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Hi Everyone,
I was thinking that given the size of our community, I might be able to negotiate group discounts on new devices (especially pre-orders of upcoming devices). My goal would be to get the cheapest price possible from a reputable online retailer. I know lots of sites all over the web use stores or affiliate links to make a few extra bucks; this would be more about getting the best deal for you... if xda were getting anything out of it, I would make sure that was 100% clear.
Does this interest you guys at all? I have no idea how large of a discount I could get (maybe only 5- 10%), but I wanted to gauge the interest before I tried.
How many of you actually plan on pre-ordering one of the new HTC devices? Which one?
Thx!
Well, it depends on if AT&T decides to carry this phone or not. There's no point in ordering it if AT&T will eventually subsidy it for a lower cost. I have two lines that are (both) out of contract-- and I'm looking to make a major upgrade for me & the wife.
So, if AT&T doesn't hook me up, sign me up for two. But, seriously, send me a message if you make any progress.
I want this phone extremely bad. I can't make any commitment until I know it will be offered on Tmobile in the US with our goofy bands and whatnot.
I would be interested if the device would be released on ANY North American 3g bands.
I just can't live without data on my phone for much longerr
here in germany u can preorder it on amazon for 499€...a few days ago it was there for 419....but i saw it too late
I just pre ordered mine from clove..
Coatezy said:
I just pre ordered mine from clove..
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Ditto! ...ordered mine a week ago. I haven't told the wife yet as I haven't found the right time to break it to her as we're supposed to be clearing our credit cards and paying her parents back this year!
I actually go out of may way to be different and yesterday stumbled across the silver version on PDAshop.nl/.be and Smartphoneshop.nl/.be and took a fancy to it - they're the only places in Europe offering it too. I asked for a quote to ship to the UK and was all set to cancel my order with Clove but they refuse to ship outside the Netherlands or Belgium. Then I realized they are both the same company and their sites are mirrors of each other which instantly raises my suspicions ...why would the same company trade as two different competing entities if they didn't have something to hide I think.
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Then I realized they are both the same company and their sites are mirrors of each other which instantly raises my suspicions ...why would the same company trade as two different competing entities if they didn't have something to hide I think.
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Because then one site can claim to be cheaper than the other. Very clever.
Coatezy said:
I just pre ordered mine from clove..
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Do they charge you immediately for pre-orders?
djet said:
Do they charge you immediately for pre-orders?
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No they take payment when the stock is available.. This happened when I purchased my hd2 and I also emailed Clove to confirm this would be the case with the Desire.
Amazon.co.uk just dropped the price on Desire... 429 £ =)
Just to let people know...
Lysin said:
Amazon.co.uk just dropped the price on Desire... 429 £ =)
Just to let people know...
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Much cheaper from Amazon.de.
sindrefyrn said:
Much cheaper from Amazon.de.
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How 494€ is cheaper than 424 £???
I've just sold my HD2 and I've just bought a Desire!
I'm crazy.
Lysin said:
How 494€ is cheaper than 424 £???
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Ops. Sorry. My bad.
ghale said:
I've just sold my HD2 and I've just bought a Desire!
I'm crazy.
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Done the same..
gizz68erz said:
here in germany u can preorder it on amazon for 499€...a few days ago it was there for 419....but i saw it too late
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I was lucky and fast enough to preorder it for 419, but still dont know if I should keep my X1 and send the Desire back or replace my X1 with it - as I surely will be an early adopter of the first WP7S HTC phone
Am thinking of ordering one of these phones. Currently own a 3GS on O2.
Can pre order with mobiles.co.uk . Looking at T-Mobs Web 600 tariff at £30 per month.
Can I ask what, if any, limits T-Mob have with regards to data usage.I currently use Slingplayer on my 3GS, along with radio streaming, use Youtube a fair bit.Would I have any problems doing this with T-Mob(I understand they took the YT app off of their HD2s?), assuming of course that Slingplayer gets released for Android?
saldawop said:
Am thinking of ordering one of these phones. Currently own a 3GS on O2.
Can pre order with mobiles.co.uk . Looking at T-Mobs Web 600 tariff at £30 per month.
Can I ask what, if any, limits T-Mob have with regards to data usage.I currently use Slingplayer on my 3GS, along with radio streaming, use Youtube a fair bit.Would I have any problems doing this with T-Mob(I understand they took the YT app off of their HD2s?), assuming of course that Slingplayer gets released for Android?
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When I swapped my 3GS for HD2 I bought the HD2 so I could put my o2 sim straight in it.. Didn't want to loose the o2 data allowance from the iphone contract. And will be doing the same with the Desire.
Yeah, suppose I could do the same.Just get a cheaper tariff .Or else wait and buy a locked one?from O2?
