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[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
put it this way - the Note 3 speaker is known to sound average at best. I prefer that!

It might not concern you, or others but I'm annoyed with Samsung,, inconsistent speaker performance across the Note range.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Well here we are again on the eve of another promised release, are we again going to see a delay announced at the end of play today?

Maybe we should have a poll, lol.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
Samsung.com had stock in this week..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
I've Pre-orded from Clove, So see what happens.

Sure has been a load of pants has this release & it ain't over yet, not till I have it in my hands anyhow. :D
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
I'm waiting for a returns confirmation - mines going back. (have said why few posts back, the audio is below par imo)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
EE have LTE-A working in London http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/131...ondon-150mbps-speeds-available-in-the-capital
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
If you're that keen on the audio there aren't that many good options it seems maybe the HTC M8?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
I'm annoyed at Samsung for being inconsistent with their audio. I love the Note range I've owned them all. Annoyed that the 4 has the worst speaker sound /output.

My 4 is stunning apart from that. But for me, it bugs me,, waiting some more with my Note 3..

The M8 is good for sure, but old news.. I'm awaiting the Nexus 6 as well,, see what that brings..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
Aren't the Nexus range not usually all that great in this area?

I am quite keen on hearing about the speaker quality on the Note 4 as it's something I use quite a bit especially with streaming radio & video playback.

What puzzles me about this is GSMArena said it has an excellent speaker?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dg170775:
MobilePhonesDirect.co.uk have the Bronze Gold in stock, for £588. Surprising the Charcoal Black is listed for £593 :):)

There are a few other online sites that are selling Note 4 variants like the N910C / N910U / N910H (These are all the Exynos versions - Octa Core ones), like ValueBasket & SimplyElectronics .. (much cheaper £540 - £560)

Don't know if we in the UK can go for the Exynos versions, I'm not very good with LTE bands etc
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
I think some networks work on them & others don't but I don't know which is which.

Are there any advantages other than price in the octa core over snapdragon?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sss555:
I think the SM-N910C Exynos from offerbank site will work on all UK networks according to description on the bands.

From general research online it seems Exynos is faster then the SnapDragon 805 but there is consensus that the Snapdragon will have more mods and roms in the future.

I am leaning towards the Exynos because i have the Note 4 SD but coming from the iPhone i find it a tad laggy. Also to bear in mind once people start releasing custom roms and get rid of touchwiz Snapdragon maybe as fast or faster then the Exynos version. It could just be touchwiz runs well on Exynos as both are in-house samsung products.

I aint an expert but just passing on information i have gathered online.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
Spoke to a representative from mobiles.co.uk, they reckon 10 days max on stock...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] l3uddz:
Sure hope clove/unlocked-mobiles get stock tommorow. Been waiting now for ages and has been pushed back too many times for my liking....
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
I love the fact that Samsung sales are down if you believe reports, yet were all crying for stock!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] eddhard:
I've used mobile phones direct in the past and always found them reliable.

As for my note 4 speaker, I find it as good if not better than my note 2 and regularly use if for streaming radio and am very happy with it. For music playback I use a Bluetooth speaker.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
I'm not that interested in customs ROMs etc so if comes out the box faster that would interest me.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] l3uddz:
Well according to clove, it's delayed again, no date is known at moment. Beyond tired of this... Hopefully unlocked-mobiles arent delayed too, but not holding my breathe..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
We have come another week and yet again I am disappointed to say that Samsung UK distribution has let us and all other resellers down again.

We still await official confirmation from them, but we now know we will not get Samsung Note 4 stock this week and promised stock may arrive late next week at the earliest, but this again is not confirmed

What is clear is that every week the promised stock appears to be diverted to the networks or their own retail stores, very frustrating for both you and us at Clove and all other independent resellers.

We of course will ship your back order as soon as we can and we have requested a call from Samsung UK to try and clarify what the ongoing situation is, as we would all prefer to have clear in

formation, however good or bad these dates may be.

I can only personally apologise again for a situation that is completely out of our control. I however understand if due to the further delays, you wish to cancel your back orders and we will ensure we deal with this as quickly as possible.

Chris Love

Managing Director

Oh dear Samsuck!!!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] l3uddz:
That settles it then, will be cancelling my unlocked-mobiles order.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 9e705ebbf0:
They must be having horrendous supply chain issues for the manufacturing to be ballsed up this badly. Maybe they can't get enough metal frames. However, my money's on low yield of the AMOLED panel. From some of the posts on here about the colour shift at angle it may be Samsung are struggling a bit.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
Maybe they are just keen for people to buy it through Samsung retail and the cost that involves?

