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{RANT}Seidio - Vibrant is the read-headed step child - what gives?

So, Seidio shows products for all US Galaxy S variants, EXCEPT for the Vibrant. What the heck gives?
It just stupid that the Vibrant was the first to hit the market but yet a major manufacturer like Seidio doesn't have squat for them, but does for other carrier's variants.
I emailed them and got a generic canned response about how they have no ETA for any products for the Vibrant.
Guess they won't be getting any business from me.

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Yeah, i am a big fan of Seidio products as well.... it sucks. Meanwhile i got some holster from amazon. Will see if its any good, because i really hate my bodyglove case. Makes small phone look like motorolla from 90s

I definitely had to "read" this title a few times.
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I definitely had to "read" this title a few times.
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Haha. Nice. I'm pissed about the lack of Seidio. I've always been big fans of their cases. I emailed them too and got the same crap. Chatted live too and they said they won't be releasing anything for the Vibrant. I'm assuming from other discussions here that the fascinate case they are planning to make wouldn't work even with putting some cut outs on the back for the camera location huh?
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Seidio seems so overpriced, I don't get the love for them. I work next door to them and they wouldn't even let me do pickup.

I agree I think their stuff is overpriced. I had an innocase on my blackberry 9700 and that thing was cheaply made for what they charge. No thanks.

well, otterbox is working on a case for the vibrant if that makes you feel any better (or worse)
http://twitter.com/#!/OtterBox/status/25905008554

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well, otterbox is working on a case for the vibrant if that makes you feel any better (or worse)
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That looks good. Do you know if they usually offer car docks and desk docks with their cases? That's really what I'm after and what Seidio did well. I have the body give case now and it's great but its compatibility with docks is nonexistent.
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Seidio has their Fascinate cases posted. Anyone have access to one to try to see how it fits with the Vibrant? I know the cut outs are different but those could be easily modded. They also have the snap holster that I'm assuming would probably work based on the other posts about holsters.

I also want a seido case...
I have emailed Seido and chatted with them through their website, requesting they make us a holster.
If enough of us do the same, then maybe they will see the demand and actually do something about it...
So.. go forth, and PESTER SEIDO until they make us a case/holster !!!
Do it! Go NOW... DO IT!

If you look at the list of T-Mobile and Samsung devices on Seidio's site they list the Vibrant now:
http://www.seidioonline.com/category-s/3.htm
Looks like they might have listened. Doesn't have anything in it yet but it wasn't even listed as a phone a few weeks ago. Here's hoping...

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If you look at the list of T-Mobile and Samsung devices on Seidio's site they list the Vibrant now:
http://www.seidioonline.com/category-s/3.htm
Looks like they might have listened. Doesn't have anything in it yet but it wasn't even listed as a phone a few weeks ago. Here's hoping...
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doesnt look like they will be making cases for it though.....its not even "coming soon"

Thank you for your inquiry at Seidioonline. We are currently working on accessories for these new smartphones. Unfortunately, we do not have an ETA of the products for the T-Mobile Vibrant. Please send email to [email protected] for more updates on these products. We'll notify you when our most popular items are available.
Your business and continued satisfaction is of great importance to us here at Seidioonline Customer Service, so feel free to contact us at (832) 204-1118 with any questions or concerns.
Thank you,
Seidioonline Technical Support
Seidio Customer Service

betasp said:
Thank you for your inquiry at Seidioonline. We are currently working on accessories for these new smartphones. Unfortunately, we do not have an ETA of the products for the T-Mobile Vibrant. Please send email to [email protected] for more updates on these products. We'll notify you when our most popular items are available.
Your business and continued satisfaction is of great importance to us here at Seidioonline Customer Service, so feel free to contact us at (832) 204-1118 with any questions or concerns.
Thank you,
Seidioonline Technical Support
Seidio Customer Service
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Funny... that's the same e-mail i received from them 4 months ago.
I'm pretty sure that they won't be carrying anything related to Samsung Vibrant.

StefanB86 said:
Funny... that's the same e-mail i received from them 4 months ago.
I'm pretty sure that they won't be carrying anything related to Samsung Vibrant.
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I have great news! We will have cases, holsters and batteries for the Vibrant! We should have them up on the website soon!

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I have great news! We will have cases, holsters and batteries for the Vibrant! We should have them up on the website soon!
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That is the greatest thing I've heard all day. I will be first in line once it launches.

Place holders are on the website and awaiting pics. Can't pre-order yet as they are not showing in stock. I was prepared to order sight unseen. That is the confidence I have in the product. I can't wait for a quality holster.

