Verizon Pre-order, Release date, and speculation thread

[CGNY87]

Just got an email from BB. It stated my phone (16gb) as been reserved and then has a price of $699.99. Is that the normal retail price for a 16gb?


Anyone else who preordered through BB get this?

 

[jimbo1mcm]

I put in the correct order number but the system says there is a problem. When I just called the rep, he said the order went through 100%, no problem. Guess Verizon's automated checking system is screwed up. Wonder what they pay programmers. Maybe they have an Apple mole in their employ!!!!

Update: You have to put in your pre-order number. Verizon is run by a bunch of ****oles!! How hard would it have been to put that on the check order page?

 

[Doit2it]

I put in the correct order number but the system says there is a problem. When I just called the rep, he said the order went through 100%, no problem. Guess Verizon's automated checking system is screwed up. Wonder what they pay programmers. Maybe they have an Apple mole in their employ!!!!

Mine just showed up on the Verizon website. You have to put the Preorder confirmation number, NOT the order number...Go figure. There's not much information though:

Order Status
Here is the status of your Pre-order:

We received your order and it is in process.
Expected Ship Date: Not available at this time.

 

[Eryl Flynn]

Just tried with my preorder confirmation and got they are experiencing issues.

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Just used my pre-order number, just the digits, and my last name as it appeared on the order and it went through with, IN PROCESS, no ship date.

 

[1stAndroid]

Alright I pre-ordered the 32gb pebble blue on opening day at 7:45 am or so, same July 9th deliver by date.

I didn't get any of those discounts other people mentioned, and I'm considering calling in because $50-$150 discount is nothing to shabby. Do you guys think I have any shot at all of getting any sort of retroactive discount if I get a "nice" CSR?


1) I am upgrading from my Droid X that I purchased on opening day and have not had replaced until now. (this is one of the major reasons other people say they got discounts)

2) I am upgrading from 3g to 4g for the first time. (How are people getting the 100$ credit for 3g to 4g upgrade when going to the GS3 if the promotion already ended? How would one have gotten that credit pre-stored on their account for later use?)

3) I am a non-primary line on a family share plan, I currently have unlimited 3g data (family plan is 2000 minutes, unlimited texting, 2 data lines, 2 non-data lines, in case size of the family plan can help me at all).

thanks in advance

 

[rushmore]

Chief... nice to see you here. What are doing with your Gnex? Mine is going to my fiancee. Ordered my pebble blue 32 at 7:00am est.

That's mean!

What if your finacee is out on a remote road with the weak radio reception of the Gnex??

I hope I am joking, but the Gnex does have the weakest radio I have used since the even weaker Nokia N900 (that is the worst)........

This is a reason I am paying full price for the SG3, since IF the SG3 has weak radio design like the Gnex, I can return it. If you use a discount, they make you get another device, or lose the discount. Went through that with the DX2 and had to fight to keep the discount in tact.

 

[npro1464]

I had the 32 GB ordered, and changed it later on to the 16 GB. This phone is going to have an sd card slot, which I was unaware of when first ordering (seeing 32 Gb and 16 GB models is decieving, I thought it was like the iPhone with limited storage). So, I'm going to put an old 16 GB card into my Thunderbolt and sell it on CL for whatever I can get, and use the 32 GB card from my Thunderbolt in my GS3. Saved a cool $56!!!

I don't think that much on board storage is necessary. Most of us are coming from phones with pathetic internal storage. The D1 only has 256 MB!! The Thunderbolt has 8 GB, and I've never had a problem. Those who already ordered the 32 GB might want to reconsider. To each his own, I suppose..

 

[1stAndroid]

If you return your old phone you get 30 bucks, wipes out the upgrade fee. That is what he was telling you.

Alexander,

Thanks for the info on this. Is this just the typical "please recycle your old phone" packaging they ship out with all of their phone orders??

Do I have to send back my current phone to get the $30 off or can it be an old Verizon phone I have?

I would much rather send back my crappy feature phone that I didnt send in when I bought my Droid X, than send in my nice Droid X. It would be nice to have a smart phone back-up just in case.....

Thanks

 

[alexander323bc]

Alexander,

Thanks for the info on this. Is this just the typical "please recycle your old phone" packaging they ship out with all of their phone orders??

Do I have to send back my current phone to get the $30 off or can it be an old Verizon phone I have?

I would much rather send back my crappy feature phone that I didnt send in when I bought my Droid X, than send in my nice Droid X. It would be nice to have a smart phone back-up just in case.....

Thanks

I do not know the exact details. I do know if you upgrade in the store and you turn your old phone in it takes off the upgrade fee. I am not sure how this works on line. This is more of a question for Verizon.

 

[alexander323bc]

I had the 32 GB ordered, and changed it later on to the 16 GB. This phone is going to have an sd card slot, which I was unaware of when first ordering (seeing 32 Gb and 16 GB models is decieving, I thought it was like the iPhone with limited storage). So, I'm going to put an old 16 GB card into my Thunderbolt and sell it on CL for whatever I can get, and use the 32 GB card from my Thunderbolt in my GS3. Saved a cool $56!!!

