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Price of play

Just was wondering what everyone paid for their plays. I paid 549.00 right from a rogers store here bit seen them as high as 900.00 on ebay.
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£295 off ebay, brand new

Nothing, was an upgrade on my contract

Contract upgrade, so 160 euro's only. Prices for new play's are around 500 euro over here

if you pay attention to ebay now there are alot online now. the google io was 2 days ago i think and most developers are just selling to get rid of. i got a brand new one for $475 shipped.

I bought my white R800a unlocked/unbranded on Monday off a dude from Craigslist in SF that got it at a Qualcomm Android developer summit, for $600 cash.
I also noticed a bunch are on eBay for sale from the Google I/O event. Kind of sad in a way as the devs should be using them to develop better games for us!
I guess their loss is your gain

axiomjunglist said:
I bought my white R800a unlocked/unbranded on Monday off a dude from Craigslist in SF that got it at a Qualcomm Android developer summit, for $600 cash.
I also noticed a bunch are on eBay for sale from the Google I/O event. Kind of sad in a way as the devs should be using them to develop better games for us!
I guess their loss is your gain
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i have the 800a as well, waiting for it to come. so the 800a is the unlocked unbranded model. i can use with tmobile without buying a unlock code?

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i have the 800a as well, waiting for it to come. so the 800a is the unlocked unbranded model. i can use with tmobile without buying a unlock code?
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If it's unbranded, yep. Just pop in your SIM when it comes and you're in business. No need for codes.

axiomjunglist said:
If it's unbranded, yep. Just pop in your SIM when it comes and you're in business. No need for codes.
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thats good to hear. thanks alot. ill let u guys know when it comes.

Got it for free on a 2 year contract will have cost at the end of contract around £840 minus insurance (well i do get thousands of minutes and texts and unlimited net, so i suppose all i good)

I got it as a contract upgrade, I pay £20 a month
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Well I got mine of ebay,
someone upgraded to the play but they just wanted the money so they sold it,
It was brand new still had the protector films on the front and back. Boxed with all accessories still in there sealed plastic bags for £300 free postage
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Mozza2k11 said:
Got it for free on a 2 year contract will have cost at the end of contract around £840 minus insurance (well i do get thousands of minutes and texts and unlimited net, so i suppose all i good)
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Not really, i get unlimited txts and internet for £5 a month on pay as you go lol
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AndroHero said:
Not really, i get unlimited txts and internet for £5 a month on pay as you go lol
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Yeah but you had to pay for the phone. And i got mine as soon as it was released was not interested in paying £450-500 when it first came out. Then all my mins/data ontop e.t.c Worked out about the same, alittle less maybe to buy the phone and use a pay as you go sim over 2 years. I like the phone so it doesn't matter all is good

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Yeah but you had to pay for the phone. And i got mine as soon as it was released was not interested in paying £450-500 when it first came out. Then all my mins/data ontop e.t.c Worked out about the same, alittle less maybe to buy the phone and use a pay as you go sim over 2 years. I like the phone so it doesn't matter all is good
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^This!
In my case my Play will cost me a grand total of £4.99 (for delivery) as its a free upgrade as a good will gesture as I have my company account (over 200 handsets) with them too and they always give me free stuff to keep me with them lol, I can also upgrade again in 30 days and keep the Play for nothing, same as I did with the iphone 4 and galaxy s.

Where do i get a cheap samsung galaxy s2

What is the cheapest online store that i can buy the Samsung galaxy s2 simfree or unlocked ? brand new

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Ebay were offereing them for £489 (limited to 100 at that price) on friday; looked like a premium "genuine actual business" seller...
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I think the cheapest deal to just get the GS2 is with O2
£150 phone
+ £10.5/months for 24 months
- £50 cash back from topcashback or quidco
= £352 total
The cashback is a bit hit or miss since I haven't had mine tracked yet but others have theirs tracked. But in the worst case that the cashback wouldn't track, you still get the phone for £402, which is still less than what most retailers are selling the GS2 atm.
p/s1: the £10.5/month contract will get you 50 minutes and 250 texts
p/s2: O2 will also unlock your phone for free as well

Check Carphone Warehouse. Bought mine a few weeks ago 490 sim free.

nhat2991 said:
I think the cheapest deal to just get the GS2 is with O2
£150 phone
+ £10.5/months for 24 months
- £50 cash back from topcashback or quidco
= £352 total
The cashback is a bit hit or miss since I haven't had mine tracked yet but others have theirs tracked. But in the worst case that the cashback wouldn't track, you still get the phone for £402, which is still less than what most retailers are selling the GS2 atm.
p/s1: the £10.5/month contract will get you 50 minutes and 250 texts
p/s2: O2 will also unlock your phone for free as well
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What offer is there that is £10.5 a month? The cheapest I could get it down to was £13.50 on their site. Thanks

O2 force you to buy the £3 data bolt on. But you can always remove it later.

