I ordered my note 2 days ago and received them today. is any one else honestly peeved that we just get a generic box while others get original? i prefer original headphones because sometimes my iPhone or in ear beats don't work for volume or skipping songs. the plastic around it was off center like some one pulled it from the box, and moved it to some cheap box. i don't know about everyone but I'm pissed. happy with the phone but not so much with att. i saved my chat with att as pdf. this is from samsung live chat.
Santino: I should inform you that Note 4 device will not come along with headphones.
Aaron: because att or samsung? t-mobile list them as included
Santino: Below are the things available in the device.
Santino: 1. Standard Battery (Lithium-Ion, 3220mAh)
Aaron: oh i know its not listed in the whats included. but
Santino: 2. Adaptive Fast Charging Travel Adapter USB V2.0 Cable
Santino: Head phones are not provided with the box.
Aaron: there was no box. does samsung package them in orange and white att branded boxes?
Santino: It seems the device is refurbished.
Santino: Samsung will send the device to Carrier in a Samsung sealed box.
Aaron: the only reference to the note 4 was a picture on one side.
Aaron: so samsung sends att a sealed wood looking box, wrapped in plastic
Airdwayne said:
I ordered my note 2 days ago and received them today. is any one else honestly peeved that we just get a generic box while others get original? i prefer original headphones because sometimes my iPhone or in ear beats don't work for volume or skipping songs. the plastic around it was off center like some one pulled it from the box, and moved it to some cheap box. i don't know about everyone but I'm pissed. happy with the phone but not so much with att. i saved my chat with att as pdf. this is from samsung live chat.
Santino: I should inform you that Note 4 device will not come along with headphones.
Aaron: because att or samsung? t-mobile list them as included
Santino: Below are the things available in the device.
Santino: 1. Standard Battery (Lithium-Ion, 3220mAh)
Aaron: oh i know its not listed in the whats included. but
Santino: 2. Adaptive Fast Charging Travel Adapter USB V2.0 Cable
Santino: Head phones are not provided with the box.
Aaron: there was no box. does samsung package them in orange and white att branded boxes?
Santino: It seems the device is refurbished.
Santino: Samsung will send the device to Carrier in a Samsung sealed box.
Aaron: the only reference to the note 4 was a picture on one side.
Aaron: so samsung sends att a sealed wood looking box, wrapped in plastic
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This is a known thing, very frustrating.... and seems to be an AT&T specific thing. Very upsetting indeed.
Yeah, they suck for interrupting the nice designs on boxes from manufacturers. Also for removing the headphones.
Are we really discussing boxes and headphones on XDA now? What has it come to lol.
Here is my opinion and it means nothing most likely. I look at my box twice in my ownership of a phone. Once when I rip open the box when I get the phone and once when I box it up to sell it.
As for the headphones....I have never opened a pair ever. I have at least 3 or 4 pairs unopened in my drawer. A $10 pair are better than the bundled garbage.
Am I the only one here?
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Are we really discussing boxes and headphones on XDA now? What has it come to lol.
Here is my opinion and it means nothing most likely. I look at my box twice in my ownership of a phone. Once when I rip open the box when I get the phone and once when I box it up to sell it.
As for the headphones....I have never opened a pair ever. I have at least 3 or 4 pairs unopened in my drawer. A $10 pair are better than the bundled garbage.
Am I the only one here?
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I understand your reasoning, but why take it away charge us more? When no other carrier is doing this. They are nickel and diming there customers. And if you haven't see this yet the Note edge is selling for more than a hundred dollars then any other carrier.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/11/03/note-edge-release-date-breakdown/
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
Are we really discussing boxes and headphones on XDA now? What has it come to lol.
Here is my opinion and it means nothing most likely. I look at my box twice in my ownership of a phone. Once when I rip open the box when I get the phone and once when I box it up to sell it.
As for the headphones....I have never opened a pair ever. I have at least 3 or 4 pairs unopened in my drawer. A $10 pair are better than the bundled garbage.
Am I the only one here?
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Dude you're really missing the big picture, why does att feel the need to make everything so abysmal. They don't give you orginal packaging, remove earphones, lock the bootloader down like wtf. They do things like this because people like you.
I just wanted headphones with my $900 dollar phone.
So why not just buy an unlocked version or from T-Mobile?
Actually they don't lock the bootloader down because of guys like this. And I believe t-mobile is the only US carrier including crappy headphones. Who gives a hoot. So much complaining over something people either throw away and stick in the back of a drawer and never use.
The only legitimate butt hurt is over a locked bootloader. But those days are slowly going away for Samsung. So might as well get used to it or move to another brand. But crying on xda won't get you anywhere.
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So why not just buy an unlocked version or from T-Mobile?
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This. He could buy his AT&T version new, leave it sealed, then sell it and use that money for the T-Mobile version.
AT&T has been doing their own box thing and not including headphones since the Note 2. Where have some of you been???
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This. He could buy his AT&T version new, leave it sealed, then sell it and use that money for the T-Mobile version.
AT&T has been doing their own box thing and not including headphones since the Note 2. Where have some of you been???
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Even before that. Before my note 2 I had the inspire 4g and that had att boxing too.
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Are we really discussing boxes and headphones on XDA now? What has it come to lol.
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when you dont have root access, people need to discuss something
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Even before that. Before my note 2 I had the inspire 4g and that had att boxing too.
