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[Galaxy Note 4 General] jonstatt:
The Gear S in black has been delayed until the 14th of November (getting deja-vu with the Note 4 here?!!)

The white, for which I also have an order, still shows 7th November though. For my Note 4 order, my e-store order went into "Order Processed" status within 24 hours, but my Gear S order only says "Payment Received" so far......so I don't know if that means stock is even less likely or what?! :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MSK1:
How big is the gear s?

Of all the smartwatches I have seen it is by far the nicest looking from a distance. .. The only concern would be how big it will look on the wrist.

The other thing I don't understand is why there isn't a front facing camera for video calling.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] lawtq:
A link from the site you ordered from, please
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 3473:
Mine was delivered from Samsung today, no screen issues whatsoever! Even on white pages.. maybe I just got lucky

I'm the guy who returned the Z3 because of viewing angles, so pleasantly surprised with this panel
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MSK1:
Tilt the phone. ... Then look at it from an angle....

It will be shaded blue. ..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Some are shaded green even! I tested on 6 Notes in a Samsung Store, 1 was shaded green. Mine is shaded blue. With gaps all around the rim, tested with an A4 paper, slides in all the way around, lol. Ah well.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 3473:
Nope it isn't doing it, the lg g2 I have does a bit but the note isn't
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
The Gear S is only delayed till the 14th if you want black. White is still being dispatched this Friday. Personally I think white is nicer, but even if it is not, the strap is changeable. Finally should have a Note 4 by this weekend in black and early next week the Gear S in white. This will either be amazing or a disaster.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] blair287:
****ing UKmail never delivered it but on their website and phone they said they attempted delivery, ive been sat in all day no one has turned up. Going to cancel my order i am not shopping anywhere ever again that uses Ukmail or Citystink.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
Not good. I must say courier companies in my neck of the woods are normally excellent but the above 2 are not the best at all. I try and collect from their depots so I don't have to wait in all day and up to 9pm.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
I know I know. Both are rubbish. Give them hell by contacting their customer services. Let Samsung know as well.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Fornowagain:
A favour please, could someone with a standard UK Note 4 please give me the part number for the charger, i.e. the 3 pin one with 9v+5v? Many thanks.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] billu:
Three mobile have had this phone showing in stock for the last few weeks but the delivery date keeps getting pushed out to the following Friday every time we get near to it.

Now moved to 14th Nov.

T-mobile showing delivery within 14 days, up from 7 days

GiffGaff's stock comes and goes if you are to believe their website, has anyone here bought from them?

What an utter shambles this release has been.

Samsung need to be clear regarding what the heck is going on? Is there a production problem, sourcing certain parts etc.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Joey2o11:
EP-TA20UWE
[Galaxy Note 4 General] voges:
Gold NOTE 4 This Friday?

Does anyone know whether our Gold Note 4 pre orders would arrive this Friday?

Thank you!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] martytarty:
Whoops - Ignore :eek:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] martytarty:
Here you go dude
[Galaxy Note 4 General] blair287:
got my note 4 very disappointed with the speaker especially when using the official flip case the cover covers the bloody speaker and muffles it how stupid can samsung be a step back from note 3, thinking very hard to return it and get nexus 6.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MISSDIVA:
Originally Posted by 3473 View Post

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?

That pop up 5% off does happen. A few days ago I was on the verge of getting the Tab 10.5,changed my mind and up popped the money off code.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
Just to add I also got the pop up.

Anyways, waiting for my Note 4 today and Gear S. I pray UK Mail deliver as promised.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] voges:
did you order the Gold Note 4?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
No i went for black but i am not sure that was the right choice.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] voges:
I have pre ordered tho gold one in September, and still no sign of it..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
That's crazy.

I might check out the gold in the shops and then decide if I want to change colour. Crazy but I saw the white the other day and it looked really good.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] voges:
I think gold one got delayed..supposed to be shipped today to us..But just called Samsung and thye have no clue..more like they do not even care..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
Samsung customer support don't have a clue half the time. UK Mail actually sent a text message with the hour slot they were delivering my Gear S and Note 4. They only arrived one hour early. Not that I'm complaining. Both on charge. Really love hardware. I adore my white Gear S. It's huge but cool. My wife said it looked like a prison tag lol.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] voges:
Dear jonstatt,

How is your white phone?

Are you still awaiting the Gold Note 4?

Thank you

I was
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jonstatt:
I am still happy with the white one to be honest. I cancelled the Gold order at the end of the day, because the white one was a "good" one with a very uniform screen. I would still have liked the gold one, but after getting used to, and enjoying the white one, the thought of the hassle involved in setting everything up again, I just decided to cancel the order. I am appalled to hear they may have delayed the Gold one yet again!! I find it quite odd with the whole distribution of Note 4s generally. White and black were in stock again yesterday at Samsung e-store, while many vendors and even some mobile networks themselves have still not had stock. The phone is popular, but not iPhone popular, so I am just surprised that Samsung cannot get on-top of the production and distribution.

