Samsung S21 range launch january 14th.

Agent Avenger · 18-01-2021 11:41am

Not impressed with the lineup at all after the wait, went for the Note 20 Ultra instead yesterday. It’s been years since I had a Note and I miss the S pen!

phill106 · 18-01-2021 12:47pm

Agent Avenger wrote: »

Not impressed with the lineup at all after the wait, went for the Note 20 Ultra instead yesterday. It’s been years since I had a Note and I miss the S pen!

I was tempted by that too, but figure the improvement in the exynos vs the one on the note 20 would be a big improvement.
plus you can get a s pen, though it will be in the case.
I went for the s21 ultra, coming from a note 9.
As for the dual sim, saw a few youtube videos and they seemed to show one sim slot, but with 2 sides for 2 sims.
If its not, its going right back...
Went for it on three, via carphone warehouse

Agent Avenger · 18-01-2021 2:20pm

phill106 wrote: »

I was tempted by that too, but figure the improvement in the exynos vs the one on the note 20 would be a big improvement.
plus you can get a s pen, though it will be in the case.
I went for the s21 ultra, coming from a note 9.
As for the dual sim, saw a few youtube videos and they seemed to show one sim slot, but with 2 sides for 2 sims.
If its not, its going right back...
Went for it on three, via carphone warehouse

The performance of the Exynos chip wouldn’t bother me too much although the difference between it and the Snapdragon version is a bit much when there is no reduction in price but I am a bit worried about the battery, I think it’s improved since launch though.
I was going to go for the S21 Ultra with the separate S pen but I know I’d lose it when it’s not built in. The non expandable memory sealed the deal though as I take lots of photos and like to keep them stored on hand especially with very slow internet speeds I have here, so storing them on the cloud isn’t a great option.
I also have no interest in the buds to sweeten the deal so saved a bit of money! It will be interesting to see if they keep the Note line going forward though with the S21 Ultra being S pen compatible.
I do like the look of the S series though, even the raised lenses at the back but I also like the look of the Note too!

dan786 · 18-01-2021 2:24pm

Was not tempted but managed to get the S21 Ultra 128GB with Buds Pro and the smart tag for 918 euros. Couldn't say no at that price.

Sell buds for 150ish and have a new S21 Ultra for under 800 opposed to 1300 retail.

Wailin · 18-01-2021 2:40pm

Lol 150 for a set of buds....Good luck with that.

dan786 · 18-01-2021 4:07pm

Wailin wrote: »

Lol 150 for a set of buds....Good luck with that.

I sold Buds Live for 130 2 weeks ago used and also sold 1st gen Galaxy buds 2 months ago for 100 so 150 for newly released model is cheap and will sell easily.

Slippin Jimmy · 18-01-2021 4:44pm

dan786 wrote: »

Was not tempted but managed to get the S21 Ultra 128GB with Buds Pro and the smart tag for 918 euros. Couldn't say no at that price.

Sell buds for 150ish and have a new S21 Ultra for under 800 opposed to 1300 retail.

Where did you get that deal?

DubLad69 · 18-01-2021 5:38pm

Slippin Jimmy wrote: »

Where did you get that deal?

I got the same deal. On the Samsung Ireland website with their student discount, my gf tried buying another though and it was saying sold out on the student site, but Instock on the normal site.

Slippin Jimmy · 18-01-2021 5:45pm

DubLad69 wrote: »

I got the same deal. On the Samsung Ireland website with their student discount, my gf tried buying another though and it was saying sold out on the student site, but Instock on the normal site.

Must have a look and see can I get it that way.

Lord Spence · 18-01-2021 5:54pm

DubLad69 wrote: »

I got the same deal. On the Samsung Ireland website with their student discount, my gf tried buying another though and it was saying sold out on the student site, but Instock on the normal site.

Got the same deal plus 180 euro trade in for my s8 plus so 737 euro for a s21 ultra 128gb is a great price, my order has been accepted and sent to their distributer to be processed so hopefully the purchase and price will be honoured

phill106 · 18-01-2021 6:23pm

Dam students....
Ok now let me preface my post with , I tried and tried, i could not reproduce this.

On launch day i was messing around on the samsung site for ireland, adding a note 20, adding a s21 ultra, comparing prices etc, like the excited little manchild i am.
When adding them, it adds the buds, it adds the tile etc.
So whatever happened, i removed the phones, and was left with the galaxy buds live in my cart....with a cost of zero...and zero shipping...

So i clicked submit....

And got an order number......

And a tracking number, which didnt work at first...

But then did 2 days later.....

And now i have free buds....