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Ah. Yeah I don't get why AT&T has to change everything on their phones. Apple doesn't allow it, why does Samsung. Its annoying.
I phone headphones,the mic will not work as the Samsung headphone jack looks for a resistance of 10k ohms when the mic is plugged in,and I think the ring configuration is different,so anyway here's my experience with just getting the note 4 last night,in the store I said don't open the box ,I'll do it when I get home,so got home opened it and the protective sticker was all bubbled and off center,so I'm looking carfully for fingerprints or anything to suspect it was used or messed with didn't really find much,so I proceeded to put on the tempered screen protector before even powering it up,one I was up I installed Samsung phone info app,I checked it and it had 5 headset cinnections,the phone didn't even come with headphones,and I didn't plug any in,went back to ATT today there were no managers on,so they said they will talk to one on Monday and call me,one question are all the NOTE 4s 32gb internal memory?
I bought the gn4 on best buy, my first impression was disappointed, coz I saw intl version with all the accessories included , and went home a start looking where is the headphones, but them I read the box and effective doesn't mention headphones.
But it's OK though , after couples I just forget it. The important is the phone.
But with the original samsung box when u want to resale it maybe u can get a little more and looks more nicer
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so i just seen on youtube that Technobuffalo did an unboxing of the AT&T version of the note 2 an noticed it doesnt come with headphones! why does AT&T do this?
Hmm, seems a bit odd to me as we pretty much share the same model. Rogers version came with ear buds and also a few sets of different sized rubber buds for comfort.
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I remember my original I717 didn't come with them either but my I747 did haha
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From every other place I have seen headphones are included. The only part I didn't like was the grey note still comes with white headphones and charger.
AT&T (and other US carriers) often will sell packages without the headphones (most likely to save money.) The headphones that come with the international version (n7100) seem to be the same headphones that samsung has been packaging with phones (and tablets) for the past year, so it's no major loss - they suck no matter which phone they come with.
Will the Note II come in the ugly AT&T branded box or the Samsung box? I know it doesn't matter but it'd be nice to have the Samsung box instead of the AT&T box.
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Will the Note II come in the ugly AT&T branded box or the Samsung box? I know it doesn't matter but it'd be nice to have the Samsung box instead of the AT&T box.
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The GS3 for AT&T came with the Samsung box so maybe the Note II would also?
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Will the Note II come in the ugly AT&T branded box or the Samsung box? I know it doesn't matter but it'd be nice to have the Samsung box instead of the AT&T box.
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An unboxing I saw had an AT&T box
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I have Sprint and ATT. Sprint came with headphones, still waiting for ATT and will let you all know.
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The GS3 for AT&T came with the Samsung box so maybe the Note II would also?
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I saw that at&t unboxing for the note 2 and it had the cheap at&t box again.
I couldn't care less about the box. Earbuds would be nice, though, but not a deal-breaker.
If it had the original samsung box, that usually means it would come with headphones. All the intended accessories. I think at&t has a side headphone resell business.
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so i just seen on youtube that Technobuffalo did an unboxing of the AT&T version of the note 2 an noticed it doesnt come with headphones! why does AT&T do this?
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Just watched it after reading this, at&t is pretty lame, I mean how much would that have saved per handset really buying with no headphones $5. And the box? Yuck! I wish all OEM's would follow apples lead and tell carriers to shove it, no branding or bloat. Take it or leave it.
On a positive note (pun intended), at least you guys don't have to deal with verizon branding on the home button, oh man...
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dc4 said:
Hmm, seems a bit odd to me as we pretty much share the same model. Rogers version came with ear buds and also a few sets of different sized rubber buds for comfort.
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I'm sorry this is way off topic, but did the Rogers version, have a lot of Rogers Bloat on it?
I agree. It's not just Samsung either, all packaged headphones tend to suck. $25 to $30 earbuds are a huge improvement.
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I say who cares, no set of pack-in headphones ever found it to my ears. My wife wore the hell out of her iPhone headphones to the point where she took my new set.
I am content with my Klipsch Image ONEs.
averamj said:
I agree. It's not just Samsung either, all packaged headphones tend to suck. $25 to $30 earbuds are a huge improvement.
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Surprisingly the Note 2 included headphones sound pretty good.
It sucks that AT&T's version doesn't come with headphones. Considering Verizon screwed their customers with a logo on the home button, I can live with what AT&T is doing..
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Im pretty pissed off about the way AT&T sent me my pre ordered note 2. Instead of the nice premium samsung box, they sent it in a crappy box. If I pay 650$ for a phone I would like the box that its suppose to come in!
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I know, was happy the s3 got the international box, but we got crap here. And no headphones dumb ATT
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mrhaley30705 said:
Sounds like they shipped you refurb's. I'd call att find out for sure
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Why would you even say that? Sounds like you do not have a Note II. I believe its already been documented that AT&T repackaged
their Note II's with their own dinky ugly little box and without the headphones.
Actually, i don't have a note 2. Since i posted above, i found out some phones were shipped that way. I'm going to edit my post as soon as i finish this one.
Fwiw, the refurbs i have purchased on the past were packaged this way. My current phone came in a pretty Samsung box.
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But all of them came with headphones
Really this is an issue? A box and a crappy headphone? The only time I saw many note 1 box was when I got it and when I sold it...
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Just left the local att store and I'm dumbfounded.
What happened to the nice Samsung cloth box and included headphones that were part of the original review??
For 299 on contract or 599 off, this should be the flagship phone from att.