Are you re-considering your options? If you are, send me a private message on here about the best way to cancel your order.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dg170775:
I am quite at sea between the Note 4 and the Nexus 6, as they're quite comparable in specs and hardware. Note 4 has the stylus and a better camera, but the Nexus will give lollipop out if the box, and quick updates going forward.

I have always used Note and love the device. But don't like the Touchwiz bloatware. Historically I've always rooted and gone with AOSP roms, to get the vanilla android feel.

Also the N6 is £499 and the Note 4 is close to £580; can't make up my mind.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
I only noticed that Nexus 6 is using AMOLED screen! I hope Displaymate will test and compare it against Note 4's.

Note 4's advantage is Stylus, and SD Card capability. Not sure if Nexus 6 has removable battery.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] voges:
Sent
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MSK1:
I'm in the same boat....

So thinking of ignoring both and going with edge.... For the edge.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dg170775:
I'm not too worried about the SD card option, or the removable battery on the Note 4. I've had the Note 2 and Note 3, and never ran out of disk, even though I had an 8GB SD Card. I don't game either. I use the camera a lot, but I always backup photos and videos into cloud, clearing the phone.

So, for me positives are:

Note 4: Stylus, more Premium feel, better Camera, Pricey

Nexus 6: Lollipop+quicker upgrades, cheaper by about £75-80

Negatives are:

Note 4: Bloaty Touchwiz making it slower, Delayed updates

Nexus 6: Too huge maybe, Lack of some premium features like fingerprint sensor/heart rate sensor/etc, Ok Camera (Nexus Cameras not as good as Samsung)

So, can't make my mind up. I've spent all my time with previous Notes, on custom ROMs, as have hated Touchwiz. I guess if I buy Note 4, it too would go down that route.

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Hmm, Edge is even more pricier than the Note 4 ..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] voges:
just BEEN TOLD gold note 4 would get further delayed by 2 weeks!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rizla_1:
Is that order from Samsung directly?

I have ordered the gold note 4 from Carphone warehouse and they are saying to expect delivery by 21st Nov
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MSK1:
But the edge gives it the edge over nexus I think....

Depends how bad the Nexus 6 camera is...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] voges:
Samsung directly.

It was supposed to come today.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] billu:
Well Handtec have the

White snapdragon

http://www.handtec.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-note-4-32gb-frost-white-sm-n910f.html

and the

Black Exynos in stock.

http://www.handtec.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-note-4-32gb-charcoal-black-sm-n910c-21769.html
[Galaxy Note 4 General] l3uddz:
Well I've had my note 4 since Monday and must say I am very happy with it. There are a few things that could be better, e.g. Speaker sound is pretty bad, sometimes the camera looks rather grainy and the battery isn't overly impressive at the moment but then again early days right? Im loving the IR blaster though, all phones should have it! Samsung have been a joke with the Note 4 launch though, if I hadn't of cancelled my unlocked-mobiles mobiles order and gone to Tesco I would still be sat here waiting on samsung hoping they don't divert reseller stock to the carrier's again.

Anyway, hopefully next year the Note 5 blows us away and samsung do a better job with their release/stock management.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Yeah have to agree the speaker is very poor. Very tinny & awful when listing to internet radio. For a device that costs this much it's poor.

I got the moto X 2014 as well & the speaker on that blows the Note 4 away.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] l3uddz:
Yeah definitely, the sound is its big big weak point. Hopefully next year they can get front facing speakers on the Note 5, although truthfully I don't see how they would fit them on the front.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
Anyone tried bluetooth music and had dropouts?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dg170775:
Has anyone got their hands on the Bronze Gold one? I've always had Black phones and this is the first time Im' planning to shift. From the photos I get a sense that the Bronze Gold phone looks premium .. But would be great if someone had a more real take on the phone.

This is probably the most shoddy release by Samsung.

There are a few Exynos models available in stock online, like Handtec have the Black one. They also have the White Snapdragon one in stock, if anyone's interested.

Waiting patiently for the gold stock.. Don't know when this patience will run out ... :(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
That's bad to hear about the speaker. Have heard some on here mention the Exynos version has a better speaker for some reason.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markyboy81:
No dropouts here although I have experienced those on previous samsung phones - s4, note 2
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MSK1:
I can't see how a different processor impacts the speaker?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Super Chimp:
Nor can I that's why I was wondering.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Exynos version is paired with a different Audio processor than Snapdragon, according to this Thread.

Read through it, in the end, probably it doesn't matter much.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] voges:
They have just sent a message it will be sent starting 21st Nov.