I got mine from unlocked-mobiles for around £440 shipped.

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O2 force you to buy the £3 data bolt on. But you can always remove it later.
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So you could simply remove that extra £3 after like a month? So only have to pay it once? That would be pretty cool if you could do that

bcam117 said:
So you could simply remove that extra £3 after like a month? So only have to pay it once? That would be pretty cool if you could do that
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Yes, if you do it as soon as your billing details are online on my o2, before the 1st billing date.

If you're really interested to buy Galaxy S2, pricing isn't important.

bye bye htc. hello samsung.
I rang orange uk to cancel my contract and take my number with me. I got offered the disire hd free, 400 min, ult text and gig data. I said no the phones too old and was looking at sgs2 which u dont have. He said. We dont have pricing for sgs2 but im sure i will be able to do u it at same price. Me. Really. Him. Yes. Ill write it on your info. Ring back when we get stock. Today i rang back and they gave the offer even though it was less than phone costs.
360 pounds over 2 years. Yes im smiling. Cant believe it.

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I rang orange uk to cancel my contract and take my number with me. I got offered the disire hd free, 400 min, ult text and gig data. I said no the phones too old and was looking at sgs2 which u dont have. He said. We dont have pricing for sgs2 but im sure i will be able to do u it at same price. Me. Really. Him. Yes. Ill write it on your info. Ring back when we get stock. Today i rang back and they gave the offer even though it was less than phone costs.
360 pounds over 2 years. Yes im smiling. Cant believe it.
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Good for you
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Coolhanded said:
I rang orange uk to cancel my contract and take my number with me. I got offered the disire hd free, 400 min, ult text and gig data. I said no the phones too old and was looking at sgs2 which u dont have. He said. We dont have pricing for sgs2 but im sure i will be able to do u it at same price. Me. Really. Him. Yes. Ill write it on your info. Ring back when we get stock. Today i rang back and they gave the offer even though it was less than phone costs.
360 pounds over 2 years. Yes im smiling. Cant believe it.
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Is that 360 including contract + phone?
If it is then, what a steal.

Yeah for both phone and contract. I feel like i.ve stolen it. All i will say is always take the name and number of ther person giving out great deals.

When i got mine i know o2 were selling it payg for 399, but some peoples have been locked and others not, but if your planning on rooting it it doesnt really make a difference.
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If people are still looking, Google Shopping yielding some cheap deals.
Unsure of tax and shipping costs, but cheapest new handset I could find was £230 (US site).
Another was £274 from a UK site. Unsure of how legit.
New handsets going on eBay for about £350.
Still holding out for a good deal! Anyone found some good deals?

Got mine brand new, sim-free & factory unlocked on bid on eBay for ... £375
Best deal I've done ever.

Galaxy Note 2 UK on-contract prices emerge, shipping next Tuesday

Finally, UK contract pricing for the Note 2
http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-note-2-uk-contract-prices-emerge-shipping-next-tuesday

Thanks for posting. still no information on 32gb or 64gb and a lack of LTE information...
only a week away! w00t

I called T-Mo today and they said the Note 2 is a "4G-Ready handset", but not info on the 32GB or 64GB models unfortunately
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any news on orange? am hoping to go in store next week and pick up...

