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[Epic 4G General] NeonMonster:
Oooh what a tease!

Kinda upsetting to see bestbuy selling the galaxy phones for more than other sites and Sprint...

I was hoping for 199 with new contract price. I wanna see the price at radioshack!
[Epic 4G General] Dman10:
Bestbuy will probably charge 250 for the Epic, it's probably best to get it at Radioshack or Sprint.
[Epic 4G General] DevilDogVIKING:
@NeonMonster check newegg.com, the captivate is being sold for $49 with new 2 year contract
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Anyone a premier Sprint member to tell us the price and or release date for sure?

Or anything?
[Epic 4G General] Dman10:
I'm a Premier Member and I haven't gotten anything new.
[Epic 4G General] dthunder137:
I am a Premier Sprint member, and new... so Hello!

And I have not received anything :(
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
How annoying :(

Well ill give it til tomorrow when supposedly the public will get an email.
[Epic 4G General] kennethlongshaw:
Im S|P and also nothing

I dont feel special anymore....
[Epic 4G General] Jez2cool:
I'm a S|P also and have not gotten anything
[Epic 4G General] NeonMonster:
Be patient people! Its not even noon time on the west coast! I'm sure if the Epic goes on pre-order today it wouldn't be a bit later in the day.
[Epic 4G General] ForrelZ:
West Coast?

It's 11:47am currently in NYC (east coast), in LA (west) it's approx 8:47am.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
yeh its like the beginning of the day on west cost..has anyone tried calling tele-sales and see if they can place the order or the Epic 4g or SPH-D700 ?
[Epic 4G General] ScientificOne:
Preorders for this damn thing should have started midnight ET :D
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
pre-orders should have started a month ago so I'd already have one in my hands now ;) lol
[Epic 4G General] ScientificOne:
Ok, you win!
[Epic 4G General] ForrelZ:
double post~
[Epic 4G General] ForrelZ:
Rumor of the day is people that have seen the new playbook (releasing today) says the phone's RELEASE DATE is Aug 11th. I've yet to see it but apparently a few sources said the same maybe a typo?
[Epic 4G General] NeonMonster:
Hmm it would be REALLY nice if the phone came out on the 11th! But wouldn't make as much sense if there is a pre-order since thats what, a pre-order of about 6 days?
[Epic 4G General] jzh797s:
I am in doubt that there is a pre-order. I had my friend who works at Sprint headquarters in KS go down to the campus store and ask today, they had no information on the Epic at all.
[Epic 4G General] MameJunkie:
Whoever said Sprint management decisions makes sense? Heck I wouldn't mind if they released it NOW and didn't do a pre-order.
[Epic 4G General] richse:
That would make a lot of sense because they could one-up the droid 2 release on the 12th. The epic 4g is definitely the most direct competition for droid 2.
[Epic 4G General] ForrelZ:
This phone isn't exactly going to be a blockbuster sell out first day deal like the Evo. For one everyone who was in line for a new phone already got theirs with the recent Evo release and let's straft away from that for a second look at the other Galaxy S phones did they have the big pre-order waits or did they just flat out come out with a release date, it's entirely possible Samsung wanted a simultaneous release of all Galaxy S phones and the carriers didn't comply, but I bet Sammy wants these on the market asap.
[Epic 4G General] harrybozack:
Just chat with a sprint representative on their website and you will see there is indeed a preorder coming very soon. I'd post a transcript of my convo but I think most people believe it anyway.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Well it is "possible" that the pre-order stuff was an automated message and they upped the release date like T-mobile did to up AT&T...but anyone seen this playbook to confirm?

@ForrelZ - it may have been samsung who is coordinating release dates to make sure they can keep up with the demand..
[Epic 4G General] ForrelZ:
Only people to have reported seeing it are Sprint employees I know a leaked version usually makes it's way to SDX but nothing yet and no leaked images to speak of yet...

@GTen It's possible
[Epic 4G General] entropism:
I'll be able to check out the playbook later tonight, but the pre-order stuff was released to us yesterday.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Is it in the system a way to make the pre-orders?
[Epic 4G General] entropism:
The system was described, but we're seriously shorthanded at my store and we were swamped yesterday. I didn't get to go into the process in detail or anything, but I'm pretty sure it's a web site for web/telesales and an internal form for corporate sales (so we get commission for our work).