Instead it's packaged and sold like some Walmart special.
Now I'm really reconsidering the upgrade.
You hear that att? (Not like you care) I'm not sure I want to give you 300 + 150/mo for the next two years for our family plan.
If you're listening, that's a potential loss of commitment from me to your company of almost $4000.
Maybe that $2 box and $3 headphone package you cost reduced might have been worth it.
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Just left the local att store and I'm dumbfounded.
What happened to the nice Samsung cloth box and included headphones that were part of the original review??
For 299 on contract or 599 off, this should be the flagship phone from att.
Instead it's packaged and sold like some Walmart special.
Now I'm really reconsidering the upgrade.
You hear that att? (Not like you care) I'm not sure I want to give you 300 + 150/mo for the next two years for our family plan.
If you're listening, that's a potential loss of commitment from me to your company of almost $4000.
Maybe that $2 box and $3 headphone package you cost reduced might have been worth it.
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Dude, I wish I had your problems.
Seriously??
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Honestly the last thing I thought of when I bought my phone was the box. As long as it was new, I could have cared less if it came in a shopping bag.
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Maybe they should just throw it in a paper bag shake it around a bit ant tell the customer to deal with it.
Where is the futureama picture, shut up and take my money?
I'm laughing out loud at this thread... Seriously?! Wow.
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Yeah, it was a pretty crappy little box. But honestly I don't care, I was buying a phone not a box.
Headphone would of been nice, but no big dea. l I use Bluetooth.
Would you have preferred to pay 650 no-commitment and gotten a fancy box with a garbage phone inside?
Don't get me wrong - I agree that AT&T played a game with the box and headphones, but it's really not that big of a deal. Sure, AT&T saved $5. However, even $650 is a really good price for the NoteII with LTE. This isn't the typical AT&T downgraded hardware (as the SGS3 was) but the full blown NoteII with LTE.
As far as I've been able to tell so far, this thing is almost hardware identical to the N7105.. which sells for over $150 more than the i317 when purchased from anyone who'll honor the warranty in the US. Trust me that the box and headphones aren't worth that much.
Where do I start...
Box. Sure its just a box. I worked in the manufacturing industry for years. I know about cost savings. Makes me wonder where else the cost savings have been applied.
A box like the one Samsung uses for all their phones costs about $0.30 in mass production.
The headphones probably cost near $2.
So why does ATT feel the need to short change the customer for $3?
Are you OK when you buy a $1000 TV and it doesn't come with a remote or power cord?
This is the best phone ATT offers and the put it in a crappy box with no headphones? But you can buy the S3 and get the factory box and cool headphones for less than half the price.
If you're demanding top dollar for a product, presentation is everything.
Your tv analogy makes no sense mate.
Not even close to a freakin box and a dollar store headphone.
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If it really bothers you that much:
A: contact Samsung and ask them for the pretty box and headphones
B: get an iPhone.
Does the lack of box really impede the performance of the phone? Do you bronze it and stick it on your mantle, or show the box off to your peers?
Seriously, at the end of the day how much does it really matter?
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Are you OK when you buy a $1000 TV and it doesn't come with a remote or power cord?.
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Earphones are generic; unlike TV remotes, they're not customized for a particular device. And when you buy a new cell phone these days, you're likely replacing a previous one for which you already have earphones or a headset--if indeed you ever use those (many folks don't). If you sell your old phone, the new owner probably doesn't want to use previously-worn earphones. So including a new pair with each phone is wasteful, for reasons that don't carry over to your TV analogy.
fonso4g said:
Im pretty pissed off about the way AT&T sent me my pre ordered note 2. Instead of the nice premium samsung box, they sent it in a crappy box. If I pay 650$ for a phone I would like the box that its suppose to come in!
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Are you frigging kidding me...?
Your pissed because of the stupid box they sent it to you in...?
I've seen people ***** because of the phones being messed up but...never over a piece of cardboard...
Did your phone arrive in good condition...if not...then you got a right to complain...if it did...sorry...you get it the way ATT has contracted Samsung to make it for them...Go to your AT&T store and complain...and let us know how far that gets you
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Don't you guys have Trillions in debt to pay off....and you're worried about a cardboard box that your cellphone came in? LOL
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Are you frigging kidding me...?
Your pissed because of the stupid box they sent it to you in...?
I've seen people ***** because of the phones being messed up but...never over a piece of cardboard...
Did your phone arrive in good condition...if not...then you got a right to complain...if it did...sorry...you get it the way ATT has contracted Samsung to make it for them...Go to your AT&T store and complain...and let us know how far that gets you
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I did and got two pair of headphones for free ..People forget its your personal preference, if it was initially suppose to come with it then thats what customers are suppose to get, can you imagine the next iphone coming out without a apple made box and headphones, there will be riots in the street, market crashes, people quitting work, the dead will rise and walk among us..
Just go to at&t and ask politely for your headphones that were advertised as being in the box and you'll get them, as far as the box goes we are sol. .
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I bought the AT&T Galaxy Note 2 a few times before returning to my iPhone 5. I have grown to hate my iPhone 5. The only thing I love it about are the cases I have. It has AppleCare+ on it which I really like but that's not cutting it. The phone has a very loose power button which causes a rattle. My iPhone 5 has also had dust in the camera lens since day one. Call me OCD but I've actually gone through about 5 iPhone 5's since sticking with this one. Apple QC is absolutely atrocious. I've had my issues with Samsung phones but not like Apple.
