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Went to local AT&T store for Note 3 + Gear. Got the Note, but the store didn't have any watches.
When I left, I called the one closer to work - they got some today but already sold out. Guess I picked the wrong store. I spend a while calling AT&T & T-Mobile stores around - nada. Even tried BB & RS - no luck there. Tried T-Mobile online, also all sold out.
Is this a real bad roll out, or is someone hoarding all the watches?
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Went to local AT&T store for Note 3 + Gear. Got the Note, but the store didn't have any watches.
When I left, I called the one closer to work - they got some today but already sold out. Guess I picked the wrong store. I spend a while calling AT&T & T-Mobile stores around - nada. Even tried BB & RS - no luck there. Tried T-Mobile online, also all sold out.
Is this a real bad roll out, or is someone hoarding all the watches?
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Definetly hoarders!!
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Definetly hoarders!!
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Best buy in the Samsung section. They had mocha and black. Loving the gear!
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Best buy in the Samsung section. They had mocha and black. Loving the gear!
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I got the black one. Just can't use it because USPS doesn't want to deliver my N3
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Bad Roll out. But Samsung always has these , I wonder if there was any hesitation on Sammys part given the atrocious reviews some people had.
It seemed like people were downright offended by this product.
The only one I have ever seen is the one I own. Never set eyes on one in a store etc? Note 3, yes, the Gear not a whiff? No idea why? Without the Note 3 the Gear is useless at present? Some very odd marketing with Samsung. This is nothing new in this country for this company though.
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Bad Roll out. But Samsung always has these , I wonder if there was any hesitation on Sammys part given the atrocious reviews some people had.
It seemed like people were downright offended by this product.
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Cant see Samsung offending too many customers as trying to get the Gear is near impossible at present?
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The only one I have ever seen is the one I own. Never set eyes on one in a store etc? Note 3, yes, the Gear not a whiff? No idea why? Without the Note 3 the Gear is useless at present? Some very odd marketing with Samsung. This is nothing new in this country for this company though.
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Cant see Samsung offending too many customers as trying to get the Gear is near impossible at present?
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Samsung is being weird.
I think reviewers online and many potential customers were offended by the price. When it was discovered that the notifications were useless for anything other than Messaging/Email sites and there comments were full of bashing. For $300 people expected alot more....or maybe Samsung is getting backlash from iPhone fanboys ??
I dont know but people are bashing the Gear and its price tag everywhere.
Honestly if this was 150$-200$ OR if it worked the way people thought...reviews would be a little better.
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Samsung is being weird.
I think reviewers online and many potential customers were offended by the price. When it was discovered that the notifications were useless for anything other than Messaging/Email sites and there comments were full of bashing. For $300 people expected alot more....or maybe Samsung is getting backlash from iPhone fanboys ??
I dont know but people are bashing the Gear and its price tag everywhere.
Honestly if this was 150$-200$ OR if it worked the way people thought...reviews would be a little better.
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If you compare what is on the market at present the Samsung is head and shoulders above the rest in terms of technology, functionality and software. I have said this many times and will write it again IF its fact the gear has a sapphire crystal that would well justify the price. You don't find sapphire crystals on watches costing 300.00€
I have niggles about the gear as well BUT would not dream of purchasing the Sony branded watches nor the others and I collect watches.
The Gear can make and receive calls and sms's that is a major selling point. If I can manage to get S-voice working wi fi free (the manual says it only needs blue tooth) I would be more satisfied as driving the car one need not takes ones eyes of the road to make nor receive calls My doubts lie in other areas like the strap and clasp. having written that there are no better in that regard either?
