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[Last Updated With New Info at 20:39 (UTC) on 17th Oct 2010]
This Thred has become a huge disscusion about when companys will ship the Desire HD so here is a short summery of the dates as they stand now.
Carrier’s:
Vodafone UK
“ October 14th came and went, with no sign of the Vodafone HTC Desire HD arriving as initially promised. Now, the carrier’s site has been updated to suggest the new Android 2.2 smartphone isn’t expected to ship until October 22nd.” by Androidcommunity.com on 15-OCT-2010
T-Mobile
“thought id try my luck with t-mobile renewals this morning and according suzanne on the phone there have been "nationwide delays affecting all networks and it should be stock on the 25th".” By Leekster on the 15-OCT-2010
Retailers:
Expansys
“update, expansys is deley the stock date to 8 more days - 26th.” by liorra3 on 15-OCT-2010
Carphone Warehouse
“Was in Carphone Warehouse today and the guy said they would have their stock in on 18th, BUT, they were only using their initial stock for people taking out new contracts.” By scotia_rfc on 15-OCT-2010
Clove
“Limited stock expected week ending 22/10” by Apache14 on 17-OCT-2010
Play.com
“Play.com has it up for the same price and they stated that its due 19 Oct!” by slateac on 15-OCT-2010
SuperEtraders UK
“superEtrader are still saying the 29th ..... but if they get stock early they will ship early :-D” by Apache14 on 15-OCT-2010
Amazon UK
“I understand that 90% of other companies posted a release date within a week for this item. However our latest information indicates that this title has not yet been released. The expected release date is November 15, 2010, however please know that publication dates are always subject to change at the discretion of the publisher.” By Amazon Customer Services 14-OCT-2010
Mobile Phones Direct
"The latest information regarding your delivery has not changed - ‘we are still expecting to be able to fulfil your order by the end of October’.
This will have no impact on you being one of the first customers to receive this amazing new phone!" by MPD Customer Service Email on 14-OCT-2010 to many of their first clients.
Phones4U
"been told that it will be delivered on the 22nd, or the next Monday" by s32bauer on 16-OCT 2010
"saw a device in a UK Phones4U high street shop for sale £449 sim free (they only had one deliverd tho)" by Apache14 on 17-OCT 2010
Handtec.co.uk
"says: EXPECTED WEEK COMMENCING 18TH OCT" by jkoljo on 16-OCT 2010
GumMobile
"19th OCtober as release date of this Sim Free Phone" by Nameless_87 on 16-OCT 2010
MobileFun
"1st Nvember as release date of this Sim Free Phone" by Nameless_87 on 16-OCT 2010
Also a massive thanks to LeviathanPT for gathering this info from the thred
If anyone gets any more/updated info from any store please post and i will update this post
ok, clove have same date on the web.
I've got "about 7" for me. So could be true
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Did you speak to someone or just read the information from the website?
If its real thats great news!!http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
I got an email from them.
Hi,
Yes the confirmed shipping date is the 6th of October.
Regards,
superEtrader.
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I also emailed SupereTrader and they said that they will arrive from the 6th to the 13th. So im hoping before the end of next week !
Was holding off with my order but have just ordered through clove.co.uk so hopefully will have my hands on this badboy next week!
Their website states the 11th Oct which is still better then Nov.
Yer im confused as to what to follow .... maybe 6th is the date but they are saying 11th just in case there is a lil delay
What difference does it make 6th or 11th life goes on, enjoy what you have and make a difference to someone.
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I have just recived word that the Desire HD orderd from SuperEtrader will ship on the 6th of October
Woop
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I hope you do get it asap. But when I ordered the HTC HD2 from superetrader they advertised as in stock & immediate shipping 2 days before the actual release date. So I rang them & they said yep we have 3 in now for immediate shipping so I ordered & waited the next day & the next, so I rang them & they said that they hadn't had chance to pack it & post it. Another day went by & nothing, so i rang & same excuse.
3 days later when everyone else was shipping did I get mine.
I won't be using them again.
