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I've ordered my XDA Exec late last night from mobilefun.co.uk, I just called them and they said it's beeing processed by the warehouse and to be shipped out today
I went for:
O2 XDA Exec on O2 Business 250 + Data 36 (£52.04 per month)
I need the 36MB per mo, as I will be doing allot of e-mail
the Unit itself: £19.95
What a deal !!
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Congrats mate, hope you have (mobile)fun!
Have you got a confirmed delivery date though? I cancelled my order with mobilefun after a week of "Sorry we've got no idea when we're even going to find out when we're ever going to get any stock".
Order my XDA Exec eleven days ago with One Stop Phone Shopper and was told it would be delivered next working day (Monday 21st) still no sign and have been told no stock available, the sales guy bascically lied through his teeth to make the sale and took the money out of my account within 20 minutes of confirming the sale!!!
Now just waiting the rumour mill is it could be two-three weeks or even longer.
One Stop is part of the Carphone Warehouse.
With O2's online shop, I ordered on Day 1, received it on Day 3. It was about 20 quid dearer (*) than mobilefun or onestop, but at least it's *real*.
* on the 'today only' price offer last week, using the student link... it's more like 50 quid dearer now I think
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Have you got a confirmed delivery date though? I cancelled my order with mobilefun after a week of "Sorry we've got no idea when we're even going to find out when we're ever going to get any stock".
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Well, they said it's to be going out today.
I just got a "welcome" e-mail from O2 .. so they seem to have registed me already.
On the order status I now get !!!
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O2 XDA Exec on O2 Business 250 + Data 36 (£52.04 per month) 1 19.95
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Overall order statusOverall order status
Your order has been successfully shipped. Please contact us on 0870 460 3211 to activate your SIM card as soon as you receive it.
Your chosen delivery method is Royal Mail Special Delivery.
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whoohoo
So another day another lack of phone
Went to the Orange stores in London and was told....
"We will have the Desire HD on Saturday. Its being delivered to only 400 stores across the UK"
Saturday
Oxford st - no Phone
Woking - no Phone
Oxford Circus - on Phone
Southend - on Phone
Anyone seeing a pattern there???
So the next Orange store delivery is Tuesday so I'll update later..
Anyone else got one on preorder?
update from orange customer service
spoke to their customer service on Thursday and they said they should get it first week of Nov, worst case 2nd week. Hope its by the 1st
Every time I ring Orange I get told it will be here in Nov. They don't know a date and won't let me pre order
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Its comming very soon, you can pm me for more info.
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I preordered mine on Orange through Phones4U. I got it on Friday. It's unbranded and unlocked.
I can't get it for upgrade as I'm due it in Dec but can upgrade with Orange, but noonday else
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Success.......almost
Ok so here's the update.
Went to orange shop last week who said it would be in last week.... lies.
So while walking past the shop in Woking thought I'd chance my luck.... One in stock SUCCESS!!!!!..... or so I thought.
When the assistant asked for £100 I explained it was an upgrade and he pointed out that you cant get it for free upgrade!!!!!!
Called customer service who said I COULD have one for free but they are out of stock......... so still waiting till next weeks delivery now.
Good news though. It's officially out now and anyone pre-ordering one from Orange will get a txt message when they are in stock. You then have about 4 seconds to call and order before they go out of stock again....
So wish me luck for next week. Hopefully should have one in my hands by Tuesday..... fingers crossed...
I'm on Orange.
I enquired with Upgrades on Tuesday about the phone and they said they would call me when it was available.
Wednesday I got a call from the guy I spoke to in Upgrades he said their first batch had come in and he was sending me mine.
It arrived on Thursday at 1pm.
I didn't pay anything for the phone, I'm on a 12 month contract £40 as I upped my Internet to 1GB I could have stayed on £35 but only 500MB. Very happy with it so far, I've had none of the issues reported so far. My friend just picked one up today at the Orange Shop in the Birmingham Bull Ring
I'm after some advice. My contract ends next Saturday. I've already bought a Desire HD SIM free, but am wondering if I can wangle another HD (and sell one obviously to by a Galaxy Tab!) or maybe get a Z.