New technology is always expensive. Wait for the iWatch that will bring iTears to ones eyes. One other point, the price will have dropped like a stone within a few months in any case.
in the UK the galaxy gear is £300
300 British Pound Sterling equals
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if its 300 us dollar now that cheap, bloody uk always more
Best buy Conway Arkansas
Best buy in Conway Arkansas has the gear. Only in gray. Love this watch. Best Buy also honored t mobiles 25% off coupon. Got it for $260.......
in the UK the galaxy gear is £300
300 British Pound Sterling equals
482.01 US Dollar
if its 300 us dollar now that cheap, bloody uk always more
After way too much digging, I finally found one. Best Buy has some little cell stores in the area, but they showed on BB's store search (click item & search stores to see who has it).
At the store, they told me they got 5 the night before & sold 1 before mine. (They got 3 black, 2 white)
Why this little store had them when the full BB's had no clue what I was talking about... I have no idea.
I got mine for 225 amd couldn't be happier. Too bad I have to wait for the note 3 but it works fine with my s 4 just wish I didnt have to go back to this phone. Im gonna see if I download all the samsung stuff on an htc one with stock android if it will work which I highly doubt it will.
This Samsung launch was rather smooth compared to the Apple launch.
My store got one Gear in and it sold fairly quickly. Pretty impressive device.
Just picked a Mocha-colored unit from the local Ann Arbor, MI Bestbuy store. I haven't worn a watch in years and now am wearing one because of Gear! I don't know why some people don't think this watch is nice looking. It looks just fine to me, definitely having the quality and stylish look.
I'm trying it out right now but so far, so good.
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I got mine for 225 amd couldn't be happier. Too bad I have to wait for the note 3 but it works fine with my s 4 just wish I didnt have to go back to this phone. Im gonna see if I download all the samsung stuff on an htc one with stock android if it will work which I highly doubt it will.
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where from and how did u get discount
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T-Mobile website... Enter promo code fallfun30 for 30% off. With tax and shipping it comes to around $230
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T-Mobile website... Enter promo code fallfun30 for 30% off. With tax and shipping it comes to around $230
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Anyone actually get the discount? Tmo keeps canceling transaction because of CC issues but I've had 3 people try .
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Just getting a measure of the users here.
Edit: if you are REALLY going to purchase one. Just answer yes.
I voted no but i want one.
Yes I will be getting it for HD Porn and movies.
Have one and like it. There is vr forum on xda.
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Does anyone know when its officially coming to Canada?
I don't have one yet, but I plan on ordering one very soon once my bank account can allow for it. Tax returns should help with that.
It literally became the second biggest reason for me to own the Note 4 aside from the series' signature Wacom digitizer. If Oculus has enough low-level access to the Note 4 that they can tune the kernel and everything, it'll give me a good taste of what the Rift CV1 will have to offer over the current devkits.
Granted, the Note 4, while powerful for a smartphone, is weak sauce compared to any half-decent gaming PC, so that'll hold it back quite a bit. In the short term, I might be able to experiment with software like Trinus Gyre to turn it into a makeshift Rift (albeit with inherently higher latency). In the long term, someone might develop simulators that can be played adequately on the Note 4's hardware and a Bluetooth gamepad.
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Does anyone know when its officially coming to Canada?
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You should ask that question in the VR forum.
But with online ordering it's worldwide.
Got one here since a month... best buy so far in the last 2 years.
It's really impressive.
Imported it to Germany
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Got one here since a month... best buy so far in the last 2 years.
It's really impressive.
Imported it to Germany
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Did you do anything special to the phone to get it to work? Does Samsung services like Milk work where you live?
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Did you do anything special to the phone to get it to work? Does Samsung services like Milk work where you live?
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Got the 910F Everything started working as promised.
Need to be on NK4 - Country doesn't matt
Most of the stuff are demos and previews (payment not activated)
But the games are impressive... finally being really in the game
Dann it's only 200$
Yawn. I've used VR and 3D gaming in the past, and have to say I have no intention to bank roll this short lived experiment.
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Gear vr is already here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-vr
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Please post any news when they become available in your country (other than the ones that sell them now), still no news from bahrain or saudi.
I just saw my former colleague who is based in the US now, he posted in facebook some vids of his son and his mom playing with the gear vr and simply put both were amazed.
