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[Galaxy Note 4 General] jonstatt:
And the Samsung emails saying the Bronze would still go out on time was bull too......mine didn't even go into dispatching now status!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] LoverOfTech:
Have to agree. Samsung took people's money online and in store yet couldn't even email notifications to individuals about the delay. Ar least Apple places a hold on the money and takes it once dispatched.

Samsung really need to sort out their release timings.

"High demand". Not buying it. Seems they tried to take some shine from Apple so released Pre orders on the day Apple started selling their new phones. It seems they always wanted to release in the UK on the 17th.

Then offer people pre orders 1st in store with no incentives. Yet a week later online orders get free gear fit. Samsung need some lesson in customer service.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] johnpithers:
Mine still says preparing for dispatch? do you guys think they will do times or saturday delivery because there will be no one here to sign most of the time during the week?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
Just phoned the Samsung online orders help line to cancel my order. I was told normally they can easily cancel pre orders but not my one and would need to refer it to HQ - I suspect because of the free Gear Fit offer. Anyway, the CS person restated 17th as the availability date even though my order status says preparing for despatch.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] captainbirdseye86:
What a load of dribble from Samsung, i call bull****. I reckon the demand for these new Note's is very low because Apple beat them to the starting line. They will try and keep every pre-order they can and put you off at every corner as a result. I would also assume the reason why "demand is so great that we have to delay by one week in the UK" is because they ran scared and had to release early in China and South Korea, and therefore used up production that would of been for the UK.

But yes, i am alittle bit of a cynic sometimes :) Maybe this assumption i have made will ring true if we see low sales figures in the coming weeks.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] LoverOfTech:
I agree tried to cancel mine as ordered via Samsung experience store but CPW are delivering. Called up today to check my order. The incompetent lady said I "failed security check" bare in mind I never ordered via them, I paid full price and have called up twice before. With no issues.

Long trip to west end as they had my money since the 19th. Ask to speak to manager, She comes out says there is a note on my account but the order is fine and why on earth would they lady say I failed security check as they only have my name and address., No DOB as it's a sim free phone not a contract.

Long story short. I can't cancel (allegedly )the pre order until a serial number shows up on my account. I should get the phone on 16th as pre order are arriving on that day. I've told her I'll be back on Thursday if I don't receive the phone to cancel the order. CPW do not care about customer service. A truly horrible company.

samsung need to take a page out of Apple book when it comes to customer service. Pre order date announced to combat Apple then deliver date changes. Do Samsung care about PR or customers? Think not. Their partnership with CPW will end in tears and give them a bad name.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
£672 at mobiles.co.uk on 24 contract seems very good value http://www.mobiles.co.uk/o2-samsung-galaxy-note-4-black.html?tid=4S44MFEB14&gid=NA
[Galaxy Note 4 General] :
I've just ordered it as an upgrade with ee. £40 a month unlimited calls and texts 3gb data and the phone free
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
Not when it looks like you have to pay £219.99 upfront as well..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
The £28 per month option has no upfront charge so total is £672
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Alright, I have made up my mind, I'm backing out on Note 4 completely. Just gonna wait till Note 5. Guess my S5 mini will do for... ugh... a year.

At least I wanna see how the Snapdragon Note 4 play out the first month.

I bet somewhere along the line later on, Samsung will release another Note 4 model with Snapdragon 810 chipset, but of course Korea only.

Disappointed in Samsung.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
What's your reasons for pulling out exactly?

I'm on the fence, one day i want it.. Next day I don't.

Audio is a deal for me.. Have been thinking about getting an M8. But I've just read that HTC have released a 13 megapix version in China? Wtf? What about Europe?

Color shift in the 4 isn't such I big deal personally.. But feeble speaker performance (like on my Note 3) is..

