I was due an upgrade with O2 on 14th April. I really wanted the Lumia 900 over the 800. Unfortunately O2 said they were not stocking the 900 and to upgrade through another retailer.
On their advice I pre-ordered with CarPhoneWarehouse who promptly took £40 for the handset.
The so called UK release date (14th May) has been and gone and apparently Phones 4 U have fulfilled orders for Orange and Vodafone yet I've not seen anything that suggests this is true. O2 customers however, are being kept in the dark.
Carphone Warehouse said the handset was 'expected for delivery on the 25th May'. That has now changed to the 28th May.
Phones 4 U employees on the other hand have been coming up with all sorts of excuses on their forum;
Firstly, they said the delay was down to "O2 testing the handsets and these orders could not be fulfilled until this was complete".
Naturally many people complained to O2 only to be told this was untrue and they were not testing the Lumia 900.
Phones 4 U then retracted this statement and are now sating the delay is down to this, and I quote;
"We can only apologise for this continued delay. As you may already be aware, the delay is due to a rather unprecedented licensing dispute between O2 and Nokia in relation to the sale of the Nokia Lumia 900.
In short, retailers have not been given permission to supply their customers with this device on the O2 network and we still await an estimated time for the dispute to be over. Because of this, we regret that we are unable to provide you with a time of despatch concerning your order."
Nowhere else on the internet has suggested any such dispute. O2 are proving to be useless when enquiring about this and Carphone Warehouse are not responding to my emails about the delay which suggests they are being inundated with similar queries.
Meanwhile, those waiting for O2 orders are likely to miss out on the offer of free headphones and apps for pre-ordering.
This is an utter shambles. People are clamouring for the Lumia 900 but can't seem to get it! What are Nokia / MS playing at?
http://support.phones4u.co.uk/pe/action/forums/displaythread?rootPostID=10277518
http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Nokia/Lumia-900-Just-announce-it-already/td-p/221781
http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Nokia/Lumia-900-Phones4u-delay/td-p/231449
danmoz98 said:
I was due an upgrade with O2 on 14th April. I really wanted the Lumia 900 over the 800. Unfortunately O2 said they were not stocking the 900 and to upgrade through another retailer.
On their advice I pre-ordered with CarPhoneWarehouse who promptly took £40 for the handset.
The so called UK release date (14th May) has been and gone and apparently Phones 4 U have fulfilled orders for Orange and Vodafone yet I've not seen anything that suggests this is true. O2 customers however, are being kept in the dark.
Carphone Warehouse said the handset was 'expected for delivery on the 25th May'. That has now changed to the 28th May.
Phones 4 U employees on the other hand have been coming up with all sorts of excuses on their forum;
Firstly, they said the delay was down to "O2 testing the handsets and these orders could not be fulfilled until this was complete".
Naturally many people complained to O2 only to be told this was untrue and they were not testing the Lumia 900.
Phones 4 U then retracted this statement and are now sating the delay is down to this, and I quote;
"We can only apologise for this continued delay. As you may already be aware, the delay is due to a rather unprecedented licensing dispute between O2 and Nokia in relation to the sale of the Nokia Lumia 900.
In short, retailers have not been given permission to supply their customers with this device on the O2 network and we still await an estimated time for the dispute to be over. Because of this, we regret that we are unable to provide you with a time of despatch concerning your order."
Nowhere else on the internet has suggested any such dispute. O2 are proving to be useless when enquiring about this and Carphone Warehouse are not responding to my emails about the delay which suggests they are being inundated with similar queries.
Meanwhile, those waiting for O2 orders are likely to miss out on the offer of free headphones and apps for pre-ordering.
This is an utter shambles. People are clamouring for the Lumia 900 but can't seem to get it! What are Nokia / MS playing at?
http://support.phones4u.co.uk/pe/action/forums/displaythread?rootPostID=10277518
http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Nokia/Lumia-900-Just-announce-it-already/td-p/221781
http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Nokia/Lumia-900-Phones4u-delay/td-p/231449
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Hmmm....interesting story. I've read about this in several places over on this side of the pond, and they all say the same thing. Supply and Demand. The Demand in the USA has been so high, they have delayed the shipments else where. No testing, no licensing, just demand.