Now im really jealous. websites like souq here are selling them at outrageous prices and there's chances they might not work here too because of the software update :crying:
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Please post any news when they become available in your country (other than the ones that sell them now), still no news from bahrain or saudi.
I just saw my former colleague who is based in the US now, he posted in facebook some vids of his son and his mom playing with the gear vr and simply put both were amazed.
Now im really jealous. websites like souq here are selling them at outrageous prices and there's chances they might not work here too because of the software update :crying:
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Root it and just change the build.prop to 910F, and the problems with the updates will disappear. Ordered mine from the US and I am using it with my n910c without issues (used HopShopGo).
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Please post any news when they become available in your country (other than the ones that sell them now), still no news from bahrain or saudi.
I just saw my former colleague who is based in the US now, he posted in facebook some vids of his son and his mom playing with the gear vr and simply put both were amazed.
Now im really jealous. websites like souq here are selling them at outrageous prices and there's chances they might not work here too because of the software update :crying:
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Right after I found out about http://www.reddit.com/r/GearVR/comments/2qcrzp/howto_enable_gearvr_on_exynos_note4/
I went ahead and ordered the VR from Samsung US. I've been enjoying mine for more than a month now.
By the way, I'm in Bahrain, and I have an Exynos Note 4. You just have to deal with the flicker issue on most apps start-up, but I think it is worth it. My friends were really impressed when I let them try it.
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Please post any news when they become available in your country (other than the ones that sell them now), still no news from bahrain or saudi.
I just saw my former colleague who is based in the US now, he posted in facebook some vids of his son and his mom playing with the gear vr and simply put both were amazed.
Now im really jealous. websites like souq here are selling them at outrageous prices and there's chances they might not work here too because of the software update :crying:
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I am in Bahrain as well and let me tell you, the experience is life changing lol, I have been waiting for three years to try a VR headset to see what it looks and feels like, and best way to describe it is for you to go get big swimming goggles, remove the glass part and look around
it is amazing, just order it from the US if you are curious... but aside from the awesome experience let me remind you that there will be a better version released sometime this summer. plus Razer is making their own VR headset for about 200 dollars that you can pretty much plug into anything (release is this July) and some rumors are flying about a summer release of the actual oculus rift... so if you are not in a terrible hurry, maybe you should wait a bit
The only downfalls of the Gear VR are three things...
1. you will need a Bluetooth controller for the good games...
2. the fact that it runs on battery life only without being able to plug it in... so watching a movie in it is kind of nerve wrecking near the end as I keep hoping the battery wont die by then end of the movie
3. Not much content, yeah its an AMAZING experience, but I haven't used it for weeks because there is nothing interesting to use with anymore, I have used all the good stuff, every week or 2 there is an app or two added... so far nothing ground breaking and mostly demos. makes me wish I had paid my money for the Oculus DK2 at least I would have tons more content.
Those are my 2 cents, hope they help
little OT: whats the GEAR VR price in BAHRAIN? or qatar?
^ i believe its not available in the middle east yet.
^^ would it work with non-rooted phones in the GCC area?
PARIS, FRANCE,EUROPE,PLANET EARTH = ZERO so far !
To be Released later someday in 2015
I just want it for movies in bed mainly bring it in Australia
hashcheck said:
I just want it for movies in bed mainly bring it in Australia
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apparently IT is available in Australia
http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/mobile-phone/wearables/wearables/SM-R320NPWAXSA
buy now hashcheck haha.
samsung saudi no price or availability lol
Italy...is coming next week
Hi friends,
Some rumours say that next week will be available for Italian market.
I don't want wait more so I decided to buy one from Us, from bestbuy , but I am a little bit afraid that it won't work with my Note 4 Sm-N910F building NK5. Does anyone knows if the US version of gear vr works with it?
Thanks
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Hi friends,
Some rumours say that next week will be available for Italian market.
