Samsung Galaxy S4 thread - See Mod Warning in Post #1

Thor

rafi bomb wrote: »

Is anyone finding it difficult ti actually figure out when you can walk into a shop and buy one of these? Vodafone and 3 seem to not even know the phone exists. Carphone warehouse saying saturday. Meteor on twitter said tomorrow but can't see anything else about it. Then a lot of the UK stores are saying middle of next week beause of distribution issues

O2 just posted that they will be on sale at 10am on Saturday in stores.

rafi bomb

So it must be Saturday across the board. Can't see meteor going tomorrow if saturday is an official release

Thor

rafi bomb wrote: »

So it must be Saturday across the board. Can't see meteor going tomorrow if saturday is an official release

Indeed, Sautrday became the official day over a week ago. Any company saying tomorrow are either jumping the gun or simply trying to entice new customers to join them if they are getting it first.

Still shocked Three have yet to post any price details. I knew they would cut it close to the launch as they normally do, but that's just messed up.

At least they aren't taking peoples money yet.

rafi bomb

Sold out online now with meteor. Should have booked it earlier. Hopefully the shops have some

Doublelime

Am I the only person absolutely sick about the lack of information about the s4?! Networks don't know a damn thing about if we are getting the octo core or the snapdragon. They don't know the price either. Samsung is clueless too

Craigels

Doublelime wrote: »

Am I the only person absolutely sick about the lack of information about the s4?! Networks don't know a damn thing about if we are getting the octo core or the snapdragon. They don't know the price either. Samsung is clueless too

Meteor in Cork told me today they will be selling it tomorrow morning Meteor in Limerick saying Saturday it's a joke complete mess

Hogzy

bloody annoys me that meteor are charging that much for the 16gb version. I know it has micro sd and all but 16gb is laughable.

I really dont get why 16gb is even an option now a days. 32gb should be the bare minimum. I mean my sat nav app takes up 4gb alone.

leemaree

Doublelime wrote: »

Am I the only person absolutely sick about the lack of information about the s4?! Networks don't know a damn thing about if we are getting the octo core or the snapdragon. They don't know the price either. Samsung is clueless too

Carphonewarehouse posted the network prices on their Facebook page and then I posted them here on this thread.

Alpha Dog 1

Hogzy wrote: »

bloody annoys me that meteor are charging that much for the 16gb version. I know it has micro sd and all but 16gb is laughable.

I really dont get why 16gb is even an option now a days. 32gb should be the bare minimum. I mean my sat nav app takes up 4gb alone.

I'd actually say that 16 gb would be enough for the majority of people these days, especially with cloud storage. Expandable memory is handy though.

touts

Hogzy wrote: »

bloody annoys me that meteor are charging that much for the 16gb version. I know it has micro sd and all but 16gb is laughable.

I really dont get why 16gb is even an option now a days. 32gb should be the bare minimum. I mean my sat nav app takes up 4gb alone.

Personally I wouldn't pay for a 32gb. If I need the extra space I'll slot in a card but 16gb and dropbox/skydrive more than cover what I need. I'd be pissed off if I was made pay extra for space I don't need and probably won't use. It's horses for courses.

gallag

Just checked my tracking details, my s4 will be here at lunchtime, still not overly excited as there is literally nothing my s3 cannot do, I am more excited about the sim card, unlimited data on three instead of a 1gb limit on o2.

beno619

touts wrote: »

Personally I wouldn't pay for a 32gb. If I need the extra space I'll slot in a card but 16gb and dropbox/skydrive more than cover what I need. I'd be pissed off if I was made pay extra for space I don't need and probably won't use. It's horses for courses.

Removable storage is slow really slow. If considering you only have 9gb usable it means it can be only used the music and photo's.

Theres a reason Google are moving away for sd cards they bog down performance, Id take 32gb of real nand over 16 + slow nand.

Banjo String

With All You Can Eat Data, only €40.66 a month.

