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[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Very much possible as the device wasn't "activated" for a redeemable offer (that you did later, enabling you to redeem again) when the offered product was ordered along with the phone itself and wasn't "truly redeemed".

Some 2 years ago I came across something similar when it was possible to redeem twice having two contact numbers used for prebooking that forced the Samsung shop app to redeem offers again despite of considering the same 1st IMEI no. (Samsung later fixed it).

"Glitch".
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Sukrith:
Peeps! After looking for a good screen protector... I've found this!

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08TBLHB8G...abc_CCE1KEYXDP1RQGKCQJ2G?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

It's a bit hectic to install but is similar to the factory fit one! I'm loving it a lot...

FYI this is the matte one, bought the clear one before, was rubbish as it didn't reach the curves!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] srikanthuk:
Damn thats a good price.

Where are you based. I'm based in Navi Mumbai and the best I am getting is 95k cash transactions.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dr.ketan:
Try bargaining, I am from Gujarat and got s21 ultra @84k

Also redeemed watch active 2
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] srikanthuk:
Well night curfew was there here so couldn't argue much as I needed to get home before.

But he was staunch 95k for 256GB and 1.05Lakh for 512GB. He offered to buyback the watch if I wasn't interested in the watch
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Well there is something that the shopkeepers are doing , either gst manipulations or something else , but how they can have such a huge margin , at 84000 without even card scheme or cashbacks .

They could be online bought pieces as well
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dr.ketan:
Probably they have some exchange offer. I have been asked to install Samsung Shop on and asked to select activate exchange offer or something.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
May be ,

I didn't had to do that .

May be the shopkeepers did that all by himself .

But what I feel at 86000-16000( watch )

At 70000 I made a good decision to stick with samsung s21 ultra which is in terms of build quality and brand name a much better deal than the newly launched oneplus 9 pro at 70000 ( 12+256) .

In raw speeds the oneplus wins hand down , great optimization, clean software ,

But then alot of bugs too .

What are your thoughts??
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] srikanthuk:
Yes overall considering the support samsung provides the s21 ultra is a better decision

If only the shopkeepers here would follow and give the price you guys got
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
Bro, if you have a corporate mail id, you can buy for 85k, though without any offers and 87k with hdfc cashback+watch+free adld
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Sukrith:
I got mine on launch day for ₹76000 including watch buy back, exchange bonus, exchange, 2 year Samsung care and 990 for watch redemption! You actually can talk to the dealership and get it done! Please don't let them handle the exchange though! Download my galaxy app and go to the upgrade and appraise your phone! You may get more than what they are saying!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] nihonsei:
On my longtime Sprint Family Unlimited during a switch to T-Mob 5g, we preordered 2 Ultras 512g with $800 off of one and an S2 Active for the matriarch of the account in Jan. What Great customer appreciation! Was Happy despite losing my sd card! N thennn, in Feb. my sister linked me a promo that we both were able to register for a Samsung credit for use on Sammie . com. I feel so blessed to be back in the Freak*MY*Phone game on XDA!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
For that you need to have an older samsung phone as well . I guess ?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] srikanthuk:
Showing 97k when i used my corporate ID. Or am i doing something wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
Top mobile>flash> s21 ultra
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
There might be an hdfc cashback of 10000 as well .

And now April has started , you will have to wait for April offer by samsung .

Could be better or worse than March.

Imo March offers were the best ( bundle offer with watch active 2)
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] srikanthuk:
Ohh ok. Guess will need to wait and see
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Sukrith:
No any phone will do! Just download the my galaxy app and see on your phone!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] blogslogger:
I am looking to buy S21 Ultra. So while browsing Amazon, I came across a listing of the snapdragon varaint. Do you guys think I should pull the trigger? or buy an Indian variant instead.

Samsung S21 Ultra 5G (Phantom Black, 12GB RAM, 256GB Storage) : Amazon.in: Electronics

Samsung S21 Ultra 5G (Phantom Black, 12GB RAM, 256GB Storage) : Amazon.in: Electronics

www.amazon.in
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Unless you play a lot of games, the overall performance gap in between Exynos and Snapdragon this time around is too low to justify the huge price gap(looking at the "effective price" of the Exynos and the price of imported SD version in Amazon.in), that too at the cost of no warranty for the latter to start with...
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
is aanyoneable to check the eligibility of watch in samsung shop app?