I've been with Orange since they weren't even Orange (anyone remember Wabbit?) and I don't recall I've ever threatened to leave. My bill is only £22-£26 a month so I would imagine they want £200 for the HD.
Do I simply say 'Vodafone say for £30 a month I can have a free one!' ? I don't really want to leave Orange I don't think. Is there any way they call my bluff and I'm booted?
What advice can anyone give?
AndyCr15 said:
I'm after some advice. My contract ends next Saturday. I've already bought a Desire HD SIM free, but am wondering if I can wangle another HD (and sell one obviously to by a Galaxy Tab!) or maybe get a Z.
I've been with Orange since they weren't even Orange (anyone remember Wabbit?) and I don't recall I've ever threatened to leave. My bill is only £22-£26 a month so I would imagine they want £200 for the HD.
Do I simply say 'Vodafone say for £30 a month I can have a free one!' ? I don't really want to leave Orange I don't think. Is there any way they call my bluff and I'm booted?
What advice can anyone give?
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I've just took out a new contact via phone with Orange, new customer, £22.50 pm 24 months and £99 for the phone, which I thought was ok
Well another week and another lack of f....ing phone...
So here's where I am with it.
As of this morning Orange customer service have said there is a batch in testing that will be released next week. As for price, I'm paying about £22 per month and I'm getting it for nothing... Customer service have the ability to waiver the £100 the shops are charging for the same upgrade... shops have stock but cant release it to upgrade customer for free as they have different rule regarding upgrades. ie if someone wants to 'pay' for an upgrade who are they to stop them.... pretty sad really but that's the world we live in. Hoping to see one by the end of next week... wish me luck.
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As for price, I'm paying about £22 per month and I'm getting it for nothing... Customer service have the ability to waiver the £100 the shops are charging for the same upgrade...
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Are you an existing customer? Did you have to threaten to leave or anything? That seems a very low monthly bill to get it for free?
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Are you an existing customer? Did you have to threaten to leave or anything? That seems a very low monthly bill to get it for free?
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That does seem very cheap
AndyCr15 said:
Are you an existing customer? Did you have to threaten to leave or anything? That seems a very low monthly bill to get it for free?
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I'd recommend always phoning through to Orange retentions when your contract ends. Dial 150, then 1, 4 then 2.
You need to do your research first and check other deals out there. Depending on how long you've been with Orange and what your normal usage is will depend on your loyalty reward.
I've been with orange for nearly 7 years so my loyalty reward is quite good. I managed to get the following deal:
24mth contract
HTC Desire HD for free
600 xnet mins
1300 texts
500Mb ("unlimited") data
5 photo messages
and a free 3G dongle with a 1Gb data usage per month.
For £22.50 per month
So it really does pay to phone them up! I am concerned about Orange's data fair use policy as 500Mb isn't very much. However you can pay another £5 to bring it up to 1Gb. Also, one guy said that they don't usually start charging you over the first 500Mb until you go over 750Mb and they charge you 60p per day you over which isn't too bad.
You need to say you've been looking around and are thinking of leaving Orange. Ask them what the best deal is they can offer and haggle if you like. They have some special deals that aren't advertised.
For more info check out the Money Saving Expert here- http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cut-mobile-tariff
and this one on the forum which is titled "Orange Retention Offers" - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=627683
(it's a long thread so you're best going towards the end!)
Hope that helps- let us know how you get on.
Personally, I don't understand why people buy the phone out right and then go SIM only- as it's not cost effective when compared to the deals you can get through retentions.
Some great tips, thanks. I've been with Orange for around 17 years so hopefully they'll cut me a deal.
Just wondering if i should wait to see if they get the Desire Z now I already have the HD.... or get the HD and sell it...
I got mine from Orange the day it was out. Their cs rung me to tell me it is in so I got it within a day.
Ring them and tell them to ring you when they have it in stock.
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I got mine on Saturday from three. The good point is it unbranded and unlocked how cool. No more wait for updates.
Has anyone ended up with a branded phone?
Nope three is unbranded .. had to take my first one back cos of reboot problems and lag , new one no reboot so far but lag is still bad HTC better sort it out quick
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The only carrier getting the desire z is vodafone.