Hope u have no problems with them, I just don't believe a word they say.
Ahhhh shoot...!
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I have just recived word that the Desire HD orderd from SuperEtrader will ship on the 6th of October
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SuperEtrader now quote an 11th October release date.
Shame, but I still keep finding new fun things to do with my HTC Desire, so maybe a little longer before I send it off to a new owner isn't too bad...
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Nope, not good enough. I wish my new phone would f**king hurry up and get here!
clove in the only one that set it to oc 6 ? i hope so...
I'm fine with 11. That would be next week.
I went into Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U in Aberdeen today and neither had a clue when it would be in stock. One salesman suggested the end of November.
I accept there will be a delay between online and retail but even that seems a bit much.
I'm pinning my hopes on orange as I'm due for an upgrade now-ish. Hopefully they'll get their collective arse in gear and stock the HD before too long. However I feel I'm going to be waiting longer than I want to
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I'm pinning my hopes on orange as I'm due for an upgrade now-ish. Hopefully they'll get their collective arse in gear and stock the HD before too long. However I feel I'm going to be waiting longer than I want to
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Got told by Orange that its gonna be November time
Gutted as my upgrade is due now, so my beloved Hero will have to hold on a little longer
I really hope Orange get this phone. I'm due my upgrade in 6 weeks. I'm not that confident and I don't really want to switch networks and lose all my loyalty perks. Fingers and toes crossed.
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Got told by Orange that its gonna be November time
Gutted as my upgrade is due now, so my beloved Hero will have to hold on a little longer
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Really hope it's 16th November. I'll miss my Hero its never let me down.
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I really hope Orange get this phone. I'm due my upgrade in 6 weeks. I'm not that confident and I don't really want to switch networks and lose all my loyalty perks. Fingers and toes crossed.
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My HERO is serving well with Elelinux V1.9 but it is time upgrade. The phone is starting to age very rapidly and I think it's slowly dying I can wait until november but I hope it doesn't slip.
Anybody get an email yet saying theirs has shipped? Post here when u do
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I been refreshing my page so often, still nothing.
15-22 Jan bracket
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I'm in the same shipping bracket (jan 15-22). It seems people with an expected shipping date of Jan 9 finally got their Adam shipped. So, we need to wait a couple of more days?
I'm the 15-22 also and have yet to get a shipping notice
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Rohan just posted unboxing photos of Adam in his blog.
Adams were shipped in 2 steps - China to HK, and HK to India. So, there is 2 tracking numbers for each unit and the 1st one (China to HK) is not share with a customer. So, I expect those people in the pre-order 1 batch will receive the long waited tracking number soon.
Got the email with TNT tracking info today ;-)
Congratulation!
I hope they ship mine (Jan 15-22) before the Chinese New Year holiday.
9th Jan pre-order here and also got shipping confirmation today!
got e-mail mine was shipped too
Most of the 15-22nd batch orders have been changed to shipping on the 29th this morning. Mine was.
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Most of the 15-22nd batch orders have been changed to shipping on the 29th this morning. Mine was.
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Yes. Mine has changed to 29th too.
Mine, too. Jan9 to Jan15-22, now Jan 29. So, it's a shipment delayed, not pre-poned.
The February orders were preponed, ours were postponed. Possibly combining the February and late January orders
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OK, time for me to post here, every post I have made on the NI blog is "awaiting moderation"
While it’s not life altering it is a bit disappointing that my shipment has been moved from the 22 to the 29th, but I’ll patiently wait. It’s looking like a pretty good piece of tech and I love my gadgets
There seems to be a lot of people on the NI blog who think this tablet is going to change their lives, I hope they are not disappointed when it arrives, after all, it is just a computer. Yeh, it’s definately the leader in its field at a great price… but it is still just a piece of tech.
My speculation for why there are delays is that NI are buying production time in a Chinese factory, so actual production days are out of their control. Surely if it was their own factory the production line would be running continuously and we wouldn’t have batch 1 / batch 2. Just my speculation and I have been wrong once once or twice in my life before.
