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Samsung Galaxy S III hits Dubai a week early, costs $680

The Samsung Galaxy S III has arrived in Dubai a week earlier than expected and is already on sale for $666.
This has been confirmed by a vigilant Reddit user who noticed an "Available Today" sign under the S III name in a mall store in Dubai. Speaking to an employee he gathered that the store has plenty of Galaxy S III units in stock and all being white variants (no word on which internal storage version it was but we're guessing 16GB).
Other users have also found the phone available (and purchased it) but for around $680. We guess a hefty bunch of people who pre-ordered the Galaxy S III will be less than impressed right about now.
One of the visitors of such a store sent us the pic you see on the left. Unfortunately, the store has already ran out of stock when he got there, but reportedly, more units are on the way, due in the next few days. He confirms the phone was priced at 2500 AED or about US$680.
And hey if you're still on the fence about getting an S III, you might find this useful.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_hits_dubai_a_week_early_costs_680-news-4281.php
The news is confirm as most of my friends waiting for that got it, its only 16 gb pebble white available

The cost officially in middle east is 2499AED ..and that was announced during sneak peak in dubai. here in doha its also available for prebooking at 2699AED and be available early next week.

In fono store (Mall of Emirates) it was on sale at AED 2449, the were out of stock yesterday and promised stock for blue GS 3 today.

Does it have arabic support pre-installed in it?
Really need to know plz!
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manee said:
In fono store (Mall of Emirates) it was on sale at AED 2449, the were out of stock yesterday and promised stock for blue GS 3 today.
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680$ are 537€ for the version of 16gb and here in Greece the first price i saw was 669€ !!!

i have got a call from samsung in Dubai mall regarding my SG3 today and they confirmed that they only have 16GB whiter color available right now but didnt inform me about the price and as i heard from one of the sales representatives he told me its going to be 2499 DHS and it has arabic language pre installed i cant wait to leave work and get my SG3

tabasco0o said:
i have got a call from samsung in Dubai mall regarding my SG3 today and they confirmed that they only have 16GB whiter color available right now but didnt inform me about the price and as i heard from one of the sales representatives he told me its going to be 2499 DHS and it has arabic language pre installed i cant wait to leave work and get my SG3
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did you preorder for white or blue?

Dupe of this thread.
Please search before posting.
Thank you.

Has anyone bought multiple Moto Xs at sale price?

The title is pretty self explanatory. My brother and I both got discount codes, and were wondering if we can use them both with one credit card and shipping address or if Motorola will limit us to one. If anyone has any idea, please comment your thoughts or experience!

I got three for $150 off so far. Same credit card. Same name. Same address. On the original deal day, I couldn't check out with a T-Mobile Motomaker version, so I settled for a GSM Dev Edition. Then Moto announced the other deal days and I ordered a T-Mobile Motomaker version on Wednesday. It arrived and had a patch of dead pixels, so then I found a code someone posted and ordered a third, which I'm now waiting on. The first two will be going back.

I got a Dev Edition on the first day and then a MotoMaker during the first Wednesday sale.

Order from moto rigth now

32GB Midnight Blue available to purchase on Moto Site right now.
Est deliver Dec 9.
All the other models say out of stock.

There's already a thread on this page for ordering from Moto directly.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/nexus-6-available-direct-motorola-t2931115
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UK sim free waiting room + up to date shipment details

Hi all.
Well for one, I'm a member to the UK sim free waiting room.
I have a white 128gb on back order with EE. Got this through the company that handles my businesses communications needs. They have advised between 1-3 weeks wait. I've no issues with the wait. Looking forward to the phones arrival.
If we could use this thread to highlight any UK sim free deals and delivery time I think that would help us guys over here.
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OK still no UK sim free deals that I can find. I know CPW are offering the S6 32gb and 64gb as handset only.. but I'm really trying my best to hold out for the edge.
Just spoke with the company that is attempting to get me my phone. It seems the 128gb sim free release are weeks away still, Mid June is an estimate. 64gb are becoming incredibly hard to source.. It sure looks like Samsung have a winner on their hands. Great news for them.. not so good for us customers that want sim free deals.

Just got mine today from CeX, aka www.webuy.com . I got it for less than RRP too! They might still have a few in stock, I got a black 64GB version. It was in box and everything is in place, only thing was added by CeX was a barcode on the inside of the box for their internal tracking I guess.