I guess there would be no UK stock of the Gold Note 4 before that.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] DerekC:
Still no news

Emailed Clove just to check and got this reply

"Samsung remain silent unfortunately. Again we hope for some news this week.

At this rate it may simply be that Samsung just pick a day they're happy with and say "there you go", releasing stock to all online retailers at once without warning.

We're not pleased with how they've handled this launch but at this time there's little else we can do but wait"

Can't blame Clove but really its more than a month since the original release date.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
That's why I bite the bullet & bought from Samsung estore.

It cost more but I have it now & the expense is ancient history.

Instead of F5 to check stock, I'm enjoying the Note 4.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
The Samsung store rarely has anything but the black note and sometimes it doesn't even have that. What a shambles for a new release.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dg170775:
Samsung online store currently has stock for the Black model.

Sadly nobody has stocks for the Gold One [emoji22]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
The Samsung store won't even take pre-orders for the Gold or White Note which has been out of stock more often than in stock. Handtec is selling European Note's with UK mains adapters so it's a UK shortage.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Black is in stock now.

I admit I did want Black so I feel your frustration if you are wanting Gold or White.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
I sent my Galaxy Note 4 back to Mobiles.co.uk because I was happy with the screen! Called them to check on the progress....out of stock! Grrr going to have to wait it out for stock now. Using my old HTC Desire and it really makes you appreciate the strides mobile phones have made in the last 4 years!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
What was wrong with the screen?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
Very narrow viewing angle which had a weird green haze. In the bottom right corner there was a dark pinkish patch....drove me crazy!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
Carphone Warehouse, Tesco and Clove are out of stock too. What a shambles from Samsung.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fz9999:
Having the same problem with mobilefun. Been on order for over 2 weeks. With all the discounts and cashback it's worth me waiting a bit longer but now I'm getting bored!

A really poor release by Samsung. If the Nexus 6 took SD cards I'd be all over that.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
I've been tempted to buy the Nexus 6 and the iPhone 6 plus because of the delay in getting the Note 4. But then I would have to give up SD card, replaceable battery, split screen multitasking, S-pen, wireless charging etc. which I would miss. So I'm holding out for the much better Note 4 and might even wait for the Edge which has even more advantages.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] soundb0y:
Anyone know where I can find a white one in London or online with next day delivery? I must have been into 20 phone shops in the last 2 days including the Samsung shop.

I found one in a three shop but they won't let it go sim free, despite me being a contract customer, and offering them online apparently.

This really is a shoddy launch from Samsung. A guy in a cpw said they were holding stock back to build hype, but he's probably just talking crap.

Surely they want to shift as many as possible before the nexus 6 arrives.

Oh and looks like I missed the last white one on the giffgaff store and they have 1 black left.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
Update. It's being shipped for delivery tomorrow. Not sure why they say there is no stock...same thing happened when I originally bought it....
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
I see Handtec are selling the European Note 4 model number SM-N910F with a UK mains adapter and GiffGaff are selling the Korean Note 4 model SM-N910S.

If you have bought the UK version of the Note 4 with a 3-pin mains lead what was the model number on the box?

I'm trying to find out what is the difference between the UK model number with the UK mains lead and the European model number with the 2-pin European mains lead.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
I got mine from Samsung Estore UK & it's a SM-N910F.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
Thanks.

So the UK Note 4 with the 3-pin mains lead is the same model number SM-N910F as the European Note 4 with the 2-pin mains lead and it just depends which country the Note 4 SM-N910F is planned for that decides which mains lead it gets.

It would have been better if the UK Note 4 had a different model number from the European Note 4 so that you could make sure of getting a 3-pin mains lead.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
Got the new one today....no red / dark patch and the viewing angle is a bit better...still gets a tinge of green and a narrow angle but I guess that's normal. Can't complain about the service from Mobiles.co.uk, really pleased.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] huxley309:
Handtec will have stock of the SM-N910C back in tomorrow.

The SM-N910F which im waiting for should be soon, but still no eta.

Seems every man and his dog are after these, and i don't blame them.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] apprentice:
That's odd.. I have the official Samsung flip cover and there is a cut out for the speaker - not muffled at all.

.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gaugerer:
I've just managed to order the white Note 4 from the Samsung website.

It has been out of stock for a few days but now it appears to be available again.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] stothy862:
Offerbank are offering the N910C & H variants!

http://offerbank.com/uk/mobile-tablet/samsung/galaxy-note-4.html
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dg170775:
Carphonewarehouse have now changed the expected delivery dates for the Gold note 4 to 4-6 weeks... Can't understand what's happening with Samsung and their stocks.... Absolutely ridiculous...