Upgrade NowIt's finally arrived. The beautiful Samsung Galaxy S4 has just arrived in stores. As you pre-registered with us we're letting you know ahead of anybody else. We will announce it's availability online from 12pm today.Please be aware that stock is extremely limited and we expect that the S4 will be in high demand. So we would ask that you call us on 1800 947 591 and we will be happy to check your eligibility for an upgrade and process your order.If you would like to check your eligibility online, visit our upgrades store and if you are eligible, you can order now and you will receive your new Samsung Galaxy S4 within 10 working days.


just got an email from three for anyone interested.


€99......

Mc Love

Doesnt say the length of the contract, which I expect it to be 2 year! Which doesnt bother me, as I already have JB on my s2 but the HW upgrade would be nice!

deekster

Am looking to purchase this SIM FREE this weekend.

Is there anywhere with pricing for either the 16gb or 32 gb yet?

(am not interested in phone + plan pricing, thanks)

Mc Love

Lovely just checked and it looks like I'm not eligible for an upgrade to this. Contract is up end of June, would have thought an upgrade would be possible.

Pool4Life

deekster wrote: »

Am looking to purchase this SIM FREE this weekend.

Is there anywhere with pricing for either the 16gb or 32 gb yet?

(am not interested in phone + plan pricing, thanks)

€749.00 in argos. Mad money

Banjo String

Pool4Life wrote: »

€749.00 in argos. Mad money

:eek::eek::eek:

Sonics2k

Had a go with the s4 all morning at work (perk of the job), and its truly amazing to use.

It is the same size as the s3 but somehow feels lighter than it, aswell as having a larger screen.

Touchwiz seems a hell of a lot smoother, faster and more pleasant than the s3.

The new camera functions are great, extremely quick to access and use.

One thing I didnt like was the amount of unnecessary Samsung bloatware apps, but thankfully they are easy to hide.

Extremely tempted to upgrade someday when money allows.

deekster

Pool4Life wrote: »

€749.00 in argos. Mad money

Thanks for that. Just found it on their UK site:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1019162.htm#pdpFullProductInformation

..and that's just for the 16GB version. I expect that price is purely for the 'gotta have it now' brigade, of which I have just removed myself.

philthrill69

Here's an example of Three Ireland customer loyalty. I just rang my local store to ask if I can come in tomorrow morning to collect my upgrade S4 and was told NO! They are only offering new customers the S4 in store and any upgrades have to be ordered online and wait 10 working days! Slow clap for three. Another reason I'll be joining Meteor.

Mc Love

philthrill69 wrote: »

Here's an example of Three Ireland customer loyalty. I just rang my local store to ask if I can come in tomorrow morning to collect my upgrade S4 and was told NO! They are only offering new customers the S4 in store and any upgrades have to be ordered online and wait 10 working days! Slow clap for three. Another reason I'll be joining Meteor.

Yeah its a joke alright!!

DylanII

Mc Love wrote: »

Yeah its a joke alright!!

Maybe if you called them up to cancel and explain why you're cancelling then they might let you collect instore?

philthrill69

DylanII wrote: »

Maybe if you called them up to cancel and explain why you're cancelling then they might let you collect instore?

Very doubtful, I was having ridiculous problems with my S2 rebooting and dropping calls and the 3g speed in my area and handed it into fonenenders twice and was told if the problems persisted they would let me out of my contract. Guess what. .... same problems and they say I have to give it back to fonenenders again. Joke of a network.

gallag

Just arrived :-) cool looking wooden box!

gallag

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paddydriver

gallag wrote: »

Just arrived :-) cool looking wooden box!

Can't see it.. all I can see is a desk:P

Called vodafone earlier and as usual they don't have pricing up yet for the business plan I am on. Hope to get one as soon as they can sell it to me.

wotzgoingon

gallag wrote: »

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I see we don't get the international version. I was hoping we would.

gallag

beno619

Which one is the S4 ? :P