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Has anybody around here ever used www.superetrader.co.uk, 'cause that's who I'm thinking of placing my pre-order with...
Alternatively, has anyone got any recommendations for where to put my name down (in the UK, preferably).
They are active over at pocketGPSworld and seem legit, although given Expansys aren't claiming to have an in-stock date I'd be a little dubious about stock coming in Wednesday.
Do let us know what you do
Gordon
Thanks Gordon.
I don't really believe the availability date, they have other HTC phones with the same date given for availability so it's probably just a general day when they receive their HTC shipments or something.
The P4550 page looks a bit out of date - a couple of the specs (GPS chip, RAM) look like they're taken from old information, so I'm guessing the availability date is a little way out as well. I've been waiting since January though, so a bit longer wont hurt.
They've got quite a good score on DealTime but I'm never sure whether to trust those sorts of sites, I'm happier listening to forum opinions, so unless I see a load of negative opinion, I'll probably go with them later this week - but I think I'll use PayPal or Google Checkout for a little extra peace of mind.
Seems they have removed the phone now as cannot see it on there site.
Superiorgadgets is taking pre-orders
http://www.superiorgadgets.com/ca/product_info.php?products_id=224
Couple of suggestions
I've used these guys before:
http://www.easydevices.co.uk/pp/PDA/HTC/HTC_P4550.html
and these guys have been around for ages!
http://www.clove.co.uk/viewProduct....Category=591602F7-C32B-44D8-859D-F9230F032E7E
Gordon
Expansys
I used expansys sometimes it is a great seller so i ask me why they don`t accept pre-order for the Kaiser... You can pre-order a iphone too wich nobody knows when it will be aviable in Europe....
Another one taking pre-orders
http://www.devicewire.co.uk/HTC-P4550
Another pre-order HERE
Wow $869 USD???
Is that really the price?
What if I waited and purchased it from Cingular? I'm wondering if the preorder price is so high because it's without carrier?
evolution_theory said:
Wow $869 USD???
Is that really the price?
What if I waited and purchased it from Cingular? I'm wondering if the preorder price is so high because it's without carrier?
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check link agian it costs now : $766.50
This product will be in stock on Thursday 20 September, 2007.?!?!? Well not so quickly
It was supposed to june in Asia, then delayed til Aug, now most probably will be Sep however will want HTC to iron out the details first before we get our hands on one, don't really wish to be a guniea pig tester
kaiserchief said:
Has anybody around here ever used www.superetrader.co.uk, 'cause that's who I'm thinking of placing my pre-order with...
Alternatively, has anyone got any recommendations for where to put my name down (in the UK, preferably).
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I used superetraders to get my ETEN M700, they were very helpful with the order (complicated with a cc registered in one country and delivery to another country). The device arrived within the time they said and the phone had had a pre-sales check - I never got any of the problems that seemd to plague others!
I can heartily recommend them!
Anyone know if Kaiser is going to be available in Australia if so when.
Well I placed my oredr with Superetrader and payment was taken straight out of my account because I (stupidly, it seems) used Google Checkout.
Google Checkout showed my P4550 as "Posted" but, as noted earlier in this thread, Superetrader then took the P4550 off their site.
A few e-mails later trying to figure out what was really going on, Superetrader have confirmed that the release date has slipped to "Hopefully late July or early August". Shame I had to pay for the thing way in advance, but I'm hopeless with money so at least I know it's paid for and will be on it's way asap.
Moral is avoid Google Checkout! I have no problem with Superetrader, but the whole process has been complicated by Google and their fledgling payment service, which clearly needs a bit of ironing out.
Kaiser on ebay
Guys,
Grab a Kaiser from ebay
Just found this one.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HTC-Kaiser-P4...oryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
deluxion said:
Guys,
Grab a Kaiser from ebay
Just found this one.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HTC-Kaiser-P4...oryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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$1350?!?!?! I hope that is packed full of gold and various high-quality jewels.
Pre-Release Phone Sold
deluxion said:
Guys,
Grab a Kaiser from ebay
Just found this one.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HTC-Kaiser-P4...oryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Sorry guys, phone is sold... to ME
Yer it is slightly expensive.. but I am going to salary sacrifice it.. trusty tax cut so overall it wont be that bad.
Can't wait till it gets here! Tho it will be a few days cos its coming to Aus..
- Syrius
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Anyone know if Kaiser is going to be available in Australia if so when.
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I have an email confirming that the delivery date is scheduled for the fisrt week of September.
www.calculatorking.com.au
I bought my O2 Mini from these guys so they are very reputable.
Devicewire.co.uk stated that they are going to have Diamond in stock by June 9th. However this morning -->http://www.devicewire.co.uk/eshot/htc_touch_diamond_delivery/index.html
Apparently there is a rumor that HTC delayed delivery due to Quality issues. Anyone with more informations?