I haven't brought a Samsung in a while and this isn't exactly endearing them to me.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
I think this is because Clove so much cheaper than the Samsung online store
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
And Samsung wonder why sales decrease.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
I do think Samsung have signed deals to push phone to Carphonewarehouse or their experience stores first.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
It wouldn't be so much of an issue if they weren't so much more expensive.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] avenging:
I looked at 3 demo white units here in saudi wasnt able to buy one coz out of stock bit in all 3 I didnt notice any color shift. Must say the white looks better in person
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MSK1:
Checked in store today....

Definite colour shift....

It's really really bad.

Only thing I can't work out is how often I would actually look at screen from an angle
[Galaxy Note 4 General] billu:
Has anyone bought one from Giffgaff (£599) and if so what was the exact model no?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
How long does the status remain on 'Preparing for Dispatch'?

I ordered mine on Thursday 30th @ 6.45pm with paypal & its now 31st @ 12.30pm & it still says Preparing for Dispatch.

So much for express delivery.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
There are no Samsung Experience stores to buy the Note 4 locally in Scotland and although local retailers such as Carphoneware House, Vodafone, EE, Three, etc have stock, no-one will sell one sim free because they make more money on contract selling usage as well as the phone.

I hardly use my phone for calls or texts so having them on a contract is a waste of money for me so unless the Note 4 becomes available locally sim free then I'll be forced to buy online before I can try it or return it to a local retailer if it is faulty which I don't want to do.

Very disappointed with this Note 4 release.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tinker_tf:
One thing you can do, as this got explained to me, is order the sim-free online at the Carphone Warehouse, if it does go faulty etc you can then return it at ANY carphone Warehouse store.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] billu:
That's if you don't mind parting with £650 big ones!

#Shamsung

FWIW I am in the same boat, don't want to be strapped to a 24m contract, and don't want to pay upwards of £650 for a dam phone!! That's 55" LED TV territory.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
That's even more expensive than the Samsung online store which I thought was expensive enough.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markyboy81:
You could try surfing the estore as some people have reported that just by doing so they have managed to get a 10% discount. Or ask samsung for a discount given the delays etc, you may be lucky. Add that to the 5-6% cashback you should get from quidco, it doesn't work out too bad (£530 ish)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MSK1:
You can get for 550 by getting on contract. ... Then buying out contact after 1 month
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
That would mean a trip to my local Carphoneware House to try it out without buying, which would be frustrating for me and the retailer. Also, would the local Carphoneware Warehouse retailer replace it or just return it to the online store if it was faulty then you would still have to wait for the online store to send you a replacement.

If there were no local retailers with stock then you would have to buy online but being refused because you want sim only when there is stock is no way to treat customers.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ohmz55:
I bought an EE payg for £529.99 plus £10 top up. Ordered 26th received 30th by dpd couriers. Made a call for 5mins+ to make sure region unlocking was okay and then went to cellunlocker.net to buy an unlock code for £16 which came by email in about 5 minutes. This morning I flashed BTU firmware, rooted and installed CWM :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] billu:
That would imply a 24month contract around £23 a month with the phone free. That's highly optimistic.

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Been surfing on the estore most days but have yet to find any mention of discounts. Thanks for the quidco heads up. Will pursue the 10% discount route.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fz9999:
Please tell me more about estore and 10% discount :)

The 5% quidco cashback ends in 2 days, mobile fun have my order and are 'expecting them in on monday'. I've got £30 cashback from topcashback tracking with them (they do 4.2% for Samsung).

Anyone wants a tcb account, pm me, we both benefit apparently :highfive:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MSK1:
28£ contact on O2

Spoke to a rep. ...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
Just pre ordered from mobiles.co.uk, £28 ppm and £99 upfront. No idea when it will turn up though, not too bothered for now.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MSK1:
With a view to cancelling after a month?

U can also unlock at that point legally.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] billu:
That works out to £672 providing the phone itself is free in the first place.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MSK1:
The buyout price is lower. ... Ie 550 including the initial payment.

At least that's what the O2 rep told me. ...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
Nah £28 ppm is fine for me! Bloody hell they've shipped it! Supposed to be pre order. ...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
I've just pre-ordered the gold one from Samsung online with an estimated delivery of 7th Nov.

It is not as good as trying it before buying but you can return it if not happy and there isn't any to buy offline.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
That's true, I returned mine this morning.. You have to await a returns label that you have to print out. You get twenty eight days I believe..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
I can't believe it! I ordered today and it will be delivered 3rd November. Crazy! Confirmed with a DPD shipping number.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
If you didn't notice the Samsung online store has stock of the Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
I've not even received a confirmation email for my order from Samsung or any confirmation on the browser, so I don't know what is happening, but my bank have permitted the transaction.

