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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walk.away:
Just had a call from tmobile uk to say i've been "handpicked" for an early upgrade, I said not just yet as i'm waiting for the samsung galaxy s2. "I'll just check stock for you sir" was like hmmm, while he was dong that he did say, "we do have the galaxy ace in stock". Not quite the same spec though is it lol.

But do you reckon he waas just a moron or they now have the sgs2 on their systems and in stock ready?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] extrememonkey:
Just been into my local CPW (UK), the manageress told me that she received an email this morning advising that they would be getting 5 units on Thursday 28th for payg plus any pre orders for store pickup when processed ready for Sunday the 1st if she is open or Tuesday the 3rd if not.

I tried every trick in the book to try and get her to put one aside for me but with no luck!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rwc3b:
just received an email from Handtec saying they don't have a fixed date but expect them to be available by middle to end of May
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaady:
To me that sounds like it will be possible to pre-order it online for pickup from the store, hopefully on the Sunday.

Might be the best way to get hold of one on launch day!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpete:
Well thats not right, they have actually updated their product page this afternoon with "Stock expected 1st May - Shipping 3rd May".
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rwc3b:
I'm just going by the email from 40 minutes ago. Handtec.co.uk, right?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpete:
Yeah, sorry man not saying your in the wrong, just the info you've been given.

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

Scroll down a bit and you'll see.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
maybe they sold out the first batches and new orders will be shipped mid may???

anyway i was hoping they would ship earlier but i guess not :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
If they sold any they would most definitely have not been UK spec models.

Guys, just get it into your head.... If Samsung UK say the release date is May 1st (which it is) there is no way in the UK you will receive a UK SGSII any earlier.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpete:
Beards, its not often your wrong...but this time your right :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
by ''sold out'' i meant preorders not actually dispatched devices, why else would they say mid-late may when their website claims may 3rd as a dispath date?

and like i said earlier clove will ship on may 3rd as well but its certain that they will not receive stock on a bank holiday nor on sunday and maybe even saturday. dealers will have the devices earlier than may 1st. it's just all about honoring samsung's release date...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12991972&postcount=690
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
:D..... Love it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intacept:
i Currently have 2 pre orders in. It seems handtec at this stage are unsure of numbers of handsets they will receive. I pre ordered on the 11th April and then they were saying that i would probably miss the first batch due to the high number of orders.

I then got onto clove and they said if you order and pay today we will ensure you are on the first batch so i did.

The only down side to that is, that clove's prices are a little higher.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FLAC Vest:
Just wondering 2, why did you order two phones? one to use and oone to have as a backup?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
My bet is to get it as quick as possible. He'll just cancel one :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intacept:
Exactly. The problems is to this Day Hantec still cant give firm details on the amount of stock they will be getting and if they will be able to cover all pre orders in the first batch. I didnt know this when i initally put the order in. I will be cancelling this order in the next couple of days.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyonins:
Hey guys..i'm from the philippines..my galaxy s just got stolen..i really want the galaxy s 2 as a replacement but im concerned about when it will come out..

I need a smart phone for day to day work(emails, etc)..so im torn between a galaxy s(which is already awesome with the new gingerbread roms) or should i hold out for the galaxy s 2 to be released here, hoping that it would be by end of may?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enthrall:
Aww, you could try locating it if you had "Lookout" installed on it, or if you have the IMEI number.

It was Life's way of telling you to upgrade :o Wait for the Galaxy S II if the price difference isn't a problem. I can't comment on when it will be available in the Phillipines, but you could pre-order it from trustworthy local websites or clove.co.uk perhaps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Funkym0nkey:
Hey guys,

Just wanted to post this email response from Clove.co.uk about stock availability on launch.

So if you have ordered from them, you are pretty much guaranteed the phone ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
so my point in the previous page was proven....

handtec.co.uk have updated their site as follows: Stock Update: Stock expected 27th April - Shipping 28th April.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
So what you are saying is Handtec will not be honouring Samsungs release policy.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
i just want my phone as soon as its possible, i do not care if they are getting into trouble with samsung what so ever ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Hopefully we can get to the bottom of these release dates official/unofficial..