I absolutely hate the screen on the iPhone 5. I hate it!!! I don't think I can wait until the Galaxy S4. I want to be back on the Android ecosystem so that way I will have an easy transition to the S4. I also loved the S Pen, as I've had the Note 2 before. I returned it because I was bothered by the lack of cases and support for it. I always go back to that pathetic iPhone.
So is the Note 2 still worth it in Feb 2013? I don't think any other phone can come close in performance yet?
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I bought the AT&T Galaxy Note 2 a few times before returning to my iPhone 5. I have grown to hate my iPhone 5. The only thing I love it about are the cases I have. It has AppleCare+ on it which I really like but that's not cutting it. The phone has a very loose power button which causes a rattle. My iPhone 5 has also had dust in the camera lens since day one. Call me OCD but I've actually gone through about 5 iPhone 5's since sticking with this one. Apple QC is absolutely atrocious. I've had my issues with Samsung phones but not like Apple.
I absolutely hate the screen on the iPhone 5. I hate it!!! I don't think I can wait until the Galaxy S4. I want to be back on the Android ecosystem so that way I will have an easy transition to the S4. I also loved the S Pen, as I've had the Note 2 before. I returned it because I was bothered by the lack of cases and support for it. I always go back to that pathetic iPhone.
So is the Note 2 still worth it in Feb 2013? I don't think any other phone can come close in performance yet?
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Not sure if you want to wait a little bit but some signs point to a new Note 3 soon (but if it comes to AT&T, it might be a little bit before it reaches these shores). Otherwise, there have been some really good deals @ Best Buy and such. Or... you know... stick with your iPhone, you sheep LoL
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/429737/20130131/samsung-galaxy-note-3-release-date-launch.htm
I feel that you'll be fine because I don't think the s4 could replace your Note 2. The only reason why I say this is because of that extra half inch that the note would provide. For sure the s4 will be a lot quicker than the note 2 but was the note 2 ever slow to begin with. I also feel the same way with my i phone 5. I went from iPhone 5 on Sprint to s3 on ATT then the iPhone 5 on ATT then I am using the Note 2 on ATT now. I feel that since in previously years I've been using strictly Apple on my devices switching to the s3 and note 2 is real "innovation."
I also feel the same about the lack of any real nice cases for the note compared to the iPhone.
All in all I think you'll be fine if you decide to pickup another note.
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Not sure if you want to wait a little bit but some signs point to a new Note 3 soon (but if it comes to AT&T, it might be a little bit before it reaches these shores). Otherwise, there have been some really good deals @ Best Buy and such. Or... you know... stick with your iPhone, you sheep LoL
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/429737/20130131/samsung-galaxy-note-3-release-date-launch.htm
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whoRichard said:
I feel that you'll be fine because I don't think the s4 could replace your Note 2. The only reason why I say this is because of that extra half inch that the note would provide. For sure the s4 will be a lot quicker than the note 2 but was the note 2 ever slow to begin with. I also feel the same way with my i phone 5. I went from iPhone 5 on Sprint to s3 on ATT then the iPhone 5 on ATT then I am using the Note 2 on ATT now. I feel that since in previously years I've been using strictly Apple on my devices switching to the s3 and note 2 is real "innovation."
I also feel the same about the lack of any real nice cases for the note compared to the iPhone.
All in all I think you'll be fine if you decide to pickup another note.
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I was hoping to get the Note 2 until the S4 comes to AT&T to hold me over. I wonder if the Note 2 is selling higher than the iPhone 5?
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I was hoping to get the Note 2 until the S4 comes to AT&T to hold me over. I wonder if the Note 2 is selling higher than the iPhone 5?
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Both are $199 (2 year agreement) with a $50 gift card from Best Buy... with the $50 gift card, that's the best deal out at this moment (changes every week everywhere)
Edit: But of course, if you're buying outright, shop around... Amazon has some pretty decent prices
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Both are $199 (2 year agreement) with a $50 gift card from Best Buy... with the $50 gift card, that's the best deal out at this moment (changes every week everywhere)
Edit: But of course, if you're buying outright, shop around... Amazon has some pretty decent prices
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It would be outright. Can't seem to find the AT&T version outright anywhere but AT&T. The N1700 is fine but I have full AT&T LTE here.
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It would be outright. Can't seem to find the AT&T version outright anywhere but AT&T. The N1700 is fine but I have full AT&T LTE here.
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You can basically get the phone at any retail shop outright but they never go on "sale" outright. Check the websites, click on the phones, then select the "no contract" option and it will show you the full price (e.g. Best Buy... btw not trying to push them it's just that I was doing the same thing you are a few days ago for another phone... has the Note 2 AT&T for $799.99 and the iPhone 5 outright for $699.99 16gb on both). As for the international version, I'm not too sure how this will work out with that retarded bill that passed about unlocks and whatnots.
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You can basically get the phone at any retail shop outright but they never go on "sale" outright. Check the websites, click on the phones, then select the "no contract" option and it will show you the full price (e.g. Best Buy... btw not trying to push them it's just that I was doing the same thing you are a few days ago for another phone... has the Note 2 AT&T for $799.99 and the iPhone 5 outright for $699.99 16gb on both). As for the international version, I'm not too sure how this will work out with that retarded bill that passed about unlocks and whatnots.