Roscobigfoot said:
Just got mine today from CeX, aka www.webuy.com . I got it for less than RRP too! They might still have a few in stock, I got a black 64GB version. It was in box and everything is in place, only thing was added by CeX was a barcode on the inside of the box for their internal tracking I guess.
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Just placed the order for mine also. Grabbed a grade A unlocked black 64gb .. I would be interested to see where this stock is coming from.. hope it's not the scratchgate stock... lol
Oh well.. i will probably move to a different handset in a few months anyway..
thanks for the info

uktivo said:
Just placed the order for mine also. Grabbed a grade A unlocked black 64gb .. I would be interested to see where this stock is coming from.. hope it's not the scratchgate stock... lol
Oh well.. i will probably move to a different handset in a few months anyway..
thanks for the info
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No problem. I just looked by chance, didn't think they'd have had any but I guess someone bought tons up and sold them off to them or something. I got a Grade A 02 Black 64GB since that was all they had in black when I ordered. Annoyingly it's locked to 02, I'm gonna have to pay to unlock it since I want to be on three.

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UK pre order thread is already here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/s6-edge-uk-buyers-pre-price-t3059551
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Galaxy Note 20 Ultra - UK Pre Orders

OK Good people what did you order?
I went with the Ultra 256Gb Mystic White.
Bit disappointed at the lack of decent colours but it is what what it is.
So what did you order?
Just gotta wait til 21 August - Here we go again.

In Ireland I pre ordered the 256GB mystic bronze. Trading in my S20 Ultra towards it.

256GB in black here.

512gb bronze for me

I pre-ordered mine during the unpacked event. I am using the Samsung Upgrade Programme to upgrade from the Note10+ 5G. The process with Klarna and Samsung was very smooth. Getting the Black 512GB and chose the buds for the 'free' gift. They did not let me select a colour so I would assume they will send out the bronze ones as shown in the photo? Maybe they will send matching ones with the note colour that I chose.
There are some missing details here, but Samsung's UK website suggest that we are getting the Hybrid Dual SIM model. Which means 2 physical SIMs or 1 physical SIM and a microSD card, plus unlimited(?) eSIMs. It sounds great.
We are also missing the full band list for modem connectivity. It'll definitely work in the UK, but good to know as we are expecting more 5G bands to be used in the UK and perhaps travelling to other countries (yes, I know quite difficult in the current circumstances, but it might just happen).

ultra 256gb in white also ordered Watch 3 45mm in silver and 41mm in Bronze for the wife so nearly £2k spent

Where are people trading in their S20 Ultra? I tried Samsung direct, but its not in the listed devices for me?

It's on the trade in list on the Irish Samsung website. Just double check again.

Annual UK Note crowd I see I'm in! Note 20 Ultra ordered. Looking for a good carbon case.
Edit: and Watch 3

Note 20 ultra
Galaxy watch 3
Tab S7 plus
All arriving on 21st...going to be a busy day

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Annual UK Note crowd I see I'm in! Note 20 Ultra ordered. Looking for a good carbon case.
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It's the annual get together. Good to see you are still amongst us.
2 weeks today we should have our 20 ultra.

kostas_pav said:
I pre-ordered mine during the unpacked event. I am using the Samsung Upgrade Programme to upgrade from the Note10+ 5G. The process with Klarna and Samsung was very smooth. Getting the Black 512GB and chose the buds for the 'free' gift. They did not let me select a colour so I would assume they will send out the bronze ones as shown in the photo? Maybe they will send matching ones with the note colour that I chose.
There are some missing details here, but Samsung's UK website suggest that we are getting the Hybrid Dual SIM model. Which means 2 physical SIMs or 1 physical SIM and a microSD card, plus unlimited(?) eSIMs. It sounds great.
We are also missing the full band list for modem connectivity. It'll definitely work in the UK, but good to know as we are expecting more 5G bands to be used in the UK and perhaps travelling to other countries (yes, I know quite difficult in the current circumstances, but it might just happen).
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Glad Someone got their email fine. I want to move to the note 20 but somehow Samsung has ****ed up my date for upgrading which is annoying some how.
I been upgrading to the new note since the Note 8 and been upgrading every august once it was announced at the unpacked event and this year some how my date had moved like under 2 months from when I got the note 10 (pre ordered on the 7th August through the upgrade program and gotten the phone on the 21st and according to their site for me bizarrely that equated to upgrade on the 30th September 2020).
The shop was useless and said it might arrive towards the end of August but can see I am up date with payments. I did post on the forum and one of the mods asked for my agreement number so they can look into it and hopefully they can resolve it as with the note 9 and 10 we originally had sweet fa on pre order bonuses and the one time they finally give something they had to **** up my date and stop me from doing my pre order I had always done in august.
The Camera I was more interested in getting the upgrade for but disappointed they kept their processor and the same one in the S20 and wish for the UK they went the SD 865+.

