yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jivel:
Guys, lots more preorder deals released today! I'm keeping an eye on them and they are changing quite frequently.

http://www.comparemobiledeals.com/mobile-phones/Samsung/Galaxy-S2

Sold my Galaxy S on ebay and think I might plump for a preorder now as I dont want to risk retailers having no stock on launch, I've read this is one of the most anticipated Android releases ever.

I just wish we could get a solid confirmation on the launch date. I've heard 21st April, 1st May and 14th May all in the last week!:o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] extrememonkey:
Anybody heard anything about O2 in UK and the S2???? There website doesnt even have it in there coming soon section!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chilledbud:
Some release date shuffles seem to be happening in the some of the larger on-line stores.

Play - 29th April

Amazon - 27th April

No actual date mentioned on the likes of Clove and Expansys.

People who have played the release game before do any of the stockist have earlier stock and/or release dates? Currently have a pre-order in with Expansys but I'm more than happy to change to any supplier of the same price that will ship earlier.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chainfire:
For any custom ROM / kernel / root etc development, we need to know whether the SGS2 bootloaders will be unlocked.

We need to harass Samsung on twitter with this question. Me and supercurio started tweeting the question, many have joined in.

It'd be useful if everybody does, until we have an answer (that we like, lol)

See the following tweets:

http://twitter.com/#!/search/@SamsungMobileUS

Please tweet the question about bootloader status to:

@SamsungMobileUS @SamsungService @SamsungJohn @Samsung_Mobiles
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Super Chimp:
I cannot see it being released on the same day as the royal wedding which is a bank holiday. It was my understanding still that the date from Samsung for the UK is the 1st May.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreoXDA:
Why? SGS2 makes a perfect wedding gift :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cvenk:
amazon.at or amazon.de SGS2 for 537 eur. in MAY

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463375173&pf_rd_i=301128
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
Hahaha... Skype Call The Family Members Who Could Not Attend ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bilhouse:
Man this phone really does look great. I have been lurking on the forum for the last month watching all the details appear.

I will probably end up pre-ordering this or just buying it on the day sim free from Carphone Warehouse.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
Welcome to the forums, one piece of advice, please read through the threads and catch up on what you have missed. People have been active here day in and day out. No need to post things that have already been discussed many times.

Aside from reading redundant topics, people get excited that there is new information available and realize its the same ol' stuff. Feels a bit disappointing.

Thank you for your consideration.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bilhouse:
Thanks for the advice matey.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperAndroid:
Did you also notice is says 512MB (RAM) :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
Yes, gotta love the "Facts" of any news article.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MustWarnothers:
Ugh.

Q3 with a possible late Q2 release for US/Canada.

Like a dagger in my heart :(

There's just no way I can wait that long for a phone. I'm using an Env2. I was really, really hoping late may/june so I'd have a fun gadget to have this Summer, but that appears to have been squashed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Death666Angel:
Not sure if anyone has posted this before, but my amazon.de order currently states:

"Noch nicht versandt

voraussichtliches Versanddatum: 13. Mai 2011 - 14. Mai 2011

Lieferung voraussichtlich: 16. Mai 2011"

Translation:

"Not yet shipped

foreseeable shipping date 13th May - 14th May 2011

arrival possibly 16th May"

I launched my order just this week on monday. :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh_pwnage:
the entire thing quotes that for canada with the possibility of canada beating the states in getting tech for a change :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmack:
ordering it from abroad is your other option. It sports quadband 3G so it should work with Fido/Rogers/Telus/Bell
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh_pwnage:
I personally blame the big three for it taking so long but I think I can estimate which of them will likely (and I use that term very loosely) launch it first.

Bell did not launch the NS, and they are currently giving ppl GS Vibrants for $0 on 3 year term so... guess who.... I was hoping to jump ship but guess I might not get to....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblawsum:
True but Bell also got the Atrix and the Incredible S, so i was thinking it'll go to Rogers.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh_pwnage:
You're forgetting the Arc... that and Rogers is retarded... they didn't get a samsung droid till after bell and they just launch NS with telus

Deep down I'm praying they all get it at the same time so I can jump ship and go to telus where I can get a better data plan... I wanna dump my bad memories of my BBerry storm and Bell
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FLAC Vest:
I know how you feel man; I'm running a N1 right now and I love it although i'm yearning for something new. I use the phone day in and day out and quite frankly, I just get bored with phones after a month or so.