If it ends up being a web form and people buy from a corporate store, I certainly wouldn't mind putting in the orders for people... *wink wink nudge nudge*
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Someone said that they tried to call and pre-order and was told that the bulletin for the pre-order has been pulled :(..any confirmation?
[Epic 4G General] MameJunkie:
Sure thing if you can give us more than the 23% discount I get now;):D
[Epic 4G General] ScientificOne:
That, or wave that stupid $10 premium data charge BS
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Some people managed to get $10 credit for every month for 24 months...
[Epic 4G General] MameJunkie:
That's for existing 'loyal' customers converting from Sero to current subscription rates. Don't think new customers like myself can.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Your thinking of the 20/24 offer (which was 20$ off a month for 24 month)...this is different...it may not be easy but its definitely possible...
[Epic 4G General] ScientificOne:
Yeah, a renewal credit for signing up for another 2 year contract...best I've been offered was $70..guess it's better than nothing.
[Epic 4G General] ForrelZ:
YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010...hing-august-11th-sprint-stores-to-open-early/
[Epic 4G General] blakehess11:
WHOOOO!! BGR seems to usually by correct with the rumors they post and don't usually post things until their info is from a very trusted source, so I totally believe this.
[Epic 4G General] DevilDogVIKING:
Nice find ForrelZ!! Sucks I wont be back to the states until the 23rd :(
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Someone really has to get their greasy hands on a playbook picture already :/..then we can all drool together...
[Epic 4G General] richse:
I just got off the phone with sprint. The woman I spoke with said I could put in a pre-order for the epic 4g now but she didn't have a release date in her system yet. Unfortunately, I am going out of the country on the 11th at 6am and she said they wont hold my order past noon :(
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
so did anyone get a preorder notification if i wait til tomorrow do u think ill get one?

btw if the release date is aug 11 then i hope i can pre order it soon.

can anyone confirm that aug 11 is true or not and will we get an email with pre order info?

thanks
[Epic 4G General] radar5:
damn, I could have it before I go on vacation on the 14th. I was thinking I might have to get an Evo and suck it up until release on the 22nd.
[Epic 4G General] LiberatorUSA:
Will pre-order be available for employee referrals?

If you login to the employee referral website you get discounted plans. They have the Evo 4G on there so that leads me to believe the latest greatest phones will also be available in that private website for new subscribers. Can anyone confirm this?

I'm on AT&T right now and my and my Fiancé want to switch to Sprint with an Epic 4G while retaining our current phone numbers.
[Epic 4G General] richse:
WOW, this is insane. I just called the Best Buy near me and the guy told me they have been taking pre-orders for the Epic 4g since Aug 3rd and he also confirmed they would have the phones on the 11th for pick up.
[Epic 4G General] radar5:
Did you ask for a price on it?
[Epic 4G General] richse:
I assumed it was $200 with the instant rebate like every other phone... is that not the case with the Epic? I am going there after work to do the whole $50 gift card pre-order so I will find out the price then I guess. The sucky part is that he said they can't guarantee I'll get a phone because they don't know how many units will come in and pre-orders have been open for 2 days. Also, I can't pick it up until the 18th because I'm on vacation. Grrr.
[Epic 4G General] MameJunkie:
Pre-order probably not (if EVO was any indication). But should be up on day 1 of release.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
The EDPR may have it..but if unlucky it will be like the EVO where it was a month behind.aka Evo came out june 4th and I think it was there July 4th :/

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@richse - did you make the pre-order? if so..any confirmation?
[Epic 4G General] mommasboy:
I just called bestbuy's main number 1-888-BEST BUY 1-888-237-8289 and spoke to a rep. She confirmed that they have been doing it since the 3rd but she couldn't give me any pricing info. She told me to go to my local bestbuy and leave a deposit of $50. I called my local best buy in NYC and they had no idea of what I was talking about. I'm thinking this might be a State to State thing.