I think there was some bug in the site at the time, and im nearly sure i have tried the same thing, again and again,but could not reproduce it.

dan786 · 18-01-2021 7:11pm

Slippin Jimmy wrote: »

Where did you get that deal?

yeah student site, its meant to be only 15% off but seems like a misprice as the 256GB and 512GB are discounted correctly. Just the 128GB is misprice. Instead of 15% its doing around 30%.

The site is messed up as the S21 Plus 256GB is 960 but the 128GB is 1170.

PTH2009 · 18-01-2021 7:14pm

Still not over the shock of spending a grand in a half on this phone

Suppose 512GB along with 16 Ram will be worth it. Buds Pro also

MarkY91 · 18-01-2021 7:20pm

Still no confirmation email. Anyone got theirs yet?

Lord Spence · 18-01-2021 7:39pm

dan786 wrote: »

yeah student site, its meant to be only 15% off but seems like a misprice as the 256GB and 512GB are discounted correctly. Just the 128GB is misprice. Instead of 15% its doing around 30%.

The site is messed up as the S21 Plus 256GB is 960 but the 128GB is 1170.

You reckon the price we paid will be honoured, kinda reluctant to buy an ultra case until I know for sure I have the phone, ultra definitely wasn't in my price bracket until this pricing error.occured

DubLad69 · 18-01-2021 8:16pm

Lord Spence wrote: »

Got the same deal plus 180 euro trade in for my s8 plus so 737 euro for a s21 ultra 128gb is a great price, my order has been accepted and sent to their distributer to be processed so hopefully the purchase and price will be honoured

Yours says that it's been sent to distributer? My last update is ORDER IS BEING PROCESSED BY EXERTIS

Lord Spence · 18-01-2021 8:23pm

DubLad69 wrote: »

Yours says that it's been sent to distributer? My last update is ORDER IS BEING PROCESSED BY EXERTIS

Mine says the same, exertis are the distributor as far as I am aware

Slippin Jimmy · 18-01-2021 8:31pm

I was going to buy it on a friends student discount, but they are no longer on the course

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Pool4Life · 18-01-2021 8:31pm

MarkY91 wrote: »

Still no confirmation email. Anyone got theirs yet?

I emailed them at Ireland.SamsungSupport@exertis.com and they send me a invoice.

youcancallmeal · 18-01-2021 8:50pm

What proof do you need you're a student?

Lord Spence · 18-01-2021 9:07pm

youcancallmeal wrote: »

What proof do you need you're a student?

You need to create a unidays account and you need a valid student id for that, will give u 15% off the phone

PTH2009 · 18-01-2021 9:09pm

MarkY91 wrote: »

Still no confirmation email. Anyone got theirs yet?

same but the order is in my account details on the samsung store and moneys been taken from my card

allen175 · 19-01-2021 2:16pm

Ordered mine from Three yesterday and got an email this morning saying the Samsung have dropped the price before launch, getting €90 back.

Lord Spence · 19-01-2021 4:47pm

Ordered the offcial Samsung protective case with stand for the ultra , coming from a spiegen tough armour for s8 plus which has been brilliant

dan786 · 19-01-2021 5:04pm

Got a case and 3 pack glass screen protector for 5 Euros from ESR.

Really good brand although very basic cases. I got tempered glass and case for iPhone from them and they were great. It was easiest install ever as they provided a plastic bracket to align the glass and it was applied in seconds in one go with zero bubbles and perfectly aligned.

PTH2009 · 19-01-2021 5:10pm

Bought this cover

https://shop.samsung.com/ie/galaxy-s21-ultra-5g-protective-standing-cover-black

Whats the best screen protector out there and where could I buy it ?

No insurance places seem to have the quotes up for the S21 series yet. Phone insurance is not for some people but forking out close to €1500 for it i want the best

Lord Spence · 19-01-2021 7:25pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Bought this cover

https://shop.samsung.com/ie/galaxy-s21-ultra-5g-protective-standing-cover-black

Whats the best screen protector out there and where could I buy it ?

No insurance places seem to have the quotes up for the S21 series yet. Phone insurance is not for some people but forking out close to €1500 for it i want the best

Yup that's the same cover I bought, gonna check with revelut about phone insurance

PTH2009 · 19-01-2021 9:22pm

Lord Spence wrote: »

Yup that's the same cover I bought, gonna check with revelut about phone insurance

Are Revolut good for phone insurance ?

Lord Spence · 19-01-2021 9:39pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Are Revolut good for phone insurance ?