Am currently on the £20 Simplicity for iPhone tariff.I thought they knew if the SIM was being used in a phone other than an iPhone?
So after almos 2 years im looking to change my htc incredible, because it feels old and slow compared with recent phones, and my carrier is offering both CMDA and GSM (i feel more comfortable with gsm) and i've always been a fan of qwerty phones,and seeing that HTC isnt going to release an android qwerty phone anytime soon, i checked the specs of the captivate glide and realise that its is really impressive better than the droid 3, cheaper than the droid 4.
im almost convinced to buy it, but before that i would like to clarify two things, one i really would like advice from regular and power users here at xda pros and cons, if it is worth it, or if should i save some extra money to buy the droid 4 (hate motoblur and there's no networks offering LTE on my country.) and the other thing is if anyone knows a reliable place where i can buy it online im from mexico, i have no problems with an glide with the at&t brand, but i've also read that the "rogers" glide doesnt have any brand. but i really dont know where to buy it.
i checked this site (www.negrielectronics.com)and they have it listed but i dont know if its realiable.
any help would be apreciated.
There's one for sale in the Marketplace here on XDA, I believe. You could start there. I upgraded from a T-Mobile G2 and haven't looked back since. The more we get out there, the better. CarpeNoctem has put out a great little ROM for it (OsiMood) and that paired with the Cranium Kernel and Go Launcher has really got me going! I can't make an honest recommendation comparing to Droids, as my only experience with them has been futzing with one of my client's original Droid and his new Droid3, haven't really gotten any regular use time with them...
One further thing, I would check which CDMA and GSM bands your carrier is offering, I believe if I recall correctly that the i927 does not support T-Mobile's 3G band, so you'd be stuck with EDGE for 3G, which is significantly slower...
Good luck, and I hope you love your new phone as much as I love mine
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I think its better than Droid 3..
Haven't tried Droid 4..
If facebranding is not a problem, you can go for at&t model as you can get it cheaper than Rogers..
One of my friend had got a phone through Negri electronics.. So far it is the only site I have come across which ships to almost all the countries..
Also try Ebay.. I got mine for 400$ in an auction.. + additional shipping, duty and unlocking charges..
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(www.negrielectronics.com)
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Sorry, meant to say something about this in my above post - Negri spams the hell out of Craigslist, at least local to me, I wouldn't buy from them for just this reason. If you can't find one here on the XDA Marketplace, I recommend Swappa or Amazon (though you'd probably end up paying more at either of those)
HTH
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thanx for the answers, yeah i said negri becasue its ships everywhere but i trust more on amazon but the thing with amazon its that they dont ship electronics oustide the US (or at least cellphones).
Regarding the bands used by my carrier, AFAIK all carriers in mexico use 850 for GSM and hdspa+ with the exception of one that besides 850 they also use 1900 and if remember correctly both frequencies are available on the glide.
and i would like to know how does the phone feels, average battery life, etc, im really interested in buying one..
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thanx for the answers, yeah i said negri becasue its ships everywhere but i trust more on amazon but the thing with amazon its that they dont ship electronics oustide the US (or at least cellphones).
Regarding the bands used by my carrier, AFAIK all carriers in mexico use 850 for GSM and hdspa+ with the exception of one that besides 850 they also use 1900 and if remember correctly both frequencies are available on the glide.
and i would like to know how does the phone feels, average battery life, etc, im really interested in buying one..
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The phone feels great in my hands, just the perfect size and I have a SGS II which feels too big in comparison, it is comfortable with the keyboard slides out as well. The battery life is the best I've encountered of any android phone so far.
Any other suggestion?
I tried:
negrielectronics.com (unlocked, out of stock for now)
mobicity (unlocked, out of stock for now)
canadagsm.com (unlocked)
amazon (locked)
ebay (locked and unlocked, but a bit expensive)
Can somebody provide any other supplier selling this phone? Already unlocked phones would be a very appreciated plus..
Thanks
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Any other suggestion?
I tried:
negrielectronics.com (unlocked, out of stock for now)
mobicity (unlocked, out of stock for now)
canadagsm.com (locked)
amazon (locked)
ebay (locked and unlocked, but a bit expensive)
Can somebody provide any other supplier selling this phone? Already unlocked phones would be a very appreciated plus..
Thanks
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+1, i've been hunting this phone for a month already with no luck, anyone with a good site that ships the phone internationally (to mexico) and unlocked would be awesome.
talcko said:
+1, i've been hunting this phone for a month already with no luck, anyone with a good site that ships the phone internationally (to mexico) and unlocked would be awesome.
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So, have you been checking the aforementioned websites all this time?
Negrielectronics wrote me that they can't estimate the backorder time and they invited me to check their website daily. does it mean that the backorder waiting time has been going on for (at least) one month?
