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[Galaxy S6 General] RCJ89:
I am the same, ive been told tomorrow or wednesday the earliest. I guess next time we should never order on a friday or over the weekend.
[Galaxy S6 General] hunhool:
Anybody else ordered the 128GB version apart from me?

Contacted to several companies about the release date, and there is no confirmed date... However a guy at cpw says 15th of May, affordablemobiles says the last week of April.
[Galaxy S6 General] RCJ89:
Samsung are bad at releasing phones, (sorry to go OT) this is one area where I rate apple more because they announce their phone and within 2-3 weeks all models and colours iirc are availble to the customer and not just the base model.

With Samsung they announce a phone and then 4-5 weeks later it is available but only in base model the 32/64GB not being widely available but atleast the base model allowed for memory cards.

This s6 launch is a joke, shops other than Samsung store or bigger carphone warehouse stores are selling the S6 mainly on contract and only 32GB model in black or white no gold available yet. S6 Edge is only on contract anywhere I have asked bar the samsung store.

every store I have called up and alot of online sites stating 64GB in any colour as May thats 2 months after announcement

Gold 32GB again around may

128GB in any colour again around may

I think samsung should have made these models especially 32 (25GB) and 64 (55GB) models more readily available considering the lack of memory card.

As 25GB of memory may suffice for alot of people but I know there is also alot of people who will want a bigger size than that and don't want to rely on cloud storage (as I have witnessed in alot of stores in the past week) and have been excited for the phone since March 1st.

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I was initially going to order the 128GB but when they said some time in may probably, I just said forget it
[Galaxy S6 General] ste1164:
My replacement 32GB black is arriving today between 10:42 and 11:42 :)
[Galaxy S6 General] Protagoras:
I did, still have my preorder open on Amazon.de, but it's always the same with Samsung. They tease a bigger version, it never comes. I hope this time it won't be vaporware, as without the SD card, I need the 128GB.
[Galaxy S6 General] tiptop10:
My S6 just came. No issues with it so far, no scratches. THIS THING IS BEAUTIFUL! I have a family of iphone 6 users and imo this thing trumps them all. its so thin, and the glass back makes it less slick and overall way nicer to hold. I love it.

edit: a shame about the finger prints/smudges though :(
[Galaxy S6 General] marcochapita:
So the phone released on 10th of April and 1 working day, because I don't count 11,12 it was weekend you say samsung was a joke upon release. If I do remember correctly when apple released the iPhone 6 it was right from day one out of stock in stores and took a whole week from them to refill the stock. So sometimes it happens, was the same with Motorola with moto360 and when I pre order my s5 I received day 1. Sometimes it goes well sometimes it doesn't. Just have to be patient. In some countries isn't even out yet lol.
[Galaxy S6 General] Outcasst:
Does anybody have a problem with colour shift on this screen? Turning the phone even just a little bit makes the colours on the screen look very cold, blueish-green. Only really can be seen on a light coloured background.
[Galaxy S6 General] stephen1992:
Can I ask what status your order is on the Samsung website? Also did you get another email saying that your phone has been dispatched?
[Galaxy S6 General] RCJ89:
My point is you cannot get a 32GB in Gold or a 64/128GB in any colour to buy from the shops and even most online places the earliest they have is the end of April - May, so that is not 1 working day from April 10th.

If you read my post properly you would realise I am not talking about my specific order which was down to luck anyway due to limited stock online even, as 20mins after I made my order the black was out of stock again and the following morning Gold was out of stock, white is 24th April.

The iphone 6 was out of stock due to high demand and a whole week to refil is still 3 weeks after announcement not 2 months.

So yes it is a joke.
[Galaxy S6 General] ste1164:
Seems to happen with the note also when I had it. I think its normal!
[Galaxy S6 General] Awais321:
Just been told by samsung customer service that as I ordered after 4pm Friday my edge will be delivered Tuesday and Wednesday at the latest. The courier will text on the morning of delivery and other than that the only way to track is check order status on the website
[Galaxy S6 General] LoverOfTech:
Have had my S6 for about two hours. This one works.
[Galaxy S6 General] tiptop10:
It says "dispatched" and has said that since morning. I got an email letting me know it was out for delivery and it gave me a time slot.
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
rung and they said prob thursday because of stock issues…..
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
Thanks.