Are the extended batteries from them usually decent? It doesn't seem like much of a boost from the normal 1500 mAh battery, and at $50 it seems ridiculously steep. But i can't help but be a little curious.

Nice! I've been a huge fan of their products on all my past phones.
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Why don't retail stores ever have the best stuff?

Call me old-fashioned, but I LIKE buying stuff in retail stores. Lots of reasons:
1) I can try the product on to check for comfort.
2) I can get a sense for quality and fit n' finish.
3) If it breaks or I don't like it I can EASILY return or exchange it.
4) Instant Gratification - Face it, waiting for a week to get something you bought today SUCKS.
That being said, it seems that most of the really cool stuff is never available in stores. For example, over-the-head bluetooth headset with boom mic.
I work from home and LIVE on the phone. Before unlimited long distance was free, my phone bills would run about $3000 a month, just to give you an idea. It is very important that I have a lightweight, long-lasting headset. It MUST have a boom mic as my clients don't like it when I sound like I'm on a speakerphone as with most bluetooth headsets. I don't care if it isn't sleek and pretty - I never wear it outside the office - I am 100% into functionality.
Anyway, headsets of this nature have been out for about a year. You would THINK somebody with a retail store would carry them, but no. My local possibilities are:
BestBuy
RadioShack
Target
Walmart
Sam's Club
Office Depot
Office Max
Staples
Nobody. Not one of these stores carries this product. God I wish we had a Frye's here in this town. Frye's completely rocks.
Now I have to order online and cross my fingers the product doesn't suck.

i'm the opposite, I hate buying at retail stores.
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I am with the OP here. I travel from place to place around the country in the cellphone industry and most times I don't know where I will be 3-7 days from now. So ordering online is iffy at best for me. I also don't want to pay the gouging prices for overnight shipping to make up for it. So I must buy from a B+M store. On the rare occasion that I know where I will be I have bought online, but most times its just not possible for me.

I think I have figured out why this is.
Go to the BestBuy website. It seems all of the coolest, most current stuff is available online only. Why would they do that?
Well you figure the more sophisticated shopper that wants the latest thing will be shopping online. More of the customers who go to retail stores are less sophisticated users rather than enthusiasts.
So they sell the goid stuff online and ship out all the old tired stuff to sell to consumers who don't know any better.
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OneStepAhead said:
i'm the opposite, I hate buying at retail stores.
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Yah same here

I agree with the OP, I prefer retail stores for my gadgets. It allows me to look them over (online photos are never accurate, try it out, not have to deal with annoying/unreliable mail delivery, and in the end get the instant gratification of taking it home immediately...
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Frye's only goes so far though too. It all depends we got s huge one and at times it is a god send and others it is as hit or miss as the regular options. But agreed, variety and such some **** just cant be got around certain places.
So yes I too enjoy the immediate purchase / use of most things and honestlyas far as online purchases go, some are more suited for as much than others.
SWYPED from my SUPASONIC

Probably has to do with the fact that Americans are so obsessed with the lowest price they don't even care about the product quality.
This is evident by the surge in Chinese goods being sold at the rate it is.
Usually "the best" isn't cheapest.
Also, retail stores have a limit in space, unlike online.
Thus they have to be more picky on what they carry.
So, of course, they are going to pick the big sellers. [Especially cause they have more overhead having to pay people to run the stores as well]

Its because 90% of the in store shoppers are average electronic consumers. Hell you'd crap if you saw how many people dont update theyre androids and are still on 1.5. These items your looking for are specialty items and not used by the average shopper therefore they dont sell so we dont carry them. Stores have to buy a certain amount of a product to carry it and most items like this dont sell fast enough. After a few months the stores pay a stocking fee on what isnt sold. Online however doesnt have these limitations which is why they stock these items. They get them from the manufacturer on a per basis order.
I work at BB and would love these specialty items but our group of buyers is a minor percent of shoppers.

mitchellvii said:
God I wish we had a Frye's here in this town. Frye's completely rocks.
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There's a Fry's near my home and another near near my work and I'm equally frustrated with both of 'em! I just don't understand how anyplace can have so much of what I want yet so little of what I need.
I still shop there a lot, but it almost always involves compromise.
I call it the Home Depot business model.
Pete

