Samsung Galaxy S III Pre-Release Thread

[jasaero]

I believe buying the regular phone at list price and getting XDA to make it more functional is faster than waiting for the developer editions to be sold. Comments?

MAYBE. I think it all depends on the demand for this initial supply to VZW. As soon as sales to VZW are steady and easy to supply, I figure they will start selling the Dev version. If there are supply/demand issues as has been suggested will happen here at some point before fall on the Qualcomm S4 devices you could be correct. So far I haven't heard of supply problems on initial launch here really though??

The dev device COULD be available anytime really though if there is plenty of supply to keep VZW happy AND offer it. VZW may have demanded some exclusive time period to hawk only the locked one in exchange for not holding the unlocked ones availability against Samsung during future device deals for all we know?

No way to know for sure until Sammy gives a date for the Dev. Maybe people need to be demanding a time frame from Samsung for that one??

[TC_Mits]

Can we win in the long run or just wait as long as possible to avoid the bitter medicine?

Yes -- probably.

Re-read my June 30 post quoted by me about 10 posts up [#410].

Confirmation (unofficial) here:

Unless their billing system has changed since I worked there, under the old plans data is a feature, except if the user had a data only plan with no minutes. That's how a smartphone and a dumbphone could have the same rate plan. Say a user called in wanting to activate a smartphone when they had been using a dumbphone. No new contract and they wanted to keep the same plan. When the rep changed the ESN, the billing system would prompt the agent to add the data feature. Didn't affect the plan at all.

Going by their past behavior, they will beg, cajole and entice customers to give up their unlimited feature, but they won't actually force them off it unless there's no alternative. If you are satisfied with your plan and don't plan on buying a subsidized device, you could keep it more or less indefinitely. But if you take the feature off, it's gone for good.

Looking at the rate structure on the new plan system, I assume data is still a feature. The family share thing is the plan, and the data feature is probably linked to the type of device, with the data bucket as a separate feature.

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[TC_Mits]

I believe buying the regular phone at list price and getting XDA to make it more functional is faster than waiting for the developer editions to be sold. Comments?

Yeah, may be faster, but def not safer or cleaner. When the dev version hits, I'll see what else is in the pipe and re-evaluate. Mine stays in the box for resale, for now...


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[ronaldheld]

Should we be moving to the official thread?

[TC_Mits]

S'pose so...

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[dmaxfan]

Dunno why we can't just change the name of this one to the official

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII

[TC_Mits]

Traditionally, there is a speculative rumor and leak driven "pre-release" thread which is closed when the device is released. At that time an "official release thread" is started.

I dunno why either...


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[hitman619]

Pls post the sale results. I have a blue 32 I will sell soon.


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Some guy just offered me 580.00 cash
I might take it.
Will take part of that money and buy factory refurbished galaxy Nexus!

[jasaero]

Some guy just offered me 580.00 cash
I might take it.
Will take part of that money and buy factory refurbished galaxy Nexus!

Why not hold cash and get Dev SIII?? Only need another 20 spot for that.

[TC_Mits]

SGSIII has SD support, that alone is worth waiting a bit.


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