So basically she couldnt give me a release date or pricing info, but she did confirm that I could preorder it.
[Epic 4G General] fkabibil:
Just called my local best buy in Chicago. They say they are not taking pre orders and have not heard anything about the release date.
[Epic 4G General] ScientificOne:
No pre-orders at my local BB either...
[Epic 4G General] fkabibil:
I did ujst call that corporate best buy number(888.best.buy) and he said they are only doing preorder at select stores and the release date is indeed the 11th, but hes not sre if all the stores will get stock or select stores
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Maybe we should make a list of local best buys that accept pre-orders?
[Epic 4G General] fkabibil:
Well count out all local Chicago stores, ive called them all and none of them are taking preorders or know anything about the release date even.
[Epic 4G General] raiderep:
Just called my local BB here in Nor Cal and they aren't doing a pre-order yet for what its worth. Sounds like something is brewing and we should know more soon though....hopefully....
[Epic 4G General] blakehess11:
I just chatted with a Sprint representative and I was told this. It kinda smashes any hopes for the August 11 date.

"The general public will receive an e-mail on 8/6/10 with Reserve Now pre-registration site updates, store locator and sprint information. The Samsung Epic is not available to Employee or SWAC customers at the time of launch. Reserve Now details:Reservations are made through sprint.com/epic4G. Customers can only reserve one Samsung Epic 4G phone per reservation. No money or credit card information is required. Reserve Now closes on 8/17/10. Note: Reserve Now will close early if inventory runs out. Reserve Now orders not picked up by noon the day after launch are canceled."
[Epic 4G General] ForrelZ:
No store in the US or the world for that matter will take a pre-order before Sprint makes an official announcement, it could land them in some trouble and they could lose their permit to sell cellphones.

Wait for Sprint to say ok here is the date and watch all these I don't know what you're talking about stores start taking pre-orders minutes after.
[Epic 4G General] richse:
The one I called is the store in King of Prussia, PA.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
I'd like to see sprint kick best buy out..lol....but it is possible that the pre-order memo that some reps got was also received by some best buy chains...

@richse - maybe we should make a new thread for this?
[Epic 4G General] richse:
@gTen: So I called King of Prussia to get the price and now they won't take the pre-order. This is very fishy :(
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Maybe they got a followup memo...I heard some ppl in sprint saying the buillitin for the pre-orders was taken down...maybe it has something to do with it :/
[Epic 4G General] ForrelZ:
They can't take a pre-order until Sprint officially comes out of the closet with the date. If they do feel free to report it to Sprint and watch that store get a nice fine and stop selling cellphones for a lil while.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Yes I am aware..but they won't loose the ability to sell phones permanently I'm just saying...I think what may have happened was like some people received notices from sprint about the pre-order..some best buys may have as well as started to accept them...
[Epic 4G General] richse:
Well something weird is going on because they told me they would take one if I came to the store and now they are saying they wont. Also, if you call the 1800-best-buy number they are still saying that they have been taking preorders since Aug 3rd and that release is on the 11th. Go ahead and call, then you can tell them all about how sprint hasn't officially announced a date and they are going to get fined.
[Epic 4G General] ForrelZ:
No not permanently but for a small period of time which means thousands of dollars and commissions lost as well as having to pay employees who can't be fired just because they can't sell phones because of one little (I'd say more like BIG) mistake.

You can't fine them they haven't sold you or pre-ordered anything. Besides the minute you walk in and try to process the pre-order you'll be told to go home and wait the system has to be setup with a date and if the phone is in the system they probably won't be able to ring it up. Just because an employee got overly anxious to sell you a phone and told you they would take your pre-order doesn't mean anything I'm sure that guy would be laughed at by his peers if you went and told he can't do that until a date is announced.
[Epic 4G General] LiberatorUSA:
Facebook Epic 4G page

On the Facebook Epic 4G page they are saying the pre-order thing is BS:

Go to facebook slash SamsungEpic
[Epic 4G General] blakehess11:
That's not an official Samsung page. The official Samsung Facebook page is facebook.com/SamsungGalaxyS
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
I don't think it is BS..but I'm more willing to believe that it was pulled...:/

either way that facebook is using this thread as the source >.>...
[Epic 4G General] LiberatorUSA:
Actually I posted a link back to this thread over there. Hopefully we can keep info in 1 location increasing reliability.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Well Ive seen the screenshot for the pre-order email and it looks real :/....someone on another forum said that the place where they pull the links for the pre-order used to be there but sprint pulled it...so maybe something changed...