Thats right, ive been checking negri almost every day for about a month and they havent re stock it. To bad cuz i really would like yo buy a captivate glide.
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Too bad.
Just to add: rogers.com sells this phone, by the name of Samsung Galaxy S Glide.
Still need to be unlocked, but rogers.com should be more trustworthy than canadagsm.
I also wrote an email to canadagsm, just to ask a couple of questions. Waiting
Update:
canadagsm.ca deals only with unlocked phones. That's great.
Still i don't know if it is a trustworthy supplier or not. Their prices are beaten only by negrielectronics, so they're quite good.
But i don't know if I can trust them. Anyway, they accept Paypal.
I bought mine unlocked from Amazon Wireless, it's being forwarded from the US to the United Arab Emirates with ShopandShip.com.
Well, I ended up buying it on Amazon.
Hope everything will go fine.
I'll give you updates.
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Well, I ended up buying it on Amazon.
Hope everything will go fine.
I'll give you updates.
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you're from the U.S?
if not what did you do to make amazon ship to you outside the US
talcko said:
you're from the U.S?
if not what did you do to make amazon ship to you outside the US
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I'm from Italy.
I'll have it shipped to an import/export company that is located in Florida. They'll ship it to me.
Their name is consegnato.com and they offer the service for Italy (shipping and enregistering under europen laws).
Well I got the phone, really liking the build quality and performance, which is no different to a Galaxy S II
Now the challenging part, it's asking for a network code. I bought this unlocked and was not expecting this. I've contacted Amazon Wireless, lets see what they say.
I've had the same problems as you guys, www.negrielectronics.com, it's in fact a reliable site, but they are, like you said before, out of stock, www.canadagsm.com, in fact, have the Galaxy S Glide, Unlocked, tried to order, but have some problems, because, like sbiricuda, I've send my phones to a Courrier in Florida, that send the package to Chile, from where my partner picks it up, and bring it to Argentina for me. And, the guys over www.canadagsm.com, told me that they only send to the same address of your PayPal account, so, I just couldn't close the deal.
Ended up buying it to cellularworld2008 on www.ebay.ca.
Amazon Wireless rep. replied, they said I can return the phone for a full refund or call AT&T to get the unlock code. Looks like I'll have to unlock it myself!
Amazon Wireless has now changed "Unlocked" to "Upgrade" when you buy that phone full price.
*sigh*
I bought a Locked phone, so I was aware that I have to unlock it after reception when I did it.
I know that it is annoying but I suggest to get an unlock code from americanunlocker or cellunlocker. It looks cheaper than sending the phone back or calling AT&T from your country. If you do, please share your experience with them!
I usually do all of my online shopping with Amazon, including cell phones. I was really looking forward to buying this device through them because Amazon usually have really great deals on their phones. I'm very disappointed to see only the original Note available. Any idea if they will eventually sell it?
they more than likely just dont have stock yet so they haven't added it to their site.
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they more than likely just dont have stock yet so they haven't added it to their site.
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Oh, so this has happened where they got a device after the official launch date?
They are selling them now for AT&T.. although phone only is $699. so not really a savings
asked about availability at the Samsung flagship store in Metrotown.
"we have no idea."
anyone have a confirmed date for Canada?
Sadly no. Samsung has really dropped the ball on the Canadian launch, and they wonder why Apple does so much better than them. How about not sucking at launching simultaneously everywhere? It's funny how the new iPad has been announced much later than the note and will be available earlier than the note here.
Anyway there's been some retailers that have the note popping up on their stores:
http://www.ncix.ca/products/?sku=91018
A while ago, Samsung Canada said 'Some time in November', so there's your best approximation to whatever the hell that means.
released in Canada
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product...spx?path=c89c495a2da1bbb08734d66e905e8474en02
but NO PERKS? wth, Samsung!
Bestbuy in Canada had them in stock a few days back and I ordered one right away. However there has been no change in my order status in all this time so I think they quite possibly don't have them available yet.
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-101-2014-edition-lands-canada-november-8
apparently the release date is tmrw.
and there ARE perks.
if you can call them that.
• $20 Samsung Apps gift card
• Three months of free streaming music with Rdio
• Two free e-books from the bestselling For Dummies series
• 50 GB of secure cloud storage for two years with Dropbox
i guess the Dropbox extension is decent though.
Out of all possible perks, 2 books for Dummies? Who was in charge of marketing in Samsung's Canadian office, kids from South Park?
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http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-101-2014-edition-lands-canada-november-8
apparently the release date is tmrw.
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I wonder if there will be any stock tomorrow...
Anyone have any leads?
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Out of all possible perks, 2 books for Dummies? Who was in charge of marketing in Samsung's Canadian office, kids from South Oark?
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makes you wonder who Sammy is marketing this tablet to in Canada.
what would be better:
- six months of Netflix
- $50 for Google Play
- free book cover if you buy before December
you know, useful stuff.