I am getting invalid otp error even if i enter the correct one.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dr.ketan:
Samsung shop is always crap when it comes for redeeming offer. This has happened to me too. once I was not able to receive OTP at all for 24 hrs, later it was sorted on it's own. Though try to make chat with customer care from app itself.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dr.ketan:
True. Apart from that, SD version won't have correct CSC so even we can use in india, network settings won't be optimized for india, as well CSC features as well , for example Call Recording.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
@dr.ketan do you have any idea on what might be causing these black screen of death issues? Although the number is pretty low, The thought that it can randomly happen to such a costly device is pretty scary.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Exactly.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Yes thats an issue from yesterday,

Samsung says they are working on a fix .

Whats your activation date by the way?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
27 Mar. Were you seeing just the Microsoft offer till now?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Yes .. only Microsoft offer .

My activation date is 30th march ..

And the 1800samsung team told me that i am not eligible for the offer as activation takes upto 72 hours , so my activation date would come to be 2 april ..

I was like wtfffffff..

I lost 16k

And then there is a redemption team , whom i called and they confirmed that ill be eligible but the offer would be redeemable after 7th april
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dr.ketan:
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[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Actually its clearly mentioned in the policy that redemption will start after 20th march .

It will come in batches .

Activations uptil 17th march are eligible at the moment.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Same here. My activation date is 27th March. Till yesterday eleigibility check was accepting the OTP and displaying Microsoft offer. From today morning its constantly saying Invalid OTP and not allowing to move forward. The app landing page under "For You" still shows that redemption is currently only available for users who activated device on or before 17th March.

UPDATE: Invalid OTP error seems to have been fixed. Just checked and its back to showing the Microsoft offer. Still no Watch Active 2 though. Gonna have to wait for that I guess.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
For me now i am unable to enter the otp in the otp column.

I dont know what samsung is doing .

I guess we all have to wait till 7th April to redeem
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
My OTP gets auto populated in the text entry field. I haven't had to do it manually. I guess it has to do with granting phone and sms access to the Samsung Shop app?

In any case I think we have to patiently (or impatiently, in my case) wait till the 7th before we will know for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
I am getting like really average battery life on the latest update .
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Screen on time varies depending on what I use the screen for, but stand-by time has increased significantly after the first few days. See below. Charged my phone yesterday around 3 or 4 in the afternoon... still have around 60% battery remaining.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
I feel you took a lot of time to decide what to order from swiggy 😂
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Ha ha ha. Weekend bro. Falcon and the Winter Soldier needs some munchies to go along 🤣
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] amarnath135:
Can someone confirm if the following s21 ultra With SD 888 in Amazon India

Samsung S21 Ultra 5G (Phantom Black, 12GB RAM, 256GB Storage) : Amazon.in: Electronics

Samsung S21 Ultra 5G (Phantom Black, 12GB RAM, 256GB Storage) : Amazon.in: Electronics

www.amazon.in
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
No way to confirm except to actually order one. Pretty risky gamble imo. It's expensive, no good offers, doubtful warranty, may be carrier locked (T-Mobile) and no watch active 2 offer either. I'm not sure the difference between Exynos vs SD is big enough to justify the risk and the expense here. That's just my 2 cents. It's your money at the end of the day. Do share your experience here if you actually go ahead and buy it.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dr.ketan:
In India we are getting S21Ultra exynos @85k around and 10-12K you may get easily with watch if you sell it. So actual cost is 73K

For me it's difficult to digest paying 38K thousand just for SD processor. Apart form price difference, no local warranty, un optimized network settings.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Exactly my thoughts.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
And what i think is , as per the tests on youtube , and people's comments here , exynos isnt as bad .

What i think is sd888 and e2100 are almost equal .

And exynos in some cases could be more powerful ,

Just the real performance is not unlocked by samsung due to heating issues .

Exynos and sd888 are both built by samsung , so what would they make their own chip a slouch?

Just needs optimizations, which is happening with time and updates
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Does anyone's camera makes knocking sound when you shake your phone ?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dr.ketan:
It is normal. It's sounds of lense barrel needed for optical stabilization
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Optical image stabilized cameras will do that. It's normal for the most part unless it rattles around all the time.

PS: Stop shaking your phone 😆😅
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
It does when ever i answer a call , and take phone near to my ear with the motion .

Its noticable even without shaking 😄
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Yup. That much is normal. Even I have it. Sounds like a soft "tak-tak", right? That's what you're talking about?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
It is like louder than other phones .

I could share a voice recording ,but its not supported here
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Bump.

Bumping it to know if the issue(i.e. "pink hue" on close up subjects on specific lighting condition) exists with newer units now that more and more users have the S21 Ultra in hand.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] kannanX10:
its present in all s21 ultra units and was even hearable in note 20 ultra as well
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] sagarb:
it was before. But not now (in my case screen was replaced once in service center (due to sudden black screen) after that knocking sound is gone).
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
Guys, i am planning to buy tws. Which one should i go for? Getting buds plus @6k buds pro @ 12k
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Go for buds live at 8-9 k ( they have active noise cancellation)

Or buds pro
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] sagarb:
nice offer
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Not having the sound itself doesn't sound normal. Hope OIS is working as intended.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] sagarb:
need to check than if not I'll visit service centre again
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Kiran-Kumar:
Last month offer which had Galaxy watch 3 LTE was to me the best deals you could get with Z Fold 2.