I just noticed the option the other day so gonna give it a try, not sure what there like

PTH2009 · 19-01-2021 9:44pm

Lord Spence wrote: »

I just noticed the option the other day so gonna give it a try, not sure what there like

Ill look into it

Id almost not touch the new phone til im insured

:o

kave2 · 19-01-2021 10:39pm

Just ordered S21 ultra silver 256Gb from Samsung directly. Also the power adapter and Samsung transparent case with kickstand. Long wait ahead of me now..:-)

PTH2009 · 20-01-2021 1:29am

kave2 wrote: »

Just ordered S21 ultra silver 256Gb from Samsung directly. Also the power adapter and Samsung transparent case with kickstand. Long wait ahead of me now..:-)

Here's hoping there's not much delay with deliveries esp with the postal mess atm

ED E · 20-01-2021 5:16am

kave2 wrote: »

Just ordered S21 ultra silver 256Gb from Samsung directly. Also the power adapter and Samsung transparent case with kickstand. Long wait ahead of me now..:-)

Where do they warehouse?

Lord Spence · 20-01-2021 9:39am

ED E wrote: »

Where do they warehouse?

Google search exertis says they have two distribution centres one in Dublin and one in Limerick so should be next day delivery hopefully from when it's posted, my guess is we will have it on launch day

phill106 · 20-01-2021 10:35am

Ill be collecting from carphone warehouse in limerick on launch day. Must get a case....

kave2 · 21-01-2021 12:05am

Does anyone knows what color of buds are we getting? Is it based on color of phone?
Will be interesting if Samsung/Exertis ships everything together or buds and acces. might come earlier.

dan786 · 21-01-2021 12:10am

kave2 wrote: »

Does anyone knows what color of buds are we getting? Is it based on color of phone?
Will be interesting if Samsung/Exertis ships everything together or buds and acces. might come earlier.

Black

allen175 · 21-01-2021 12:31am

dan786 wrote: »

Black

Hopefully they are the black ones, wasn't too happy with the white ones I got with the S10.

kave2 · 21-01-2021 12:41am

I would be ok with silver or black ones. I ordered silver phone so silver buds would go well with phone.
Hopefully is not the purple one's ðŸ€£

PTH2009 · 21-01-2021 1:31am

Be happy with any colour really but id hate to fork out over €220 for a pair :P:P

Hopefully the free stuff will arrive with the phone but not overly confident and say its claiming through the Members app by the cut off date

phill106 · 21-01-2021 9:03am

I think you have to claim them, rather than them coming with the phone.
You would claim via this site.
https://www.samsung.com/ie/shop/galaxy-s-preorder/#:~:text=Pre%20order%20a%20new%20Samsung,time%20as%20the%20pre%2Dorder.

DubLad69 · 21-01-2021 9:17am

phill106 wrote: »

I think you have to claim them, rather than them coming with the phone.
You would claim via this site.
https://www.samsung.com/ie/shop/galaxy-s-preorder/#:~:text=Pre%20order%20a%20new%20Samsung,time%20as%20the%20pre%2Dorder.

Not if you ordered direct from Samsung, for those people it says in the terms that you do not need to claim, that they will be automatically added to your basket, but it does say that they may not arrive at the same time.

pmce4 · 21-01-2021 10:30am

I am hopefully confident these will be sent with the phone, I suspect early pre-orders will get them at the same time and when supply is exhausted others will get a later shipment. That would make sense to me business wise to reduce shipping costs, so keep an eye on the package when it arrives bigger the package......... you know what I mean...really looking forward to this phone, I only moved over to the s20 5g 2 months ago from a pixel 4xl and I love the s20

MarkY91 · 21-01-2021 10:34am

I doubt it, otherwise you could just return the phone and there's a free pair of galaxy buds pro

pmce4 · 21-01-2021 10:36am

Not that I read them but to buy this phone you tick on their terms and conditions and I would say in there in covers this type of activity.
All though I see the logic behind the 45 day wait.. this will stop the automatic return

Lord Spence · 21-01-2021 10:58am

MarkY91 wrote: »

I doubt it, otherwise you could just return the phone and there's a free pair of galaxy buds pro

It will be on the return form that you would need to return phone plus any free gifts etc or else you would only get a partial refund minus the cost of the headphones/smarttag

dan786 · 21-01-2021 11:52am

These DO NOT have to be claimed, they are added into cart already as if you are purchasing them as well.

They will come with the phone or possibly a second delvery.

I got 2 x Note 20 Ultra last year with similar deal for myself and a friend. One came with the Buds Live and the other the buds were delivered few days after the phone.

Only if buying from other retailers you may have to claim.