In the end we really need a screenshot of the playbook at this point..whether it has something or even if it has nothing...
[Epic 4G General] blakehess11:
This doesn't have to do with pre-orders, but here's some newly-released photos of the Epic. http://www.phonedog.com/2010/08/05/samsung-epic-4g-photo-gallery/
[Epic 4G General] blakehess11:
http://www.androidcentral.com/maybe-epic-4g-coming-aug-11-and-maybe-it-isnt

There's your screenshots, both the original that shows the August 11 date, and the edited one that says nothing.

Edit: Whoops, sorry for the double post.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
I was just looking around Android central and missed it..lol..

At this point I think sprint planned a release date and then due to issues messed it up..sigh....we can at least attest training started on the 2nd...

so my guess is either there was a major last minute issue..or a logistics issue in moving out the stock?

either way..fail sprint..fail...
[Epic 4G General] MameJunkie:
Fumbled @ the 1 yard line. So close Sprint...so close. :(

Kind of like someone at the blackjack table saying 'hit me' when they have 21.
[Epic 4G General] USAF22:
Personally, the only reason I want to see this phone now, is because I want reviews and hackery and all the other fanfare that goes along with new products to be out of the way before I get one, after September 20th, which is my Upgrade Eligibility date. I just worry that they will be out of stock, even with Samsung building their own displays.

However, on Sprint's side, I don't think how stupid of a decision this can be overstated. The longer they wait, the more compelling devices come out, and the less impressive this device becomes. Especially with all those rumors of Dual Core phones and Gingerbread on the horizon. If it honestly takes until September for this device to come out, it would basically be too late for them to head off those threats.
[Epic 4G General] mbkowns:
how about a price?
[Epic 4G General] quasi13:
This whole thing strikes me as some strange form of viral marketing. I find it hard to believe both Samsung and Sprint could slip up on consecutive days like this. No one likes a tease, unless the teasing leads somewhere...
[Epic 4G General] blakehess11:
I was thinking the same thing yesterday. Have you seen Samsung's twitter? Every couple hours they tweet something about the Epic coming soon, getting closer and closer, blah blah blah.
[Epic 4G General] rasstar:
So much for your very reliable source.
[Epic 4G General] ScientificOne:
LOL...I was told that same crap yesterday via sprint chat..
[Epic 4G General] blakehess11:
I was told that crap TODAY over Sprint chat....
[Epic 4G General] koolhand79:
This crap is getting ridiculous. Why can't they just announce the phone and get it out to us ASAP? Why allow people to think about the Droid2 or any other phone on the market? Sprint is good at screwing up releases. SMH
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
We should know by now that sprint doesn't stay in business with our money..they stay in business feeding off our tears :(
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
I think its a marketing technique i bet it will come out next week. Just everyone is playing us and sprint employees are playing dumb.
[Epic 4G General] koolhand79:
That'd be great, tho i don't think the Sprint employees are playing.....
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Maybe u never now.

They are trying to build up all this hype. After all this is there first 4g phone with a keyboard. They probaly know people want it so they are playing. Like when samsung changed the tv date from the 20th to 3000. Also when samsung yesterday deleted that facebook Update. And now saying preordering today and tomorrow from a sprint guy. And now know. Also Changing the date on the calendar.

Could be they messed up something or they are just hyping us up for next week release.
[Epic 4G General] karnovaran:
This isn't about hype, it's about Sprint being disorganized. There's a reason they've been hemorrhaging subscribers for years.

Meanwhile every major smartphone from Verizon comes out on time, with accessories, and functional.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Maybe ur right but i had it with all these annoying things. If this doesnt get a release date by this weekend im going to punch a whole in the wall. lol
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
I don't see why they would want to with hold the release..I mean all the others released their versions of the Galaxy S..the longer they wait the worse it is for them...to be fair Verizon didn't release either but they already release like 5-6 android phones this year..sprint only released 1 >.>
[Epic 4G General] ScientificOne:
Good point...the longer they hold onto this thing, the closer it gets to the next latest and greatest phones...dual processors, stuff like that...hell, windows mobile 7 is right around the corner too
[Epic 4G General] brandor:
Pre-Sales DID in fact get sent to "select" Premiere customers....