Corporate offer 1.32 lacs - 27k(watch) + free ADLD.

I preclosed the emi yesterday and got to pay about 6k less.

In total, i got the zfold 2 for 99k.

Active 2 at its current trend, very difficult to get a good deal.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Exactly .

After switching on the camera , the sound is gone because ois is active.

After turning off camera its there
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] amirage:
This is not a defect..it's part of the design
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] sagarb:
yay that's great deal. I'm just holding what z fold 3 offers. Mainly I'm looking big battery with 65watt fast charge than immediate buy for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Anyone having luck with watch redemption?

Customer care said it to happen on 7th april .

😑😑
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
No man! Still showing 17Mar, why are they testing our patience?. Please post here if there is any update
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
A

At the time of prelaunch offer , there was a lot of rush , and people could just see the offers but stocks were out .

Now , that is why there is slot system .

I hope whenever it gets live , its there for activations uptil 31st .

Because i have heard that there might be another slot like 18march-24march and then 25-31
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Watch active 2 offer is alive for S21 series for new purchases or it's over?

Shop app doesn't show it, corporate offer doesn't , website does show but date of activation is till 31st March as per the terms. So what if the S21 series is purchased now?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
You are mixing 2 things .

The watch offer was valid for activations between 4th and 31st march .

Now its not there . Only cashbacks /exchange benefits as of now .

I activated my s21 ultra on 30th march

So I am eligible for the offer.

But only those people can redeem the watch offer at Rs990 , who activated between 4th and 17th march .

Those who activated between 18th and 31st march , still cannot redeem that offer .

Its supposed to be live today for them .
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
So what have you found me "mixing" 😀?

My query is currently it's alive for current purchases or not! considering Samsung website does show the watch offer at present but with the requirement of "old date of activation"(meaning currently this offer isn't available) if the S21 series is purchased now . It confuses further since amazon, flipkart do show up the offers as well, but with 1st April to 30th April purchase requirement(so it's applicable) .

So for current purchases, offer is applicable or not!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
If the redemption of the april batch starts from april 15, then the redemption for people till 31st May should be finished before that right?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
It seems that the offer is again live for online purchases at the moment .

If you purchase now , u might be able to redeem that next month

But as we puchased in march , we are waiting for the redemption right now
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
If you buy an S21 series phone today using Samsung shop app or website , will you get the watch offer(let's not bring redemption related dates here) ?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Excluding Samsung's very own Shop app and site.

Offline it's valid as per Samsung B2B team when I enquired.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Rattlesnake3:16:
Does anyone else's S21 Ultra charge slow? Mine's taking around 2hrs15min to full charge from 1% using the 25W brick.

Charging while the phone's off is a lot quicker. Takes around 1.5hrs to full charge from Zero.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
Enable super fast charging and fast charging options in settings
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Depending upon where you live and if ambient temperature is high there(it's April 😀), the phone will charge slowly. As far as I'm aware, it's a measure to prevent overheating. If you turn on the AC to get the room temperature down to say 26/27 degrees, the phone will be charged a lot faster with the same adapter.

Also, when phone is turned OFF, it'll get charged faster than while it's ON which is normal.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Rattlesnake3:16:
Thanks, didn't know about the ambient room temperature stuff. By the way, how about charging the phone overnight with fast and Superfast Charging turned off? I usually have to charge early in the morning or late at night before sleeping.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
There's so much of never ending discussion of why one should charge slowly, shouldn't turn on fast/super fast charging for an overnight charge, 20 to 80% "ideal charge" etc. in various forums . While these are correct if we go by physics/chemistry, I also believe that batteries are "smartly" charged, never "entirely charged" even at 100%,.. and what not...!

I prefer convenience, so I for one would be totally fine even if the battery health is degraded some 3% more at the end of a year of usage due to my bad charging habits(1 to 100%, always super fast charging, charging whenever I want etc.) than how it would degrade with a slow/super slow charge that too with "precautions" throughout the year..
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Depends on the ambient temperature , and also if u are using the phone with charging

While using and charging it mostly charges at 8-9 watts .

And if temperature is below 37 it will charge at 25w .

Btw you need 25 w pd charger with typr c to type c for 25w charging .