AM Radio said:
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-101-2014-edition-lands-canada-november-8
apparently the release date is tmrw.
and there ARE perks.
if you can call them that.
• $20 Samsung Apps gift card
• Three months of free streaming music with Rdio
• Two free e-books from the bestselling For Dummies series
• 50 GB of secure cloud storage for two years with Dropbox
i guess the Dropbox extension is decent though.
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That is odd. I bought mine at BestBuy in Kitchener, Ontario on Tuesday. I was originally holding out for the Asus TF701T, but with no release date in sight for Canada, I went googling and saw something positive for this tablet and went to bestbuy to see if it was out yet. Did a search, they showed stock, and I went and bought it. It was behind the counter as they had not stocked it yet, but they did have them.
EDIT: Correction, it was Future Shop I bought it at.
Late this afternoon Best Buy Canada had 20 available on their web page. Tried to order again and it went through so maybe this time I will get one.
Sold out in a couple of hours.
Best Buy store availability in Vancouver is zero presently.
NICE RELEASE STRATEGY SAMSUNG. what, they shipped like 40 tablets to all of Metro Vancouver?
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Best Buy store availability in Vancouver is zero presently.
NICE RELEASE STRATEGY SAMSUNG. what, they shipped like 40 tablets to all of Metro Vancouver?
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Like some other thread stated, BB/FS started selling them in-store Nov. 1st.
I dropped by my local BB in vancouver on the 2nd and the employee said they had "stacks" in the back,
they just never got around to listing them in the online stock check since the 8th was the official samsung canada release date.
Went back today to get an exchange and they were out of stock, but it probably shouldn't take more than 1-2 weeks for them to restock.....
Hopefully.
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Went back today to get an exchange and they were out of stock, but it probably shouldn't take more than 1-2 weeks for them to restock.....
Hopefully.
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out of curiousity, why were you exchanging?
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Best Buy store availability in Vancouver is zero presently.
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It seemed more like they had 20 available for the whole country.
I dread ordering online from Best Buy as they are so slow to ship. I imagine there will be stock showing up in stores by next Tuesday and my order will not have budged,
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The S-pen is loose in the silo (when inserted with the button facing upwards, snug when button faces downwards),
so it sometimes becomes loose when the tablet tilted and lightly shaken and it auto-wakes the screen,
which would kill battery life if it inadvertently turned on while in my bag
Alot of Best Buys in Vancouver are restocked (but not listed as in stock on website)
just exchanged mine cause of the loose S-pen.
No problems with the new unit from early testing
NCIX has them in stock too if anyone is up north is still looking for this tab ~
still waiting to pull the trigger (not that low stock in Metro Van is helping) ... any guesses on whether any of the carriers will get the LTE model? and when? rumour is that Verizon is testing, wonder if Telus or Rogers is doing the same?
I have been searching, and cannot find anywhere to buy this specific model.
I want the 802L specifically, since it has the LTE bands that T-Mobile uses.
Does anyone know where I can buy one online?
Thanks!
There's one for sale on Amazon right now. I bought mine from the ebay user: factory-unlocked Maybe you could contact them about getting one? When I bought mine (July) they were selling them from both China and the USA. Now they don't list them for sale but maybe they could get you one.
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There's one for sale on Amazon right now. I bought mine from the ebay user: factory-unlocked Maybe you could contact them about getting one? When I bought mine (July) they were selling them from both China and the USA. Now they don't list them for sale but maybe they could get you one.
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Thanks - unfortunately the one on Amazon right now is listed under the 802L, but is actually an 803L if you go to the seller's listing.
I had contacted a number of eBay sellers, and could not find any that could supply the 802L model.
I just thought I would update this in case anyone else came along.
I ended up using buyee.jp to order one directly from Amazon Japan.
I will update this when it arrives.
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Thanks - unfortunately the one on Amazon right now is listed under the 802L, but is actually an 803L if you go to the seller's listing.
I had contacted a number of eBay sellers, and could not find any that could supply the 802L model.
I just thought I would update this in case anyone else came along.
I ended up using buyee.jp to order one directly from Amazon Japan.
I will update this when it arrives.
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So, I received the tablet and have been using it for a little while on T-Mobile.
It took about a week for the Buyee process to work. The total added price, over the Amazon.co.jp price, was about $35.
Everything is working well, great tablet, love the build quality.
Didn't like the launcher, so I switched it with Nova straight off.
Hoping Marshmallow comes soon.
The tablet DOES work as a phone on the T-Mobile network, and gets LTE.
I have personally seen up to 40Mb/s down on it.
As a phone... The speaker is near your ear, but it faces outward. Don't try to make any private calls in public places with it, as bystanders can hear your conversations.
Hope this helps someone else like me.