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AT&T has the best price. $649.99. Best Buy I wanna say is $799? :0
I buy phones outright all the time so I'm pretty familiar with it. I just can't find anything cheaper than $649 anywhere.
No way the Note 3 is due this Spring. The Note series is typically released late Summer / early Fall. I expect the Note III in Aug / Sept.
Now the Galaxy S phones are released in late Spring mostly. The S IV is rumored for a April worldwide release. And May U.S. release.
I would get the Note 2 right now, best phone ever. And the S-pen rocks. Amazing battery life, super fast smooth.
Or if you gonna wait, wait for the Note 3 = better upgraded version of the S4, bigger screen + S-pen.
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AT&T has the best price. $649.99. Best Buy I wanna say is $799? :0
I buy phones outright all the time so I'm pretty familiar with it. I just can't find anything cheaper than $649 anywhere.
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Yeah that's insane! AT&T is the way to go... damn I should look there (I for no reason at all assumed they'd be the priciest)
If you live in a fairly big city you should look on Craigslist for yours. I was so ready to pay ATTs price of 649.99 but then someone on Craigslist sold me a brand new one for 500.... Honestly I couldn't be happier with this phone, love it.
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I don't trust craigslist phones myself and like the option of maybe returning it if i need to. I would go to att and t and buy from them. It is the cheapest price around that I found. I checked best buy and Amazon. Best buy was ridiculous. I ened up buying outright from at and t..not happy about the $710 but such is life. Resale on the Iphone will be way better for a longer period of time.
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Yeah that's insane! AT&T is the way to go... damn I should look there (I for no reason at all assumed they'd be the priciest)
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I work for BBYM and just price matched ATT's outright price for mine. All stores will do that
Try your local ads. I got mine new for $500.
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MattMJB0188 said:
I bought the AT&T Galaxy Note 2 a few times before returning to my iPhone 5. I have grown to hate my iPhone 5. The only thing I love it about are the cases I have. It has AppleCare+ on it which I really like but that's not cutting it. The phone has a very loose power button which causes a rattle. My iPhone 5 has also had dust in the camera lens since day one. Call me OCD but I've actually gone through about 5 iPhone 5's since sticking with this one. Apple QC is absolutely atrocious. I've had my issues with Samsung phones but not like Apple.
I absolutely hate the screen on the iPhone 5. I hate it!!! I don't think I can wait until the Galaxy S4. I want to be back on the Android ecosystem so that way I will have an easy transition to the S4. I also loved the S Pen, as I've had the Note 2 before. I returned it because I was bothered by the lack of cases and support for it. I always go back to that pathetic iPhone.
So is the Note 2 still worth it in Feb 2013? I don't think any other phone can come close in performance yet?
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Let me get this straight. You went back to an inferior product (iPhone5) because of the lack of cases. What are you, a 12 year old girl?
Yes the Note2 holds up very well, in fact I think it will be topic spec even next year.
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Let me get this straight. You went back to an inferior product (iPhone5) because of the lack of cases. What are you, a 12 year old girl?
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Haha I had the same thought.
There are plenty of great cases for the note 2.
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Would you price match AND do the $50 gift card special? Otherwise, I don't count Best Buy (mobile or otherwise) to be around much longer to support unless they go private or get bought out.
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Would you price match AND do the $50 gift card special? Otherwise, I don't count Best Buy (mobile or otherwise) to be around much longer to support unless they go private or get bought out.
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The $50 offer is with doing an upgrade through best buy mobile. Nothing to do with the actual price of the phone. **** you could upgrade to a free phone and get a $50 gift card. And is that really your determining factor for whether we'd stay in business or not. Lol not that I care much because I'm almost done my degree but BBY is gonna be around for a while. Even if it doesn't get your support. Still the number one electronics retailer in the world. That just isn't a super strong statement right now.
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The $50 offer is with doing an upgrade through best buy mobile. Nothing to do with the actual price of the phone. **** you could upgrade to a free phone and get a $50 gift card. And is that really your determining factor for whether we'd stay in business or not. Lol not that I care much because I'm almost done my degree but BBY is gonna be around for a while. Even if it doesn't get your support. Still the number one electronics retailer in the world. That just isn't a super strong statement right now.
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Nono... Just a strong observation from a former employee of many years who has seen bad decision after bad decision over the last decade and got off the boat before it tries to turn itself into radio shack when they themselves are failing. There wasn't much money in the bank when I left and looking at the last 2 quarters, it dwindles down even further as the stock that used to be around 40 went down to 15 (almost to 10 last week) in a very short amount of time. Guess who went through the same thing? CompUSA and Circuit City and what you get left is either a buyout which would shrink the company to make a profit it would need to stay viable, or bought out to be Amazon's showroom for a fee instead of free like it is now. The more BBY/BBYM price matches, the more profit margin is lost so that money has to come from their bank to break even. Keep on this track and it will go off a cliff. Don't get me wrong, I want BBY to survive and all but becoming Radio Shack is not the way to go.
Congrats on your degree! You can now watch from the outside instead of in objectively.
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I just went to T-Mobile's trade in program to see what I would get for my GS3. The T999 fetches a pretty penny - 225 bucks. On top of that, the "new" T999L only gets 190 and the Galaxy Note 2 gets 265. A 64GB iPhone 5 is 269.99 for comparison.
Looks like T-Mobile wants to buy back as many T999s as possible, probably anticipating an uptick in exchanges on the heels of the LTE model launching.