Do you mind me asking how you would go about ensuring that buying from a private seller wouldn't result in being scammed?

I would like to buy from ebay/gumtree, but I'm afraid I might get scammed - happened to me on phone I bought before, where the seller had the phone insured and then three months after I bought it from him, he reported the phone as stolen and then claimed it on his insurance! The phone was then subsequently black listed on the networks.

Is there any way to mitigate the risk?
[Galaxy S6 General] gtg465x:
This is normal for Samsung's latest AMOLED screens. The Note 4 did it as well. One of the only things IPS LCDs are still better at unfortunately.
[Galaxy S6 General] uktechguru:
I seem to remember that the launch of iPhone 6/6+ was troubled with lack of availability and that people were on the website for days waiting for the site to show up availability for certain models at their stores. I know because my brother had this problem. The higher models (64/128gb) were low in availability and would quickly run out when people reserved for instore pickup. Online dates slipped by a month to 6 weeks.

The same thing happened to the launch of Nexus 6. Delayed for 6 weeks after the supposed launch.

It's not just Samsung, other manufacturers have the exact problem with forecasting sales.
[Galaxy S6 General] uktechguru:
If you buy from eBay you've got protection. If the seller does anything out of the norm then eBay will refund the whole amount to you. You just have to open a case up, even if it's outside the protection period. You're safer buying on eBay than gumtree.

I bought my surface pro 3 from eBay at a great price and was a bit dubious but there's nothing wrong with it and I registered with Microsoft without problems. The best thing in all circumstances is to buy from reputable sites like eBay and also always register your products on the manufacturers site.
[Galaxy S6 General] RCJ89:
What phone and colour
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
I said earlier in the thread but its S6 Edge 64gb gold. was ordered on friday too.
[Galaxy S6 General] marcochapita:
Finally someone agrees with me. I can't pronounce yet because the release in Portugal is on the next Friday but, the guy from the store just told me yesterday when I put the reserve on the gold edge. 'so we see you in Friday for the pickup of the device'
[Galaxy S6 General] trancem:
That is awful. Can't believe some phones have it and some dont. Samsung need to fix this. It's nothing major but massively annoying
[Galaxy S6 General] uktechguru:
This is a direct quote from an article online from ubergizmo, written a few days after the pre order launch of iPhone 6/6+:

"It was recently reported that due to the overwhelming demand for the new iPhones, Foxconn has reportedly been stretched pretty thin and that pre-order estimates had quickly slipped to 3-4 weeks in a day when the phones went on pre-order. In the meantime we guess if the iPhone 6 Plus is what you’re after, you could be in for a hunt."

The above is referring to pre orders only, so there were problems even before the phones were available in shops.

It's all about forecasting sales against stock production. Samsung have had problems and have been reported to have ramped up production of units. There were some who didn't like the idea of no micro sd and no removable battery resulting in some thinking that this would hurt Samsung, but it's the total opposite. The Nexus 6 had to do with updating stock every Wednesday for purchase in America to appease purchasers. There are loads of examples about manufacturers not forecasting properly or simply being overwhelmed by the interest. They're already saying in articles that the s6/s6 edge were outselling the s5 from last year so this years flagship is selling above expected sales.

I don't think it's fair to say it's a joke. Try launching a product and watching demand exceed expectations. There is no way that anyone can forecast a particular model to do better than another. We all want different options and, as we've seen on this thread, people have changed their minds about colour and which s6 variant they want. Yeah OK some have been because of stock availability but there were some stores that had all models on pre order (e.g. carphone warehouse). I agree Samsung should have had all the variants in stock for pre order on their site but that wouldn't have been a good strategy as not everyone buys sim free and not everyone would want to buy directly from Samsung. Most sales are contract sales. It only seems like the sim free option is popular on this thread because most have bought sim free but if you look at the bigger picture, it's a different story. Samsung will most probably have allocated most of the stock to networks rather than their online store. It's like Nexus 6 on Google play store, they didn't have the higher models in stock at all until everything died down. The only retailer who had all of the variants was carphone warehouse, who also had exclusivity for the white version. No one else had it and as I mentioned above, the sales exceeded expectations which led to delays and low availability.