I don't think that much on board storage is necessary. Most of us are coming from phones with pathetic internal storage. The D1 only has 256 MB!! The Thunderbolt has 8 GB, and I've never had a problem. Those who already ordered the 32 GB might want to reconsider. To each his own, I suppose..

Most people ordered the 32 because the new OS does not support saving apps to the SD card, they will all be stalled on the phone. So after Verizon installs all there bloat apps your probably only looking at 10 gigs. The only way to fix that is rooting your phone. Since we don't know how long this will take most of us are playing it safe and going with 32gigs.

 

[alexander323bc]

Am I the only one that ordered a white phone? I have to learn how to clean this thing.

 

[matt0715]

Just got an email from BB. It stated my phone (16gb) as been reserved and then has a price of $699.99. Is that the normal retail price for a 16gb?


Anyone else who preordered through BB get this?

I did!

 

[jennay22]

Am I the only one that ordered a white phone? I have to learn how to clean this thing.

I got the 32gb in white I'm the techie in this family. My husband could care less. He's got my old LG Versa and thinks it's the best thing ever :/ Ummm, yeaahhhhh, sigh.

 

[alexander323bc]

Did someone delete my post? I was just telling Jen my name is alex and I enjoy long walks on the beach and reading tech blogs.

 

[jackdubl]

Most people ordered the 32 because the new OS does not support saving apps to the SD card, they will all be stalled on the phone. So after Verizon installs all there bloat apps your probably only looking at 10 gigs. The only way to fix that is rooting your phone. Since we don't know how long this will take most of us are playing it safe and going with 32gigs.

S3 is already rootable. See all things root thread.

 

[The_Chief]

I don't think that much on board storage is necessary. Most of us are coming from phones with pathetic internal storage. The D1 only has 256 MB!! The Thunderbolt has 8 GB, and I've never had a problem. Those who already ordered the 32 GB might want to reconsider. To each his own, I suppose..

I would never go back to 16 GB. As you said, to each their own.

I have all 6 Star Wars movies on my Nexus (sometimes other movies), all my Google Music offline, numerous HD pix and vids I've shot with this thing, and have about 8GB left. 16GB would have been packed long ago.

I'm glad the 16GB version works well for you... for others, it's just not enough. And while the D1 did only have 256MB, that was RAM, not STORAGE. It did support up to a 32GB microSD card (which I used).

 

[Curt941]

I'm getting the 16gb because i've got a 16gb SD card in my Droid X that i can throw in to immediately double my storage.

 

[muicha]

Just got an email from BB. It stated my phone (16gb) as been reserved and then has a price of $699.99. Is that the normal retail price for a 16gb?


Anyone else who preordered through BB get this?

It's $599 for 16GB on Verizon's site... why would BB be more expensive? If anything I would have expected the opposite?

 

[akita]

Got mine for $89 after discounts, fees, taxes applied. It pays to call customer service vs ordering online

 

[rushmore]

It's $599 for 16GB on Verizon's site... why would BB be more expensive? If anything I would have expected the opposite?

That is due to an agreement for posted price for BB to be a major channel partner for VZW phones. Not sure about the other carriers. Due to BB policy for price match, they will match VZW price at purchase, if local VZW has it in stock.

 

[alexander323bc]

S3 is already rootable. See all things root thread.

My understanding is that the U.S. version may have a little different coding due to the different hardware. So as of yet the only the global version has been rooted.

 

[kmoore11]

Alright, how is everybody getting these discounts? I called the number somebody posted earlier and they told me there were no discounts I could get because the device hasn't come out yet. I specifically mentioned the "phone freedom" discount since I preordered the original Droid Incredible and still have that, as well as the 3G-to-4G discount but she said I could only get them on current devices...

What are you saying to get this so cheap?!

 

[darkestred]

I would never go back to 16 GB. As you said, to each their own.

I have all 6 Star Wars movies on my Nexus (sometimes other movies), all my Google Music offline, numerous HD pix and vids I've shot with this thing, and have about 8GB left. 16GB would have been packed long ago.

I'm glad the 16GB version works well for you... for others, it's just not enough. And while the D1 did only have 256MB, that was RAM, not STORAGE. It did support up to a 32GB microSD card (which I used).

When you really break it down. 16gb + up to 64 gigs expansion. Evens things out. Maybe I should have went 32gb but honestly speaking on my behalf: Do i need to have 75 games on there? 2 of which i MIGHT play, or 15000 photos which I may show to someone on a rainy day. 64 gigs for music, movies and photo's...yes please. 16gigs to allow for core and primary apps and games? Yes, please.

What I find is having more space usually means you say, hmm, well since i have the space i can put this on or this blueray quality rip...as i've said, quality over quantity.

 

[muicha]

That is due to an agreement for posted price for BB to be a major channel partner for VZW phones. Not sure about the other carriers. Due to BB policy for price match, they will match VZW price at purchase, if local VZW has it in stock.

Gotcha... didn't even think about the price-matching policy; thanks!