Only one of your comments I could possibly believe is the one about the licensing problem. Obviously, Nokia requires some kind of agreement to sell hte device. That could make some sense, but how unlikely is a licensing agreement subject to fail, just a day or so before release, especially when this is not the original release country. But testing...that ship has sailed.
So, if it is just supply and demand, the only thing Nokia and MS are playing at, is Money. And I would be more likely to believe that Nokia controls the distribution....not MS.
Why would licensing be an issue?
Maybe if O2 were going to stock it directly they would need to come to an agreement, but I'm talking about external retailers here
Vodafone also do not carry the 900, yet you can walk into Phones 4 U, select the Lumia 900 and choose a Vodafone tariff and apparently walk out the store with it.
However, you can't choose an O2 tariff and do the same.
What does the carrier have to do with what handset a retailer sells with a contract?
Do these places not just have X amount of generic stock? The customer then just picks the handset, their carrier and tariff and a sale is made?
Why would Phones 4 U or Carphone Warehouse need permission from O2 to sell a specific handset on their service?
danmoz98 said:
Why would licensing be an issue?
Maybe if O2 were going to stock it directly they would need to come to an agreement, but I'm talking about external retailers here
Vodafone also do not carry the 900, yet you can walk into Phones 4 U, select the Lumia 900 and choose a Vodafone tariff and apparently walk out the store with it.
However, you can't choose an O2 tariff and do the same.
What does the carrier have to do with what handset a retailer sells with a contract?
Do these places not just have X amount of generic stock? The customer then just picks the handset, their carrier and tariff and a sale is made?
Why would Phones 4 U or Carphone Warehouse need permission from O2 to sell a specific handset on their service?
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NO idea. But I would wager that some kind of agreement exists for the distribution of devices....be in O2, Vodafone, or the store on the cornor. But, I could be wrong...probably am. I never said it was true, I just said it was believable...to me
I would have thought any distribution agreement would be between the manufacturer and the retailer. Ie, I'm sure Carphone Warehouse et al have agreements with Nokia to sell their handsets, which it would appear they do as they're advertising them.
Likewise they obviously have agreements with the networks to sell their services.
What network those retailers choose to sell those handsets on should entirely be up to the retailer should it not? At least, you would expect that to be the case.
If they want to sell one product together with another product I don't see how anyone else has a say in it.
ETA:
Well, it seems the poster who received the email about a dispute between O2 and Nokia has had another response from Phones4U;
"I fear my being a pain is the only way to get a response - a senior account manager has phoned to apologise for the email I got (copied above), apparently its complete rubbish and shouldn't have been sent.
He's going to call me tomorrow, with an update from P4Us discussions with o2 & Nokia - even if its a "we've heard nothing". He's also going to try and clarify the position on the freebies...
Ain't going to stop me asking awkward question, especially of o2... or indeed copying tech twitter feeds into my disgruntlement.
I'm normally an easy customer - I pay my bills, I deal with most problems myself... I really don't like poor customer service though!"
Danmoz,
I've been following the threads on the O2 and P4U forums and I'm as frustrated as you are. I've been happy with O2 for 15 years but if I can't get the 900 I have to decide whether to settle for an 800 or switch network.
I don't understand why O2 would refuse to stock Nokia's flagship phone if they already sell the 710 and 800? That doesn't really seem to make sense unless it really is just a stock issue.
I was told in a P4U store that the reason they couldn't sell me a phone on O2 was because O2 were having some sort of trouble with their software and couldn't get the 900 to work with it or something. Sounded phoney just like all their other excuses. I suspect they never were able to sell them on O2 and have only had them exclusively until the 27th on other networks, perhaps on the 28th both retailers will then have them for O2 but P4U don't want to admit that.