Same here. None of my posts on the blog make it either. My last one was a my 2 cents, hurry up and wait being something im use too, just chill no need to stress since the lucky preorders while have their adams soon enough and will look back and maybe laugh. I'm just hoping it turns out all good and I will get a chance to order also. Its just tech, will all be looking for our next big toy after this one....still eye'ing a kinect.
Mine is at Lisbon at this moment, but according to TNT they cant release it yet, and only tomorrow ill be able to grab it, but since i got to work maybe only at night ill be able to post some videos of the unboxing.
24 Jan 2011 11:34:24 Lisbon Shipment Awaiting Physical Release From Customs Controlled Area.
Same here... originally the 9th. Pushed back to 15-22. Now it's showing the 29th.
It was pretty clever of Rohan to blog about orders being "pre-poned" when in reality this only applies to the February orders which was the smallest batch of the pre-orders. Based on Rohans comment in the latest blog post, it looks like the next largest number of people were in the 15-22 range and their orders have actually been delayed yet again. What a creative use of the press...
I just got this wonderful email from Notion Ink and now will be contacting my Credit Card company to cancel my order! I am also relatively sure a lot of people got the same email who was in the 29th batch (I was originally suppose to be in the 9th batch then got bumped to the 15-22, then got bumped to the 29th batch).
"Dear XXX
Greetings from Notion Ink!
We understand that you have been eagerly waiting for the arrival of your Adam. However, we regret to inform you that a fraction of our touch-screens got damaged during transportation due to which your shipment has been effected.
The Chinese New Year holidays that are in the first week of February further add to the delay. However, our touchscreen partner, Sintek, have agreed to work through the holidays and deliver the screens as soon as possible. We are afraid that until we receive these touchscreens, your device would not be ready for shipment.
The estimated date of your shipment would be 14th February 2011 (Buffer included).
In case you need any further assistance, please contact the Notion Ink Support Team at [email protected].
We thank you for your continued patience and co-operation in this matter.
Warm Regards
Notion Ink Support Team
__________________________________"
I could of personally possibly believed this but honestly they had to know before the 30th of Jan one day after the units were suppose to ship and I cant but fell were all just being jerked around at this point. Also I find it funny that Rohan posted this on his blog this morning: "[30th Jan: Adam on its way, emails are being sent out]"
Update: Just sent notion ink support an email asking to have my pre-order canceled and my money refunded. I will let anyone know the response as soon as I get it.
Update #2: Canceling my order officially took one day but I have to wait 10-21 days to get my money back (hopefully no delays there)
"We have taken note of your request for cancellation and have processed the same.
We sincerely apologise for the delays caused and have not charged you any cancellation charges. A full refund has been requested for your order.
Please note that it may take anywhere between 10-21 days for your refund to be processed. But we would like to assure you that we have done our part in the refund process and reversed the transaction.
We request you to treat this mail as a confirmation of the cancellation of your order XXXXXXXX.
In case you need any further assistance, please contact us and we would be happy to help.
Warm Regards
Notion Ink Support Team"
Same here, was going to stick with the adam but at this rate the xoom will be here first.
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My thoughts exactly.
has this effected the 31st batch as well? Just wondering as I am was in the 29th
Yes this has effected 31st batch also. I am in 31 st batch and now it shows 14 feb 2011.
Atleast you people got emails from customer care. I got nothing..
Also bumped to 14th of Feb. Originally 9th Jan. 3rd delay.
BTW XDA "Notion INk Lpves you" so send them a rocket for the complete farce that this is turning into.
Rohan Shravan "nominee for Adroid person of the year" Sorry but NO NO NO!
He misinforms, delays, sends out smoke screens, let's loyal customers down and does not care about them at all. He is out to make a fast buck it seems and I think it's gonna bite him in the ass and NI will be bankrupt within a few months.
I wish there was some way you could transfer the order over to me.
He posted a few days ago about the broken screens and said there may be a delay. There isn't much NI can do about it. Its a small company, not motorola or htc. They're doing the best they can I'm sure, and they've made a few mistakes along they way.
