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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Blues fan:
As I have said before this is expected. Last year when I ordered the Note, 6 days before I got it I was charged. I would expect delivery Next Thur.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] amyf27:
I receive $50 credit only because TMobile had some kind of a system error and it took literally 5 days to resolve it before my pre-order for the s8plus would go through
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] 954wrecker:
I agree, but I think we are in for another 7 days and 1000 repeats of the text message and card charged BS
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] amyf27:
I don't mind seeing those messages especially if they share their location as in the state, how they ordered as in Samsung or T-Mobile, and when they pre-ordered which of the two phones and what date they pre-ordered
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] siggystyle:
I hear you... I am not a JOD customer, so I think it is a moot arguement in my case... Frankly, if the terms state that plan shouldn't have a DP, then I would be upset and seeking the credit too...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] cbutters:
I don't mind them either... It's depressing if you hit refresh and nothing new has happened on the thread... anything to keep it rollin. :highfive:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] MicroMod777:
Not till I get my text n charge!!!! :)))) lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Cyberguycpt:
I like coming to the board and seeing 30 new post.. lol. I'm like omg what happened, what happened. Lmao.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] siggystyle:
No soldier gets left behind.........
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] jutaejrtouch:
What do I have to gain by lying? SMDH! I'm 48 not 14.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] easyguy:
While we sit here and wait, watch this video. Battery life test S8+ vs iPhone7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMC_zo_Ge3w
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] debbie1420:
I'm sorry but that isn't that the whole point of this thread people waiting on the phone. Getting excited about it. Preorder nd shipment waiting. Obviously poeple are excited. I'm glade everyone is posting it lets me know things are finally moving along lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] smirk838:
I got my text at 12:50pm. Sf bay area, ca. I ordered 3/30 12am
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Semantics:
I have JUMP 2. All the theories about who is getting it first are just random thoughts. Nobody knows the method to T-Mobile's madness and trying to figure it out is unlikely. We'll all have the phone by next week sometime. Enjoy the ride, boys and girls.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] haqone:
the battery test video is very promising!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] noggind614:
Received the text earlier today. Placed pre-order on T-Mobile within minutes of going live. No charge yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] debbie1420:
I ordered the orchid grey s8 and recieve the text and im not to sure about charged yet. Why would they only be doing s8 and not plus though?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] GoogleFan:
I heard it's launching without bixby which I don't mind cause I was going to map the dedicated button to google assistant anyway. But I think it's funny and further insinuates Samsung truly did rush this phone to the market. I know one thing. If this phone catches on fire they are going to be in trouble.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] angry english:
Heads up about my previous post about tracking, it was my Google home from the G6 Promo even though it says TMobile
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] bigmase23:
True, but it gets rather redundant.. don't u think bro?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] SBERG117:
See I told ya things would get interesting again.....LOL!!!

On a side note I inquired about the VR headset and was told like last year we had to wait to get the device so we can get the IMEI number off the box to reserve the gift with.

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Nothing will be shipped till the date set to be shipped... We went through this last year.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Nonbiasedhippo:
Doesn't Tmobile ship early a lot though?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] HtcOnekid:
T-mobile is giving me hell to do a JOD on my lines cause i have the G6 and the system doesn't allow it to go through :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Nonbiasedhippo:
LOL why didn't you wait to see what the S8 was gonna be like?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] LuigiBull23:
I meant no disrepect to you. I even caught it and tried editing my post before you can see the original. I apologize.

As for their policy, I have seen that line you quoted and this whole time I thought "base models" meant the base memory size of the phone, not the base phone and it's price.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] KOLIOSIS:
If one plans on keeping the S8+ for the long-term,say 18 months or more,I'd be in agreement to bite the bullet.

But,for a shorter term lease,such as JOD,that'd average out to a rather high monthly payment.

I changed my mind,but,if one wants the phone enough......

Only phone I'd even consider plunking down that much for a lease is a Note.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] SBERG117:
If they do by chance then great but don't expect it... Everyone went crazy last year expecting it to be shipped early and it shipped when it said it would ship.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Kid84:
I remembered I was got my S7 Edge 1 week early ...

But Note 7 was ship by the day T Mobile said , no one else got early with Note 7

Hopefully S8 plus will be early like G6
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] bamfsig45:
I just pre-ordered the S8+. Paid for over night and had them credit my account the stupid upgrade fee.