I'm holding onto an upgrade right now and it's really hard to not use it on the Inspire.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Strange, did you order from Amazon themselves or from Marketplace? Because my order from Amazon.de says this:

Noch nicht versandt

voraussichtliches Versanddatum:

10. Mai 2011 -11. Mai 2011
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sixstring:
And my Amazon.de order says: :o

Noch nicht versandt

voraussichtliches Versanddatum: 16. Mai 2011

Lieferung voraussichtlich: 18. Mai 2011

Ordered directly from Amazon.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Okay, I'm probably part of the first batch because I have ordered on April 5th ;)

Anyway, I will probably cancel this order because I have also ordered from Amazon UK, with an estimated shipping date of April 26th :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sixstring:
Ok ;) It is about € 50 more on Ama UK, though....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Well no, not really: on Amazon UK the price VAT-free is around £417 (~470€), whereas on Amazon DE the price VAT-free is around 460€. VAT is the same in both cases (destination country-dependent) so in the end it's just 10€ more expensive (+VAT). If that makes me get it 2 weeks earlier, hell yeah I'll spend 10€ more :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sixstring:
Ah, I see. Well, being in Germany I can not order VAT-free from UK since that is EU, too.

So I'll just have to wait 2 more weeks and save the € 50...

Who knows. Maybe Amazon.de will get it out earlier too.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Well you missed my point: I quoted the prices VAT-free because when you order from Amazon, the VAT is re-calculated on basis of the country of destination.

So in the case of shipping from Amazon UK to Germany, your final price will be with the German VAT.

So there's no way the price difference is 50€, it's more like 15€ when taking into account the German VAT.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sixstring:
Ah ok. Sorry for being so slow. On top of it I calculated with a wrong rate. :o

I tested it and this comes up ( £500.84 ~ € 564.00):

Amazon.co.uk Order Summary

Items: £416.66

Postage & Packing: £4.21

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total before VAT: £420.87

VAT: £79.97

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Order Total: £500.84
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arjun90:
I want a Galaxy S2 now!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scorp1on1899:
You're not alone! :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3sm0nd:
Just 2-3 more weeks guys... we are almost there!

I've preordered on the 22nd of February... just few hours after the listed it in the shop... so I guess I will be one of the first lucky guys here in Switzerland... :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgios29:
Amazon.co.uk updated the release date to 1st May :(

Let's see when expansys will give a release date...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Yeah I've just noticed too... But my order still says "Dispatch estimate: 26 April 2011" so I don't know...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgios29:
Same for me, guess the haven't updated it yet.

Except if we ordered early and we are the lucky ones :P

Sadly, I highly doubt it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Well the strange thing is, with Amazon I've always been notified by e-mail (+ in my account) when release dates were changed, either in the good or in the bad direction :o

So it's weird...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
From Clove:-

Clove will begin shipping on 3rd May.

For UK shipping, provided that you opt for Royal Mail Special Delivery, the order will be with you by 1PM the day after it is dispatched.

We will begin charging for orders in the week prior to the release so as to be able to dispatch as many as possible once stock is available.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
i guess nobody will start shipping earlier...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kersh:
Maybe they sold a first limited batch and days later they receive the second.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgios29:
Let's hope we'll be among the lucky ones :)

Greek expansys got updated with 5th of May availability
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jivel:
Yes more UK retailers have released their pre-order deals today including onestop. T-mobile, Orange and Vodafone networks deals. ;)

http://www.comparemobiledeals.com/mobile-phones/Samsung/Galaxy-S2

Still waiting on a confirmation date and whether the phone will be out on o2 from launch, I've rang 4 retailers this week. I've no idea which network to go for, I want the one with the fastest internet data, anybody know which that is or where I can read up on network data throttling etc?:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrYiff:
According to BuyMobilePhones it will be on O2 aswell, although there doesn't appear to be a huge amount of contracts available from them yet. Also no details from 3 yet, it's been confirmed they will have it I believe but no pricing details yet :(

Currently I'm on T-Mo but depending on the deals available (and what I get offered to renew my contract), I may move to 3 as they seem to have pretty good deals on data allowance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ayrlupine:
I'm in the same boat, my T-Mobile contract ends on the 1st of May (how convenient is that?!) and I'm looking at either Three "The One Plan" or Orange 750MB, the thing with Three is that I'm scared about the coverage, heard a lot of horror stories about it! That said, if Three are bringing the phone within the first week of May, I'll get it with them and try out the signal. If not, I think I'll just go with Orange.

I'm normally very patient but I can't explain just how excited I am for this phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Well I have contacted Amazon UK about their new release date, asking if it would affect my dispatch date currently set at April 26th, and they have answered this:

"Please note that as per our suppliers update we can still dispatch your order with the estimates mentioned.