Guess I'll just have to wait until Friday and try in store..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rahularora1:
Has any one come across something like this for the UK? https://www.zauba.com/import-samsung-note-4-hs-code.html
[Galaxy Note 4 General] apprentice:
You probably have good reason to rate the speaker as a deal breaker and I was probably the same until I really thought about this. The speaker is predominantly used for ringtones notifications and alarms, which provided the speaker is loud and clear (which I believe the Note 4 is reported to be) then it should be acceptable. If you listen to music through it then a mono rear speaker isn't going to do your favourite tracks any justice.

I rarely listen to music through the speaker, preferring earphones or Bluetooth. I accept that a YouTube video would be nicer with better speakers but when I owned a HTC One I was initially blown away by its stereo speakers but after a short time they were forgotten. Equally my Note 3 speaker was meh, but I have simply got used to it and never really given it much thought.

A good EQ in your music player (like Jet Audio has) does a good job of making music sound richer too. But you sound like the sort of bloke who already knew this! Just saying.

There's always a trade off in the device you buy, but so far I am happy with the Note 4 specs.

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[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
My reasons for pulling out:

1. Stupid delays

2. Estore offer inconsistent

3. Disparity with the Processors (Exynos and Snapdragon)

I'm fine with the design, and the screen also being nice and sharp. The slight colour shift doesn't bother me, heck it's still much better than the best LCD.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] apprentice:
You said you will wait for the Note 5 but who's to say you won't have all these problems next year? And are you not cutting your nose off to spite your face? Pulling out will not make Samsung or the eStore change their attitude in any way and you will miss out on most certainly the best phone of 2014.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
It's tricky,, I've gotten used to the audio,, it's true,, we adapt. But when I listen to my Note 2 I get frustrated because I know Samsung could revert to that and have richer audio like they used too.. via the external speaker.

I've seen the release map,, yeah UK should have been on the 10th.. Now the 17th.. It's not inspiring,, but no doubt when I get my hands on one in store, i'll want it..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] apprentice:
Ha! Yes you hit the nail on the head. I remember delays of several months when I ordered my brand new car. It was frustrating, annoying and I got to the point of thinking that I will just cancel the order and buy something else already on the forecourt. But I held off and took delivery of my shiny new Alfa Romeo and on that day completely erased my hatred towards my dealership and those Italian car manufacturers! We are just 4 or 5 days away from having this phone in our hands. Hang in there mate and I am sure you will buy and be more than happy!

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[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
It's true mate.. I'll be gagging for it when I walk into Carphone warehouse on Friday.. Have read that the audio is louder,, and a bit better than the Note 3..that'll work for me.. Have tried Jet player just now,, am liking that,, yeah roll on Friday ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Poweramp is way better then jet player. I just tried them both on Nexus 5, yeah I know the nexus 5 sucks in the audio dept but it's all I got til the N4 arrives. Go try poweramp you'll never look back.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] apprentice:
Weirdly I had Power Amp as my main player for a couple of years now and now also have JetAudio (the plus version) on my devices, I prefer the sound options in JetAudio you can do more tweaking and there are some cheap but powerful plug-ins you can download (Bongiovi plug-in is awesome). You can for example alter pitch and speed of a track. Power Amp interface is better and supports high resolution album art. I find myself switching between the two for various reasons!

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[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
I'll try both over time,, Jet player on my Note 3 is pretty acceptable. The Classic setting alone is already improving matters.. That bodes well for the Note 4 purchase..

What does bother me,, is paying £630 to Carphone Warehouse,, getting home,, opening the box and seeing a gap? Or other defect?

Far as I'm aware - once the box is opened.. No returns?

Anyone clear on that please?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markyboy81:
If there is a genuine defect, you can return it. If you bought online you can return within 7 days as per the distance selling regulations, and in most cases it doesn't matter if you've opened the box.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Batfink33:
I went into the Carphone Warehouse today (UK) and asked when they were getting stock in. The woman said "the 14th" and they were setting up their display table,it looked like the large tables they have in the Apple store, quite a large table for the store so it looks like Samsung are going "all out" for the launch. She said they should have sim free stock in store on day 1. Surprises me she said the 14th although she might have made a mistake.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
And I asked when in the Guildford CPW and they said 26th!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Batfink33:
Lol. CPW are in general terrible.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] apprentice:
Look at Carphonewarehouse returns policy, they are fairly reasonable. You are (as someone else said) covered by distance selling regulations which allow you 7 days after the first day you receive the goods. If you buy direct from Samsung they give you a generous 28 days, I returned my Galaxy K Zoom on the 26th day and got a full refund. I swapped for a different colour! If buying from the shop it's reasonable you can inspect before you buy.