I would be curious if someone priced these out to determine how much NI if making on them. I bet it isn't much considering how much they've invested. Its going to take them years to turn a profit.
I'm shocked they got the screen supplier to work through the new year.
PM me if you think they will transfer the order
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Sirchuck,
My main problem is not the delay its the fact they had to know about this at least a week prior to when they wanted to ship them. Because it takes time to build and ship the devices. This shouldn't have been a shock to them they day after they were suppose to ship. And honestly as an upstart company you don't want you companys image to be of delays and a disheartened customer base. I work in IT and was hyping this product uptown my friends and coworks who really wanted to check it out. Now I have to tell them its been delayed again and I am trying to cancel my order. Think they will give this company a shot in the near future??
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What do you want them to do?
Use the possibly damaged screens and ship on time? Sell out to Steve Jobs so you can order an Adamapple? Wait till you can buy it at Walmart, and be shipped in their thousands so they are like every other tablet?
Currently you are in the front of the line. Relax and enjoy it. Read. Learn. When it gets here you will be far more knowledgeable than if you had one in your hands right now.
Again, currently you are in the front of the line.
Hey John,
I am pretty relaxed at this point and really not upset the least. I just feel like at this point this is a company I don't personally want to do business with anymore. Assuming they cancel my pre-order, with out tons of aggravation at this point I will harbor them no ill will. And no I will not be going to go by an Ipad! lol's I dont know where you got that from. I will probably get a Xoom depending on how locked down (which most likely will be extremely locked down) it is or just hold off until I can get something from HTC.
And I 100% agree with you, if I were them I wouldn't have used damaged LCD's but they knew they weren't going to use damaged LCDs before today. Being someone who has now had his date pushed back 3 times I just feel that personally I deserved to know this before, not after my tablet was suppose to ship for the 3rd time. In fact if they had just said initially that the devices were going to ship in late February, I would have been ok with it.
And thanks for the advice but I always read an learn
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I could of personally possibly believed this but honestly they had to know before the 30th of Jan one day after the units were suppose to ship and I cant but fell were all just being jerked around at this point. Also I find it funny that Rohan posted this on his blog this morning: "[30th Jan: Adam on its way, emails are being sent out]"
Update: Just sent notion ink support an email asking to have my pre-order canceled and my money refunded. I will let anyone know the response as soon as I get it.
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Let us know what happens with your cancellation. I'm curious if they'll try to charge you the cancellation fee -- I'm tempted to cancel mine and pickup the Xoom. I was pretty stoked about the pixelQi, but the reviews so far sound like it's not worth the extra cash. Based on Motorola's history, it's pretty likely that their screen will be good quality.
Never thought for a second you would
get an iPad. I was saying, should they (NI) sell out to Steve for the Adamapple. A crude attempt at humor. I am a 5.31% fractionalist as well and wish I had the little begger right here, but not. I will read and learn until he lands.
The Pixel Qi is only worth the extra cash
if you plan to ever use it outdoors in the sun. I use one daily and it is wonderful. I live in Florida and will never have a portable device with out one. Is Adam the Pixel Qi device to own. Can't say that. Is Adam the only commercial production device right now with one. Can say that.
Updated my original post with some info about my cancellation.
Too bad, they're going for a premium on ebay too. May have been worthwhile to just resell it! But that's a hassle and probably not worth the hundred or two extra they're going for.
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Sirchuk said:
Too bad, they're going for a premium on ebay too. May have been worthwhile to just resell it! But that's a hassle and probably not worth the hundred or two extra they're going for.
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Honestly I thought a lot about doing just that, and the reason I didn't is because I canceled due to my personal doubts on of the companies integrity. If I had sold the device at a premium on e-bay and I had the unfortunate luck of receiving a faulty unit or something else along those lines and then passed that unit onto someone else, I would of been kicking my self in the ass for doing it in the first place. For me I viewed canceling my pre-order as a cutting my losses move. Now all I have to hope for is I get my money back with out any further hassle.