If there will be any changes please be rest assure that we will update you regarding."

So I'm still on course for a shipping on April 26th from Amazon UK :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgios29:
Weird, i contacted amazon about the same thing and got a different answer, and they also updated the estimated dispatch date accordingly.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Okay then, well it won't be long before we know anyway :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kersh:
Maybe the guy of amazon want a first batch phone and move your preorder to the second :D

I still have the same shipping date
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgios29:
I knew I shouldn't have asked them. They wouldn't have noticed :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Well I did and I'm still on track so you are just unlucky, or we're just getting our hopes up for no reason :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgios29:
Or the rep guy had placed a late order and made the swap :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndnesh:
I want this phone now!! I am almost tired of looking and searching for each and every article /review/preview that comes out regarding this phone! Its driving my girlfriend nuts, and all my friends are asking me if all i am ever going to do is just look at the photos/videos!!

Come on Samsung!! Release it!!! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndnesh:
Please Note: My tiredness will definitely not stop me from reading about this phone, devouring any piece of information regarding the phone, and watching all the videos about this phone :) :) ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MustWarnothers:
I'm with you guys.

I feel like an addict. It's basically this:

Engadget, BGR, Anandtech, gsmarena, phandroid, droid-life, xda-developers, then top it all off with a Google "latest" search for Galaxy S II.

3-4 times a day, every day. I need to be cut off I think.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touness69:
You guys are my twins, besides the fact that it is more like 10-15 time a day for me. I need a shot I think
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreoXDA:
add to your list these

androidcentral.com, pocketnow.com, phonearena.com
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Death666Angel:
I ordered from Amazon itself, I'm not going to spend 550€ and buy from someone I don't know. Amazon has quality service and except there is a substantial price difference (10-20% at least) or it is an easy product (book or blu-ray) I usually go with them. The amazon.de price got adjusted from 556€ to 548€ and the cheapest offer there is 538€.

My guess about the different dates is either they just don't know and the guys behind the info pulled stuff out of their ass or there are different batches arriving at different dates and we all ordered in the order we get the phones in :D.

But mid May serves me fine as my birthday is 9th and that way my bank account won't be too badly hurt by the phone purchase. ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sckc23:
if you're bored you can start googe-translating mobile-review.com (russian version) and keeping track of eldar murtazin's twitter status=]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DKMIK:
I do to, and then some, i have mate an account at appbrain, an make a list off apps, guess what i don't have an Android phone, i am on my old backup N95.:rolleyes:

But i have pre. order the phone est. shipping 4/5-11;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpooz:
Just made a purchase on Handtec..

Hope I will be receiving the 1.2ghz version..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawkeye7:
Need help...

Am from india... i want to know that if i preorder sgs2 from uk stores like clove, expansys or play who claims to get sgs2 with 1.2ghz exynos and samoled+ Will i get charged as basic price+VAT or just basic price? and wat about the guarantee? is it international warranty or i wont be getting warranty in india?? and is it advisable to buy from these stores?? once if i place preorder can i cancel it without getting charged in case i change my mind to buy from that store? can you frnds pls recommend a store from where i can get in more cheaper compared to other stores? is india getting 1.2 ghz exynos with samoled+ or tegra with slcd?

i know some ppl will get irritated seeing my questions, but pls these are somengenuine questions that i need to know cos i really want my hands on this phone... kindly bear with me n try to help me... suggestions will be really appreciated...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
With pre orders in the UK most won't charge your card until dispatch! I think Clove email you when they have stock just to confirm you want to go ahead. I've placed my order with Expansys and I think they'll notify me to. In the UK at least £499.99 is the price most are charging considering Amazon once had it up for £700+! Price may drop but who knows...!

With the other questions I'm not sure, I've ordered stuff from USA before and been charged tax, but also been charged with import duty and tax once item has arrived to the UK not sure how it works in India.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawkeye7:
thanx... wen i entered clove it said 440£+88£ for ppl in UK and wen i put it for india it showed no VAT only 440+shipping charges of either 24 0r 30£... so does that mean i hav to pay only 470£?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Funkym0nkey:
Yup. Its £470 shipped to India by DHL. Ofcourse you will have to pay 4% duty when it lands here.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chainfire:
Maybe a weird idea, but why not email Clove ? I'm pretty sure they know the answers to your questions :)

Tax-wise, it is common to not charge tax when selling to countries outside of the EU, if you are a EU company (unless you deal in millions and millions)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmack:
I'm in the US and placed an order with clove as well. No VAT was charged
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitaldw:
Clove has already sent me an email stating dates etc and have asked for final confirmation of me going ahead with the order. They stated in the email that they are processing payments a bit early so that they can post as soon as possible. (SGS2 would be a popular item so it is good they are thinking ahead)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
Nice :D Not too long left now!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
Somehow I feel that the UK has already received stock and will ship according to Samsung's policy.