I had one on order from phones4u O2 on&on since 12th April, But after them letting me down with excuse after excuse & not getting any valid reasons I have now cancelled, There is no point promising a delivery date when O2 know nothing about it all, Having to suffer a Lumia 800 for now until I can buy a 900 sim free for the right price lol.
The poster on the P4U forum says Phones 4 U are now going back to the 'it's in testing at O2' excuse and say they 'should be complete by 26th - 27th'.
I suspect that P4U had exclusivity for a week and fulfilled their orders for other networks first and are now awaiting new stock. It's also possible that other retailers will be able to sell it from the 28th onwards but none of them will dmit this. P4U don't want to admit it in case people cancel and go elsewhere, CPW don't want to admit it in case people cancel and try to get it earlier from P4U.
CPW have claimed they are just waiting on stock and I'm more inclined to believe them after all the BS excuses P4U have come out with so far.
Also, that excuse about 'trouble with software' from P4U, how so exactly? It's a glorified Lumia 800, if the 800 works fine on O2 why wouldn't the 900?
The interesting thing to note is the post from someone from O2 who said that O2 themselves will not have the 900 but "you can get this through the CPW if you wish". Why not "you can get this through P4U or CPW if you wish"? Is the whole thing just P4U telling customers anything they can think of to stop them cancelling and going to their competitor?
Maybe the dispute is with O2 and P4U and P4U arehoping people will choose another network. CPW could have no such issue and be well on track to ship for 28th
Meanwhile, O2 Germany will be stocking it next week;
http://wmpoweruser.com/nokia-lumia-900-coming-to-o2-germany-next-week-2/
I think you all missed a crucial piece of information that was given 2 weeks ago, which is that the Lumia 900 (not just the white one) is exclusive to Phones4u until May 27th.
On that basis there is nothing wrong happening here with other shops and networks not stocking the phone. On a side note, many people don't know that if you go instore rather than online, you can get it sim free from P4u (£459) or even on PAYG. As for the issue with O2, I know they were in some sort of dispute with Nokia so I wouldn't know if/when this will be sorted. Maybe time for a change of provider
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http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-lumia-900-now-available-in-uk-10227601/
http://nokiapoweruser.com/2012/05/10/lumia-900-available-in-uk-exclusive-to-phones4u-till-27th-may/
Just received email confirmation from CPW that my order has been dispatched;
Thank you for ordering from The Carphone Warehouse.
We've processed your order and we'll be dispatching it from our warehouse very soon. You can track the progress of the delivery using the link below:
If P4U had exclusivity until the 27th why did they not just tell their customers that and why did they not fulfill any orders on O2? Why all the lies about O2 testing it, O2 and Nokia dispute, CPW 'talking rubbish' about having it out for delivery this Monday?
This Monday is the 28th
That doesn't answer my question?
If Phones 4 U had exclusivity then;
1) Why did Phones 4 U not fulfill any O2 orders?
2) Why are Phones 4 U claiming that O2 are testing the handset and it won't be released on O2 until this is complete
3) Why did Phones 4 U claim there is a dispute between Nokia and O2 meaning the handset couldn't be sold on the O2 network
4) Why are Phones 4 U saying that Carphone Warehouse are 'talking rubbish' that they (CPW) will be sending out orders for delivery on the 28th?
Does that make more sense? These seem rather underhand tactics for a large retailer such as Phones 4 U and I would be surprised if they weren't libellous.
@ danmoz98, did you receive your Lumia 900 from CPW yet? I managed to order one and got similar email saying its been despatched today Mon 28th, Just interested to see if I get mine tomorrow, Was saying in stock for O2 orders on the website so fingers crossed.
Went into a CPW store today and they say they can do it on O2 according to their system, they don't have them in store yet but can order them. I want to hear that somebody on O2 has one in their possession first!
Yes, mine arrived this afternoon. Quite happy with it, the screen looks so much nicer than my HD7.
One thing MS really needs to sort out on WP7 is some form of app manager. When migrating from my HD7 to the Lumia it was a right pain in the ass trying to find the correct apps I had paid for. I have some vague recollection there's a 3rd party app that does this but damned if I can remember what it's called.