Currently have the G6 but giving it to one of my kids.....damn crappy hand me downs :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] CB620:
I changed my plan to T-Mobile ONE for $100 with 2 lines; added a line and ordered the S8+; gonna cancel the line within 14 days before I get charged and move the S8+ over to my main line. I did this with my Note 5.

T-Mobile would not let me return or trade in my G6 so now I have to sale it and pay it off which is only $265
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] pinkie00200:
so I called this morning again to fix yesterday's mess. they did s8 regular jump instead of s8+ JoD after 3 hours and multiple calls which they couldn't cancel the wrong order and told me I had to wait 48 hrs and redo it! the rep this morning was very helpful, she cancel the wrong one and fixed it in 5 min! I signed the agreement right after. the whole process took only 10 min.

Please check your agreement before you sign as I know they are too many mistakes and you don't want to receive a wrong phone!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] easyguy:
Why dont you order the regular S8? no down payment for that. I'm reconsidering keeping my initial order of the S8 without down payment. My thought exactly, the only phone that I'm willing to make a down payment for is the Note lines. I dont see it being worth it with the S8 regular or plus. I think Samsung is holding back a lot of features so they can entice users back to buying the Note 8.

I'm going to the store today and order the JOD, they are charging me $20 for calling in and ordering over the phone (WTF?).

I wonder if the store have demo units of the S8 and the S8 Plus yet?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] TehKing:
Pre-ordered an Orchid Grey S8 this morning via [MENTION=259357]Tmobile[/MENTION]help on Twitter. I communicate through them exclusively when doing trades/upgrades and the process is always painless and seamless.

The line I ordered for is a JOD line, and I will be trading in my S7. No hitches, no hassles. Zero down, free overnight shipping. Now the waiting game begins. :D

I pre-ordered the S6 edge and it was in my hands a full month before official launch day. I expect that to be an anomaly and not the norm.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] easyguy:
lol we have identical experiences from last night and this morning.

The only difference is that my rep wanted to charge me $20 for ordering over the phone....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Nonbiasedhippo:
I feel like a lot of people have been getting their phones early in the past....did a simple search and found several forums with people getting phones weeks early.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] pinkie00200:
I think that rep wanted to charge the commission in advance from you lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] jayr04:
I called about 10 minutes early expecting a long hold time. The rep picked up immediately so they couldn't put my order in.

I call again at 9 and the rep with a heavy accent says I have to pre register online. I never heard that before but I go online anyway. But when I clicked upgrade, it says service unavailable.

So I call a 3rd, on hold for 15 minutes, and got my order in finally.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] DC2CA:
I appreciate that. I didn't mean to be overly harsh either.

I'm not sure how they define "base model". But I'm sure it's worded in a way to protect the company. I have no experience with JOD or JUMP but it seems like an interesting program so I may look into it and check out the policy this weekend.

I have a feeling my $50 simple shoice plan may not be eligible.

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You're lucky they could cancel. I ordered the wrong phone one time and called 5 minutes later trying to fix it and the rep couldn't do it. I had to wait for the phone to show up and return it to the store. It wasn't a pre-order but I was shocked they couldn't cancel an order.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] RMXO:
I pre-ordered last night around 8:57PM PST. The CS rep waited on the line for me to hit midnight EST before placing the order though. Very kind of her. I got the S8+ in Artic Silver and got it on JoD.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] CB620:
Overnight is free with the S8+
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] amyf27:
Probably on separate shipping pallets
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] MicroMod777:
Nooooo. We need to figure out this formula of madness!!! lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] debbie1420:
Yea I suppose lol im a girl bro. but it's an honest mistake im sure not to many girls on the xda lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] bigmase23:
Hahaha please except my apologies! Maybe I should call you sis? [emoji12]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] debbie1420:
Excepted! It makes sense...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] adamj546:
Both my black and orchid S8 pluses have been charged. There really isn't much to why they are working the order they do. Could be based on refiin, tenure, or neck spreadsheet with different associates starting in different places working thru orders.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] amyf27:
Hey I'll volunteer to help speed things up I'm pretty good with the computer and databases LOL
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] 954wrecker:
No big deal, we all knew it wasn't the phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] CB620:
Card charged and received text.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] pbelcomp:
Lies....oh wait, you have a picture, nevermind. Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] bigmase23:
Really Charlie..... [emoji17]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] tkmcguire1:
How long after you got the text did your card get charged? I got my text at about 3:45 pm central time,no charge yet though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] HtcOnekid:
Charlie do you have the flight tracking app ready to go?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] amyf27:
Lol I remember people doing it for the Note 7
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Nonbiasedhippo:
Haven't got charged yet, will probably get charged tomorrow.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] EVOme:
Serious much?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Joehen873:
Placed my oder through samsung and was just charged
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] EVOme:
What number were you? I'm 71xxx
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] bgolden84:
Card charged and I got the text yesterday. Can't wait to get my s8+. Order #73xxxx
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] DLovo313:
Order completed 3/31/2017 12:05am

