service called numbersync so it does receive calls and texts from my lg v20's phone number.
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if i cant get one today ill wait till the 20th and get it from samsung.com for $299 free ship and no tax
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My local BB price matched the Samsung.com black Friday deal
Does anyone have any idea when the UK shipments will be going out? Has anyone preordered from Clove? I am US based and patiently waiting my shiny new S8+. It seems the US based orders have already started rolling out so hopefully we see some movement for the UK devices next week.
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Does anyone have any idea when the UK shipments will be going out? Has anyone preordered from Clove? I am US based and patiently waiting my shiny new S8+. It seems the US based orders have already started rolling out so hopefully we see some movement for the UK devices next week.
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Clove-sold S8's aren't pre-orders. We've bought and paid for one when they receive stock. I'd imagine it'll be first come first serve from the stock they receive. The UK launch date is April 28 so I'd assume UK resellers will start receiving stock a week ahead. So ours could be shipped out some time next week potentially. But it all depends on when Clove receives stock (and how much) which could be as late as launch day (April 28). I hope I get it before my 14 day return is up for the AT&T S8+ I pre-ordered. Clove is pretty communicative so I'm sure they'll keep us updated.
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Clove-sold S8's aren't pre-orders. We've bought and paid for one when they receive stock. I'd imagine it'll be first come first serve from the stock they receive. The UK launch date is April 28 so I'd assume UK resellers will start receiving stock a week ahead. So ours could be shipped out some time next week potentially. But it all depends on when Clove receives stock (and how much) which could be as late as launch day (April 28). I hope I get it before my 14 day return is up for the AT&T S8+ I pre-ordered. Clove is pretty communicative so I'm sure they'll keep us updated.
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Good to know, thanks for the update. I know it's technically not a preorder as it deducted the payment immediately however wasn't sure about stock levels or shipment dates. I've seen a lot of rumors around items being sent around the 19th I'm the UK.
A few retailers and some networks in the UK are offering the phone 8 days earlier than the official release date of 28th April. The 28th is when all places will have stock, which also applies to places like Amazon UK. The 8 day thing is just an irritating marketing ploy which favours some places who probably agree to promote the brand over another.
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A few retailers and some networks in the UK are offering the phone 8 days earlier than the official release date of 28th April. The 28th is when all places will have stock, which also applies to places like Amazon UK. The 8 day thing is just an irritating marketing ploy which favours some places who probably agree to promote the brand over another.
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The big resellers and wireless carriers that have deep relationships with Samsung will mostly abide by the rules Samsung applies. Others will be a bit more renegade. The problem with shipping them early is Samsung's support won't be fully prepared to deal with inquiries. Samsung's UK site doesn't even have the manual available yet.
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The big resellers and wireless carriers that have deep relationships with Samsung will mostly abide by the rules Samsung applies. Others will be a bit more renegade. The problem with shipping them early is Samsung's support won't be fully prepared to deal with inquiries. Samsung's UK site doesn't even have the manual available yet.
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That is true. Anyway, Clove is one of my preferred companies and I have used them for about 10 years now.
First time using clove and seems like so far the experience is good. If it is, I will stick to them as they have the phone even cheaper than the US options which isn't bad for some of the software trades off. Regardless, seems like we won't be getting ours until the first week of may. They need to get the stock, then open to make the 5 minute call. Then close it back and ship it out to us. Im expecting mine the week of may 5th
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First time using clove and seems like so far the experience is good. If it is, I will stick to them as they have the phone even cheaper than the US options which isn't bad for some of the software trades off. Regardless, seems like we won't be getting ours until the first week of may. They need to get the stock, then open to make the 5 minute call. Then close it back and ship it out to us. Im expecting mine the week of may 5th
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Used Clove quite a few times in the past and they always been good
I hope it'll arrive before Best Buy sells them unlocked for $725 / $825!
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I hope it'll arrive before Best Buy sells them unlocked for $725 / $825!