However... truthfully you are not going to be taking it back mate, this gap crap is just that. It's been blown out of all proportion. Also, I have bought countless phones from cpw and most of them Samsung without any issue. So stop worrying lol

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[Galaxy Note 4 General] captainbirdseye86:
I have found them ok so far. They cancelled my upgrade with no issue, because it was based on a number of which i had changed shortly after i made a pre-order with them. I have now done by pre-order with them again using my new number and the phone will be delivered to the store in time for Friday 17th. Oh and they are cheap to, the cheapest when it comes to the only decent provider in the UK, which is EE. Their contract upgrade price was 38.99 a month EE Extra 4gb, unlimited texts and calls. 900 total cost of contract for a 525 phone, not bad.

To the person who said the 14th....that matches up with what Carphone Warehouse in Cambridge (Grafton Centre) told me, that they are expecting the stock on Tuesday.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Batfink33:
They've been OK with me in returning products. The shop that told me it was the 14th was in Glasgow, the 26th date seems way wrong (its even a Sunday).
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Galaxaster:
Back on Amazon UK

Note 4 is back on Amazon in the UK:

SAMSUNG SM-N910FZK GALAXY NOTE 4 BLACK is available for £766.00! :eek:

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 4G Phablet UK SIM-Free Smartphone - Gold is on at £599.00 to release on October 15th.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] apprentice:
That's just ridiculous! As much as I love the Note 4 no way would I pay that much, stock will be available on launch day somewhere, if not pretty soon after. You would have to be a mug to pay over the eStore price (which itself is high) or just have a huge stash of money you don't know what to do with.

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[Galaxy Note 4 General] MISSDIVA:
As its a 3rd Seller,the riddiculous prices comes as no surprise. I'm hoping to get mine from EE/T-Mobile in a few weeks time as I'm sure the price will be lower due to the Iphone 6 frenzy.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] The Divide:
Just seen this https://uk.news.yahoo.com/t-mobile-shipping-samsung-galaxy-note-4-select-094519258.html

Not sure if it's legit. Hopefully it is and others will do the same
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
If the Note 5 is as bad or even worse, I'll just wait for the Note 6, hahaha.... :eek:

There's bound to be problems every phone release anyway, and the Note is always the best phone of the year.

There are also other things like battery not up to the challenge with powering twice the amount of pixels, resulting low SOT.

I will at least just delay my purchase for a month, and see if it's still worth buying in a month's time.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] clax6:
I've taken this offer through e2save you can't grumble at that price. Just a shame it's only 1gb of data and that the bolt ons are poor value
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rilldeverill:
Screen protector

Does anyone know whether you need to bother with screen protectors?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
Carphone warehouse in Oxford have the Note 4 down as being released tomorrow. Salesman wasn't really convinced tho.. But said there's a slim chance but more likely Friday..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markyboy81:
I think it depends really, major scratches won't be an issue but I always tend to get micro scratches which are only visible in bright light. If you can live with them, I wouldn't bother with a screen protector. Personally I won't put one on as I always know it's there and most times get air bubbles!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] geovass:
Just received the following email from Samsung.

"I can confirm that we are expecting to get the Note 4's shipped out to customer for the 17th of October.*"
[Galaxy Note 4 General] bonerp:
went into Samsungs store in cribbs yesterday and they had them out on display. They are being released Thursday in the Samsung stores and posted for Friday delivery.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SquidgyB:
It's here! In my hands! Ordered on Thursday afternoon from Hong Kong, here on Monday - I'm impressed. :good:

CPUZ shows it's the Exynos version, as stated on the box. It was completely un-touched (seal unbroken). Unlocked, no need to faff around with sim cards - I did have to change the language from Chinese, but that was the first drop down while setting up, so no problem there. :good:

There's no gap. I won't try to bend it. It's... massive. I've come from an S3 - the screen on the N4 is as big as my old phone.