kostas_pav said:
I pre-ordered mine during the unpacked event. I am using the Samsung Upgrade Programme to upgrade from the Note10+ 5G. The process with Klarna and Samsung was very smooth. Getting the Black 512GB and chose the buds for the 'free' gift. They did not let me select a colour so I would assume they will send out the bronze ones as shown in the photo? Maybe they will send matching ones with the note colour that I chose.
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I found this: https://www.samsung.com/uk/galaxy-note-preorder/terms/
It seems like anyone selecting the ear buds as a gift will get the bronze colour by default. Oh well...
DKI said:
Glad Someone got their email fine. I want to move to the note 20 but somehow Samsung has ****ed up my date for upgrading which is annoying some how.
I been upgrading to the new note since the Note 8 and been upgrading every august once it was announced at the unpacked event and this year some how my date had moved like under 2 months from when I got the note 10 (pre ordered on the 7th August through the upgrade program and gotten the phone on the 21st and according to their site for me bizarrely that equated to upgrade on the 30th September 2020).
The shop was useless and said it might arrive towards the end of August but can see I am up date with payments. I did post on the forum and one of the mods asked for my agreement number so they can look into it and hopefully they can resolve it as with the note 9 and 10 we originally had sweet fa on pre order bonuses and the one time they finally give something they had to **** up my date and stop me from doing my pre order I had always done in august.
The Camera I was more interested in getting the upgrade for but disappointed they kept their processor and the same one in the S20 and wish for the UK they went the SD 865+.
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I got an email a few days before the event telling me that my window opens on the 5th of August. Then I ordered during the event. Got several emails to confirm the loan with Klarna and order with Samsung. Later in the evening I got an email reminding me about the window, which was probably automated as the confirmation email about the order from Samsung includes an item called 'Samsung Upgrade Welcome Back' and I had to answer questions about the condition of my current Note 10+ 5G (which was recognised automatically) while placing the order.

kostas_pav said:
I found this: https://www.samsung.com/uk/galaxy-note-preorder/terms/
It seems like anyone selecting the ear buds as a gift will get the bronze colour by default. Oh well...
I got an email a few days before the event telling me that my window opens on the 5th of August. Then I ordered during the event. Got several emails to confirm the loan with Klarna and order with Samsung. Later in the evening I got an email reminding me about the window, which was probably automated as the confirmation email about the order from Samsung includes an item called 'Samsung Upgrade Welcome Back' and I had to answer questions about the condition of my current Note 10+ 5G (which was recognised automatically) while placing the order.
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Usually I would of gotten an email saying your upgrade window is open but this year I put my agreement in and it said I have until 30th September which also one of the mods found odd. Just hope they get it sorted in time for me to upgrade.

Notefan161 said:
Note 20 ultra
Galaxy watch 3
Tab S7 plus
All arriving on 21st...going to be a busy day
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An expensive day :crying:
Note 20 Ultra 256Gb in White
Watch 3 >45mm in Silver
Watch 3 > 41mm Bronze (gender neutral ) for the Wife
Did anyone notice trade in on the Galaxy watches my wife's 42mm rose gold was £110 my 46mm silver was a £100 ???

pigglett said:
An expensive day :crying:
Note 20 Ultra 256Gb in White
Watch 3 >45mm in Silver
Watch 3 > 41mm Bronze (gender neutral ) for the Wife
Did anyone notice trade in on the Galaxy watches my wife's 42mm rose gold was £110 my 46mm silver was a £100 ???
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The trade ins don’t seem to be that good here on comparison to the US

Notefan161 said:
The trade ins don’t seem to be that good here on comparison to the US
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We always get shafted in the UK

pigglett said:
We always get shafted in the UK
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Yup and we also get the exynos and we buy it knowing full well it will throttle and then we mourn. Us Brits are a special lot though aren't we and Sammy knows it ?.

Woo hoo. Just pre ordered my Note20 Ultra which is my first ever Note. I have been a big Android user since the HTC Magic, but my last Samsungs were S3 and Galaxy Nexus back in the day. Since then I have had every generation of the Nexuses and Pixels with a few Onepluses thrown in for good measure. This year however I just fancied something different but stacked with features so I'm returning to Samsung after 8 years away. Hope I made the right choice!

SpaceGooner said:
Woo hoo. Just pre ordered my Note20 Ultra which is my first ever Note. I have been a big Android user since the HTC Magic, but my last Samsungs were S3 and Galaxy Nexus back in the day. Since then I have had every generation of the Nexuses and Pixels with a few Onepluses thrown in for good measure. This year however I just fancied something different but stacked with features so I'm returning to Samsung after 8 years away. Hope I made the right choice!
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I jumped from the S3 to Note10+ 5G last year and I am really enjoying it, so also upgrading to Note20 Ultra 5G this year. In the meantime I was away from Android for years.
I'm sure it'll be a good experience for you.