Much confusion atm - DeviceWire claiming to be first in the UK with them by 23rd June. Clove stating UK spec 16th, Hantech 19th. Expansys has already shipped but there are concerns that they may be Grey. TotalPDA have them in stock but are embargoed by HTC, no idea if they are grey or not....
Watch this sapce I think...
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Play are still stating "Due for release on 13/06/2008", which I thought was the "offficial" launch date.
TotalPDA DONT have them in stock, the guy on the phone admited to me it was just to drum up interest. They're getting them on the 11th.
I was previously preordered on htcdirect.co.uk, so i was on the mailing list. They just sent out the following update. Why would HTC delay shipment because of software? Wierd.
Hi,
We have just been informed by the only official distributor of HTC products in the UK that the HTC Touch Diamond is now expected to come in on 17th June. The reason for the delay is a last minute software fix that needed to be applied. We appreciate that you have already been waiting a long time for this device, but it is better that known issues are dealt with at source rather then with a later ROM update or patch.
Please be aware that there are some grey-imports available in the UK. These are sourced from the Asian Market and thus come with warranty issues. HTC will not entertain warranty related repairs in the EU. Also, they only have a one year warranty. Also, they shipped without the software fix.
Be assured that your pre-order will be dealt with on the day the stock arrives.
Regards
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Devicewire claims that they will be the first in UK to have them, officially. They posted that the worst scenario is June 23rd. I don't understand this. Maybe a marketing trick to stop people ordering from Expansys? Fear of defective device can do wonders...
Still, I am hoping that shipment might be in UK before 23rd...I sent email to Devicewire, maybe they will give us some additional details.
Or perhaps there is actually an issue and it was only caught after the initial HK units were sold (and grey market sold in UK by Expansys). And perhaps that issue accounts for the lagginess differences between the demo videos by CoolSmartPhone and the actual units in people's hands...
there is a registry patch that apparently correct the lag problem.
drtwin said:
Devicewire.co.uk stated that they are going to have Diamond in stock by June 9th. However this morning -->http://www.devicewire.co.uk/eshot/htc_touch_diamond_delivery/index.html
Apparently there is a rumor that HTC delayed delivery due to Quality issues. Anyone with more informations?
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Same in Italy, HTC is making a rom update for european version.
This is reply I've got today by devicewire
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Hi,
Thank you for contacting devicewire.com
We have been informed by HTC directly our shipment will leave the
weekend and will take about 10 days to arrive with us. I wouldn't be
surprised if items are dispatched ahead of the new advertised date.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Regards,
devicewire.com
I read somewhere that the new date is a 'worst case scenario', so the devices should start arriving shortly before then...
Anyway, the fact that HTC are willing to move the release date to apply a software fix shows, as you would expect with a flagship device, that they are taking this device seriously and that they really want it to work as well as we want it to work.
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I read somewhere that the new date is a 'worst case scenario', so the devices should start arriving shortly before then...
Anyway, the fact that HTC are willing to move the release date to apply a software fix shows, as you would expect with a flagship device, that they are taking this device seriously and that they really want it to work as well as we want it to work.
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I hope so!
Its funny, i was just reading the other threads and tweaks etc, and how the phone doesnt wake up/vibrate etc when you get an SMS. In a past life when i was integrating GPRS kit at a network we used to have the handset group there to run handset tests against the network. I had quite a few discussions with them about phones and that kind of SMS 'flaw' is exactly the kid of software issue they would reject handsets on.
I wonder if it really is a HUGE software issue, or a bunch of minor ones that too many operators complained about.
Maybe someone should ask HTC excatly what software problems they're sorting out. Would there be any reason for them to keep a general description of the fixes secret?
Worth a shot, but i bet they wont want to say anything untill its released.
If its minor problems people will ***** - why hold up release just for that.
If its major problems people will ***** - if they let that slip past once, what else might they have missed.
Well I've pre-ordered My Note 4 From Clove UK & Now Just gotta sit back & wait till 13th October - Ahh well.
Anyone else joined the waiting game?
Ta
This is the third time a buy a Note from Clove, they require the payment a month in advance which is very weird they are very good in handeling customers but the note 3 was delivered a couple of days later last year vs other suppliers.
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This is the third time a buy a Note from Clove, they require the payment a month in advance which is very weird they are very good in handling customers but the note 3 was delivered a couple of days later last year vs other suppliers.
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Presume this is so you are locked in, and don't get a chance to see what deals are about on release day, But at least you wont have all the problems of getting the phone on release day.
[/QUOTE] .....weird....
It's not weird at all, they are simply using YOUR money to buy the phone from their supplier which means they can do the entire transaction without any of their money involved. Cashflow is a real killer for phone sellers because they may have to find the money to buy over 2000 Note4's in just a few days which is a million pounds
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.....weird....