Nah, I have a tmo contract so I didn't phone orange but if you look around (google) you'll find contracts for all the major networks. I didn't see any for 3 or Virgin though. Try the phones4u or carphone warehouse websites to get an idea of what orange are going to offer when you go in store
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called p4u today they offered me as an upgrade
Free Note 2 16GB (they dont have any info on 32 or 64GB)
1GB Data
900 mins/2000 texts
on £31.50 a month for 24months.
Seems like a good deal (currently on panther 35 600mins/750mb at 35ppm)

That does sound good. TMo say they have zero info on the Note 2 whatsoever.. They say it's weird how there are TMo contracts for the note 2 advertised but nothing on their own systems. They said I'll just have to wait till next Monday. :thumbdown:
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KCA. said:
That does sound good. TMo say they have zero info on the Note 2 whatsoever.. They say it's weird how there are TMo contracts for the note 2 advertised but nothing on their own systems. They said I'll just have to wait till next Monday. :thumbdown:
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yeh when I phone Orange direct they told me the same - however P4U want your business and if you give em a call will tell you all the contracts they can offer...

It's actually an upgrade. I called dial-a-phone and one other company who's name I can't even remember, and they told me I can't upgrade through them until my contract is actually finished (October 26th)
I can only upgrade a month early if it's direct from tmo. Looks like I have to wait till Monday
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After much tooing and froing i got the above deal for 33.50ppm and with 200quid cashback...
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Good deal :thumbup:
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The reason they don't need to be on the networks system is, the phone supplied through p4u, cpw, etc are often SIM free. So effectively your network contract might as well be SIM only. All the reseller needs is a price for the phone and an agreed commission for selling plans at particular prices and then they can start taking pre-orders. The bonus is no network branding, which can range from acceptable to dreadful.
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The reason they don't need to be on the networks system is, the phone supplied through p4u, cpw, etc are often SIM free. So effectively your network contract might as well be SIM only. All the reseller needs is a price for the phone and an agreed commission for selling plans at particular prices and then they can start taking pre-orders. The bonus is no network branding, which can range from acceptable to dreadful.
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So is it better to upgrade through the carrier or the 3rd party? Which is generally better value for money?
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I'm supposedly getting my Galaxy Note 2 on Tuesday. My contract is 900 mins, 3000 texts, 1gb data for £33.50. Again, from Phones4u. Is that a decent contract? My current contract is 1200 mins, 3000 texts and 750mb for £32.50.

EpicDom said:
I'm supposedly getting my Galaxy Note 2 on Tuesday. My contract is 900 mins, 3000 texts, 1gb data for £33.50. Again, from Phones4u. Is that a decent contract? My current contract is 1200 mins, 3000 texts and 750mb for £32.50.
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you've gained 250MB but lost 300 minutes for £1 extra a month. If you don't use your minutes then yes its a good deal. But did you get cashback, as stated earlier I got £200 (well they said it will be in my bank within 42 days)...

Just been told by mobiles.co.UK they don't start to ship until week monday so what company's will ship tomorrow
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No I don't get cash back I'm afraid. This is an orange contract but they're giving me 2 orange swappables. That didn't mean anything to me until they explained I can use 2 services that don't tap into my data. I.e. Being able to watch certain programmes or streaming/downloading music without using my data.
Edit: I've never used my full 1200 minutes in all honesty. I rarely use my phones for calls and I still have my magic numbers I guess.

Thats actually a very very good deal!

carphone warehouse start selling tommorow ， 549GBP

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carphone warehouse start selling tommorow ， 549GBP
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i never thought a sammy product would be more expensive than apple

UK availibility

I have been looking at a number of posts showing that some areas like the US have early availability. There was even one showing a youtube clip of a US T-mobile store with someone in the store demoing 3 Note 3s and saying at the end to a girl that she would go home with one. I wanted to know if anyone has seen or knows of a UK retailer that is selling them early in shop?

I have heard Tuesday night in London samsung store experience is having a event at night
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I've been trying, I have rung countless stores. Carphonewarehouse have them in stock as of Thursday but refuse to sell them, all local stores to me also say they can't sell them till 25th :/

O2 refresh pre-order
I did pre-order mine via O2 refresh, then I spoke to customer services and they confirmed that it should be delivered on the 25th.
fingers crossed

I tried to preorder one from Three UK last night but in the end they said they'd call me Wednesday (launch day?) when they are in stock and get me one sent out for Thursday. Might ring a Three store first thing Wed. and go get one if they have stock. Not bad deal, £99 for phone on 24 month contract with 500 mins, 5000 texts and unlimited data, soon to be 4g too
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Want to get this from Amazon UK... no sign of stock yet though!