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The "U" versions of the S7-series Samsung sold weren't all they were cracked up to be. Devs sniffing around in the code found that the ROM was really the T-Mobile version with T-Mobile's proprietary stuff stripped out. But T-Mobile was referenced numerous times in the code. Samsung also totally neglected them update wise. AT&T got nougat out before Samsung did for the U's. It's still not out. So basically you'll be getting a carrier phone with the carrier stuff removed or hidden and no updates. And still no HD Voice or NumberSync if you're on AT&T. You're better off going for a "real" unlocked "F" from a region that gets regular updates. Only downside of an F over a U is the lack of U.S. warranty support.
And I believe the F has Exynos and U Snapdragon... With the phones unusual requirement of a UK Sim to unlock, once the procedure has been completed, are we sure to get updates even while on a non-UK network?
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And I believe the F has Exynos and U Snapdragon... With the phones unusual requirement of a UK Sim to unlock, once the procedure has been completed, are we sure to get updates even while on a non-UK network?
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Yes we'll get the updates. When I have the international s7 edge from Singapore, I flashed firmwares from any country that got updates first via Odin.
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And I believe the F has Exynos and U Snapdragon... With the phones unusual requirement of a UK Sim to unlock, once the procedure has been completed, are we sure to get updates even while on a non-UK network?
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Updates aren't carrier dependent, they're directly from Samsung. So any time BTU S8's get updated we'll get updated. I have a Singaporean NotePRO 12 that's 2 years old with an AT&T SIM in it that just received an update last week. It surprised me because Samsung disowns their devices after a year to 18 months.
Just a heads up, if you ordered from Clover Tech they are stating they don't expect any stock until the 28th. Kinda sucks as I pre-ordered from them being in the US and all I didnt have much of a choice for the Eyxnos variant anyways. Other suppliers in UK are already shipping but it looks like Clover is not a supplier such as Very, Samsung themselves and carriers.
It sucks but to be fair it is clearly stated on the product page. Looks like we will get it around may 4th. They are talks that Best Buy will carry the U version on the 9th but nothing official yet.
If the phone releases on the 28th in the UK, wouldn't shipment be he wet of the 4th? Think DHL will have it to us by end of week that week?
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OP and I are in the US and Clove expects to ship no earlier than friday the 28th, so we can't get it before early May. That's assuming it ships on the first day. They also have to unlock all international orders prior to shipping.
As stated above. Clove unfortunately won't have stock until the 28th and at that , the guy i spoke to used the word 'hopefully' so he didn't exactly fill me with confidence that he will definitely have stock on the 28th! I reckon we will have our phone in the first week of may at best and thats hoping clove receive enough stock otherwise some of us may not receive our phones until the following week
I already canceled my US bound order because i was afraid of having to return it to the UK due to the red tint screen. According to a Best Buy employee, they will sell the unlocked version late april or early may (BH photo has it as an overpriced preorder for early may delivery as well), so it will probably not make a big difference on the delivery date... I've also read on the best buy product Q&A (granted it is far from being an official source) that Samsung will update the unlocked version monthly instead of quarterly like on the S7.
st3rv said:
I already canceled my US bound order because i was afraid of having to return it to the UK due to the red tint screen. According to a Best Buy employee, they will sell the unlocked version late april or early may (BH photo has it as an overpriced preorder for early may delivery as well), so it will probably not make a big difference on the delivery date... I've also read on the best buy product Q&A (granted it is far from being an official source) that Samsung will update the unlocked version monthly instead of quarterly like on the S7.
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I am on the verge of having mine canceled from Clove.
They recently e-mailed my wife, whom paid for the phone as a birthday gift, stating that they'd need further verification when she already went through some to actually charge the card on a UK based website to begin with (obviously not Clove's fault, but it was an annoyance nonetheless). They e-mailed her stating that they need a specific authorisation code from the card issuer, as there's a unique one for every transaction, to continue the order. With the phone releasing 2 days from now, it stands to reason that I will not be receiving the phone any time soon since they've started this b.s. My wife's gone through her bank and they have no authorisation code to give her, and only told her to tell Clove that they can contact them if they need any further verification. The card has already been charged, and it appears on a statement too.. why wait until 2 days before the phone releases to send an e-mail stating that they need further proof? Sounds like bull**** they've conjured up because they don't have the supply for the amount of preorders they received.
Complete bollocks I reckon. If they don't reply back and nothing happens in 2 days, I'm going to get my wife to cancel it and buy it somewhere else. This sort of shotty/shady business is distasteful.