Verizon Pre-order, Release date, and speculation thread

chamba · Jul 9, 2012

hour 3 of waiting... no fedex truck in sight the wait continues...i have now moved my pc from the upstairs to down stairs living room.

aeroo777 · Jul 9, 2012

uhohsteveo said:
I never got the email. But mine and my bro's look just like your screenshot.

Are you guys on the west coast? California here...

New Mexico here....my FedEx tracking is exactly the same as the screen shot.

ousuxndallas · Jul 9, 2012

Texas. DFW area. Fedex shows my S3 was just delivered. I'm not home, but left a signed note.

16GB Blue.

Shockwave78 · Jul 9, 2012

Finally arrived!

Opening now

chamba · Jul 9, 2012

Shockwave78 said:
Finally arrived!

Opening now

im so jealous i want mine

PerCompLLC · Jul 9, 2012

2horses said:
Mine was included. I think if they "know," probably based on your previous device - that you don't have one, they include it. Otherwise, you swap it from the old phone. It also appears that so far Verizon only had four 4G models previously - HTC Inc 4G, Razr, RazrMaxx, or Droid 4. Everything else (I would assume) needs a 4G sim card

You missed the Bionic - although the sim card is a different size in the Bionic so you'll get a replacement sim card if upgrading that phone...

RedStorm · Jul 9, 2012

i was in the middle of typing out an angry post about how fedex didnt come yet and right when i went to click on post reply i heard a knock at the door and saw the fedex truck in the street........hooraahh!!!

PerCompLLC · Jul 9, 2012

Jer39 said:
Ordered 6/18. Account charged Sat 7/7, Verizon email Sun 7/9 saying I'm on the "2 business day" list. FedEx clarifies that this means 2 business days from today, meaning Weds 7/11 at 7:00pm.

FedEx says they picked up the phone this morning at 6:00am from West Chester, PA at 6:00am, which is about a 2hr 15min drive from my Brooklyn apt. So hard to believe that it actually takes them 2 business days to get it here...I mean, I could WALK to West Chester, PA before 7:00pm Wednesday!

Is there anyone who's on the two-day list who actually received their device on the first day? Is there any chance at all that I'll have this puppy by tomorrow, 7/10 or should I just resign myself to Weds?

I'm in EXACTLY the same boat (my phone is in Westchester as well). I hate to say it, but you won't get it tomorrow, you'll get in on Wednesday.

Even though FedEx will have it to your location by tomorrow, they won't deliver it because it is 2nd Day delivery. At least that has been my experience...

That said, I'll still be putting a note on the door tomorrow just in case.

chamba · Jul 9, 2012

RedStorm said:
i was in the middle of typing out an angry post about how fedex didnt come yet and right when i went to click on post reply i heard a knock at the door and saw the fedex truck in the street........hooraahh!!!

nice trick let me type a little rant on how my phone hasnt arrive yet.......... :mad:

its not working

wishiwas · Jul 9, 2012

c4v3man said:
Which motorola? Keep in mind, 4G seems to on average have less penetration/signal capability in general, and usually reads lower in terms of bars/db. If you are comparing a Motorola 3G device to a new 4G device, that's not really realistic. You may want to look into forcing the SGSIII down to 3G only, and see if that addresses your signal issues if you are in a questionable 4G signal area.

As I mentioned, the Motorola is a Razr. 4g.

powdbyrice · Jul 9, 2012

aeroo777 said:
Same for me Jubba, received email at 11:55 MDT. Our phones must be on the same pallet....:shakehands:

mine shipped on friday as well. bay area here. its been on "departed Indianapolis" for 3 days.

wont be here until tomorrow. :mad:

vzw shipped it via 2day. :banghead:

i have today off.

dmanindfw · Jul 9, 2012

kymberlin said:
Congrats!!! I will have mine by 3 today !!!
ENJOY

Betting woman? Drinks on me if I get mine first, drinks on you if you get yours first? Oh hell, nevermind, I always lose bets...don't want to jinx myself.

JubbaTheHutt · Jul 9, 2012

aeroo777 said:
New Mexico here....my FedEx tracking is exactly the same as the screen shot.

Northern VA (DC area).