Received message today, 4/12/2017 4:13pm.

Who has figured out the T-mobile shipping algorithm???View attachment 4110501
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] hagalah:
Pre-Ordered at 3/29 9:10pm PST SF Bay Area .

New user. Pay off.

Status still shows: Preorder

No text, not charged yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] linkinx64:
I got a text yesterday and charged today Apr 12, 2017 TMOBILE*TEL UPGRADE $181.00

my wife got a text today and has not been charged
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] funziebear:
Lame got a text and an email , stupid bank stopped the payment for fraud protection hopefully the recharge goes thru again later today or tomorrow . Make sure ubguys call your bank if you have fraud protection ahead of time
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] jutaejrtouch:
Much...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] MicroMod777:
You with US Bank??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Nonbiasedhippo:
Crap, my bank may do that too. Did T-Mobile tell you they would automatically try again? Or did you have to call them and arrange another payment.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] SBERG117:
Hmmmm that's interesting. I'm setup on autopay with TMO so I wonder if I'm clear from that happening.

I know when I did the N7 it went through with no issue so I'm hoping I'll be ok...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] mweinbach:
Has anyone gotten any emails from T-Mobile also? I was wondering if if they sent a receipt for it. It would also contain the IMEI number for it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] km8j:
I cant understand a scenario where T-Mobile sends a proactive text saying "we will ship early on 4/19" but they really ship even earlier than that...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] mweinbach:
I know right. They could ship them around Friday from my guess.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] funziebear:
With BofA and I had to call T-Mobile to reinstate the card but I told bank I was expecting that charge so they noted it , hopefully there's no more issues . And T-Mobile will re charge card I got an s8plus midnight black on launch day paid in full

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I had to call but I'm using same car since it's the only one I got and I know there's plenty of funds on it

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The rep I was talking might have slipped and told me they might get shipped well before that date but then he corrected himself reallll quick hahahaha

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From past orders the imei won't be on anything online till you receive phone and actually stick your sim in it but then you'll have the physical phone with it so hahahaha:silly:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] mweinbach:
Good to know. I do hope mine ships soon. But my mother, who has the account, doesn't have an email set up to it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Blues fan:
Crap, so I might have to wait until next week since I ordered from samsung.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Nonbiasedhippo:
I meant did T-Mobile call you after the card got declined? If you called and explained to them that it was the banks fault, did they say they would retry the card or did they run your card again over the phone ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] funziebear:
No T-Mobile sent me an email saying they tried to run my card but it didn't go thru and to call them to fix the issue and two mins later I got an email from bank asking if I knew what those charges where so I called both . T-Mobile re added the card and said i should check by tomorrow that it would or should be charged again . Fingers cross I guess will see the order stayed the same so none of that was messed with
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] androidsc:
Just called BofA on funziebear's advice to prevent any issues for the S8 and S8+ for me and my wife. Ordered today. This is why I love XDA
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Semantics:
Don't worry about it. We all have to wait til next week, regardless of where you ordered from.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] marinebio94:
Hey Semantics, go O's!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Oseis:
If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all...