Like you I would like the phone ASAP and I have passed on to Chris Love what Handtec are doing in the hope he may either look at his own release policy or ascertain if he can get it out any earlier.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Clove are good communicators on the internet, but as far as being the first ones shipping newly launched phones... nah, not so much. But handtec are usually worse :D

I think the better option for being amongst the first ones to get new phones at launch, is pre-order either at Expansys or Amazon.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golf2vr6:
Here in NL the price dropped to 515euro:

https://www.telecomtelecom.nl/producten/details/SI9100B
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitaldw:
I am not sure if even handtec know what is happening. If you look on a very popular Aussie forum, they are emailing handtec and still get mixed responses like:

Don't know how much stock they will get

Don't know exactly when the stock will arrive

Those that ordered 32gb models being told they have to wait, even though the 32gb model might not be released.

But hey anything for the chance to have it posted a couple of days earlier
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpete:
:eek:

Well my order with handtec went in on the 15th Feb, so all I'm gonna say is come to daddy :cool:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgios29:
Usually that's the case, but sadly expansys still doesn't even have a release date on their site.

And on their greek site, they say 13th may...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Actually Expansys UK has a release date set at May 2nd.

As for other Expansys european websites (non-UK european version), the date constantly changes between May 5th and May 13th depending on the time of the day you check the website :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgios29:
weird, all i see is "Pre-order to BE FIRST" and the preorder link
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndnesh:
Hmmm my best guess is that the 32 gb model might come in at a later date, or maybe not at all, maybe samsung had problems with RFS/EXT4 File Systems for such large internal memories and decided not to go through all that trouble and keep 16 GB as the maximum internal storage. However, I do sincerely wish that the 32 GB model comes out, especially in India too :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Well you just have to go to their "BE FIRST" section here: http://www.expansys.com/be-first/

Then you'll see the date :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgios29:
thanks, saw it :p

but they coul at least update their product page :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kersey:
Just popped into Carphone Warehouse, they didn't have a clue when the phone would be in stock, in fact I told the cocky sales assistant more than he knew. Hope he passes the info onto the next customer who enquires about the phone ;).

He did state that when it does arrive, they have a working version of it to play with before purchase so that'll be good.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golf2vr6:
Price is dropping here in NL.....499 euro:

http://www.gsmwijzer.nl/gsmshop/product/8596/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii?provider_id=1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleCtrOx666:
"verwacht week 19" Strange to say it like that lol but at least it is similar to the UK launch date.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Well not exactly, it's a week or two later :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexcarterkarsus:
hmmm, I'm in Belgium, can I buy it from there? ;) thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
Well bad news for the netherlands...

The expected introduction and delivery date is week 19. They will send me a second mail when they have the first shipment... ARGH... I want it now :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golf2vr6:
I expected it to be later than week 19...so why bad news. Most people in the UK will get it 3 may so we get it a week later.

And the price 499euro you call that bad news also?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleCtrOx666:
Well I'm maybe not that good in maths but when I count from 1 januari until 19 weeks later it's 7 may which is the week of UK release(1 may is a sunday).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shorty083:
Price is pretty damn great in my eyes, seeing as I paid 600euro for the sgs almost a year ago.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golf2vr6:
My calender here says:

week 18: 1- 7 may

week 19: 8-14 may
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
I was expecting it this month/first of may. My current phone is as good as dead so waiting is very hard for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golf2vr6:
I see, i have a N97 that's almost the same as having a death phone :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sckc23:
oh i used to have N97 too. OS and screen is crap but i love the design=)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleCtrOx666:
Strange, I used the windows Calender and I counted by myself, but maybe there's another method to counts weeks. Probably different months but the same week counts as a new week.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golf2vr6:
1 januari was week 52 (2010) ;)

That's where you went wrong i guess
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleCtrOx666:
Oh yes of course didn't though of that thanks ! Though I still find it strange to say the weeks and not the exact dates like 9-14 may which is less confusing :).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
Aww.. Was just gonna say you were using a belgian calendar :P

All jokes aside, it is week 16 now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golf2vr6:
:D I laughed .... thnx for that.

BTW :	€ 489,- @ algebeld.nl with free 8GB card.

http://www.algebeld.nl/index.php?Pa...tPlusCategories=0&ProductPlusProducts=0&Order

Algebeld delivers in Belgium + 25,- euro
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverwolf0:
The motorola xoom was recently listed in the FCC right before release, so FCC approval apparently doesn't take very long.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleCtrOx666:
The phone is already FCC approved.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imbapanda:
Definitely being held up by carriers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touness69:
That price is magic :eek:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreoXDA:
Late to the party, but still..

ISO calls the first week of a year the week that contains the first Thursday of the year.