I pre-ordered at the Samsung Experience Store in London. The initial price was £649, but they are doing a promotion to trade in any phone (doesn't need to be a smartphone or even working) for a £50 discount, making the Note 3 £599.
However I popped in to the store tonight and saw that they had reduced the non-promotional price to £629. I was refunded the difference, so my Note 3 will now cost £579 (trading in an old dumb-phone handset I have lying in a drawer). The price with the promo (limited to the first 500 pre-orders apparently) is the cheapest I have seen in the UK and is actually now cheaper than the online sites if you have a spare old phone (or you could buy an uber cheap one off EBay). For the promo, you must provide the trade-in phone when picking up the Note 3.
I can also confirm that the store will be hosting a special launch night at 6pm on Tuesday the 24th, where people who pre-ordered can pick up their handsets the day before the official release and likely a couple of days before online orders from other retailers will be delivered. They said they're due to get some accessories in on the same day, but could not confirm any pricing for those at the moment. I've seen some sites listing the S-View cases at around £45-50 which seems pretty steep. I'm hoping that they might have some sort offers (or maybe even freebies) available at the launch event, but I'm not holding my breath!
Hope this information is helpful to someone. I think you can pre-order the Note 3 from the store by phone and have them post the handset to you, but I don't think that would qualify for the trade-in offer, so at £629 you're better off going with Handtec or Clove.
Edit - I forgot to mention that they also had demo handsets in both white and black out on display in the store tonight, they look awesome!

It seems to me from reading this thread, seeing Youtube posts and also going to shops in London that many shops have already received them. But for some reason the UK stores are more afraid to violate Samsung's embargo than some of the US and other shops. I will make another go on Monday and see if I can at least get a sighting. If I am successful I will post the information here.

OdieS said:
I pre-ordered at the Samsung Experience Store in London. The initial price was £649, but they are doing a promotion to trade in any phone (doesn't need to be a smartphone or even working) for a £50 discount, making the Note 3 £599.
However I popped in to the store tonight and saw that they had reduced the non-promotional price to £629. I was refunded the difference, so my Note 3 will now cost £579 (trading in an old dumb-phone handset I have lying in a drawer). The price with the promo (limited to the first 500 pre-orders apparently) is the cheapest I have seen in the UK and is actually now cheaper than the online sites if you have a spare old phone (or you could buy an uber cheap one off EBay). For the promo, you must provide the trade-in phone when picking up the Note 3.
I can also confirm that the store will be hosting a special launch night at 6pm on Tuesday the 24th, where people who pre-ordered can pick up their handsets the day before the official release and likely a couple of days before online orders from other retailers will be delivered. They said they're due to get some accessories in on the same day, but could not confirm any pricing for those at the moment. I've seen some sites listing the S-View cases at around £45-50 which seems pretty steep. I'm hoping that they might have some sort offers (or maybe even freebies) available at the launch event, but I'm not holding my breath!
Hope this information is helpful to someone. I think you can pre-order the Note 3 from the store by phone and have them post the handset to you, but I don't think that would qualify for the trade-in offer, so at £629 you're better off going with Handtec or Clove.
Edit - I forgot to mention that they also had demo handsets in both white and black out on display in the store tonight, they look awesome!
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I have pre ordered too mate, I will call them tomorrow regards the price. Any idea what time they are open until on Tuesday? I could go straight from work maybe it'd be a rush but would save me wasting a day Wednesday travelling down

They will be open until their usual time of 9pm on Tuesday.
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I tried to preorder one from Three UK last night but in the end they said they'd call me Wednesday (launch day?) when they are in stock and get me one sent out for Thursday. Might ring a Three store first thing Wed. and go get one if they have stock. Not bad deal, £99 for phone on 24 month contract with 500 mins, 5000 texts and unlimited data, soon to be 4g too
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What's the monthly damage on this deal?
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CharlesW123 said:
I tried to preorder one from Three UK last night but in the end they said they'd call me Wednesday (launch day?) when they are in stock and get me one sent out for Thursday. Might ring a Three store first thing Wed. and go get one if they have stock. Not bad deal, £99 for phone on 24 month contract with 500 mins, 5000 texts and unlimited data, soon to be 4g too
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How much is this a month? I haven't seen it on the Three website - just says coming soon, and other sites such as buymobiles. net don't offer it on three.
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These prices better drop before release
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Gal...&qid=1379867725&sr=1-3&keywords=galaxy+note+3
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Gal...&qid=1379867725&sr=1-2&keywords=galaxy+note+3