9/2016: S7 Edge Radio failure

9/2016 - 10/2016: 5 refurbished warranty units returned

10/2016: Jumped to Note 7

10/2016: Note 7 recalled

10/2016: Jumped to IPhone 7

11/2016: Ran away from IPhone 7 and Jumped back to S7 Edge

02/2017: Still being charged for warranty devices

03/2017: Receive credit for 6 months of overcharge

04/04/2017: order S8+

04/08/2017: S7 Edge starts crapping out

04/10/2017: Lied to by Customer retention stating based on my history, toughing it out for the next 24-48 hours for my S8+ is the best option

04/12/2017(AM): Discovered the lie when inquiring why I haven't been charged yet and was convinced to upgrade my second line (my moms phone... I try to be a good son) to an S8 because I would get trade in credit for her phone. Placed the order online, no option to trade-in

04/12/2017(PM): Called TMo again to add the trade-in and discovered there is no trade-in for devices with a balance. Now I have to cancel the order, add JUMP to my Mom's line, wait 24 hours, and then upgrade to avoid double charges....

SMH
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Semantics:
They are giving me a heart attack tonight slowly blowing a 9-0 lead!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] mweinbach:
hopefully sooner
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Bom792:
Just got charged I paid full would put a screen shot but it's not on my card.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] marinebio94:
Can't trust Ubaldo, should've dumped him like we dumped Gallardo... But hey, at least our bats came alive. Mancini looks like a superstar tonight!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] MicroMod777:
Me next, me next!!!!! lol. No text, no charge, no bueno!!!!

Maybd if I tweet Trump he'll bump me to the front of the line. Or maybe call me a bad hombre! lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] km8j:
Guys, we aren't getting the phone till Thursday of next week earliest. Deal with it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Djapatos:
Even i know this is most likely true but part of me wants to believe otherwise :silly:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] HtcOnekid:
We will start getting it Monday
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Nonbiasedhippo:
Source lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] km8j:
The power of positive thinking does nothing to charge how fast TMobile ships something out or how much business risk they are willing to take to break the rules here
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] mweinbach:
I think Tuesday. If they have them packed, they want to ship them ASAP to clear room for morephones. I say we start getting them on the 18th.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] HtcOnekid:
What rules?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] M9x3mos:
I'm sure there were agreements with Samsung on shipping dates. Otherwise Samsung couldn't claim that their shipments would not be delivered before anyone else.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Blues fan:
So if Tmobile delivers on Thur, and Samsung says their shipments come before anyone else, does that mean us samsung.com people will get it before next thur then?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] M9x3mos:
If that claim was accurate, yes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] HtcOnekid:
Samsung says order via samsung.com and get it before stores so basically when they are physically in store and I also some where in the Samsung website " pre order the s8 and get it up to 8 days before release day at carrier dicrepction.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] tourbound129:
Samsung advertises 'get it before it's in store' so if samsung.com delivers by 4/20, they have done what they advertise. But it doesn't say get it before everyone else.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] mweinbach:
I dont think that they will ship earlier. T-Mobile ships earliest every year. Always after T-Mobile. Trust me about this. T-Mobile will get it sooner then everyone else.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] bigmase23:
Most of us aren't getting it "in" stores... we are getting them shipped to our homes!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] mweinbach:
Yep. I am also getting it at my house. That why I want to know when I get it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] EvoTillIdIE:
you guys will get it when it comes. pre order is nothing special. besides the vr headset they are promising nothing more.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] thedarkness37:
Found this interesting.

https://youtu.be/i7SsQFe3YXg?t=2m35s
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] marinebio94:
That $99 headphone/sd card deal is pretty slick though...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Semantics:
That's what a tracking number is for. It tells you when you are getting it at your house. Sign up for UPS My Choice and you'll get a text anytime something is issued a tracking number, when its being delivered, and when it has been delivered. Its nice.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] MicroMod777:
I would pay for that. Then again I got suckered enough to buy some Apple BeatsX for $150! lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] HtcOnekid:
Look at the bright side with our credit we can get the $99 promo package lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] marinebio94:
I'm definitely paying for that. Easily over $400 worth of tech in there, on top of the gear vr.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] se1000:
heh.

AT&T Pre-order and shipping thread: 4 pages

Sprint Pre-order and shipping thread: 3 pages

Verizon Pre-order and shipping thread: technically not even started

Samsung Pre-order and shipping thread: 10 pages

T-Mobile Pre-order and shipping thread: ONE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE PAGES !!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahahahha
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] kirdroid:
Well they aren't saying their shipments will be delivered before anyone else's pre-orders. They are saying you will get it before anyone can buy in the store.

But I do believe no one is getting before 19th at the earliest.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discuss] Bom792:
If we are going on shipping by the Note 7 then 6 days from now is the 18th so it'll probably ship out on the 19th as everyone is saying