£535, and a week early. I'm very, very happy.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markyboy81:
Excellent news! And good price too!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
Good for you, pleased it all worked out!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] geovass:
Great News!

The device I presume is unlocked, right?

So, the region lock is not affecting the NOTE 4?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SquidgyB:
It doesn't seem to affect the Exynos version at least.

I must admit I was a little apprehensive about buying from the far east. I'm glad it worked out all ok too! :victory:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Good to hear it arrived so fast. Let us know how your 3G/4G connection is, because this post is saying he's in France, have the Exynos version from HK, but not getting 3G or 4G signal.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55995173&postcount=47
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SquidgyB:
I'm getting HSDPA fine - ~4.5Mbps down, 4 up. Dunno if lack of 4G is down to signal or not...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] whofch:
Did the site ever inform you that it had been dispatched? Mine is still sitting on packaging and delivering soon.

Good for you though, good news ^^
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SquidgyB:
Yeah, I got an email with DHL tracking (very accurate and detailed compared to most tracking I've seen).

I also received a mail replying to some questions I had re. VAT (of which I paid nothing, or at least either eglobalcentral paid it legitimately, or they bung orders through and pay off the VAT afterwards) - in the reply they did have this sentence:

So I'm guessing they have some demand for the Exynos export... When did you order?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] whofch:
Hmm, just after midnight on Thursday/Friday morning. I received an email later on the Friday saying that it would be shipping soon and a reply to a mail asking if it would work in the UK but no other updates or status changes.

Might give them a poke and ask when dispatch can be expected.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SquidgyB:
Hrm, I ordered on Thursday afternoon at around 16:30 (UK time). Maybe that stock was all bought up by the time you ordered? Hope it arrives soon in any case.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] lawtq:
Congratulations man! What site did you get this version from? 2 working days is excellent. This version just excites me more.

So to confirm hope getting no 4G?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] whofch:
228

Just been on their live chat an it's apparently just been sent today. Hopefully it comes as quickly as yours did (without the weekend getting in the way of course!)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jayjay2244:
I was on the edge of importing the exynose , but I think I'm glad I didn't due to the lack of warranty. Also Snapdragon normally has better battery life but that may be different in the n4. Still no news from Clove though :(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SquidgyB:
eglobalcentral claim to give a 24 month warranty - I don't know how much hassle it'll be if anything does go wrong, but my phone should be covered on home insurance too (I need to check what they say about imports and such, but the way I see it it shouldn't matter with respect to home insurance - it's an item I own, regardless of where it came from).

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I got mine from www.eglobalcentral.com - I did pay extra for the quick delivery, well worth it imho.

I can't confirm 4G or lack of 4G at the moment, I have no devices that have 4G, so I'm not sure if it's signal in the building or a band issue. That said - I'm in the town where the Vodafone HQ is located - signal around here is usually pretty decent. I'll update if I discover anything pertinent either way.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] lawtq:
Thanks and look forward to your findings. Boring snapdragon 805. But who knows, it may be just as good
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
4G also depends if your subscription is on Vodafone's Red 4G. If not, you can't get 4G signal.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jonstatt:
I am assuming the imported one is a the "c" variant sm-910c . It should work fine on 4G here as I understand it does support the UK LTE frequencies, but it will be slightly speed limited due to a cat 4 LTE modem vs the Snapdragon cat 6 LTE modem. As you correctly say, it does need an account enabled for it! Three is the only network I believe where you can just put any old Three SIM in and it will just work.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
I apologise for going off topic now, but I was just comparing the the LTE bands on UK's Snapdragon vs HK's Exynos. Vodafone uses LTE bands 7 (2600MHz) and 20 (800MHz).

