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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnDoe01:
I have been trying to find some sort of verified info on availability over here in France, but could not find any, does anyone know anything about it ?

I am sure that Sammy is in the process of tying the knot with the like of SFR, Orange & co over it, and I have the feeling that it is going to take forever (at leat 2 months) before putting my greedy hands on one.

Merci de partager l'info si vous l'avez :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverwolf0:
It will probably cost $550 like the unsubsidized price of the T-mobile Vibrant at their store when it first came out. I don't think it will go over $600.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] celtichazard:
Hi right now i buy one in handtech but until march 5 arrival but i have only one wored about the orion or tegra processor handtech say this: Samsung Dual Core Application Processor

Dedicated to speed, Samsung Dual Core Application Processor is based on Quad GPU and has 3200M pix/s. Clocking at lightening speeds the unrivalled performance of the Dual Core Application Processor provides unsurpassed functionality and density for faster downloads, quicker multi-tasking, a smoother UI, snappier streaming and highly efficient gaming. With encoding/decoding ability that supports video play and recording of all 1080p/30fps makes it no.1 among dual cores

this is the orion specs only hope is real i dont wanna a nvidia tegra , becauce when the driver finnaly pulished for the orion this smoke the tegra gpu
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpete:
Where did you see March 5th as an ETA by the way? I have only seen April so far.

This version is Orion, Tegra version if it exists has a different model number (think it was i9103).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
updates you get via here o samsungfirmwares anyway.. as for price 446 lbs comes out to about 723 with shipipng.. with current xchange range. you will have to buckle up and pay if you want it early or wait.. probably will eventually be avail. for around 600 .. that is what sgs currently costs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CajunChicken:
I just talked to a vodafone UK rep and although they have no definete info they said they expected it in ' two or three weeks '
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khching:
so this web site sells phone based on demand? if you pre-order is cheaper, and in a few months if demand is extreme the price will go up?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badtzo:
this site mobicity.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s2.html says they will ship it on april. =O australia will get it first?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Did you not look at their blog I showed you?

HSPA+ 21 850/900/1900/2100

Their web site has to be a typo.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
Supply and demand regulate the price as always...

It's a free market after all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Very, very true.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Which is why people shouldn't have a heart attack over the pre-pre-order prices.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
This and what Virussnake say is spot on...

We have had so many posts of this and that but these last two posts from the above spell it out very simply.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OryZ:
OK but from previous phone releases (SGS I?) can anyone remember what was the price pattern? did it drop same day released? a few days later? and by how much?

Let's use history to predict the future :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
I don't know about the launch, but it's currently $500 on US Amazon.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebring5:
All I could find was the existing model for $ 497
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
That's what was being referenced...

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomppi:
the price in finland since release (max, min & avg.)

http://goo.gl/bx6gA
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjjasont:
Where do you get this data from?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imperticus:
6th of May according to Play.com and a pre-order pricetag of £599.99

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/...urce=0&searchstring=galaxy+s2&urlrefer=search
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
just speculating here, but could the reason samsung hasnt released an official date yet be because they are still perfecting their phone? if thats the case, then no one can really say for sure the release date.. id rather have samsung take longer to put it out, but give us WORKING gps this time around.

anyway, does anyone know of any new good reviews out? this one was amazing, but has really no one else got their hands on one besides this guy? theres literally no new reviews out.. whats the deal?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
oh, and a thought, do you think its likely well ever have a docking option on the s2, like the atrix has? just today an xda member figured out how to activate the docking software thru usb to any computer (link), so do you guys think its likely well have something like this for the s2? or is it hardware restricted?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Why anyone would want their smartphone battery burnt out over a laggy firefox is beyond me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawnbuck:
Thats not for any phone, its just for the Atrix. It re-enables the option to use the Webtop over HDMI without a dock that AT&T disabled to boost sales of the docks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomppi:
Clove -> stock now expected May

http://goo.gl/IwSMB
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpete:
Look like play was right with 6th of May then, thats a long wait :-(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martino2k6:
eBuyer has it in for May as well. Seems like the dates from different sites are starting to converge on the same month.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demiourgos:
MAY!?

First - it supposed to be available by the end of February in Europe and Asia, then March... now May? WTF? Not even an April!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
these things are normal with this kind of releases... please don't act like a 15 year old
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
Sadly this is indeed to be expected. I said some time ago at the M-R forums that I was expecting a May-June release based on last years SGS1 release, and here we are...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicpf:
In real store in LA

Hi, do you know where a can find this phone in a real store in LA ?