I'm just curious as to why Google is not offering pre orders? Are they planning on pushing the release date back last minute? To me it doesn't make sense. With how many hundreds of thousands of people all trying to purchase one of these at midnight the minute it becomes available, I can for see the Google play store being overloaded and Google not being able to process orders efficiently. A pre order makes sense to me.
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I'd like to know about pre-orders also.
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I'm just curious as to why Google is not offering pre orders? Are they planning on pushing the release date back last minute? To me it doesn't make sense. With how many hundreds of thousands of people all trying to purchase one of these at midnight the minute it becomes available, I can for see the Google play store being overloaded and Google not being able to process orders efficiently. A pre order makes sense to me.
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The same thing would happen no matter what date they put on it. If they started accepting preorders tomorrow, there would be the exact same situation then as on the 13th.
I think it'll take a couple of days for them to get the initial orders shipped out.
I'm expecting a logistics fail just like the N7. My guess is they just don't want it to be as bad, so they are pulling pre-order out of the equation.
I'm going to wait till after thanksgiving and save myself the headache of wondering if/when it'll ship and if I'll actually be around or not to sign for it.
One reason..... Nexus Q.
In theory, if needed, Google could push the release another month, and nobody could gripe.
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I kind of hoping they will use the signup for notification as a kind of tool to reduce the rush. Maybe when they contactus that the Nexus 4 is available then they will include some kind of code that will place our order in line with when we showed interest. Any that did not show interest will have to wait until after they fill the interested request. At least I would like something like that.
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I kind of hoping they will use the signup for notification as a kind of tool to reduce the rush. Maybe when they contactus that the Nexus 4 is available then they will include some kind of code that will place our order in line with when we showed interest. Any that did not show interest will have to wait until after they fill the interested request. At least I would like something like that.
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That would be awesome if that's the case. I was on that list very soon after they put it up
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intern said:
The same thing would happen no matter what date they put on it. If they started accepting preorders tomorrow, there would be the exact same situation then as on the 13th.
I think it'll take a couple of days for them to get the initial orders shipped out.
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Not quite. If they put pre orders up today, they would have until the 13th to get it all straightened out. So even if the play store crashed right now, they at least have 5 days to process any orders already in there. Waiting until the 13th to accept any payments is a recipe for disaster.
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And really they could have all these orders processed and ready to ship. Software update would be pushed ota as soon as the customer turns on the phone and sets up their Google account.
Not sure why Google wouldn't do the background work ahead of time like taking orders.
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To be honest I am not surprised and am pleased google realized the nexus 7 pre order was a disaster. If they can not handle the volume like apple, stop the pre order so that they can honestly forecast when they will ship. I know many of you will not like my opinion but I was not happy with my nexus 7 pre order process. I will gladly wait until launch date for the nexus 4.
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But what I'm trying to say is if say 300,000 people all place an order as soon as they can which will overload the play store, wouldn't it make more sense to have it overloaded BEFORE launch date? That way they have a few days to get it up and running again? If 300,000 people placing an order at once crashes the play store, why would u want it to happen on launch day? For arguments sake, say it takes 3 days to restore the servers and get up and running again. I would rather those 3 days be Friday Saturday and Sunday, not Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. To me its a no brainer. Preorders always make sense to me IMO.
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Google play customer support told me the only reason why they would have pre orders is to have an estimate of how many units to manufacture but the nexus 4 is already in mass production and should be ready to meet consumer needs. Only downfall is we'll probably prove them wrong lol
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Wow... people really whine about not being able to order an item before its for sale?
Its like crying for not being able to pay for something earlier with no effect on how quick I'll get it. It wouldn't be faster, there's a reason why they take orders the 13th of November instead of the 11 or 12th. You pre-order wouldn't be "sitting in boxes" waiting for a date to flip for the sake of it.
They start taking orders the 13th. Don't expect to get it the 14th either
Probably 3-5 processing days. And processing isn t just sorting boxes, it can just as much be that they don't get the actual device for a few more days.