But I guess you can't beat Amazon for price. You also have he benefit of lots of user reviews. However even that can be confusing because one user will rate the product 5 stars because it does xyz so well and another user will rate it one star because it sucks at xyz
Oh well. I really need to buy an over the head bluetooth headset with boom mic and I can't decide on which one. Lots of people seem to like the Emerson product.
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I guess what amazes me is that Charlotte NC is the 9th largest city in the USA and we don't have a single enthusiast technology store. No TigerDirect, no Frye's. It blows :-(
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Try living on an island lol
We are not too bad tho, shipping Something is something else. I have had problems with that. Had something shipped to my parents house in VA and im still waiting for them to ship it. Its been over a week since they got it.
But yeah,i do like buying from a store, returns alone are less of a pain.....But I have been buying a lot online. Mostly things I cant find locally or good deals.
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I think it is bcause the store do not want to get stuck with something that doesn't sell fast.
As someone said earlier, not eveyone is willing to put out money for quality stuff. Lower priced item sell faster. Stores want something that will come in and out

Basic economics. It is cheaper to sell online than it is to sell out of a brick-and-mortar store. They may charge the same price at both locations, but anything they sell online has a massive difference in the profit margin. They don't sell, or at least keep much stock for the most desirable items in-store. This allows the store to direct people to the website when the store "runs out of stock". Straight and simple increase in profit.

I hear you. There is almost an entire untapped market for specialized electronics. All the big box carry the same old consumer neutral stuff. Its got to the point for me where Best Buy is the only place I can really get anything, and there selection is not that great.

it all boils down to overhead. A brick and mortar store has lots of it. Staff, real estate, utilities, etc. are all expensive. In order to recoupe these expenses you put on the shelves things that you will sell a lot of. Ever store has to make so much money for every square foot of floor space. Each shelf has an income it must make inorder for the store to be profitable. This makes "Specialty" the key word. It is an item a specific few will be looking for not the masses. If you take up space on your floor with an item that you are not going to sell very many of you are wasting valuable space and going to get stuck with product you cant move.
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Basic economics. It is cheaper to sell online than it is to sell out of a brick-and-mortar store. They may charge the same price at both locations, but anything they sell online has a massive difference in the profit margin. They don't sell, or at least keep much stock for the most desirable items in-store. This allows the store to direct people to the website when the store "runs out of stock". Straight and simple increase in profit.
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This makes no sense and it sounds like you have a conspiracy issue. No store would ever not stock what sells well. There is no guarantee that the shopper is going to go home and buy from your website. It is too easy to comparison shop on the internet and I guarentee you that you will not find that Best Buy (or any other B&M store) is the best price on the web. It just boils down to certain items will cost a store money if they sit on the shelves due to the income that can be made if something else is there.

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No store would ever not stock what sells well. There is no guarantee that the shopper is going to go home and buy from your website. It is too easy to comparison shop on the internet and I guarentee you that you will not find that Best Buy (or any other B&M store) is the best price on the web. It just boils down to certain items will cost a store money if they sit on the shelves due to the income that can be made if something else is there.
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We actually do that at Staples all the time. We want more and more customers ordering online. They will advertise a chair on sale and even if we have it in stock they encourage us to get the customer to order it online at our kiosk. They say it gets customers more used to ordering online and conditions them to shop online at home. If they order online from in the store we can help them if they need it, and next time they order they may bypass us altogether.
Margin is much higher on online items and returns are less likely.
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Switch to an Iphone and you'll pretty much find any accessory you could ever want, even at your local Walgreens. That's because it's the new, hip phone that all the kids want. Seriously though, sometimes, the local little cell phone shops are the best for quirky, non-mainstream stuff. There a place by me, about 30 minutes away that just has a crap ton of cell phone accessories. If I just can't wait, or I'm not sure what I want, I just drive out there.

sinistersai4d4d said:
We actually do that at Staples all the time. We want more and more customers ordering online. They will advertise a chair on sale and even if we have it in stock they encourage us to get the customer to order it online at our kiosk. They say it gets customers more used to ordering online and conditions them to shop online at home. If they order online from in the store we can help them if they need it, and next time they order they may bypass us altogether.
Margin is much higher on online items and returns are less likely.
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Say what?????? You do realize by doing what you described your working yourself out of a job? If they bypass the store your revenue goes down as well as your labor allowance which means your not needed and im sure the ceo would be very pleased by your willingness to help his wallet.
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Official accessories for Verizon Nexus

The Galaxy Nexus was first released on Verizon but it seems there are not any really good accessories that take advantage of the pins or meant for Verizon phones to begin with...
Any suggestions...
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I, like you, am fiending for some docks (desk and car). I love my phone...but "they" aka VzW really messed up this entire "Nexus" experience. I highly doubt they will EVER get a Nexus phone again!
Can't use any accessories (with pogo pins) unless you are on 4.0.4...but VzW is taking their sweet ol time with it.
One thing I loved about Moto...the accessory eco-system was plentiful. I've been dying to spend money on a horizontal dock for this thing...and Sammy has it for a minute and then it's sold out...SMH with a FacePalm!
When they are available...they are $90!!! Whatchu talkin bout Willis!
It looks like the accessories may start to be available stright off the Sammy site. There is that other 3rd party place the sells oem goods as well...the name escapes me atm.