Because i live in Tahiti and cannot order it online...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverwolf0:
DialtoSave (???) allegedly talked to a Samsung rep who said May was most likely.

http://www.dialtosave.co.uk/mobile/...g-galaxy-s-ii-delayed-until-beginning-of-may/

Then we have CNET Asia talking to Samsung Asia's CEO about an April release in Singapore.

http://asia.cnet.com/crave/singapore-getting-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-in-april-62207496.htm

No idea if any of this info is reliable. More reliable than release dates from UK dealers. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
heres some more gossip

may launch here

16gb discontinued here
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamerOfFreedom:
I refuse to pay more than £470 I mean, I got my Galaxy Tab for £400 with contract
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Here's my take on this... and it goes against my logic and principle of "don't publish unless you know for certain".

Let's say Samsung are only releasing a 32GB model.... That would most probably fit in to fight against the next iPhone (i-Phone5).

Now the interesting bit..... Apple have just released information that the i-Pad2 will be sold at the same price as the original i-Pad.

This has made Samsung sit up and think about the release of the 10.1" Tablet and it's pricing.

If that is the case then it would be fair to also assume the i-Phone5 will also be released and sold at the same price as the current model.

So again we should see Samsung having concerns on pricing, only this time with the SGS2.

So, my take will be a 32GB being sold at a far more realistic price.

You heard it here first. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamerOfFreedom:
I totally agree, Samsung have to (and it looks like they are) stay competitive in pricing (very competitive), so yeah lets hope.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
yeah but apple can do that, because they charge you 600 dollars every update, samsung wont make any money from anything but their hardware, despite their best efforts to make "samsung apps" popular. and apple will come out with some ipad2 apps that apple users will find reasonably priced at god knows how much..

its like apple users feel guilty hanging onto their money..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverwolf0:
Some fun Apple facts.

1. The iPhone has a high resale value and is competitively priced with other high-end devices. It's even $199 in the States.

2. The Apple "update" is in line with other yearly "refreshes" from the rest of the industry, and in many cases they get first dibs and are way ahead of the pack. 960x640 retina display? That was last year and no one can match it still. 1Ghz processor? The iPhone 4 wasn't far behind the Nexus One. They even tried using glass for their phone. Beats the same black plastic crap everyone else keeps churning out. This year , it is all about dual-core and NFC, and the iPhone 5 will have both. Samsung has a new chip. So does Apple. Motorola and HTC are churning out small spec bumps for all their phones like the Droid 2, Droid X 2, and HTC Incredible S. Get with the program. If you hate Apple, find some better reasons.

3. The apps on iOS are no different than the ones on Android. They are both dirt cheap. iOS pioneered 99cent programs and games, and have a mountain of free programs both good and bad.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subzerold:
Words of some who probably has an ipad
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamerOfFreedom:
@silverwolf0 You do know that Samsung is making the A5 for the iPad right? The Exynos processor is basically a A5, which is probably why they can't keep up with stock for the Galaxy S II and has a Tegra 2 version as well
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erahk64:
Do you have a link to reliable source ?

Samsung has said production of Exynos starts in march according to the link.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/219406/samsung_to_start_making_new_exynos_processors_next_month.html

The Ipad 2 will be released march 11th according to Anandtech.

http://www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.aspx?i=24461

So production of Exynos may start after Ipad 2 has been released.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamerOfFreedom:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...mobile_chip_production_for_apple_in_2011.html
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erahk64:
There is no info about Apple using Exynos in the link.

It could be a different processor or another version of Exynos

that Samsung is making for Apple.

Or the info in my link is wrong.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Well...... What did I say.

And now we have a price drop announced from Clove

That's nigh on £100 less for the 16GB version.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ApplCobbler:
It would be nice to see them do a real price competition with Apple and make their product affordable to people who might take a chance with Android. For example, the Atrix was $399 off contract after their automatic $100 rebate. And with some stores selling them subsidized on contract for $150, it makes the phone a very appealing alternative.

Then, figure in that Samsung is building the processors that Apple is using. Therefore, they are taking profit off those chips in each iPad2 (and probably iPhone5). It would be much easier for a company that makes all of their hardware in house to provide a cheaper alternative to what their competitors are offering, while taking profit from both sides of the fence.