Also, my Lumia 900 is only 16Gb so I guess we have to wait till the german release to see if that rumour is true.
My girlfriend tells me that there were in fact queues outside one of the CPW stores in London today for this phone and people were able to walk out with them (after paying for them, obviously).
@ danmoz98 The app I use to get my apps back is reinstaller which is free and works quite well, Glad you are happy with it, Still waiting for mine but just got a text from CPW saying its on its way.
Just been delivered and ordered it Sunday night so not bad going, Hats off to CPW for actually providing it, Phones 4u can fester in their own nothingness, Phone is nicer than I thought and not too heavy, Couple of extra settings for calls and sms and of course Tango installed, Time will tell if it's as good as the Titan and Lumia 800.
here is the UK version.. much better without a carrier logo on the front.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5zeHFLEQGA
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I called O2 and was told the release date had been put back to the 4th November and more suprisingly they have not got a price yet.
There will be no trade in or upgrade promo from teh XDA2
R
Allegedly, I was successful in ordering one yesterday (3rd) - I was charged £279 (based on my tariff/upgrade - it does vary depending on your tariff).
However, as they had 'problems with the computers' my GM order number has not yet arrived.....
I was also told he 4th, And i rang a few times, but no stock (of corse) my last call was at 4pm and i was then told its been put back until the 9th
John
Well - it is on the O2 online shop now for £249 +min £20 a month line rental. I have a friend in O2 so I am gonna see if there is a staff deal.
R
I called the local O2 shops - they are so crap!
The one that 2 days ago said it would be in on Friday now says they are not sue in until December. Another simply said they had heard nothing about it.....jesh!!! Neither of them could give me any idea of price...
R
O2 XDA IIs is available in Hong Kong now
ROADTRIIIIIP!!!
its also available in the philippines now. Im thinking of getting it, but im already using xda2. the landscape orientation for spreadsheets and other softwares may prove to be very useful, other than that, id say the built in wifi is a welcome edition, im not a fan of the qwerty keypad though.
i was wondering also ifthis unit can support blackberry as well
i3oyi3astos,
If you could, please run to the store to play with one and in the bluetooth settings please see if they are still using the 1.0000000000000 version or if they upgraded it.
Second could you see if they have the BlackBerry client on it???
Third, take your credit card and consider it a early birthday gift
Thank you VERY much as I'm hoping they updated these two in the XDAIIs.
its on the o2 uk site.........
http://shop.o2.co.uk/cgi-bin/o2uk/j...etDetails.jsp?prodID=consumer:O2:XDAIIs:GROUP
bryson said:
its on the o2 uk site.........
http://shop.o2.co.uk/cgi-bin/o2uk/j...etDetails.jsp?prodID=consumer:O2:XDAIIs:GROUP
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On there, bought it and should be arriving tomorrow (well acording to the site anyway)
Last I head from Vodafone Australia is November 15 is release date here.
Uplands Mobile
I have bought one sim free from Here they have been assured by O2 today that they will be the first in the UK to stock them and that delivery will be shipped next monday.
I personally can't wait until Tuesday, this is the first phone with everything i ever wanted in one device, i am ditching my Treo 600 and palm for this little baby.
Cheers
Richard
1st post by the way :lol:
Ooooops!
sorry here is the link http://shop.uplands.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_XDA_2s.html
Ta
Hi Richard,
I got my XDA II from Uplands last year and I can't fault them, so I'd be happy to get an XDA IIs from them as well, and their prices are certainly good!
Could you let us know when you get yours? I'll be interested to see when their stock starts to come through. Gonna call them now and ask about upgrades....
Edit: update on upgrades - I could have one, but it would cost me £285 cos I'm not a particularly heavy user.
Yeah uplands are good cant go wrong with them + they are very competitive in price. Stock will be due in on monday 15th nov.. cant wait!
12th Nov
I've just spoken to a few O2 shops in London area, they either tell me they have no idea when they're due or that 12th of November is release date and not to expect anything for at least 2 weeks after then :\
I've got 4 phones due an upgrade with an O2 reseller (unfortunately not direct with O2, corporate account with CarphoneWarehouse so will probably delay things further) - itching to get my hands on one!