Anyways, I really hope that you don't cry at your landlord that you would like to pay for your rent in advance.
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Wow... people really whine about not being able to order an item before its for sale?
Its like crying for not being able to pay for something earlier with no effect on how quick I'll get it. It wouldn't be faster, there's a reason why they take orders the 13th of November instead of the 11 or 12th. You pre-order wouldn't be "sitting in boxes" waiting for a date to flip for the sake of it.
They start taking orders the 13th. Don't expect to get it the 14th either
Probably 3-5 processing days. And processing isn t just sorting boxes, it can just as much be that they don't get the actual device for a few more days.
Anyways, I really hope that you don't cry at your landlord that you would like to pay for your rent in advance.
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I got my nexus one within 3 days, when i ordered it during release week.
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I got my nexus one within 3 days, when i ordered it during release week.
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That's the nexus one. I bet you it didn't even sell 100,000 units in the first week. Don't expect the same results as 3 years ago.
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Can I just point out that we don't actually know whether the phone will be sent out starting on the 13th or if the 13th is the beginning of the pre-order process.
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Wow... people really whine about not being able to order an item before its for sale?
Its like crying for not being able to pay for something earlier with no effect on how quick I'll get it. It wouldn't be faster, there's a reason why they take orders the 13th of November instead of the 11 or 12th. You pre-order wouldn't be "sitting in boxes" waiting for a date to flip for the sake of it.
They start taking orders the 13th. Don't expect to get it the 14th either
Probably 3-5 processing days. And processing isn t just sorting boxes, it can just as much be that they don't get the actual device for a few more days.
Anyways, I really hope that you don't cry at your landlord that you would like to pay for your rent in advance.
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I dont think you read my post. A pre order option does absolutely NO HARM. I work in sales and deal with purchase orders on an every day basis. I know for a fact that if I want to ship material out on the 13th, I would like to have the purchase order BEFORE HAND. Its called being prepared. You make sure you have the inventory. You make sure you have the payment. You make sure you have the shipping address. You make sure you have the order correct. Its called the background work. Contract Review. If a customer issued a purchase order to me on the 13th wanting their purchase to ship on the 13th, it is most likely not going to happen. ESPECIALLY when how many hundreds of thousands of people are issuing their purchase orders ALL AT ONCE. If Google wants to say the 13th is the release date for shipping, then having a preorder option is the best solution. If they want to say the 13th is when they start accepting payment, then really that is just a preorder itself. Because I can assure you that everyone who places an order on the 13th will not have their phone shipped that day. Yes I am aware of processing times and everything. What I am trying to say is you have the processing time taking place before the phone is set to ship. You have your orders in place, payment accepted, an understanding of how many devices are going out and to where and when. That kind of stuff can be done before the phone is even ready to ship. Its not rocket science. So take a minute and think logically about what you are saying before you reply.
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Can I just point out that we don't actually know whether the phone will be sent out starting on the 13th or if the 13th is the beginning of the pre-order process.
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I will be seriously pissed off if that's the case, as will lots of other people who are selling their phones..
It's not impossible that the 13th is only the start of the pre-orders, though that would be really mean of Google. As their site very vaguely states,
Available for purchase on Tuesday, Nov. 13th
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which could mean just paying for the device
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I dont think you read my post. A pre order option does absolutely NO HARM. I work in sales and deal with purchase orders on an every day basis. I know for a fact that if I want to ship material out on the 13th, I would like to have the purchase order BEFORE HAND. Its called being prepared. You make sure you have the inventory. You make sure you have the payment. You make sure you have the shipping address. You make sure you have the order correct. Its called the background work. Contract Review. If a customer issued a purchase order to me on the 13th wanting their purchase to ship on the 13th, it is most likely not going to happen. ESPECIALLY when how many hundreds of thousands of people are issuing their purchase orders ALL AT ONCE. If Google wants to say the 13th is the release date for shipping, then having a preorder option is the best solution. If they want to say the 13th is when they start accepting payment, then really that is just a preorder itself. Because I can assure you that everyone who places an order on the 13th will not have their phone shipped that day. Yes I am aware of processing times and everything. What I am trying to say is you have the processing time taking place before the phone is set to ship. You have your orders in place, payment accepted, an understanding of how many devices are going out and to where and when. That kind of stuff can be done before the phone is even ready to ship. Its not rocket science. So take a minute and think logically about what you are saying before you reply.