If they just had a phone priced at $499 off contract and $200 on, but downgraded to $150 quickly, then you'd be looking at something that would give the iPhone5 a run for the money.

....Assuming of course that they can make a phone with working GPS, non-horrible battery life, and a file system that doesn't make the phone 1/3 as fast as it could be. :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
i preordered a few hours ago from clove :)

i don't have to pay vat either so the price is unbeatable really...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] horusray:
Retina display is old technology, so why would any devs want to match it? OLED display is simply better than LCD display. It's brighter, and it consumes less energy. QLED will be even brighter and save even more energy!

Black plastic crap? People who have read this review would know that metal casing will simply make the phone even hotter to hold onto. Furthermore, plastic casing makes the whole model even lighter. Samsung even made the plastic backlid look and feel even nicer compared to original galaxy S. While Samsung made the effort to improve the overall design from Galaxy S to Galaxy S2, what did Apple do to iPad 2 (similar to iPhone 3 vs iPhone 3GS)? Two cheap cameras and a slightly faster processor.

I have to agree with you that apps are essentially the same on both operating systems, but I don't think you realize iOS itself is a failure. Just look at the huge step they took from Android 2.3 Gingerbread to 3.0 Honeycomb compared to iOS 4.0 -> 4.2/4.3. The updates for iOS are merely updates. My friend's iphone after JB can do all the stuff 4.2 promises.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martino2k6:
Without this turning into an Apple vs everyone else war...

I saw a nice graph recently. It compared the market share manufacturers hold and the revenues they make from selling their devices. Apple had around 6% share, Samsung 20% or so. Apple had 50% of all the revenues while all other manufacturers (there were about 6-8 of them) had to squeeze out the remaining 50%. What does that say? Apple gets marketing right! However good or crap the product is, whatever material it is made of, most users don't care and don't even know. All they want to know is how magically well the phone can do things, and that is where Apple excels.

In the end, nobody will be able to outsell Apple until they will understand how important marketing actually is. Until that day they will have to do with average Joes who don't buy into Apple's bull****, or who are just not willing to pay so much for an iPhone without knowing that the £200 cheaper phone they just got does pretty much the same.

But there is an advantage in this. Since these companies fail at making the average consumer understand that their product is just as good as the next they have to tempt the customers with lower prices, which ends up being good for us (not so much for them I guess). Once they break that barrier they will be do what Apple does, and that is sell a device which costs $180 to make for four times as much or so.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] horusray:
@martino2k6, I totally agree, and that's what I've trying to convince my friends to understand, and my friends would still buy another iphone/pad/crap because it looks prettier. I think they've just been brainwashed...

HOWEVER, after so many bad reviews on iPad 2 and so many different versions of iPad 2's parodies on youtube are being revealed, I doubt iPad 2 will sell well. Good thing is that other competitors will still lower the prices (hopefully) to convince consumers to buy their devices just because they're simply better than iPads (and they really are...).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
why are we talking about apple anyway... please everybody back on topic
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallen3:
Has everyone seen the price reduction on the Clove website looks like very good news :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
You obviously missed my post [Post 219] on the previous page.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asher74:
I'm on Wind mobile here in Canada which uses AWS like t mobile. Does anyone else in the world use these frequencies or at least sell a compatible device? It would suck having to wait till T-mobile gets this.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyeGee:
I think he was being ironic m8 ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynx2k50:
This Shop:

http://talkthisway.de/details/875/samsung+i9100+galaxy+s2.htm

has confirmed me by eMail that the will reciever the first stock by the end of this month. One friend has called the service hotline and also asked about the availability. They guaranteed him that they will get the SGS 2 at the end of march, 100%!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parker22:
is it possible to deliver in Russia in that shop?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpete:
Handtec's price has dropped back down to the £515 I pre-ordered it for originally

http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/4203/samsung-galaxy-s-ii--16gb--sim-free-unlocked-

Still the cheapest I've seen so far.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynx2k50:
Sorry dont know. You should write them a mail and ask them.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
shame they don't ship internationally... oh well i will be in munich in may but its likely that i will have the device by then.

is the price confirmed?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynx2k50:
Yeah it seems so. They will get the first devices by the end of march so they know the prices...yeah.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
the price is VERY attractive
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
Hmm so that's actually 2 different stories...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynx2k50:
Yeah thats very true. Lets wait and hope. Its really confusing that they say: 100% by the end of march.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpete:
Come on guys, every online shop I can find says its May. Clove even said they confirmed it with Samsung.