It's not going to be the end of the world if the phone you want isn't available yet. It's not like they will stop production or remove it from the market. You can wait for the version you want and stay on a rolling 30 day sim only contract. When the version you want is available, upgrade and you'll get what you wanted.

I'm only commenting to provide a measured and balanced review of product launches so please don't take this as an attack or anything :) :)
[Galaxy S6 General] WazzaF:
You was told the phone will be delivered on Thursday Kur0ya? When?
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
I rung the 0330 SAMSHOP number (something like that). He said stock issue and they will probably released wednesday for thursday delivery. He sounded quite sure and I said "so definately be sometime this week then?" and he said "yes."

I hope one of my cases and screen protectors gets here before i get phone...
[Galaxy S6 General] WazzaF:
Yeah I called the 0330 number to and was told tomorrow. Typical customer service not knowing what there on about.
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
does this mean that they actually don't have any in stock and are waiting for deliveries? ugh…
[Galaxy S6 General] ste1164:
Thing with apple is for the iPhone 6 they have had all models to everywhere at once, but they sold out quickly. Samsung have stock but only in certain devices. Samsungs method seems messier and will cause more disappointment.
[Galaxy S6 General] WazzaF:
There's no point stressing about the delivery . I know it will arrive at some point this week and I know UKMail will text me on the morning of the delivery. That's all I'm concerned about.
[Galaxy S6 General] deadite66:
email from the samsung shop

nice.
[Galaxy S6 General] uktechguru:
The advisors on the 0330 number are staff working at Ventura so aren't Samsung staff per se. They give out a load of rubbish info when you call them. Like [MENTION=6582196]WazzaF[/MENTION] said, no point worrying. You've got your order in so sit back and relax and you'll get your phone son enough :)
[Galaxy S6 General] Awais321:
I've just been texted by UK mail to say my delivery will come tomorrow

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Just checked my order status on samsung website too. It now has a tracking number next to preparing to dispatch

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Hope the rest of you who ordered Friday get the same message
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
Just got the text, its coming tomorrow. got tracking, going to see what it says

also check website, its updated too

Your parcel xxxxxxxxxxxx is Awaiting Collection
[Galaxy S6 General] Awais321:
It says awaiting collection which I assume means from Samsung warehouse by UK mail?
[Galaxy S6 General] RCJ89:
Got a text from UK mail, tomorrow it is.

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That is what I was trying to get at. Not all models/colours being available at the same time.

If it was a case of they had stock but all sold out it would be different but it seems their main focus was on manufacturing 32GB in black and white.
[Galaxy S6 General] WazzaF:
Same here! Funny how I made that comment and about an hour or so later I get that text, lol.

When I click on the link on samsungs website its works fine but when I do via the text it doesn't work properly.

The status now displays "Dispatched" on the Samsung website.
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
yeah typical. I have got to pop into work tomorrow, will only go in to clock in then go home lol.... depot is quite far so im thinking midday delivery but that depends on how many drop offs the guy/girl has
[Galaxy S6 General] WazzaF:
Just got an email from Samsung 2 stating that my order has been dispatched
[Galaxy S6 General] Awais321:
Where's the depot?