So the first week of this year was Jan 2nd - Jan 8th (Sun-Sat).

The 19th week thus is May 8th to May 14th (Sun-Sat weeks) or May 9th to May 15th (Mon-Sun weeks).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexcarterkarsus:
I don't understand it... just checked pdashop.be, and how the heck would they think pricing it to 600+ euro is proper...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
Well, coolblue (which includes the brand pdashop) isn't a price fighter. They will probably change the price when they release it, I will email them about it AND ask again when they think they will be able to release it. They said they would get one of the first shipments :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kersh:
wow 489, thats about 90€ less than amazon.

Shame that they dont ship spain.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bart1981:
Today I first saw a price of €515,00 but just now I saw the price of €489,00

I feel a pre order coming :p When I have the money of my returned Xperia Arc back this will properbly the first thing I will do.

But I have my doubts about the 8GB. Looks like the Galaxy S promotion in which you could double your memory (8GB Galaxy S, double it with 8GB extra memory. 16GB Galaxy S, double it with 16GB extra memory). But the Galaxy S2 does not have 8GB it starts with 16GB....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
Well I had the same doubt, also the samsung promotion page doesn't show that offer. I have already sent a mail asking for an explaination and I've mailed coolblue (which has the brands smartphoneshop, pdashop and more). I will post the email here.

Edit:

Got the reply from algebeld, that's quick!

Translation: The offer will come. Samsung didn't put it on their site yet. Once they put the page up we will update the link. I confirm to you now that this offer will come.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexcarterkarsus:
I also emailed them about the release day, waiting for an answer... :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bart1981:
As soon as you have the answer, let us know!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
anyone has any idea if the galaxy s2 will support OTA updates and upgrades?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golf2vr6:
I think it will, just like SGS1. Now samsung should support it also.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexcarterkarsus:
damn... they didn't say much except mumbling about the week 19 thing again... though they point me to the belgium website,

http://www.gsmwijzer.be/gsmshop/product/8596/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii?provider_id=19

the price is 507 euros, still not too bad a deal :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
Ofcource :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Expansys UK has now upped the price of the Galaxy S II: they sell it for £519.99 instead of £499.99...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HumanoidTalking:
Yes mate, you are right.. In UAE, price increased from 2499 to 2599 Dirhams, don't understand why? is it because they think its a hot selling item, so make profit on it or price is genuinely increased.. anyhow they did said before that its a estimated price and final will be once they are about to ship.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxnik1:
Expansys BG has dropped the price to 600€ from 610€. It's still expensive. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintol:
The same with expansys PT - 625€ to 620€ - and the release date keeps changing from 13 May to 5 or 3 May.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touness69:
Expansys france is selling it on may 5 for 600€, I think that's the first online retailer that will have it here in france, not quite sure tho
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HumanoidTalking:
Expansys UAE still give 2 may 2011 release date, only price increase so far from 413 Pound to 433.. No VAT here
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
I got a reply from coolblue:

They don't have a release date yet. The price will possibly get changed when they get their first supply. Since I also mentioned an error on their page that ram was expandable (lol). They fixed it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mefa2:
In Poland it's 2299 zł, it's mean £515 or 580€ or 840$.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bart1981:
Well we will see when the release date is then.

Hopefully it's like the other countries in the beginning of may.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndnesh:
For those of you who are waiting for the release date in India:

Spoke to a Samsung Retailer today, he has been under enormous pressure since almost 5 to 10 people come everyday to ask him about the SGS2. :) He was sharing his woes with me. As per the update given to him by Samsung, he says that the stock will be arriving by the first week of may and (for now) the price is around 28k to 30k.

I am being cautiously optimistic, as he was the first one to inform that i shouldnt expect the SGS2 in April. Keeping my fingers crossed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomppi:
31 March for £650???

http://www.gsmarena.com/ouch_samsung_galaxy_s_ii_available_on_preorder_for_650-news-2360.php
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galga2008:
Galaxy SII - Available for Pre-Order!

Galaxy SII is now available for Pre-Order.

high price (around €600, $825) but still worth buying.

The Pre-Order will be shipping in late May.

would you Pre-Order it now or wait for it to be released?