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These prices better drop before release
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Gal...&qid=1379867725&sr=1-3&keywords=galaxy+note+3
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Gal...&qid=1379867725&sr=1-2&keywords=galaxy+note+3
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that's crazy expensive you can get it at other place like carphonewarehouse or phones 4u, clove etc

OdieS said:
I pre-ordered at the Samsung Experience Store in London. The initial price was £649, but they are doing a promotion to trade in any phone (doesn't need to be a smartphone or even working) for a £50 discount, making the Note 3 £599.
However I popped in to the store tonight and saw that they had reduced the non-promotional price to £629. I was refunded the difference, so my Note 3 will now cost £579 (trading in an old dumb-phone handset I have lying in a drawer). The price with the promo (limited to the first 500 pre-orders apparently) is the cheapest I have seen in the UK and is actually now cheaper than the online sites if you have a spare old phone (or you could buy an uber cheap one off EBay). For the promo, you must provide the trade-in phone when picking up the Note 3.
I can also confirm that the store will be hosting a special launch night at 6pm on Tuesday the 24th, where people who pre-ordered can pick up their handsets the day before the official release and likely a couple of days before online orders from other retailers will be delivered. They said they're due to get some accessories in on the same day, but could not confirm any pricing for those at the moment. I've seen some sites listing the S-View cases at around £45-50 which seems pretty steep. I'm hoping that they might have some sort offers (or maybe even freebies) available at the launch event, but I'm not holding my breath!
Hope this information is helpful to someone. I think you can pre-order the Note 3 from the store by phone and have them post the handset to you, but I don't think that would qualify for the trade-in offer, so at £629 you're better off going with Handtec or Clove.
Edit - I forgot to mention that they also had demo handsets in both white and black out on display in the store tonight, they look awesome!
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Is there any way of knowing if you are one of the first 500? If I place a pre-order now with the trade in old phone option at the price of £579, and at the time of pick up they say I wasn't one of the 500 - could I cancel my order?
Thanks.

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Is there any way of knowing if you are one of the first 500? If I place a pre-order now with the trade in old phone option at the price of £579, and at the time of pick up they say I wasn't one of the 500 - could I cancel my order?
Thanks.
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I just signed up here and it still had the trade in option. http://www.samsungnote3andgear.co.uk
hopefully I will get a call tomorrow.

My note 3 is costing £559.18 inc Vat from one of my it suppliers direct from Samsungs UK distributor and my gear is £239.27.... sometimes working in it pays

Just ordered my from carphonewarehouse. £199.99 upfront, £52 per month 12 month contract with Vodafone, unlimited texts, unlimited minutes, 6GB of 4G data with upgrade after 9months! Best deal I could find... Also they said delivery by Tuesday but I doubt it...
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Has anyone heard if O2 stores are due to have the note 3 on release? I have asked a few stores and all they say is that they don't know and to check back Wednesday...
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setspeed said:
What's the monthly damage on this deal?
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If you go to Orange Web site via Quidco and choose the £10.50 tariff you can get the Note for less than £600.
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I just signed up here and it still had the trade in option. http://www.samsungnote3andgear.co.uk
hopefully I will get a call tomorrow.
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And now says 24 September for availability not 25th.
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Expected price of the GN 3

I wonder what the expected price of the Note 3 would be after settling down for a month.
I see differing prices for preorders in some sits and it is way more expensive to the the price I paid for my unlocked Note 2.
Close to 950 USD..
I prebooked mine without even knowing the price.
Has anyone got an idea about this?
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Don't think it will go down anytime soon. Just pay up and get it early
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That's pretty high, are you in the US?

NewEgg has pre-order prices for unlocked Note 3's at $795 at the moment.
http://www.newegg.com/All-Unlocked-Cell-Phones/SubCategory/ID-2961?Tid=19172&Order=PRICED

just fyi negrielectronics (never used them, plz look them up) has it for like 690 preorder t-mobile version. (no taxes)

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NewEgg has pre-order prices for unlocked Note 3's at $795 at the moment.
http://www.newegg.com/All-Unlocked-Cell-Phones/SubCategory/ID-2961?Tid=19172&Order=PRICED
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These are SIM unlocked (can be on multiple carriers) and possibly not bootloader locked. Let the buyer beware.