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Explain to me exactly what part in there tells you "shipping"?
Available for purchase on Tuesday, Nov. 13th.
My point is... their PLAN is probably not to start SHIPPING the 13th, probably the 14th or 15th. That is the best wording you could use for that purpose.
I doubt it is pre-order starting the 13th though. But no reason to expect getting a device before the 20th or so.
I find it quite unprofessional to have people pre order a device in September and have them arrive 2 months later. How can you announce your best phone ever (for both companies) and be so woefully prepared for the demand it might incur? I'm having second thoughts on getting the phone since I have no idea when I might receive mine since Google and Huawei have yet to get their act together in rolling out the product
Have you tried buying any previous nexus? By far the best release yet!
Doesn't your pre-order have a date? That would be the latest you would have your unit shipped.
No, I'm OK with it.
Yep, best by far. Especially after being involved with the 4, 5 and 6 failed launches!
This is my favorite so far. No issues thus far.
Best handling it this way rather than having people refresh the page every second because product went out of stock within 2 minutes of release.(previous nexus releases)
Very happy.
Order date: Sep 29, 2015 1:05:16 PM CDT Estimated delivery date: November 10 – 12, 2015.
Phone will be delivered to me tomorrow.
Ordering process yes. However... Shipping order is jacked up AGAIN. Ordered 9/29 within 15 min of link going live. 32GB Graphite. There are people with tracking information that purchased 10/21 and have shipping confimation while mine sits in processing purgatory. Card was final charged 3 days ago. Still hasn't gone anywhere. This happens to me every year.
Almost as bad as a Best Buy launch ....
I don't mind this release style at all. I really don't see what OP concern is. Google has turned a 'quickest to order before servers crash' to 'just order and be patient, we won't charge you'
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Disappointment? That would imply I had expectations which conflict with what was promised. I have no such expectations.
In the announcement event, they simply said "later in October" concerning ship dates. During the preorder process, everything was clearly spelled out. How could I be disappointed? My only expectation is that the products I ordered will arrive safely by the time they indicated.
I'm pleased with the order process this time around. As for delays well that is common on pre orders these days. I'm just happy that I got to order, much better than trying to catch a one or two minute in stock window like in the past.
Disappointed, nah. one of the biggest tech company in world can't handle preorder. How the hell do you sell out preorder? Just take the damn order and give a 4-5 weeks eta. Don't tell me you can't get huawei to make your phones in 5 weeks.
I'm rather disappointed that Germany was not a part of the countries that could preorder it first. I simply don't get it...
It's a pain yes. But it happens this way every year. I'm just surprised they haven't fixed it much over the years. I'm waiting on a Frost 64GB - No one has gotten a Frost yet, so we'll see if the ship date is hit, Nov 2.
http://gizmodo.com/if-you-ordered-a-nexus-6p-and-it-hasn-t-shown-up-good-1739119538
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Like previous people have mentioned. Most (if not all) of the Nexus launches were pretty terrible.
I wasn't expecting much so no .. not disappointed.
I ordered, was given an estimated ship date and it has shipped early. I call that a success.
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I find it quite unprofessional to have people pre order a device in September and have them arrive 2 months later. How can you announce your best phone ever (for both companies) and be so woefully prepared for the demand it might incur? I'm having second thoughts on getting the phone since I have no idea when I might receive mine since Google and Huawei have yet to get their act together in rolling out the product
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You do realise that these were pre-orders, right? This is exactly how the concept of a pre-order works.
Dissapointed, yes. The roll out in the US might be not that bad. But there are other countries besides US. In Europe we are still waiting to preorder. Such a slow rollout. Google needs to learn from Apple and bring their **** together and roll out the devices from day one.