Interestingly enough, this is much better than their father's day trade-in deal for the iPhone since it applies to any phone. Something I'm thinking about but I don't have the cash to pay the down payment up front and I'm pretty sure you still have to pay up front if you go to the store as well (although I'm not sure, I haven't called).
Just thought I would post this since this is even more than what HTC was offering on their competitor trade-up offer!
http://www.t-mobile.com/DeviceRecovery/cell-phone-trade-in.aspx
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I just went to T-Mobile's trade in program to see what I would get for my GS3. The T999 fetches a pretty penny - 225 bucks. On top of that, the "new" T999L only gets 190 and the Galaxy Note 2 gets 265. A 64GB iPhone 5 is 269.99 for comparison.
Looks like T-Mobile wants to buy back as many T999s as possible, probably anticipating an uptick in exchanges on the heels of the LTE model launching.
Interestingly enough, this is much better than their father's day trade-in deal for the iPhone since it applies to any phone. Something I'm thinking about but I don't have the cash to pay the down payment up front and I'm pretty sure you still have to pay up front if you go to the store as well (although I'm not sure, I haven't called).
Just thought I would post this since this is even more than what HTC was offering on their competitor trade-up offer!
http://www.t-mobile.com/DeviceRecovery/cell-phone-trade-in.aspx
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You have to have the down payment as the trade in credit can take weeks to be processed. I was offered 225 as well. But I ended up selling mine while it was still hot for enough to out down for a note 2 for the wife and n4 for me. Got tired of the Samsung game.
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You have to have the down payment as the trade in credit can take weeks to be processed. I was offered 225 as well. But I ended up selling mine while it was still hot for enough to out down for a note 2 for the wife and n4 for me. Got tired of the Samsung game.
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why would I give them an S3 that I can sell on ebay for $340?
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why would I give them an S3 that I can sell on ebay for $340?
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Exactly.
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That sucks... The GS4 is going on for $99 down.. With this trade in would be nice to use that as credit of the down and the rest for the bill
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why would I give them an S3 that I can sell on ebay for $340?
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Exactly.
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I didn't realize they were still selling that high post-S4 and One release... That's kind of shocking if they're still selling that high, might consider putting mine on Craigslist and see if I can get 3 or 4 for it if that's the case!
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That sucks... The GS4 is going on for $99 down.. With this trade in would be nice to use that as credit of the down and the rest for the bill
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Yeah that was my idea too. Seems kind of silly they can't just do a quick in-store inspection and give you your credit. All they have to do is power it up, make sure its not rooted, plug it into a USB charger, and check for damage. Wouldn't take more than 5 minutes total and would dramatically increase sales for T-Mobile if everyone knew they could trade in their phone - T-Mobile still makes a profit, gets new customers and upgrades old ones, and the best part is that it moves them closer to having everyone on LTE so HSPA can be phased out sooner or left for customers that don't care about their network speed.
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That's all I saw of your post.
Just looked on eBay at recently sold phones... Average seems to be around 250 but mine is in MINT condition - hell one with a cracked screen sold for 250... The Titanium Grey is selling higher than the others (probably because its the rarest filtering by listing) which is what I happen to have. Prices are all over the place on Craigslist.
I've had eBay for years but never sold anything on there. Too bad my PayPal account got frozen or I'd consider it.
Still wish T-Mobile would just inspect it in the store though, much less of a hassle. lol. I suppose I can call them and see if they can just bill the phone to the account - we've had them for forever.
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Just looked on eBay at recently sold phones... Average seems to be around 250 but mine is in MINT condition - hell one with a cracked screen sold for 250... The Titanium Grey is selling higher than the others (probably because its the rarest filtering by listing) which is what I happen to have. Prices are all over the place on Craigslist.
I've had eBay for years but never sold anything on there. Too bad my PayPal account got frozen or I'd consider it.
Still wish T-Mobile would just inspect it in the store though, much less of a hassle. lol. I suppose I can call them and see if they can just bill the phone to the account - we've had them for forever.
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I had the same problem also. I had my sgs3 on cl for 2 weeks. No takers except for scammers. Just last year is get a couple hits within the first couple hours. Seems like no one can afford to fork out 350 . I ended up selling for 240. Just a little over what Tmobile offered me
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I had the same problem also. I had my sgs3 on cl for 2 weeks. No takers except for scammers. Just last year is get a couple hits within the first couple hours. Seems like no one can afford to fork out 350 . I ended up selling for 240. Just a little over what Tmobile offered me
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If I had a regular SIM card I would just use my Samsung Captivate for a little bit while I sold my SGS3 (its really not a bad phone, hell LiquidSmooth 2.6 is even out for that old thing and I'm in a refarmed market to boot so I wouldn't lose 3G) but I don't so yeah.
It doesn't surprise me that people aren't biting on Craigslist. Although here in Denver that's how most people buy and sell things online, hardly anyone I know uses eBay for anything other than super rare stuff so who knows.
I think I'll have to talk to my roommate about billing it to the account if T-Mobile will let us... I don't know though, my S3 still does everything I need it to and I don't have any real issues with it, I just want something new. LMAO.