I don't want wait more so I decided to buy one from Us, from bestbuy , but I am a little bit afraid that it won't work with my Note 4 Sm-N910F building NK5. Does anyone knows if the US version of gear vr works with it?
Thanks
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starting today is also available in Italy .. I pre ordered it... delivery February 13th !!
hashcheck were u able to get one? its out of stock now in the samsung online store
Available now on the Spanish samsung site. delivery expected the 20th.
€249, - (including the controller)
Is it available in Europe somewhere? Like in stock not preorder? I can only find it from eBay for 300+€.
Already have got it couple of days ago free postage and it's the best tech gadget I have ever bought
-= Note 4 & Gear VR =-
great that you managed to get one... hmmm wonder when its arriving in the middle east, well the note edge was released here just recently so i wont be surprised if the gear vr will be released "soon"
Ordered one from Samsung UK. Expected delivery - 3rd of March.
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Root it and just change the build.prop to 910F, and the problems with the updates will disappear. Ordered mine from the US and I am using it with my n910c without issues (used HopShopGo).
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Would this work if I flash N910c rom on my N910h and change the build.prop to 910f?
Are you using a custom rom?
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Would this work if I flash N910c rom on my N910h and change the build.prop to 910f?
Are you using a custom rom?
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I thought the Gear VR was supposed to work out of the box with the n910H and K? Switched my build.prop to n910h and it installed just fine. Are you running the latest version along with lollipop?
Best buy is taking preorders for the Gear VR for the S6 and edge. What are your guy's opinions of the device?? Has anybody tried it out here?
I kind of want to get one but they're priced at $250 so I'm kind of weary...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung...hite/7115001.p?id=1219668765995&skuId=7115001
i'll wait for the review and feedback before jump the gun on this.
Yesterday it was announced everywhere that it would be $200, so I am kinda bummed by Best Buy's pricing as well.
Yeah, I thought it was going to be $200 as well. When I saw Best Buy's price I was a little bummed. I'm hoping it either drops or they include some kind of bonus with the device. I doubt it though.
Hopefully one of our XDA compadres has some hands on experience with one and can give us some insight.
Samsung hasn’t revealed a price, most of the site assume it will cost the same as the existing Galaxy Note 4 edition, which is $199, read more from the links below.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...le-Virtual-Reality-Category-Gear#.VTpnHtoo7cs
I have an Oculus Rift DK2.
This will be worth every penny.
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Samsung hasn’t revealed a price, most of the site assume it will cost the same as the existing Galaxy Note 4 edition, which is $199, read more from the links below.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...le-Virtual-Reality-Category-Gear#.VTpnHtoo7cs
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If you check the link, Best Buy is charging $250 for them.. I'm not sure if this will be the same price from samsung or not..
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I have an Oculus Rift DK2.
This will be worth every penny.
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Wait, Are you saying that the Gear VR will be worth every penny or the oculus rift is??
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Wait, Are you saying that the Gear VR will be worth every penny or the oculus rift is??
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Well I said "this will" meaning discussing something in the future, whereas I already own a Rift.
But to put it more plainly, I have Oculus's main peripheral and it's amazing, so I've no doubts that the upcoming one will be fantastic in its own right. Yes, a phone can't hold a candle to a PC in terms of processing and graphics power, but you'd also have no wires to deal with.
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Well I said "this will" meaning discussing something in the future, whereas I already own a Rift.
But to put it more plainly, I have Oculus's main peripheral and it's amazing, so I've no doubts that the upcoming one will be fantastic in its own right. Yes, a phone can't hold a candle to a PC in terms of processing and graphics power, but you'd also have no wires to deal with.
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Ok, well thank you for the info!! Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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If you check the link, Best Buy is charging $250 for them.. I'm not sure if this will be the same price from samsung or not..
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i know, because you and nothingshocking ask why Bestbuy charged $250 when supported only $200, that's why i said Samsung hasn't revealed the price yet and i included the link.