I did order two by mistake so I need to phone Samsung to cancel one tomorrow and I'll ask them what is happening.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] prophet42:
I bought mine on eBay last week, but oddly tonight had an eBay shop contact me asking if I was still interested in buying one. So I went on eBay and found quite a few on there. So I'm guessing it must be a lot more widely available now. They were all around the £525 mark and slightly cheaper as well.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] billu:
If you look carefully at the exact model numbers, they are for foreign markets. 910S, 910T etc.

Don't feel comfortable paying £500 for a foreign one.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] prophet42:
Yup. All true. But lots of people won't mind going exynos I'm sure if the signal range works on UK networks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
The only Exynos model that has UK bands is the N910C in UAE as far as I understand from people's findings in the forum.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] prophet42:
Really? Damn glad I said no (that model was N910K) and went for the snapdragon F version now!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] cornelito:
WHAT ?!?!?

I have ordered mine on 20/10 from the same source, the same deal and and still have note received the phone !!!

Today i rang them up and they say that my device will probably be dispatched next week !!! WTH ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
The exynos versions whilst they may work from a signal aspect , they may not be optimised from a battery point of view.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] RavenY2K3:
Thanks for the insight, I may be doing exactly the same thing if my local store has it in stock.

It's just unfortunate that it's such a convoluted way to get hold of an unlocked variant.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
I placed an order on the Samsung website yesterday for a gold note 4 and didn't receive any email confirmation. So I rang my bank and they confirmed that the money had left my account and I no longer had access to it.

I rang Samsung who said they had no record of my order so could not process it and my money was in their reserve account and that it would be returned to me next week.

Samsung confirmed customers were having problems with their website yesterday which caused me to order two phones when I only wanted one but thankfully my bank stopped the second one for fear of fraud.

I'm going to try and order it again today and hope it works this time before I run out of credit on my card.

What a shambles.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Cancelled my order with Clove & bought from Samsung Estore - Cost more but meh.

Should be with me on Monday 3rd Nov.

Just need to get a wireless charging back for it now, having trouble finding anywhere that's got one in stock.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] degsi00:
I ordered one off the Samsung website too... When I got to the payment screen I tried leaving the page then received a pop-up offering a 5% discount code by submitting my email address.

Glad to say, discount received; Black Note 4 ordered; Price paid: £597.55; Status: Preparing for dispatch :D
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Lucky you I didn't get that. I ordered on Thursday.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] l3uddz:
I cancelled mine with unlocked-mobiles and did click and collect for Monday from local tesco store. 600 for sim free white note 4.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dg170775:
Patiently waiting for Note 4 Bronze Gold stocks to arrive... Everywhere I see them as out of stock..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] RavenY2K3:
Did you get the white one? Black ones are out of stock
[Galaxy Note 4 General] l3uddz:
Yes mate, I ordered the white one. Hopefully they restock the black ones soon if that's what your after. Wonder how long tesco have been selling the Note 4, could have cancelled my unlocked-mobiles order ages ago potentially.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] RavenY2K3:
They've only just gone live I reckon coz I checked a day or two a go and none were available.

Spoke to my local EE store and they said they've taken the N4 off display because they don't know when they're getting them, Three don't know either.

I did call the Samsung online store and they said they do have them, at the time I called they said it wouldn't get dispatched until Monday for a Tuesday delivery. Looks like if I want one now I've gotta pay the extra [emoji24]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] blair287:
how you get the samsung e store voucher?

getting fed up delayed again till the 10th of the 11th at this rate the note 5 will be out before the note 4 is actually available to buy FFS.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
I have a 10% discount code. It's a once only use. So I went to order the Gear S and Note 4 but because one is pre order and the other in stock , I got an error message saying you can't do a pre order and in stock item in one transaction. Grrrr. So I will have to wait until both are available or buy something else.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
I don't think we'll have the Gear S until later in November.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
Actually you can buy today and have it for Friday 7th. White is my preferred colour.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
Unfortunately now have the Gear Fit. Will reconsider in a few months also want to see what O2 offers on monthly contracts.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
I tried to buy a gold Note 4 on the Samsung website and they've taken my money from my credit card without sending me an order number. Samsung says there is no record of the purchase on their computer but my bank assures me that Samsung took the money.

So I''m waiting to hear to hear from Samsung on Monday and if they don't return my money then I'll be forced to claim against the bank and let the bank try to get the money back they gave to Samsung.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
GearFit is a nice product. I believe there are discounts on the bands now too. Gear S might be just too big. Only one way to find out though :)

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So after you pre ordered, did you get no order number on your screen?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
No order number on my screen or any email from Samsung confirming the order and I assumed the order had not been accepted and tried again and discovered that Samsung has taken money for more than one Note 4.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 3473:
Does anyone know why no stores have stock? Are they fixing a defect on the phones?