Does anyone have any idea when this device will be available in the Netherlands? Through one of those mobile provider? (T-Mob, Orange, Telfort?) It seems that its out in UK and Germany and some places in US and other countries, but not yet here in NL, I've checked several stores and can't find convincing replies. I am keen to check this one out.
More delays
Just spoke to Uplands - they have said -
"Yes, O2 advised us yesterday that the release of
the handsets has been delayed again, and to expect delivery by around Monday of next week {15th Nov}. Unfortunately that means we cannot yet guarantee a delivery date"
Bumsticks :\
Please post any other shops that are selling the XDA IIs.
Uplands will not ship to a US customer!
I would love to get a XDA III, but getting it in a black version would be really cool.
I might be able to get my hands on some XDA2s at a reasonable price to be able to sell them on to you at a attractive price. - i will be finding out tommorrow.
I'd be willing to sell them at £430.00 + £6 P&P.
These are a one off price and NO contract is nessecary.
They are locked to the O2 UK network but unlocking sofware will probably be out soon?. UK only
Let me know if you are interested. First come first served, either PM or on here I will take the time of the submission first and place you on the reservations list.
I am giving you guys first shout since I know you all love your XDA's.If not they will go on eBay a few days after I get them
This handset is £599.99 on The Link website and £582.83 on Uplands website.
You might want to hold off buying them if they are that expensive as i think you will have trouble reselling them, you dont want to get stuck with 4 of them and be unable to sell them
Expansys is selling the Qtek 2020 (XDA2) for only £399.95 brand new including 12 months warranty and its unlocked for any network
Isn't the XDA2s better than the XDA2?
So for £30.00 more isn't it a good deal u think?
hi guys
i am getting a xda2s on contract from 02 select for 119.99. i have asked this price to be checked twice and as its on the notes of my account i am getting it fot this price. they have none in stock till next monday.
regards kevin
your bills must be high to be with o2 select, they reward their customers by giving lower prices on upgrades and all sort of other benefits
Looks like the supplier is not going to sell me them now at the price I was going to get them for so this thread is dead.
We can do them at that price if anyone is interested but the P&P is £9.95 nextday Royal mail special delivery.
They are in stock right now.
Paul
Mobile-mayhem.co.uk
Cheap XDA2s
Hi,
I have read some post and I agree with there staff being crap.
But they are also quite gullable 8) ... any Im excpecting my xd2s tomo for £49.99! on o2 600 but my line rental is also half price!
You really have to blag............
I'm just about to get a new phone as my contract is up with O2 and they wont offer me any upgrades at a reasonable price, and i was just about to order a three handset (Motorola E1000),
But if you can geta IIs for £49.99 and half price line rental, then that would suit me perfectly,
Can you let me know where you are getting it from ?
Cheers
XDA IIs for sale
Any one interested in a brand new O2 XDA IIs which has never been used. I bought it for myself as a Xmas present but after reading the manual found I won`t be using most the functions. too much for me. So I`m selling it sim free at £399 + £8.99 P&P special delivery. My email is blue_sea at hotmail.co.uk
hi folks,
the network i'm on in ireland are telling me they cant get any new desire for at least two weeks.. that there's a europe wide shortage? any stock issues elsewhere?
Cheers,
Mick
Yeah, I had to wait 3 weeks for mine from Vodafone, although admittedly the volcano didn't help.
It seems like other people are having problems with Vodafone, looks as though HTC underestimated the Desire's popularity.
Got it in Holland, didn't have to wait they had a couple of desires left. The guy told me they sell very well, so I wouldn't be surprised if they ran out of desires before ordering new ones.
The same situation applies in Greece too.
HTC Desire is not available through any carriers, or even online shops
which usually provide cellphones much earlier than official shops.