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I had the same problem also. I had my sgs3 on cl for 2 weeks. No takers except for scammers. Just last year is get a couple hits within the first couple hours. Seems like no one can afford to fork out 350 . I ended up selling for 240. Just a little over what Tmobile offered me
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Have you checked Swappa. Here is the link. The recent sales are at the bottom $275 up. People are willing to pay more for some protection against blacklisted IMEI phones. Got my Note 2 there and had a reasonable experience.
http://swappa.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-tmobile/us
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If I had a regular SIM card I would just use my Samsung Captivate for a little bit while I sold my SGS3 (its really not a bad phone, hell LiquidSmooth 2.6 is even out for that old thing and I'm in a refarmed market to boot so I wouldn't lose 3G) but I don't so yeah.
It doesn't surprise me that people aren't biting on Craigslist. Although here in Denver that's how most people buy and sell things online, hardly anyone I know uses eBay for anything other than super rare stuff so who knows.
I think I'll have to talk to my roommate about billing it to the account if T-Mobile will let us... I don't know though, my S3 still does everything I need it to and I don't have any real issues with it, I just want something new. LMAO.
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If you have an older sim for your other phone you should be able to reactivate it. I've done it online before, or you can call or go to a store and they can do it for you.
Anyone have any idea what theyd give for my s3 with a cracked screen? Works perfectly and you can't see the cracks while its on, but something tells me they wouldn't give the full $225!
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Have you checked Swappa. Here is the link. The recent sales are at the bottom $275 up. People are willing to pay more for some protection against blacklisted IMEI phones. Got my Note 2 there and had a reasonable experience.
http://swappa.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-tmobile/us
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I've never used Swappa before, might have to check it out. I was going to list my two Droid RAZR Maxx's there but never got around to it and found out that they're pretty much worth nothing even though they're both in mint condition.
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If you have an older sim for your other phone you should be able to reactivate it. I've done it online before, or you can call or go to a store and they can do it for you.
Anyone have any idea what theyd give for my s3 with a cracked screen? Works perfectly and you can't see the cracks while its on, but something tells me they wouldn't give the full $225!
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Unfortunately the Captivate is Samsung's Galaxy S I for at&t, I never had a full-size T-Mo SIM for it
They wouldn't give you 225 at T-Mobile but I saw one on eBay sell for 245... I would go to eBay and filter until you get your device and then select show sold only and see what they're selling for. Might surprise you.
EDIT: Damn frozen PayPal account - that's what Swappa uses for payment >_<
Any ways T-Mobile dropped that GS4 to $99 who cant afford $99? trade in your phone with tmobile and use it as credit to pay for the phone faster. I seen a lot of post of people saying that the s4 is not a big upgrade from the s3.. I played with one today at the store.. First time I played with an actual live show device. And I put my s3 next to it.. There is a huge different between these 2. If you see them side by side in person.. Now in pictures not so much
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Any ways T-Mobile dropped that GS4 to $99 who cant afford $99? trade in your phone with tmobile and use it as credit to pay for the phone faster. I seen a lot of post of people saying that the s4 is not a big upgrade from the s3.. I played with one today at the store.. First time I played with an actual live show device. And I put my s3 next to it.. There is a huge different between these 2. If you see them side by side in person.. Now in pictures not so much
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People on extremely fixed incomes can't afford 99 dollars. I'm fighting disability right now so I get 175 a month from the state of Colorado while I go through the long process with Social Security.
Oh and I fixed my PayPal account... I can't believe all I had to do was call and verify some information with them. If I had known that I would have done that back in October! So now I might just sell my GS3 and get an S4 or One. Torn between the two - don't like non-expandable storage but the One being able to run any ROM from at&t, T-Mo OR International is a HUGE plus to me.
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People on extremely fixed incomes can't afford 99 dollars. I'm fighting disability right now so I get 175 a month from the state of Colorado while I go through the long process with Social Security.
Oh and I fixed my PayPal account... I can't believe all I had to do was call and verify some information with them. If I had known that I would have done that back in October! So now I might just sell my GS3 and get an S4 or One. Torn between the two - don't like non-expandable storage but the One being able to run any ROM from at&t, T-Mo OR International is a HUGE plus to me.
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That GS4 is able to run any rom from any carrier in the states and even the international! Go to any carrier s4 forum and you will see... One of the reason I would trade my s3 for the s4 in a heart bit because of it.... And you know samsung is faster than htc in updating phones.. So if a new update comes to the international you can flash it on any carrier us s4.. Witch is pretty cool in my part..
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That GS4 is able to run any rom from any carrier in the states and even the international! Go to any carrier s4 forum and you will see... One of the reason I would trade my s3 for the s4 in a heart bit because of it.... And you know samsung is faster than htc in updating phones.. So if a new update comes to the international you can flash it on any carrier us s4.. Witch is pretty cool in my part..
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Okay well you just made my decision a ton easier, especially if the 99 down price point is T-Mobile's now standard pricing for the S4. I couldn't really see any other reason to get the One (I really like having an SD card and "Boom Sound" is nice but I found myself covering up the speakers anyway holding the phone in landscape) and with the 7500mAh Zero Lemon battery out for the S4, its kind of a no-brainer especially since it fixes the design flaw with the speaker on the S4 and shoots the sound out the sides.
I wasn't aware that you could flash any carrier ROM to the S4. Apparently that was just in the beginning of the launch then? Sweet!
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Okay well you just made my decision a ton easier, especially if the 99 down price point is T-Mobile's now standard pricing for the S4. I couldn't really see any other reason to get the One (I really like having an SD card and "Boom Sound" is nice but I found myself covering up the speakers anyway holding the phone in landscape) and with the 7500mAh Zero Lemon battery out for the S4, its kind of a no-brainer especially since it fixes the design flaw with the speaker on the S4 and shoots the sound out the sides.