Has anyone seen these listed in the UK yet? I'm interested depending on final price.
Pretty sure I'm going to be buying one but my guess is with Australian tax if its even offered for sale here I'll be looking at $400+ lol considering samsung only just recently started selling normal gear vr here i think its gonna be ages for the S6 version landing here.
Just going to order one from overseas if the reviews are good.
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Pretty sure I'm going to be buying one but my guess is with Australian tax if its even offered for sale here I'll be looking at $400+ lol considering samsung only just recently started selling normal gear vr here i think its gonna be ages for the S6 version landing here.
Just going to order one from overseas if the reviews are good.
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That's a bummer that they're so much more. I think I will end up getting one as well.
Bestbuy is now charging 199. Just ordered mine.
I switched from the Note 4 + Gear VR to the S6 Edge.
They have some very impressive videos and games with the Gear VR. Also very impressive, no matter if you're a fan or not, are the adult videos you can get for it. Technically it's extremely funny to see what a different feeling those glasses can give you. As I said, no matter if you're a fan of this stuff or not. You should definitely check one of these videos out anyway.
Am I going to buy a VR for the S6 Edge? No, not now. There is a huge lack of content to keep you interested in it. It's getting more content every day, especially since they released the Oculus store for the Gear VR but a lot of the stuff is not even worth a free download.
Personally, I think the Oculus Rift is a better deal right now (VR glasses wise. I know that you need a pc and can't use it with the phone). Especially when you see people playing games like "Alien" or there was a horror game demo that I watched on Youtube (don't remember the title). Those videos already make you crap your pants without playing this game. THIS kind of content in this quality is currently completely absent for the Gear VR. I hope it's following, but it's not there yet.
One good thing of the updated revision of the VR for the S6E is, that they bring something to cool down the phone. Can be quiet annoying if you get a message every 1min "Wait until the phone cooled down, otherwise you risk to damage it. Press a button to continue anyway".
I'll definitely let some time pass and wait what content is coming up for it. But I'll definitely get another one in the future. Question is just: How fast that will be
Yeah, I saw that they were only $199 now. I just also saw that the oculus rift is coming out Q1 of 2016.. So I think I may hang around and wait for that. not sure. I want to be able to bring it to my friends house and stuff so I can show it off though. I am going to go try it in store on the 8th and then decide :/. I am torn right now lol..
I ordered one today.
I want to see if its alot better then the google cardboard..
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I ordered one today.
I want to see if its alot better then the google cardboard..
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I have a cardboard kit as well and its the main reason I wanted to get the Gear VR lol. It is awesome, but I think the real headset is going to be so much better!!
Just ordered one as well, but need to wait 4-5 days for pick up, dont forget to grab bestbuy movers coupon for 10% off to set off the tax. I'll see if it's worth $200, if not, I can always return it within 14 days.
So like many others I was excited to hear id be getting a free VR with the purchase of my S7 edge, it actually sold me on the phone as i had the Note 5 and was very pleased with it. Anyways I heard on the commercials "while supplies last" but i never imagined how limited said supplies are...300,000 to be exact. So I did some digging and couldnt find the number of s7 sales, but i did find an article that said pre-orders for the sales were much higher than the S6/E and the preorders for that was 15 million. So over 15mil preordered and only 300k VR's available????..... thats less than 2% of buyers that actually get a VR. I dont know about anyone else but this puts a very bad taste in my mouth for Samsung. Almost every advertisement ive seen was promoting a free VR with purchase. I think it borders on the line of false advertising.
What are your guys thoughts?
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So like many others I was excited to hear id be getting a free VR with the purchase of my S7 edge, it actually sold me on the phone as i had the Note 5 and was very pleased with it. Anyways I heard on the commercials "while supplies last" but i never imagined how limited said supplies are...300,000 to be exact. So I did some digging and couldnt find the number of s7 sales, but i did find an article that said pre-orders for the sales were much higher than the S6/E and the preorders for that was 15 million. So over 15mil preordered and only 300k VR's available????..... thats less than 2% of buyers that actually get a VR. I dont know about anyone else but this puts a very bad taste in my mouth for Samsung. Almost every advertisement ive seen was promoting a free VR with purchase. I think it borders on the line of false advertising.