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I haven't been emailed by samsung but it now says dispatched on my order status
[Galaxy S6 General] mupet0000:
My Mobicity order is shipping:

Hi, Your order has shipped: it left our central overseas warehouse yesterday and will go directly into the Royal Mail network early in the week. Once in the Royal Mail network, it should be with you the following day (at which point your Royal Mail tracking number ************* will show activity online). Your free accessory pack will follow by post shortly. Thanks for your order, and we hope you enjoy your new tech! Thanks MobiCity UK

:good::good::good: Exciting! :laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S6 General] WazzaF:
Check your emails. I wouldn't worry if you haven't mate. As long as you've got a tracking number and dispatched next to it.
[Galaxy S6 General] Awais321:
Yeah just been emailed too pal
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
I live near canary wharf so dartford for me (london)
[Galaxy S6 General] Stan3k:
Ordered late Thursday evening (64GB black) and have received text and email saying it is about to be dispatched, and now also have tracking number.
[Galaxy S6 General] ermacwins:
So how much is everyone paying?
[Galaxy S6 General] ste1164:
By the looks that most are from the samsung store it will be £599.99 for the 32. £660 for the 64 and £760 for the 64 edge.
[Galaxy S6 General] RCJ89:
I have paid £660 S6 64GB
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
S6 Edge 64gb gold £740

used quidco: http://www.quidco.com/user/1950160/2018671/

got 3% cashback
[Galaxy S6 General] kinghu:
Hard to say for sure but £31/m on o2 with £59.99 upfront. Total £803.99 over the two years.

That's on unlim/unlim/3gb data. Equivalent SIMO is about £20/m (£18 for 2gb data or £23 for 4gb data) so roughly £480 for the airtime leaving a device cost of about £323.99.

I know the SIMO value will likely decrease over time but still a decent price compared to £599 SIM free cost. o2 unlock immediately (takes a few weeks) for free too.

-- from my S6
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
yayyy
[Galaxy S6 General] ste1164:
Well unfortunately I had to get a 3rd s6 as my 2nd one had screen issues. This one is good thankfully. I think I was sent the avengers edition by mistake (I'm not complaining)
[Galaxy S6 General] Awais321:
What screen issues did u have.. What should we look out for? And what do we do if we find issues?
[Galaxy S6 General] rikz112:
Well I got my S6 EDGE IN GOLD 64GB yesterday from EE and all i can say is WOWW had the S2 and S4 previously and this thing is a monster!! I LOVE IT LOL
[Galaxy S6 General] LoverOfTech:
24h on..

Great phone,battery life seems great for me so far. You can now place phone calls if you have S voice on without any wifi/3G/4G connection, unlike Note 4.

The phone watches your usage and changes the up/downtime accordingly. I personally like smart manager.
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
The s6 appears to be selling for £499 (32gb) at the moment in EE stores (don't think it's online):

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samsung-galaxy-s6-499-99-ee-instore-2185616
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
just got it, scared to open…! got £30 voucher with it

going to take it outside to inspect it, looks immaculate… its even sunny in london, all is going well.

its all good… its more platinum than gold (more chrome, everyone has seen the chrome cars right?), might be because of sunlight.
[Galaxy S6 General] uktechguru:
Quick tip for anyone with s6/s6 edge if your phone hangs.

With the back of the phone being non removable you can't do a simple battery pull as we all know. There is, however, a way to reboot the Galaxy S6 when it freezes for no apparent reason. You have to do a simple three-button combination which doesn’t take more than a few seconds. Press and hold volume down+home+ power to restart the device. That will reboot your phone.

Credit to sammobile
[Galaxy S6 General] redegan82:
Just Rang Vodafone and they have now told me that its gonna be weeks before the 128gb is available so i have cancelled my order. they should have told me this from day 1 and i would have ordered the 64gb. I am so annoyed as i ordered on the 26th March and rang up numerous times and been on vodafone chat about 5 or 6 times and every time they told me that i am in a que and i should get my phone soon. So i rang samsung and they have told me that vodafone should not have told me a delivery date of the 10th as there is no stock of this handset anywhere so god knows why Vodafone are telling customers it is available when even samsung dont have it. I still have a year of my current contract with them but im seriously thinking of buying out that contract and moving to another network thats how mad i am with them. Has anybody else been told anything different from Vodafone !!!!
[Galaxy S6 General] Awais321:
At work till 7. Mines at home unopened. Everything good with yours?
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
yeah the update said to hold sleep for 7 sec if phone freezes. my first android device, currently watching noobie youtube videos :/