A few people in India have also confirmed that their vendors / dealers have the stock coming and will start selling in a few days.

Consequently, Android_master from the forums will be in Mumbai today, he has contacted one of these dealers who will be selling it to him today itself.

Lets see the outcome.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
i don't know if they already have it seems unlikely to me, but i am sure they will be receiving it next monday or tuesday because amazon.co.uk earlier release date (27.04)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lichbane:
Can anyone confirm the status of the 32G version of the SGS2?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Samsung-Galax...bile_Phones&hash=item5adff57ea5#ht_3551wt_905

28th of april as a date!!!

i hope handtec won't honor the official release and send it as soon as they have it in stock :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
Interesting, I purchased my HD2 from Gum Mobile at first release, had no problems with them then. I wonder whether they can really keep that date?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
clove claims to be ready for shipping on the 3rd of may, its almost certain they won't stock up during the weekend or on a holiday... so it makes sense to think that dealers will get the devices mid next week.

and like i said above consider amazon's former release date and it all adds up...

clove isn't not admitting that they will have them by next week because they want to honor the official release date and because people will go crazy :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
Guyz, I just spoke to a samsung dealer in new delhi, and he says galaxy s2 stock has been issued to them by the company and it would be available by tomorrow or day after tomorrow. cheers :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Beware, this is just the usual BS talk of cell phones vendors...

I'm pretty sure tomorrow they'll say their delivery has been "delayed" of some sorts... :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
Well he himself said that he will call me today evening and confirm the price and availability. Will keep u guyz updated.

You were absolutely right m8, just got a call from the same fellow and now he says month end between 28th-30th.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rons_sacramental:
Thanks for keeping us updated. Hopefully u will hear good news this evening. :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HumanoidTalking:
Samsung Middle east not saying much to my email, only saying its under testing

"Good day valued customer!

The Galaxy S II is expected to be out by May 2011. The exact date has

not been disclosed but it is now under testing. Thus official

specifications and prices are not yet officially being released by

concerned teams.

One thing for sure is that it will have a dual core 1GHz processor and

it will run with Gingerbread 2.3 firmware."
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
And they're saying it's 1.0 GHz... strange...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
I totally agree with you because the software may not be probably stable to the last minute bump to 1.2 ghz from 1 ghz processor. its getting very frustrating.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
...or the Middle East is getting a Tegra-based version...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
I would request everyone like me wating for this beast to calm their senses. I feel the first ones to get it would be the reviewers like gsmarena, phonearena, etc. Once their reviews are out then only you can be sure that it will out in the market soon.

Secondly about the dealers in India. They are confused probably because earlier samsung planned to release the sgs2 with 1ghz processor, and probably that was expected to be out by mid april. But since they upgraded the CPU it got further delayed.

Even in one of the TV shows (cell guru on ndtv) they showed the device at the samsung forum 2011 and they also said it would be available in June. So I think probably it would be june or atleast mid may. Its just a guess, can be sooner or later. :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
There is only one dealer who has a direct communication link with the head of Samsung PR & Marketing UK and provides a regular update to it's customers via email and their Blog site and that is Clove Technology.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreoXDA:
Again posting this same thought, because I want to calm down some overexcited people here. :)

Dealers MAY get stock now, it means nothing to you. If they are authorized retailers and if they value their relationship with Samsung or carriers, they will sell to you only after the official release date.

Retailers who flip their stock on the grey market, probably receive their stock last, and not directly from Samsung (Samsung would not encourage grey market dealings).

When I was getting my Captivate last year in New York City, I went to probably 5 authorized dealerships in the 2 weeks prior to the release begging them to sell me a phone. All of them would tell me "I just checked, we have stock, they are in the backroom, we also just finished training, BUT we are only allowed to sell these to customers upon official release".

So I bought my captivate at about 10:30am on the release day :)

Not sure if dealers in other countries are this strict.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mujja:
Amazon UK changed the date to 3rd May now. Had an email from them yesterday :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Yeah, me too.

Dispatch estimate was April 26 till yesterday, but now is 29-30 April...