According to the LTE bands the chipsets support:

UK Snapdragon: B1(2100), B2(1900), B3(1800), B4(AWS), B5(850), B7(2600), B8(900), B17(700), B20(800)

HK Exynos: B1(2100),B2(1900),B3(1800),B4(AWS),B5(850),B7(2600),B8(900),B28(700)

As seen above, the Snapdragon has both band 7 and 20. The HK Exynos has just band 7. Would someone with mobile network knowledge and expertise explain the implications of just having band 7 for Vodafone 4G user? I'm on Voda, so would be nice to know before I take interest on the Exynos.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SquidgyB:
Mine's a SM-N910U. I'm just waiting for Vodafone to give me a ring back so I can check the account is set up for 4G - I changed from a normal contract to Sim-only 4G only last week, so there might be something that needs to be done on their end to get it working...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jonstatt:
Damn...you are right...I read the specs too quickly. Vodafone is currently using the 800 MHz frequency according to a blog I found....not the 2.6GHz one yet. I am finding unreliable specifications for the SM-910C and SM-910U. Where are you finding the proper specs?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] apprentice:
OMG... no... please don't start a screen protector thread .. you (we) will never hear the last of it! If you do please consider doing it under a new post in the general section, as this post has been useful for keeping tabs on launch dates and prices.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mideon:
Saying in stock for delivery next day on the EE website :o
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SquidgyB:
That's interesting - I'd like to know where the specs for the N910U came from too - the site I bought it off listed the networks as such:

4G Network:

800MHZ, 850MHZ, 900MHZ, 1800MHZ, 2100MHZ, 2600MHZ

If the 800MHz band is actually missing from the N910U, then that would explain my current issues with 4G. Not a biggie in my book, I hardly ever use mobile data and rely on wifi most of the time. That said, I'd like to see confirmation of the supported bands on different models.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
I'll call a bit later to check but I think 16th will be earliest as I think Samsung wanted all thier suppliers to ship for the 17th so not surprising some already have stock.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
I pulled the LTE frequecies from Samsung UK site and Samsung HK site.

Just go to Samsung site, then change the region from the bottom-right corner of the front page. Just checked Singapore version and it's already slightly different eventhough it is Snapdragon:

Band 1 (2100MHz), Band 2 (1900MHz), Band 3 (1800MHz), Band 4 (1700MHz), Band 5 (850MHz), Band 7 (2600MHz), Band 8 (900MHz)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
Spoke to EE and they said they will deliver on 17th because Samsung won't let them deliver earlier.

I personally have had a nightmare with ordering the Note 4. I was called by the Samsung Experience Store Stratford and offered a free Gear 2 with Gold Note 4. Then Samsung E - store misinterpreted my question about if my online order could be cancelled at this late point and they thought I asked it to be cancelled so lost my free Gear Fit. So called the Stratford Experience Store to oder from them and was told Gear 2 offer no longer available!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jj03:
Just ordered mine on an upgrade from cpw/ee . Unltd txt, minutes and 10 gig data. £43 a month. Phone free. Not bad.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mideon:
Thats pretty good
[Galaxy Note 4 General] bronx:
Hi. Ordered mine today - ee, unltd txt and min, 10gb data, £38.99 a month, £79.99 for the black one. Tried to force retention department to go even lower, but that was their bottom line. Ain't too bad I guess... ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
What are ee like? I'm tempted by them - I'm currently with 3 tho, Sim only plan £18.90 a month all can eat data 600 mins unlimited texts,, not very good 4g here to.

Was thinking of buying the Note 4 outright from carphone warehouse £630..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] :
Already posted what I got of ee. Free phone unlimited calls and texts and 3gb data £40 a month. Wish I could have got 10gb data, best they offered me was 5gb
[Galaxy Note 4 General] The Divide:
If you take up home broadband with ee you get an additional 10gb of mobile data. That's was I did and got a decent router (better signal than my previous talk talk one)

Just a thought
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jah:
But clove.co.uk it is £575
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JCM800:
Have seen that, but read dodgy reviews about them (and good ones) but I remember the dodgy ones..