Also had an interesting chat with them online about their SIM free price being higher than Samsung too... And I got a response that 'CPW prices are set by manufacturers and are standard' lol... [emoji1] [emoji1]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] stothy862:
Have to say I'm not impressed, if it was released properly we might have seen a few better contract deals too.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Black & White in stock @ the Samsung Estore.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] soundb0y:
I'm hoping that means they have some in the actual shop then. I'll be checking after work and if they do will be grabbing one and cancelling my order with 3.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Fornowagain:
In stock (@13:10) black if anyone is looking > http://www.expansys.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4-black-265496/
[Galaxy Note 4 General] soundb0y:
Nothing in Samsung store until 21st.

SO FRUSTRATING. I cant even order one to work, so going to have to pray 3 actually do deliver to the shop Friday as "estimated".

Bah
[Galaxy Note 4 General] huxley309:
N910c now in stock, snagged one myself, but owing to their system i had to cancel.

Seems the exynos is the version to go for, plus i want the wolfson dac anyway.

http://www.handtec.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-note-4-32gb-frost-white-sm-n910c.html
[Galaxy Note 4 General] stothy862:
With all this bother I am likely just to go second hand, found someone with unwanted gift (not upgrade) that they will sell to me, happy with that, can guarantee it will be with me within the week! Now to sell my old phone...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Ok, what bad luck. I held back to order on 1st October in case Note 4 gets an extra offer, but noticed a small print saying offers not available on Pre-order.

So I went ahead, added Note 4 in cart for Pre-order, payment done.... but then saying there's a problem with the payment. Re-entered payment details and then it said Cart is empty..... so I went back to re-add Note 4 to cart and suddenly.... SOLD OUT.... FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

So many times I've been patient and so many times I get screwed. Whenever I rush buying something, I will always regret it later on. WTF Life???
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
So the Blue Box sales does not apply to pre orders! No!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] OdieS:
It was always going to be unlikely that they would apply the sale discounts to the Note 4. It doesn't even look as if it applies to the Galaxy Alpha either even though that is now in stock.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] estaga:
This exact thing happened to me around 09:05 BST ! :(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markyboy81:
Every single time I've ordered from samsung there's been a problem with payment. For some reason it triggers fraud, no matter what card I used!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
I've cancelled my Note 4 order from the Stratford Experience Store as I think we early birds should have been offered the Gear Fit Watch as well.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] OdieS:
Did they say anything when you told them why you were cancelling?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Ah well, life goes on. Went to order it through Clove UK now, probably will receive it later than everyone else, no biggie I guess, it's not a race :P

I'm just worried if the Note4 I'm getting will have that screen-gap... or worse... dead pixel(s)!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
I told them I was very annoyed that even though I ordered early I did not get the Gear Fit offer. They called "head office" to see what could be done. But they couldn't help. The shop staff were also surprised how disconnected the shop and online ordering has been. They expected a common approach to promotions.

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The "gap" was on one of the three Note 4s i looked at in the Stratford Experience Store. It was very tiny and I would not have normally noticed it. The white one looked more impressive to me with the amazing screen - that screen is really wonderful and the UI is super smooth :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Ooh they have Note 4 on display at Stratford? I might just pop by on my lunch break :D

The one on Oxford Street does not, sucks D:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] prophet42:
So is it confirmed now that the 200 pre-orders to qualify for the Gear Fit have been reached then?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Just the Black one that is marked as SOLD OUT. The White and Gold are still available for Pre-Order but no one can tell if the Galaxy Fit offer still available for those 2 colours.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] prophet42:
I''ve tried several numbers. So far, no-one can tell me. Oh well.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markyboy81:
It doesn't seem like the offer is still on as it doesn't appear on the site anymore, unless I'm missing it?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] prophet42:
Nope, you're not. Oh well. I'm still torn between this and the Edge anyway. So on the bright side it gives me time to look about. Although throwing in a gear fit would have swung it for me.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
Samsung have changed the web site for Blue Box

Just noticed Samsung have removed the reference to a free Gear Fit if you follow the link Blue Box sale for 1/10/2014. I know the Gear Fit was not really available but under Trade Descriptions Act....
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Stroved:
It's odd that they have removed it. I'm guessing its no longer on offer? I have taken a screenshot before I ordered so that I can email them if they don't honour it. I only ordered through Samsung for the extra Gear Fit!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Visited the Stratford Experience Store, I have to say I like the Note 4, can actually feel it's a premium device.

Everything was smooth, sharp, colours were superb.

While camera received the OIS treatment, video captures were still doing the wavy jello effect.

I was generally happy and can't wait to own one.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
I ordered a Note 4 using the Blue Box sale link yesterday when the Gear Fit offer was still showing and then today I called twice to the online Customer Services and I have just heard that they'll honour the free Gear Fit offer! I will obviously have to wait until around 17th Oct. The guy at CS, nice chap, said some customers may receive close to 10th Oct as the Note 4s are arriving in 2 batches.