Else it will charge at slower speeds
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] srikanthuk:
Finally got the S21 ultra. Got it for 85k. Happy with the phone overall. The shopkeeper claimed i am eligible for the smartwatch but it doesnt show on the samsung store app yet. He said to try around end of April.

Had a query on the camera. At night when i try to shoot a photo, LED light sources have a purple tinge and lense flare effect. Is that normal?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Some users have reported that issue ,

I have myself not tried it .

Wait for samsung , another patch will be just around the corner .

Expect it to arrive mid april
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Is that 85k inclusive of exchange value of old phone or without exchange?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Can you Please explain the whole offer ?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
Just now I checked for watch offer. It says not eligible for prebook offer. Earlier it was showing eligible.

Can anyone please confirm?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Yes, it started showing the same thing to me since yesterday. Dont worry about it. Same thing happened with my Tab S7 keyboard cover redemption. It got rectified after few days on its own.

That's just how the Samsung Shop app behaves... 😂
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
I spoke to my local samsung guy. He's generally reliable. He said that next batch of Watch Active 2 redemption will begin today evening at 6:30 pm for users who have activated their new S21 series phone on or before 25th March 2021. Right now, the cut-off is 17th March. People like me (who activated their phones after 25th) may have to wait a further 1-2 weeks before the offer goes live for them.

Apparently the delay is because of short supply of the watch active 2 (2019 product, not in active manufacturing because next Watch Active is in development).

This is one of the reasons why they have re-introduced galaxy buds choice along with watch choice from April (there was no choice when i bought it in March, just the watch offer), to reduce demand for the watch active 2, which is mostly being re-sold in the grey market after redemption, to offset cost of device by around Rs 11k-12k instead of being used.

At least this is what my source claims...
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Sukrith:
I also sold mine for 14k as I bought a watch active in September last year stupidly! And trust me... The watch is crap and doesn't have any apps compared to watch os!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
14k is a good price! Did you sell it on OLX type site? How did you dispose of the watch?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Sukrith:
I sold it back to the store I bought it from!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bidyadhar:
Watch os is crap too. I have ticwatch pro but it lags like crazy. They use too old hardware. It would be crazy good if samsung used it's hardware with wear os.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Is the watch really that bad? I mean basic smart watch functions like getting notification and calls and activity tracking... Did you find any major downsides in perfomance and usability? I mean besides the lack of apps, any mojor issues?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Yes, ibe

Yes, I've heard bad things about wear OS too... Like it's reliance on high end hardware, huge standby drain and overall poor battery life due to it being power hungry. That's one reason why manufacturers like Samsung and OnePlus who use Android for their phones are reluctant to use wear OS on thier wearables... Even OnePlus decided not to go with wearOS and developed it's custom RTOS.

This is all based on what I have read, one never really owned a smartwatch myself... The watch active 2 will be my first one. That's why I'm interested in this discussion.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] srikanthuk:
It was 85k with no offers at all. No watch no cashback etc. My previous phone was a s9+ 128GB and it was in a bad state. Screen cracked into places, phone charger port was not working properly and earpiece volume was out so no one was ready to take it above 2k.

The guy later offered to give me the phone at 85k with phone exchange and with watch. Said once i get the watch i could keep it or give it to him for 6k cash refund.

Overall was happy with the deal so went ahead.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
If you do not want it I can take it for 7000 ,
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Sukrith:
I'll give you my review! The watch is ok for normal activities like notifications, calls and tracking. But u will have a hard time replying as the keyboard is t9 and not swipe based or anything! Voice dictation sucks because Bixby... Voice commands don't work because Bixby! If you fill the storage which is 4GB, the watch lags like hell! Already the storage out of box is 2.5GB used... The speaker in the watch distorts at high volume leading to poor call quality! There is general lag to the watch which I have faced... I bought it for bp monitoring because of a health scare I had and that also isn't reliable as hell even if u sideload it! Truth be told... I regret buying this at the full price and truth be told mi band does atleast 85% of the things this watch does and I would rather have it then this given the price!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Sukrith:
You will get more! Even cashify offers 10K+ for my used one!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] srikanthuk:
Thanks will keep it in mind.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Does anyone else here have any experience with the watch active 2 that they would like to share?

I'm really confused about whether to keep it or discard it given the feedback received above...
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Sukrith:
I gave the review based on my experience buying it at full price! But if you are planning on selling it for 10k, it effectively means you bought it for 10k... So for that amount it's fine! Don't sell it off until and unless you get atleast 14k+(I got 14k for mine)... Otherwise it's fine keep it with you and use it!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] aj7400:
Damn ... that seems a trouble .

I am confused now .

Should i keep it or sell it off and buy the amazefit gtr 2,

It looks better , it is stainless steel,have sp02 sensor but lacks some functions like ecg and reply to notifications .