Cases from the mall kiosks

Has anyone seen any yet? My one gets deliver today and I didn't order any case yet

All those cases you can just get on ebay cause that's where they get them
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The people st the kiosks in my local malls couldn't even tell me if they had them or not. They didn't know what an HTC one was.. or even if there was a manager present who could help me. Idk if they intentionally hire idiots or what, but I won't be looking there anytime soon.
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jmwils3 said:
The people st the kiosks in my local malls couldn't even tell me if they had them or not. They didn't know what an HTC one was.. or even if there was a manager present who could help me. Idk if they intentionally hire idiots or what, but I won't be looking there anytime soon.
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Half the ppl didn't know what the new phone was like, but there was a few kiosk that had them. I ended up picking mines up there cause i wanted a case asap.

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Half the ppl didn't know what the new phone was like, but there was a few kiosk that had them. I ended up picking mines up there cause i wanted a case asap.
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all mine had were crappy plastic hard cases that i could buy off ebay for a dollar, not the 19.99 they charged. the other was the one i mentioned that had no clue.

these never have good cases... if you buy one, you are paying probably 5 times the amount you should be... at best.

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these never have good cases... if you buy one, you are paying probably 5 times the amount you should be... at best.
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mine on occasion have had trident or otterbox. really wanted to get a commuter from them so they could apply the sp for me, as im lousy as it.

picked mines up for like 12 bucks. a bit more then what i can get on ebay prolly, but i was able to test the fit there... also wanted one asap like i said since i barely go the phone that day. I noticed a lot of the cases at the kiosk blocked the IR, so be a lil careful buying cases.

Glass screen protectors?

Is it just me or there are none? Anyone have a link?
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I have also been searching for one. So far no luck.
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I have also been searching for one. So far no luck.
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Sadly, there is no tempered glass love for the MAXX... but the Moto X has a ton on ebay. What gives?!?

The Moto X is the only phone that matters because it's not a Droid and not basically tied to Verizon like the Droid Ultra/MAXX/Mini happen to be.
Just sheer economics at work: the Moto X is available from multiple carriers and is more popular because of that fact, so it will obviously make more money for companies that create accessories for that phone.
Hell, I went into a Verizon store the other day looking for a screen protector for my Mini - that's Verizon, the company that sells the damned phone in the first place - and they were like "We don't have any accessories for the Mini..." and they didn't. Not one thing for the Mini at all, which is pretty damned messed up in my opinion.
I don't know what kind of contract Verizon made long ago with Motorola for the Droid lineup, but I sure as hell wish it would come to an end soon.

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The Moto X is the only phone that matters because it's not a Droid and not basically tied to Verizon like the Droid Ultra/MAXX/Mini happen to be.
Just sheer economics at work: the Moto X is available from multiple carriers and is more popular because of that fact, so it will obviously make more money for companies that create accessories for that phone.
Hell, I went into a Verizon store the other day looking for a screen protector for my Mini - that's Verizon, the company that sells the damned phone in the first place - and they were like "We don't have any accessories for the Mini..." and they didn't. Not one thing for the Mini at all, which is pretty damned messed up in my opinion.
I don't know what kind of contract Verizon made long ago with Motorola for the Droid lineup, but I sure as hell wish it would come to an end soon.
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Your first mistake was going into a Verizon store looking for anything. I can't count how many different ways Verizon makes their stores totally worthless.
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Well they list the accessories online at their website and it says available in their retail outlets so... just glad I don't actually purchase stuff from Verizon I suppose.

People will say they don't exist. But I know for a fact that at one point last year they did. Best Buy or some store like that my friend in Indiana was able to buy a tempered glass protector for his droid maxx. I have searched high and low and made many calls, but no luck.

At work I just got an iPhone, so I ordered a tempered glass screen protector to go with it.
I didn't see what the big deal was until I actually got it. This thing is great. I really wish someone sold one for the Droid Maxx. I'm sure it's too late now, though.