I want to get one but can only see CPW (£650) and Samsung store (£629) have stock at the moment... does anywhere else have stock?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
Try Tesco direct
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 3473:
They don't appear to have it
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/samsung-galaxy-note-4-white/227-8411.prd
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 3473:
Cheers, looking to get the black one but thanks for helping
[Galaxy Note 4 General] iridaki:
I ordered my Note 4 from the e-store on Friday evening.

To anyone who ordered directly from Samsung too: which courier are they using for the delivery? And do they send you a dispatch confirmation and/or a tracking number? I'm at university in the mornings and I work every evening of the week, so I'll need to make sure someone's in my flat to receive the parcel.

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[Galaxy Note 4 General] dg170775:
I'm patiently waiting for stocks on the Bronze Gold model...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
They used horrible UKmail when they delivered my Note 4. With this courier you do get a tracking number and time slot for delivery.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markyboy81:
As above UK Mail. First time I ordered from Samsung my k zoom was delivered late at night and it was left on my doorstep with no signature. Thankfully I live in a quiet area but still..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Mine is coming with UK mail On Monday, no time slot given yet but I do have a consignment number.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 3473:
If I order from estore today will I receive on Tuesday?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Ring the Samsung Estore, see what they say. Only they will know for sure.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
You'll get a time slot by text first thing on day of delivery, from memory
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Excellent. Hope it's early rather than later. That's if it does come :eek:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 3473:
Heads up to people ordering from the Samsung Store.

Add to basket

Then on the page where it says, sign in, or guest check out... leave it alone

Come back after a few minutes

Pop up appears with a 5% off code!

It's unique as it asks you for an email address, but try the above and it should work for you too.

Edit: You also get another 5% on top of that via quidco, so £570?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] blair287:
this does not work, i dont know why all these people are saying this im sure somewhere out on this huge internet you could find some info on this but no only 3 people in this thread says its true i call BS
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 3473:
Please continue to talk rubbish when someone is trying to help you out
[Galaxy Note 4 General] blair287:
ok i apologise but the method you have described does not seem to work i have even tried it in 3 different web browsers
[Galaxy Note 4 General] voges:
Are the bronze gold Note 4 orders supposed to reach buyers on 7th?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dg170775:
I haven't ordered yet as I don't see stocks anywhere. I'm a little hesitant to pre-order yet.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] LoverOfTech:
This happened to me when I pre ordered on 15th OCt.

The beast Antutu is below

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2996072&stc=1&d=1414950511
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Dan1909:
Went into CPW this afternoon to get my handset swapped out, annoyingly (after about a 30-40 minute queue!) they didn't have any in stock. They've ordered one in though, and should be here Tuesday-ish.

Fingers crossed the next one is better!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fz9999:
It worked for me, but it didn't seem to be time dependant, it seems to pop up as I moved the mouse to close the window (top right hand corner of screen!). In Chrome and firefox.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
What was wrong with it?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] blair287:
Thanks this worked!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Dan1909:
Battery issues sadly. So far the best I've managed to get out of it was a little under 2 hours screen time over 15 hours off charge. It's a shame as the phone itself is so nice!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
Ouch! Mine turns up tomorrow, I'll be scrutinising it to death for any issues!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Dan1909:
It's annoying as other than the battery issues it's a great handset! Hoping the next one is as nice.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
I rang the bank Retailers Dispute number this morning when it opened to be told that Samsung had returned the money to my credit card within 30 seconds because their computer was faulty and they apologised for the Fraud department not giving me that information when I rang them last week.

Samsung too should have been able to tell me that the money was back in my credit card when I rang them.

What a shambles.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Well mines finally arrived & is now on charge. Bought from Samsung Estore on Thursday.

Will fire it up soon & give it a spin.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
Seems the Samsung store now isn't allowing new orders.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
I wonder why. Out of Stock maybe?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dg170775:
Hi, does this method work on pre-orders too, as I'm trying to pre-order the gold model... And nothings popped up thus far [emoji1]

And how much time do quidco cashbook take? They're currently offering 4% cashbook on Samsung purchases other than the S5.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
I caved in and ordered one, will be arriving tomorrow. Ordered a N910C all the way from UAE. I'm now paranoid with all the display issues I will be getting, while knowing all of these issues most people are having. Not to mention the battery. Don't worry, you'll all be hearing my rants from tomorrow or the day after! :D
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
Certainly out of stock at this point with Tesco Direct as well.