is there a way to decrease sensitivity? I wanna like touch screen for it to recognise a touch because atm its like touching 1cm away and it recognises it as input

just updated phone, said optimising app 233/233, and I havent even downloaded an android app in my life

yep, I suspect yours will be too! I posted in the other scratched screen forum (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60105698&postcount=690)
[Galaxy S6 General] uktechguru:
Welcome to android! I promise you that you'll love it once you start finding out the tips and tweaks you can do. Android is way better. I asked someone why they're with apple and the reply was "because it's simple!"

The update does take a while on first boot but you'll be OK. Those apps are most probably system apps etc along with apps already installed. Go through the application manager and either disable or uninstall the apps you don't need or use.
[Galaxy S6 General] Kur0ya:
tried to sync contacts to googlemail account but like somehow I've lost it all on my phone. :/

actually going to post on Facebook and find a friend who will teach me android… like youtube videos are like just so slow paced. figuring stuff out isn't hard just need to be shown the android ways. so not used to this back button thing, sometimes forget its there and get stuck on screens
[Galaxy S6 General] WazzaF:
All ok with mine to. Really nice phone. Glad I picked the gold one now
[Galaxy S6 General] RCJ89:
Finally got in from work and set up my S6, what a awesome peice of kit. I am so glad i chose the gold color it looks fantastic.

Furthermore what is with all the avengers stuff lol.
[Galaxy S6 General] yvibes:
I don't know about the gold. In the sunlight it looks like a mirror. Can anyone confirm that?
[Galaxy S6 General] darrenjdoc:
Sorry in advance but I have searched. Does anyone know if the blue is coming into stock soon?
[Galaxy S6 General] RCJ89:
It does indeed look like a mirror in direct light but its just a fantastic colour that suits both s6s so well. I can't believe I was going to get a black one.
[Galaxy S6 General] ste1164:
Apparently not until sometime in june :(
[Galaxy S6 General] uktechguru:
Anyone who didn't get a free Samsung wireless charging pad with their order, I would suggest this as an alternative:

Qifull QT31 Qi Wireless 3-Coils Free Adjustable Folding Charging Pad

The Samsung pad gives an average of 500mA (with a max of 1000mA) and the QiFull one I have suggested has an average of 1330mA (max of 1500mA) and has three coils to increase charging speed. It's also a desktop stand and is very stable.

Search on Amazon, it's cheaper at £29.95 as opposed to £35 for the Samsung one. There are others a lot cheaper if you are looking for one but the one I've suggested above is the best I've used and is comparable to a wired connection!

It is sent via a UK address but comes from China. You won't get charged any extra for import or taxes. And postage is free!
[Galaxy S6 General] razor 116:
Well just realized when cleaning my screen to put on a new screen protector that there is dust under the front facing camera, Quite noticeable actually don't know how I missed it when I applied the first screen protector the day I got the phone. Look like I'll have to get a replacement, Luckily there's a Carphone Warehouse very close to me. Also almost forgot everyone have a look at the back of their phone that glass, does yours have imperfections e.g. bumps, Found one bump on mine above the rear camera. This is only noticeable at an angle.
[Galaxy S6 General] manook:
Just got a text from three saying they have my s6 standard 64gb black in early and has been despatched. Will receive tomorrow. Result.
[Galaxy S6 General] mouzam:
I have received the same message.
[Galaxy S6 General] stephen1992:
Finally got my S6 delivered today and loving it so far. Coming from a HTC One X so it was certainly needed change. First time on 4G and I'm with EE. Would get somewhere around -91 dBm to -81 dBm at home with T-Mobile/EE on the One X which I can't complain with and I'm more or less getting that with the S6 on 3G. When it comes to 4G my signal is noticeable low in the exact same place roughly between -105 dBm to -113 dBm. Is the normal or what? According to the EE coverage checker my area has been enabled for 4G double speed for months so surprised to see such a poor signal.