I wasn't aware that you could flash any carrier ROM to the S4. Apparently that was just in the beginning of the launch then? Sweet!
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Yeah people with the s4 are flashing international roms like crazy out of the box... But remember dont flash a rom with the modem witch now days none comes with a modem hehehe.. I played with one today and I really liked it.. I think I may get it and not wait for the note 3.. Really I like the note 2 and that 5'5 screen is big enough.. I Kinda think about it if i want a note 2 but rumors says the that note 3 will be 6'' screen.. I really dont think I will like it that much..
As we on the S3 we can port any carrier rom to ours but not international.. And look how long they been having 4.2.x roms. and we dont have a leak yet.. Flashing roms from international like on the s4 is priceless lol.. I really dont know why XDA had to split these forums.. And not make one. Like on the HTC Sensation.. It was one forum for all Sensations worldwide.
Not to mention that Samsung is MUCH more dev friendly than HTC. Since the One series it just seemed to me that HTC was trying to become too much like the icrap. Plus No expandable storage, no removable battery, locked bootloaders, etc.... any one of these is a deal killer in my book.
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My Note 4 was defective (overheating and static sound coming from speaker when camera is on) so Best Buy screw my order after sending defective unit back. After bunch of promises that I will get "immediate" replacement for my pre-order they will provably cancel it completely and provide refund... Question is should I make another order and wait 2 months or wait and pre-order (this time thru Sprint) Galaxy Note Edge which might be released in about a month? Yes Note 4 is nice but still very similar to my existing Note 3 while Edge would be something very different.
Either way Edge should be here by end of the year (leak source says before) , yes first T-Mobile version but others should follow up as well.
http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-galaxy-note-edge-us-release-2014-10
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...nched-by-T-Mobile-in-the-coming-weeks_id62303
I find the edge a little too gimmicky to jump the gun on until hearing from real world users if it's worth it
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I find the edge a little too gimmicky to jump the gun on until hearing from real world users if it's worth it
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Have a friend (pilot who actually tried real Edge phone somewhere on his world around trip) and he is amazed by Edge. Guy has been all about IPhone but now he's waiting to get Edge. This should say enough.
2nd there is a reason they released one at the time, if you release two good phones at once or even selling better one first - selling other one of them might be a problem, so maybe keep sweeter deal for an end ?
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I think the edge is going to be a bust and would stick to a working Note 4.
The edge won't work with the gear vr. If that is a big deal for you i would stick with the 4.
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Have a friend (pilot who actually tried real Edge phone somewhere on his world around trip) and he is amazed by Edge. Guy has been all about IPhone but now he's waiting to get Edge. This should say enough.
2nd there is a reason they released one at the time, if you release two good phones at once or even selling better one first - selling other one of them might be a problem, so maybe keep sweeter deal for an end ?
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Lol, even thinking about it I'd still say it's gimmicky. No doubt it's cool and different, but I don't believe different necessarily mean good either. Not that the Edge is NOT good. I just didn't personally see any great appeal with it in-store.
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My Note 4 was defective (overheating and static sound coming from speaker when camera is on) so Best Buy screw my order after sending defective unit back. After bunch of promises that I will get "immediate" replacement for my pre-order they will provably cancel it completely and provide refund... Question is should I make another order and wait 2 months or wait and pre-order (this time thru Sprint) Galaxy Note Edge which might be released in about a month? Yes Note 4 is nice but still very similar to my existing Note 3 while Edge would be something very different.
Either way Edge should be here by end of the year (leak source says before) , yes first T-Mobile version but others should follow up as well.
http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-galaxy-note-edge-us-release-2014-10
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...nched-by-T-Mobile-in-the-coming-weeks_id62303
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Best buy actually returned your defective device and ordered you another one? I have a defective device also but my store said the only thing they can do is provide me a refund. The $250 of promotions and $50 gift card would be put on a card and the $27 tax i paid with debit would be put back on card. They could not order an exchange or replacement im just sol until more were on shelf and i could buy another one. Problem:im only getting $327 refund because i signed contract and to replace it I will have to pay full price. If best buy helped you in any other way please let me know so i cam yeti top hey more help from my store.
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Best buy actually returned your defective device and ordered you another one? I have a defective device also but my store said the only thing they can do is provide me a refund. The $250 of promotions and $50 gift card would be put on a card and the $27 tax i paid with debit would be put back on card. They could not order an exchange or replacement im just sol until more were on shelf and i could buy another one. Problem:im only getting $327 refund because i signed contract and to replace it I will have to pay full price. If best buy helped you in any other way please let me know so i cam yeti top hey more help from my store.
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Not the store, their corporate. Now they are trying to pull bunch of bs on me but I have all calls recorded and they were aware of recording. Last bs they puled is "you never returned device" but I have recorded conversation where they confirmed return and tracking # confirmation. Still waiting and not sure that will happen (so signs of phone or money for that line. In the meantime I got another Note 4 for my other line upgrade which I swapped to mine (went thru hell to get this one). There is only 3 ways in here to resolve issue with my first line (sprint agreed to those), send another phone, reset upgrade eligibility and provide refund or law suit using those recorded conversations. Additional issue is I had 1500 land line minutes (didn't know that include toll free) and I received email from sprint that I might get charged 0.40 per minute (spent all my landline minutes with stupid bestbuy)