It's not weird at all, they are simply using YOUR money to buy the phone from their supplier which means they can do the entire transaction without any of their money involved. Cashflow is a real killer for phone sellers because they may have to find the money to buy over 2000 Note4's in just a few days which is a million pounds
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Did I say it was weird?
I don't think I did?
REALLY ANNOYING APP ...
Yes in the Android app you quote someone or reply & it applies it to the next post along, it's been like it for ages but I forget. I had to go to desktop site & edit it as no edit option in the app...
Pat. said:
REALLY ANNOYING APP ...
Yes in the Android app you quote someone or reply & it applies it to the next post along, it's been like it for ages but I forget. I had to go to desktop site & edit it as no edit option in the app...
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No Problem :good:
UK release date is 10-Oct
w w w.telegraph.co.uk/technology/samsung/11105074/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-4-gets-UK-launch-date.html
Finally! Now I just need to decide to buy offline or sign a contract with Vodafone as currently with Lycamobile with a uk15 plan
I thought that it was October 17th for the US?
ronaldheld said:
I thought that it was October 17th for the US?
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10th in the UK, 17th in the US.
Samsung Experience Store in Stratford are taking pre-orders from today, with stock not due until the 12th of October.
And their price is £629....with a £30 deposit required for pre-orders. Looks like Clove is a much better price.
Is the Instruction manual anywhere to be found yet?
Upgrades Pre-orders from the 26th
Samsung Electronics today announced that the Galaxy Note 4 will be available to pre-order from Samsung Experience Stores across the country, including the Samsung Store at Westfield Stratford City, from Friday 19th September, followed by other selected online and high street retailers including Three and CPW from Friday 26th September, before it goes on general sale on Friday 10th October.
Well, looks like I'll have to wait a little longer for my O2 upgrade.
OdieS said:
Samsung Experience Store in Stratford are taking pre-orders from today, with stock not due until the 12th of October.
And their price is £629....with a £30 deposit required for pre-orders. Looks like Clove is a much better price.
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I rang them at 11.45 am and they said £629 & £50 deposit. I am going to clove.
It's possible that I misheard them, or they've changed their minds about the deposit amount, I called before 11am.
Either way, their price is not competitive at all and no pre-order 'freebies' either. Last year for the Note 3 launch they were a bit more competitive if you traded in a cheap phone for the £50 discount offer on launch day.
Looks like the 19th pre order for us in the UK is a bit of a farce, if we can only order from a small number of Samsung Experience Stores, or a company who wants your money well before the release date. ( prefer not to deal with that kind of company )
Is there no online preorder from samsung ? seem like in the US you are able to preorder from Amazon.
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Well I've pre-ordered My Note 4 From Clove UK & Now Just gotta sit back & wait till 13th October - Ahh well.
Anyone else joined the waiting game?
Ta
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I pre ordered from the Samsung Experience store at Stratford
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After my N3 experience there's no way Samsung is getting £650 from me. Gona wait til after Xmas. 40-50% price drop and build quality issues resolved.
Two websites are reporting the launch date and availability have been moved up from Oct 17th the Sept 26th! I highly doubt I'll have ours in hand by this Friday, but a gut can dream, can't he?
http://www.androidauthority.com/note-4-release-accelerate-iphone-529198/
Has anyone seen an official announcement from Samsung about this new launch date?
That said for south korea
Reading comprehension
Fail
I've actually for three website reports of this now, two mentioning Korea, and one mentioning India, with no confirmation of an accelerated us date yet, however they are supposedly trying to contact Samsung for clarification.
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That said for south korea
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Yeah? I couldn't care if South Korea gets product today - doesn't help me in Canada. ?
Doesn't help me either, but my point of posting was to find out if everyone was getting a more recent launch date, and if anyone had gotten further information. If India is also being moved up, other countries could be moved up as well.
We are seeing a very low key launch here right now. We were actually the first people to preorder yesterday, even though they have been available for preorders since Friday. The only ads we've also seen are the snarky apple comparison ads, which don't really make Samsung look that great, IMHO.
Looks like Samsung have fail. Is this their first time?
This will be my first Samsung phone.
i wanna get mine early. come on samsung announce it for the us early!
Lol so I read the article on gsmarena... Says Samsung moved the launch date up because "The positive reaction from consumers to those two Apple devices prompted us to launch the Note 4 earlier than previously scheduled. Samsung will be aggressive in promoting the Note 4 as it's true that we are being challenged and pressured amid a difficult situation,"
Really Samsung? How could they be so blind? Apple is androids biggest competitor... So apple releases a phablet and Samsung thinks they are going to release the note 4 almost a month later and not lose market share?
With how little of an upgrade the note4 compared to the note3 I know a few that bought the 6+ to just test the waters. With such a small upgrade they should have had this out on launch day to get as many sales as possible.