After doing a bit of research into this to find out what's up with the memo not being correct I was able to find out that Sprint claims they DID release links to its Premiere customers who opted in to receive information an all new devices through the Sprint Premiere specific site, but did not send it to those who directly requested the information via the Epic 4G website ( :mad: Are you kidding me ?!?!? what's the point ?? ) Sorry guys.... it was a very reliable source and They did verify that the promise of general public being available tomorrow was still on the schedule.

( I don't have any memos stating this, just an e-mail sent from a Tech Support Team Lead stating that the Epic may surprise us with an early release date of the 12th in order to more directly compete with the Motorola launch)

Anyway..... check the site at midnight (or look up a zip code for the East coast and check the site using that ZIP at 10 ;) ) And sorry if you are feeling let down......
[Epic 4G General] rasstar:
If I were you I would just quit.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Well not only that..since they can't keep EVO's in stock its hurting their 4g adaptation...having another device to mitigate this will help as well...so every day sprint delays makes it worse for them...

I could never understand why carriers are so happy when phones "sell out"...I can understand f your selling a product youd be happy...but if your making money on your monthly services..selling out means millions lost....
[Epic 4G General] bolo23:
I just called again, they were useless, I said I was a SP customer and wanted to pre-order. She said that they don't pre-order and could give me no information on the date of release or price.
[Epic 4G General] jasonsf:
I did receive a "Sprint Connection" email today and it did mention the Epic. But it just said what we already know and linked to the sprint.com/epic4g site. Nothing new. No mention of pre-orders.

Jason
[Epic 4G General] Jez2cool:
I have that and still didnt get anything...sooooooooo....
[Epic 4G General] Sebrina:
I doubt we'll hear anything tonight.
[Epic 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Uhh.... I don't believe it. I work Sprint retention I would have had this memo 2 weeks ago. Sprint doesn't do pre-orders....
[Epic 4G General] skeeterslint:
Someone posted this over on SDX looks like its going to be the 20th or 22nd for sure.

forum sdx-developers com/epic-news/samsung-epic-4g-release-date-confirmed!/
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
so do i gave to wait til the 2oth or 22nd to get it :(

and there arent pre-orders? :(
[Epic 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
There were no pre-orders with the Evo, first of it's kinda, what makes you think Sprint will waste the time, money and resource for the Epic? lol... nothing towards you at all, but Sprint just doesn't operate that way. They are all about "first come first serve" and no discrimination against new/existing customers.
[Epic 4G General] Sebrina:
Sorry to hit you with a dose of reality but you couldn't be anymore wrong if you tried. First and foremost YES there were indeed pre-orders with the Evo.

Just use Google:

http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-20004903-251.html

The pre-order campain lasted approx 3 weeks and some stores were sold out within the first week, RS took a 50 dollar deposit and gave you a 20 dollar free acc. credit, BB took a 50 dollar deposit and gave you a gift certificate, and corporate was even in on the action taking no money deposit but adding you to a list.

Please next time you want to plant some random mis-information you just pulled out of you know where at least GOOGLE SEARCH before you make a tool of yourself.
[Epic 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
I apologize, I still missed the part where SPRINT took pre-orders. I couldn't care less about Best Buy, Radioshack and others
[Epic 4G General] MameJunkie:
I think DirtySroomz meant no Pre-Order DIRECTLY from Sprint. The shack & BB can pre-order anything based on their expected allocation of phones.
[Epic 4G General] Sebrina:
Re-read my post there were pre-orders directly from Sprint a friend got his by pre-ordering from a corporate store where his name was put on a pre-order waiting list and the names on that list were called in, now maybe the stock was high enough for them to meet all demands on day one but the only people guaranteed a phone that day were people on the list, sounds like a pre-order to me.
[Epic 4G General] MameJunkie:
Wonder how wide-spread that was? None of the Sprint stores had it for pre-order wait list. Only after it was released and out of stock, there was a wait list. Also why in this day and age don't they do it online?
[Epic 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
A waiting list is different than a pre-order. You miss that first day, you're "pre-order" means nothing, and pray that the people at the store are nice enough to wait for you.