First I ordered it online they told me I had to wait 4 weeks. Since I didn´t want to do that. Than I called a shop and asked if they had it in stock. They just had one left! So rushed to the shop and bought mine
Yeah, it's been selling out everywhere. I got mine in Dublin on the day Meteor released it, I had to ring 4 different stores because they were booked out in most places. I got the second last one they had in stock in Grafton Street (and they only got them in around mid-morning).
And apparently Vodafone and O2 hadn't even planned on stocking it until their customers kicked up a huge fuss on the forums... I guess they were concerned about it eating into 3GS sales. Although maybe I'm giving their business acumen a little too much credit there... the way these guys operate in this country it wouldn't surprise me if they just couldn't have been bothered. Wonder how many customers O2 and Voda lost due to Meteor jumping in ahead of them with the Desire. (Me, for one!)
There goes a possible answer...
Clove.co.uk have been out of stock for weeks. Their last shipment was completely taken up by existing pre-orders, and (opinion) the same may happen with the current shipment too (due about the end of this week, exact arrival date tbc)
play.com claim to have stock - but I think they are fibbing
So, on the one hand, "Yay" for the Desire.
On the other hand, "C'mon, HTC [& samsung]! Get a move on! (but make sure you glue down the screens properly )"
Vodafone NL had a notice in the online shop saying it's not available for 4 weeks. Glad i got mine by mail the day it was released
Tis good news.
Well from HTC's point, you can't not update to 2.2 as the sheer amount of people buying them. IF the nexus one stays as the 2.2 Desire then sales will fall as people buy them instead.
So I am hopeful of June 23rd
Yo I got mine at the very beginning in Hong Kong with a hkd200 which is around 30 usd higher than the original price.
Luckily I made a decision to take it from the store otherwise I might have to wait for five days to two weeks for the phone.
Desire, what a great name.
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Clove.co.uk seem to be fulfilling pre-orders
As far as I can tell, clove started dispatching pre-ordered Desires yesterday (2/6/2010).
Their site still says "Stock delayed until the first week of June. Exact arrival date to be confirmed" but they probably recieved enough to cover some of the existing orders in the pipeline (mine included!)
I bought mine online as well got it had it for two weeks, but I had to send mine for repair, inner earpiece stopped working, and they said they need to replace it, also saying there is shortage have to wait a week or two, not to sure.
diablous said:
Tis good news.
Well from HTC's point, you can't not update to 2.2 as the sheer amount of people buying them. IF the nexus one stays as the 2.2 Desire then sales will fall as people buy them instead.
So I am hopeful of June 23rd
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Yes, I think you are right. A big desire user base will definitely help ensure (a) future update(s). Bad after sales support for a large user base will also mean large public backlash when people are starting to lose faith in htc their support.
There's definitely a shortage going on. Virgin Mobile (UK) have said that there's a stock shortage on the Desire in particular and it will be ongoing through the WHOLE of June and MOST of July (Probably the whole of July, they said).
They're getting a small shipment in on the 7th, but it's a VERY small shipment. So small, they're no longer selling them on anything less than 30ppm contracts! And that's only to existing Virgin MEDIA contract holders.
Glad I got mine when I did lol
I've heard next to nothing about who/where will be stocking Windows Phone handsets at launch tomorrow morning ... the only thing I've heard is the Orange store Oxford Street will be opening at 7am.
Anybody have news on who'll have SIM free HTC WP7 handsets tomorrow??
I've been trying to track down sim-free handsets myself and the best I've come up with is the Dell Venue Pro which is available to order from Clove, for delivery on the 8th November.
It's proving to be quite difficult to find sim-free phones, especially ones with a keyboard.
No news on high-street stores selling sim-free.
This is really annoying actually...
Big announcement from Microsoft 21st October lanuch in Europe !!! but no Carriers appear to be launching tomorrow... I called Orange the MAIN LAUNCH PARTNER and they say HTC Mozart next week and Samsung Omnia (Orange name will be Cetus) by the end of October... Their STAFF HAVE NO CLUE about WP7 and no details about 8gb or 16gb memory or prices or specific dates etc etc... They just said Nokia N8 confirmed for Friday and New HTC Androids also next week... F$%K knows whats going on!! ....... really good start Microsoft !!!!