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Anyone know if the hd comes unbranded from mobile s.co.uk?? (part of carphonewarehouse).
Seen some good deals for my bro who needs a new contact and my galaxy s from there was unlocked and unbranded.
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Hi, has anyone already got a DHD from any T-mobile stores in UK? though it's already available from online, but my address is not accepted (uni address, and it's the only address i can use).
I live in Guildford and when i phoned the stores both in this town and in London they told me there won't be any stock untill November...OMG i can't wait that long!
ps the reason i chose tmobile is they offer unlimited internet in a low price cause i brows alot and don't need too many mins or texts.
Last Friday I was told T-Mobile stores in the UK would 'probably be getting stock within 7 days'. 'though they also said they'll be fulfilling online pre-orders first.. and I still haven't got mine
November is only next week though, so might not be all that long a wait!
can't understand why htc didn't just simply put another evo4 in eu market, DHD's got planty of problems revently, just saw the Engadget Review of DHD, got mostly nagative review.
Go for online shops
Acaelus said:
Last Friday I was told T-Mobile stores in the UK would 'probably be getting stock within 7 days'. 'though they also said they'll be fulfilling online pre-orders first.. and I still haven't got mine
November is only next week though, so might not be all that long a wait!
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Many retail shops do the same, i dont used to go for retail shops because the single mobile price may include shoprent, employee sal, transport charge, EB etc better go for online shops better try this onlinemobileworld.blogspot.com i had good experience with this site
We have been told we should get stock either end of this week or beginning of next week depending on stores delivery schedule
T-mibile stores get delivery on either Wednesday or Friday, I was told today it might arrive on next friday ,if not, it could be anytime in Nov and they even compared 'emself to vodafone(which already got DhD in store before a week) by "V's got DHD early but some devices have prob"
get it from carphonewarehouse or phones4u, they give better deals anyway. £25 a month on t mobile, free phone.
i have owned a t_mobile DHD for about 10 days now, received from T-Mobile in london. Nice phone, battery sucks
Engadget is an Apple`s dog. Don`t trust them.
Yeah mine is from e2save which is part of carphonewarehouse next day delivery last week and is sim free model on 25 a month for 600mins unlimited tx unlimited internet which t mobile give 3gb allowance on this handset which is a lot. Seems a high demand for this handset. Been a iPhone owner for years and I carnt describe how happy I am with this phone,
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I have bought one from Carephonewarehouse today. 30£/m, handset for 30£ and plenty good stuff including 90 international (mobile) minutes.
Just spoken to 3, they are sending out the Silver handset for delivery Friday, also calling customers that ordered the Black offering to swap with the Silver handset due to delays.
These delays being reported is I guess HTC showing priority to major retailers before anyone else.
Sorry for starting a new thread, just thought I'd share this where all 3 customers could see it......
Excellent news, glad i went with the silver in the end.
I did start to wonder if my order would be affected by all the delays.
Initial preorders wil be filled where possible but they won't get a large delivery until the 26th. Insider source.
Good news folks, got an email from three and my phone is ready for in store pickup tomorrow.
And due to other deals, they'll refund my £69 fee as well.
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Good news folks, got an email from three and my phone is ready for in store pickup tomorrow.
And due to other deals, they'll refund my £69 fee as well.
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Give me your address, I'm coming to rob you
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Give me your address, I'm coming to rob you
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You'll have to get past two killer african greys first
spoke to 3 earlier around 3ish and was told still could deliver tomorrow if order before 4pm. I didn't in the end as the tarrifs were working too expensive compared to T as an existing customer.
But lucky for me I ordered sim free from P4U getting it delivered tomorrow. It's left their warehouse.
Anybody got a confirmation email from 3?
I got told twice on the phone it would arrive tomorrow but no email has arrived with a tracking number.
Yes as posted elsewhere, had an email with tracking code and a 70 quid refund of the pre order....happy days
What's the best deal you have found on 3?
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I received a text too! receiving the One tmr!
So you guys went for the 32gb ? I wanted to upgrade but 3 said they dont have 64gb yet waiting for 64gb zoe takes lots of space I hear.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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steveoidm said:
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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