Its not gonna be out in March...much as I would love it to be.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynx2k50:
Yeah i also think so but... maybe we've got luck? :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomppi:
cdon.com just put it up

eta 2011-04-28 :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faddys123:
I am due for a upgrade in April the 15th will it be out by then
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venom1924:
Release date 18th April on here:

http://www.kingofgadgets.co.uk/prod...9100-sim-free-mobile-phone-unlocked.html?null
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jezza333:
Someone emailed Handtec and was told that they're still expecting stock at the end of March/early April [and the price went back down to 429 ex VAT] ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
As I have spoken before.... I never ever believe a word Handec say or show on their site...

.... and they debit your credit card immediately irrespective as to when they expect stock.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAJED.y:
+1

I had a history with them "Galaxy S" :p

because of that, this time i pre-ordered from clove.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
i preordered my desire on march 25th for less than 350 pounds fedex shipping included... phone came fast, was extremely happy with it :cool:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
That's all well and good when items are in stock but for pre-orders it is a different matter.

I have sent you a P.M. explaining. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Agree.....

I had over 30 members from both here and elsewhere contact me after I noticed they were advertising wrongly the 16GB SGS.

It was proven (directly from Samsung) the 16GB SGS was only going to carriers and I informed them of this but handtec continued to advertise and take pre-orders.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjjasont:
Would you forward the p.m. to me as well. I'm curious to know too.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajftl:
so im in USA and im wondering if the version for Europe its the same version that would work with ATT here? so if i order the phone from clove ill be good to go? are all of them them the same or there is a specific USA version? and if yes does clove sell it?

there is 700 bucks on my paypal ready to go like yesterday bro...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
I believe you need to check the comms frequency is the same. If so then it shouldn't be a problem.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
P.M. forwarded.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibza:
Hey Beards,

Only if you don't mind, would please forward it over. As I'm in the same boat with Handtec/Clove as their price fluctuate, its hard to choose between them.

Many Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy991:
send me a pm for the informations please :)

On clove co.uk and play.com the samsung galaxy s2 will be realease on the firt week of May.....I'm italian but i think that i will buy the phone in them site....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amedee.VanGasse:
I'm getting more and more frustrated with the limitations of my Motorola Milestone, and I had the opportunity to play a bit with the Samsung Galaxy S II at the MWC in Barcelona. I was really impressed. Pricey, but worth it (for me).

I can't wait until it is available in my stupid little Belgium that is always ignored by the big corporations...

Dammit, May? Why??? I f'ing had one in my hand only a month ago! *sigh*
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC_Spree:
Hi all,

I checked the offer on "talkthisway.de/details/875/samsung+i9100+galaxy+s2.htm" and sent them an email asking for expected earliest date of delivery. They replied:

(We exspect the first stock by the end of march/ beginning of april.)

The price is 549€ including VAT (19%) which beats my ceiling price of 600€ :D

I bought my TouchPro there too and was satisfied with their service.

However I hope for an additional cutting of prices!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Forwarded.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
Maybe it is better to just PM Beards if you want the message instead of requesting it in this topic.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleCtrOx666:
Or just put the PM on the topic, I don't even get why it's not yet posted?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
Well the post itself is off-topic, this is a topic about price and availability not about how good retailers are. On the other hand, we have been going off-topic for some pages now :P

On topic: Dutch retail prices:

2call €570 (unkown when)

typhone: unkown (april 2011)

pdashop: €599 (soon)

gigavolt: €589 (soon)

*sigh* can't stand the waiting...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
The content of the P.M. has nothing to do with the SGS2 and I don't wish to continue a debate on retailers in this topic.

Correct.... the topic has wondered all over the place and needs to refocus back on it's core objective ~ price & availability.

Anyway, I've closed sending P.M.'s out.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
lol i dont think you understand the point of this thread, gramps, it may say price and availability, but this is just a chatroom for galaxy s2 talk, i think everyone else figured that out 27 pages ago
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
'Gramps'.... Okay, guilty.. I am a Grandfather and very, very proud of the status too. :)

That's the problem as you get older, you get more responsible and like to see everything in order and place.

But don't fret.... I'll arrange for the orderly to wheel me out of the topic at 5pm when it's time for my hot chocolate and biscuits before bedtime.