I dont know about london but i know the Orange store in london is getting both omnia 7 and the mazart in tomorrow both are 8gb. The Fareham store (town nearer to me) said they will have stock arriving today for sale tomorrow but did not know what they where getting as it depends what there sent from main office.
I have seen some sim free deals around but cant remember off my head where as i will need a contract boo to being poor lol
O2UK have the HD7 in their "Coming Soon" list. Apparently expected 21st Oct
http://www.o2.co.uk/comingsoon/hd7
I called the Orange Store in Croydon they have no idea if WP7 handsets will be there tomorrow....
Thanks for all your replies - sadly it doesn't look like I've missed any launch day availability information then ... it certainly is frustrating.
I suspect pre-ordering online and waiting a few weeks for most of the handsets to ship will be the best option ... unfortunately.
Still hope to be surprised though!
Just got back from the AT&T store and had a chance to play with the 900 while I was there. Spoke with the manager for a few minutes who mentioned that there 'may' possibly be some sort sales promotion for the 900 that will soon be announced at all AT&T stores. Seemed like he knew what it was, but wasn't giving up the goods. Also he alluded to an earlier than April 8th release date.
Just throwing it out there.
Well, for what it's worth, if you go to the Nokia site they have a countdown clock. The clock points to Friday, not Sunday.
Nokia supposedly booked times square for a release party on Friday at 7pm.
For what it's worth, I stopped by two ATT stores on the way home:
One swore the launch was the 14th, and if I preordered, I'd be able to pick it up that day.
The second said if I preordered now, my phone would be available in 14-21 days according to their system.
Figure I'll just stop by on Monday and pick one up from one of the worthless ATT stores in my area. May have to stop by on Friday/Saturday as well as see what's going on, as a launch on the 8th when the stores are closed has all the employees baffled.
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My Understanding is only "Corporate" Stores are going to get the device early. I tried to preorder The Lumia 900 online as an upgrade. I could not do it online and was directed by customer care to go to one of 3 Corporate stores in my area (Fresno, Ca)On 3-30-12 to complete the order. One of the reps I know there said Nokia is pulling all the stops. All the reps in store have Lumia's, some black ones, some Cyan ones. A rep from Nokia actually came to FRESNO to train and show the features of the phone and share marketing tactics. The rep said that this was a first as all the training for other phones, including the I Phone took place at out of town meetings. He said the Nokia is going first class all the way and the promotion in store will be substantial, and was confident they would have product in store by Easter Weekend.
CrownSeven said:
Just got back from the AT&T store and had a chance to play with the 900 while I was there. Spoke with the manager for a few minutes who mentioned that there 'may' possibly be some sort sales promotion for the 900 that will soon be announced at all AT&T stores. Seemed like he knew what it was, but wasn't giving up the goods. Also he alluded to an earlier than April 8th release date.
Just throwing it out there.
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Is the promo free phone on new plan ? That is already known. Also Amazon has the phone for a penny. If they have something else as a promo beyond this, that would be pretty amazing.
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Is the promo free phone on new plan ? That is already known. Also Amazon has the phone for a penny. If they have something else as a promo beyond this, that would be pretty amazing.
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Wish I knew, but he wouldn't say. Just said to keep my ears open as it would be announced soon. I'm hoping its something good, and not just an accessory or two thrown in.
If you wait until it's available at Costco, they usually throw in a car charger and case and tax is only charged on the price that you pay, not the retail price of the phone.
Not sure if it's going to be available at Costco on launch date though. A few days wait might be worth it though to save some extra cash and get some freebies.
Any word on the promo ?
Haven't heard anything on my end. Plan on stopping by the local att store after work to see if I can prod more info out of them.
I'll take some nifty new Nokia Lumia 900 accessories like a case or bumper.
$50.00 with 2 year contract at all corporate stores in New England (including upgrade, which I did)...
Even though their price tags say $100 (or $99.99, whatever)
[edit] http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/10/nokia-makes-lumia-900-free-to-all-att-customers/