In italy we are expecting 729 euro, on the 25th of september.

Of course price will go down. Same thing happened last year. Hardcore fans will be pay that price but most average buyers will wait it out. I'm waiting price will drop once released, also lack of sales figures will help drop price.
If it saves me 50-100 Then it's worth the wait.

Just saw a post in ce4arab forum that a user saw it in display at a shopping mall.
Price is between 750 and 800 USD for the 3g and the lte.
I will go and meet the note 3 tomorrow.
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riz157 said:
Of course price will go down. Same thing happened last year. Hardcore fans will be pay that price but most average buyers will wait it out. I'm waiting price will drop once released, also lack of sales figures will help drop price.
If it saves me 50-100 Then it's worth the wait.
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$50 TO $100 will take months. not worth the wait to me

Netherlands is set at around €711 (T-Mobile)/€699 unbranded (Studentmobiel), Germany unbranded at around €649.
The S4 (snapdragon) was €649 at launch in Germany, and is €499 today. So prices do most certainly drop over time!

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$50 TO $100 will take months. not worth the wait to me
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Watch this space, won't be long now. Some retailers already selling it cheaper then initial price of 649 can be picked up for 609 in the uk!! Probably due to several factors primarily poor preorders, still plastic, iPhone release date and rumours of Nexus 5. Patient is most certainly a virtue pal but of course if you are smartphone junkie that doesn't mean anything,
I can't help thinking Samsung are greedier then ever before, they give you less for your money. I'm personally waiting for nexus 5 to make up my mind which to get by then hopefully price would have dropped much further.

I payed about 700 euros for it (in the Netherlands)
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Release price here in Spain on phonehouse is 749€ including 50€ flip case, seeing around 650 in UK pounds for the UK.

Sammath said:
I payed about 700 euros for it (in the Netherlands)
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@ sammath
Could you please share the site where you order it from and some details about availability?
Nowhere to preorder it in Belgium, I was considering placing an order at some UK store ( they stock it on 26th)...but the Netherlands is closer...
also,on all *.nl sites the availability is quoted "end september" as opposed to clove.co.uk where it clearly states 26th as shipping out date....in Germany it's 29th

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@ sammath
Could you please share the site where you order it from and some details about availability?
Nowhere to preorder it in Belgium, I was considering placing an order at some UK store ( they stock it on 26th)...but the Netherlands is closer...
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Well I've ordered it from www.belsimpel.nl
On that site it's stated a 5 to 7 day delivery time. So i guess I'm getting it either next week or the week after that
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$50 TO $100 will take months. not worth the wait to me
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To me, it's a toy, not food needed for nourishment or the cure for cancer.
I always bid my time and buy my toys long after the herds have settled down. I'll be getting the N3 (if i decide to get it) months and months after it's launched and for hundreds of dollars less. I can wait that long and it's worth it to me.
My current Note 2 cost me 300 and I didn't die because I didn't get it on day one rather than months later and much cheaper. Yeah, there are folks like me.
BTW, I really appreciate folks who go out and get stuff on day one regardless of price. You keep the game alive versus cheapos like me. ???

Sammath said:
Well I've ordered it from www.belsimpel.nl
On that site it's stated a 5 to 7 day delivery time. So i guess I'm getting it either next week or the week after that
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It's been 5-7 days since last Monday :fingers-crossed: ...so I guess I need to call them tomorrow...

LordLugard said:
To me, it's a toy, not food needed for nourishment or the cure for cancer.
I always bid my time and buy my toys long after the herds have settled down. I'll be getting the N3 (if i decide to get it) months and months after it's launched and for hundreds of dollars less. I can wait that long and it's worth it to me.
My current Note 2 cost me 300 and I didn't die because I didn't get it on day one rather than months later and much cheaper. Yeah, there are folks like me.
BTW, I really appreciate folks who go out and get stuff on day one regardless of price. You keep the game alive versus cheapos like me. ???
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You're not a cheapie you've just got your priorities right. Essentials take precedence over luxuries.
Keep it up you're a dying breed in an age of consumption fuelled society.

Those who can afford to get in on it from the gate should go for it if they so wish, those who can't should wait until they can, simple as that.
There is nothing wrong with constantly buying "the next big thing" if you can afford it and nothing wrong with waiting if you can't.