What are your guys thoughts?
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Best buy, sprint, and a few others had their own stock that was in excess of the 300k. It's not as bad as it sounds.
aexp08 said:
So like many others I was excited to hear id be getting a free VR with the purchase of my S7 edge, it actually sold me on the phone as i had the Note 5 and was very pleased with it. Anyways I heard on the commercials "while supplies last" but i never imagined how limited said supplies are...300,000 to be exact. So I did some digging and couldnt find the number of s7 sales, but i did find an article that said pre-orders for the sales were much higher than the S6/E and the preorders for that was 15 million. So over 15mil preordered and only 300k VR's available????..... thats less than 2% of buyers that actually get a VR. I dont know about anyone else but this puts a very bad taste in my mouth for Samsung. Almost every advertisement ive seen was promoting a free VR with purchase. I think it borders on the line of false advertising.
What are your guys thoughts?
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I agree with squallz. Your comparing the total overall sales world wide of the s6 edge when you only need to look at the total sales for t-mobile. Samsung is giving away the gear vr for two reasons. 1 to boost s7 sales and 2 they want to drive the vr market which is rapidly expanding.
Nah, don't worry about it too much, they don't want to deal with mass lawsuit, plus they're basically already calculating the VR as a promo tool for people to invest in VR games/apps.
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I agree with squallz. Your comparing the total overall sales world wide of the s6 edge when you only need to look at the total sales for t-mobile. Samsung is giving away the gear vr for two reasons. 1 to boost s7 sales and 2 they want to drive the vr market which is rapidly expanding.
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Okay so I see now that my math is way off. I thought this was a worldwide promotiom, but its limited to the US. 15mil s6 preordered worldwide. I cant find a number for just the US.
But Intub8 it wasn't just for tmoblie. Its every carrier in the US.
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Okay so I see now that my math is way off. I thought this was a worldwide promotiom, but its limited to the US. 15mil s6 preordered worldwide. I cant find a number for just the US.
But Intub8 it wasn't just for tmoblie. Its every carrier in the US.
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Yes but every carrier has their own supply and those who purchased at best buy got their vr with their phone. T-mobile has their own 300 thousand units.
Really?! Well that gives me hope. I didnt see that info anywhere!
Bought my phone in the UK from Samsung and received my phone with the VR seems like only us etc have to redeem via a code
I'm on Verizon and opted for the free gear s2 watch which I'll probably sell and get the moto 360 or hauwei watch. I have a Google cardboard and though neat, I can't see myself using the VR often.
Fingers crossed I submitted in time. I pre-ordered on launch day and received phone on the 7th.
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I have pre-ordered to get these VR, but my carrier didn't get enough home, so i gotta wait 3 weeks before they come
IBought phone at best buy, no preorder, walked out with free credit, free 64gb micro SD and I got a free $30 gift card for using Samsung pay and I've gotten a few other free perks.
They said I had to choose an upgrade or pay over time option. So I chose the pay for it over 2years since it's 0% apr.
^just like if you registered Sammy pay by 3/10 they would send you a free wireless charger. They ran out and I did mine on 3/8
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Bought my phone in the UK from Samsung and received my phone with the VR seems like only us etc have to redeem via a code
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That's how I thought it would be when on pre ordered my S7 Edge on February 23rd.
I ordered my VZW GS7E through BB because VZW is brain-dead and will not sell an unactivated phone, even at full price, but they allow BB to do it!!! I got a Gear VR headset and 64GB microSD card free with the phone, through Best Buy. I wanted to get the free Gear 2 Smartwatch form VZW but they wouldn't let me order the phone (even at full price) without messing up my plan.