I have given up thinking Samsung has a strategy and just realized they are not familiar with consumerism... Especially western consumerism. They need to quit making lame ads about Apple and start copying apples marketing strategies while producing top of the line phones.
ATT website states 10-17 .. i have already ordered .. pre-order for ATT was 19th sept.
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What I seriously don't get, is on one hand, they say preorders are sold out.. and then on the pther hand, they say they are moving up the launch date to sell more phones.
How do you sell more phones if you are sold out, and if you wanted to sell 15 million of them, why don't you have 15 million to sell?
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What I seriously don't get, is on one hand, they say preorders are sold out.. and then on the pther hand, they say they are moving up the launch date to sell more phones.
How do you sell more phones if you are sold out, and if you wanted to sell 15 million of them, why don't you have 15 million to sell?
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Marketing!
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Yeah? I couldn't care if South Korea gets product today - doesn't help me in Canada. ?
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Add a fellow Canadian I just want "a" release date. I'm banking on getting it the same time the U.S. does.
The articles clearly state that Samsung is focusing on markets where the iPhone has not released yet.
Another buzz killer is the already advertised pre-order rebate. Ends 10/16.
That does not mean western places other than the u.s will not have a slight chance
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The articles clearly state that Samsung is focusing on markets where the iPhone has not released yet.
Another buzz killer is the already advertised pre-order rebate. Ends 10/16.
That does not mean western places other than the u.s will not have a slight chance
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I would assume even just releasing it to markets the iPhone hasn't reached yet are fairly small. I doubt apple would target small markets over large. So I still stand with another poorly handled launch.
They are making a press announcement tomorrow, so we'll know what the official word is then.
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They are making a press announcement tomorrow, so we'll know what the official word is then.
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South Korea - from 26 september (in showroom has already)
India - in first days october
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Add a fellow Canadian I just want "a" release date. I'm banking on getting it the same time the U.S. does.
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i know right?? we're always left out...i pre-ordered my note 4 like 5 days after it was announced on rogers, i'm #4 in line. I was expecting a release date but got squat. pretty much the entire world knows their release date, except us
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They are making a press announcement tomorrow, so we'll know what the official word is then.
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When and where? Do you have a source?
Well that sucks! Managed to get mine due to early order date, but seems others are unable to claim if they ordered during the 15th October up until the 19th. The Terms and Conditions on the Google Store state that orders between the 30th September and 19th October qualify for the offer, but if you call the offer claim help number only orders placed up until the 14th qualify.
This is just wrong! Especially when the retailers were still advertising the offer and it still clearly states up until the 19th October on the Terms and Conditions.
Hopefully everyone got there orders in and were able to get their claims in successfully. I know of a few out there who are very angry at this point in time. Surely they can't change it now?
Just out of curiosity Is anyone else affected by this at all?
Wow that's terrible. Just tried to claim mine today as it's now been 14 days since my order. It's says the purchase date isn't valid! How can I get this sorted?
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You're right, the claims line says the phone must have been purchased before 14th October whereas everything else says 19th October. Purchased mine on the 16th which is why it's rejecting it.
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If you get get someone from/representing Google to put this in writing, you might be able to get some press attention - but most tech journalists don't really care what happens outside the US, unfortunately...
This promotion was managed very poorly from the beginning.
Why the Headphones wasn't in the order with the phone, if I bought them directly on the google store? Why make me apply with a screenshot of the order from the same website?
Hope you sort it out, this is very unfair.
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This promotion was managed very poorly from the beginning.
Why the Headphones wasn't in the order with the phone, if I bought them directly on the google store? Why make me apply with a screenshot of the order from the same website?
Hope you sort it out, this is very unfair.
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The promotion isn't managed by Google - it's being run by a company called Opia who run sales promotions like pre-order rewards and discounts for a bunch of companies, while the Google Store is run by "Google Commerce Limited" of Dublin...
Presumably it's easier for Google to farm this sort of thing out and not have to worry about handling things like validation and customer service themselves.
Mine didn't work at 7am when put in the 15th Oct but tried again and it's been submitted and accepted.
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Mine didn't work at 7am when put in the 15th Oct but tried again and it's been submitted and accepted.
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I suspect it was just bug - like when for a while Vodafone wasn't on the list of retailers. But it got fixed. You can't just change a contract like that.
Their servers are probably in a different time zone, so it didn't think the 15th was valid until after midnight in their data centre.
Yes it's working now. Just did mine for purchase on the 16th and it was validated within a couple of minutes.
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How weird, glad it is working again though.
So I guess folks like me, living in the US, get nothing with their pre-order? I ordered mine on Sept. 30th.
Great to see that the offer is still being honoured and the bug is now fixed. Have just managed to claim my sister's pre-order headphones gift. Normal services can now be resumed ??