Source:

gsmarena.com/ouch_samsung_galaxy_s_ii_available_on_preorder_now-news-2360.php
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corell:
The price of €600 is something that can make me wait another month instead of paying £650 in march... Still looking forward to owning this masterpiece :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomppi:
First stock landing March!

http://bit.ly/ieTtyI

:eek:

Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 (16GB) - £510 + VAT

Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 (32GB) - £590 + VAT
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob_me:
Cant justify spending £610 on a phone :/ ... I was fine spending £390 on my nexus but this is just too much
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erahk64:
He also said the date can change and didn't say if he got the info

from Samsung.

It seems pretty common that retailers has a early release date to get preorders.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperAndroid:
Seems they have reduced the cost already from £649.99 to £599.99.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psufan5:
Can someone in the US pre-order this phone? If so, which service provider would it work on?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
check with your providers which bands they are using... the samsung galaxy s2 is compatible with:

Quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900

Quad band UMTS 850/900/1900/2100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Digital1325:
Yeah that's quite ridiculous. Especially since it's all plastic on top of it. =/

I'd rather keep my iPhone 4, and buy a laptop for that price.

Looks like I'll be waiting on HTC to come to my rescue (once again), unless a Canadian carrier decides to pick up it up and give it a normal price tag of $600.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martino2k6:
I personally expect the price to go down once it will become available in more online stores (and will not be just on pre-order everywhere). They'll have more competition and will hopefully therefore also need to drive the prices down.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintol:
The pre-order price is always a robbery. It's the price to pay for your impacience. :p

The SGS was 600€ when it went on pre-order in may, and I bought mine for 400€ in July.

Let's wait and see...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMXO:
I have to agree the pre-order pricing is insane. I did the conversion to US $ & it was close to $1k. Way too much for a phone. I can't wait until the phone gets near $500ish so I can buy one.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
as a phone on all providers that are gsm.

ie not on sprint , verizon, etc.

for data:

it will work with at&t full 3g..

tmobile not as well there are rumors it may work with 4g when that is finished..

you can pre-order for handtec.co.uk .. the will ship to the usa and you will not have to pay vat. about 446 pounds with shipping.. still expensive.. but i ordered one.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
that sounds about right.. but i preorderd a galaxy s.. and it was a hair over 600 or so with shipping and it still is around 600 ( for outright purchase vs. provider plan)

i predict his may only drop to around 600 as well..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martino2k6:
That's not how the conversion goes between European and US prices. It's a lot simpler: 1£ = 1$ :)

Sucks for us Europeans as we get to pay more.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
seems like i found the first online shop that has it in stock...

http://www.elitegadgets.com/GB/Sams...ed-Mobile-Phone-(7805).aspx?source=googlebase
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OhFrenchman:
Don't forget: European shops almost always include taxes in their prices, while US stores exclude taxes on their advertised pricing. That is part of the difference.

And of course: Preorder pricing doesn't mean a thing - at this point, most shops are guessing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martino2k6:
Haha... You could get a MacBook for that price! Also, the picture is of the old SGS. Doesn't look very trustful to me...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
they really have it i called them
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
Can you please share some contact info of this dealer and in which city.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banner:
Does it really make sense to post the same thing serveral times on different threads? I find it waters down the information. Is it possible to stick to posting an info in one thread, and then refering to it by a link or something?

That would really up the quality of reading.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Amazon UK now lists the phone to be released on May 6 instead of May 1st :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMaLuST:
I still have 30th april as release date and 3rd-6th may as delivery..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndnesh:
Point taken! :) Will do it going forward :) Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Me too, but when they have updated from April 27 to May 1, it took 2 days to reflect in my order. So the change is coming :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndnesh:
Sure, The city is Bangalore, and the shop is Simtel Mobile Planet. I do not have any phone numbers, will take it from him tomorrow and update. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
play.com 29th of april the list of sellers selling earlier is growing
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexcarterkarsus:
I just called http://www.gsmwijzer.be the sales guy actually provided some interesting bits... says it will be available around 12 May, so not like the real beginning of May as in UK :( and they have something like 500 units for the first batch, which will be sold out pretty fast as there is already some 200+ people making the order.

Considering their price, 507 euros, which he assured me will be very unlikely to change, I'd say I'd make the order now!! :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Salvador:
I got a status update of my order. Est. shipping date is may 6th.

I ordered through a Dutch webshop
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golf2vr6:
Name of the shop could be usefull.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Salvador:
For all the Dutchies: Algebeld.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoSH:
Aha, do they ship to Belgium?

*Edit* yes they do :p

Did they mail the date? Is it 100% sure they'll have it by then?