FirstGen · Jul 9, 2012

powdbyrice said:
mine shipped on friday as well. bay area here. its been on "departed Indianapolis" for 3 days.

wont be here until tomorrow. vzw shipped it via 2day. :banghead:

i have today off.

damn really? Mine shipped saturday form memphis. I am just outside the bay area and I just got my phone

xpavar · Jul 9, 2012

_Aardvark said:
Anyone get the silly congrats on your new S3 (free) text from Verizon?

Yes, and now I can't get rid of the text notification. :mad:

Tried unchecking "do not keep activities" in developer options and clearing RAM. No dice. I've had my GS3 up and running since Friday.

aeroo777 · Jul 9, 2012

JubbaTheHutt said:
Northern VA (DC area).

My order status shows a tracking number except it starts with an 8 space and the original tracking number. Ship date 07/06/2012.

FedEx doesn't recognize the tracking number as displayed.

dmanindfw · Jul 9, 2012

2horses said:
If something got out of hand I totally missed it.....

Oh, and I'm a girl. But I can still "man up" if I have to!

Going to DYI activate now....

Well then woman up! <dman runs and hides before jerofld catches him>

Glad to see you got your phone activated. Well how is it?!?

Sorry about the gender error...sometimes you just never know for sure...haha.

dmanindfw · Jul 9, 2012

aeroo777 said:
My order status shows a tracking number except it starts with an 8 space and the original tracking number. Ship date 07/06/2012.

FedEx doesn't recognize the tracking number as displayed.

Drop the 8 space part and try again. I think someone else mentioned adding a 0 or 1 to the end of your tracking number too.

fevs · Jul 9, 2012

Got my second galaxy today at 12 and sold it by 3

CoronaDoug · Jul 9, 2012

Mine has been delivered, activated, screen protector and case on. Just waiting for it to charge..... :bebored:

aeroo777 · Jul 9, 2012

dmanindfw said:
Drop the 8 space part and try again. I think someone else mentioned adding a 0 or 1 to the end of your tracking number too.

Thanks, dropping the 8 space displays the original "Initiated" info that has been displayed all weekend. Adding a 0 or 1 to the end returned: Not Found

Shockwave78 · Jul 9, 2012

Well 30-45 mi utes with the phone was enough for me to know that I am not going to like it. Boxed it up and will return it tomorrow.

Upon first opening the box I was amazed at how the phone felt. Does not feel cheap at all or big for that matter also.

When booting it up for the first time I was like WOW this is going to be awesome! Within a few minutes though I was kind of disappointed and it just did not have any of that new phone magic after I started using it. The screen is very nice but something was just odd about it that did not gel right with me, it just bugged me more and more throughout the short time I was using it.

Most of you will say I did not spend enough time with th phone and would have gotten used to it but I have been down this road before as I get a few phones a year. I know if I like something or relatively quick, I have stuck it out with a few phones I the past for 2 or 3 weeks and still did not like any of them after that initiall dislike after only a short few minutes.

It's weird though, I was expecting this phone to really feel like the gnex, just an upgraded version of it. I know that's expected with touch wiz and such, but it is the same OS after all.

Sadly I guess I will be sticking it out with the 4s for a bit longer and the. Get th new iPhone come sometime between August and a October release. After that I know I will be going windows phone for sure. Verizon just does not have any decent ones at this point and won't u too the end of the year.

It was a fun and long....month here while it lasted thgh

chamba · Jul 9, 2012

Im starting to think fedex is going to make me wait till 7PM .... come fedex ship it sooner gotta get up at 2 AM for work and i woudl like time to activate and charge the phone i dont want to be doing that at 8 ish ... i need to sleep

uhohsteveo · Jul 9, 2012

I'm just getting very impatient and annoyed how my card was charged on Friday and the full amount posted earlier this morning, and I have nothing from Verizon. NOTHING.

It's been a good 8 hours already since the full amount went through, and my tracking number obtained through DoIt2It's methods has shown NO ACTIVITY since Friday. I highly doubt it is going to be delivered today was per the tracking estimate.

Ugh.... yeah I know, gotta wait gotta wait, until 2 days after the actual VZW ship date. But still... I've had my darn CruzerLite case for a month already!!

chamba · Jul 9, 2012

Engadget has a review of the phone .. making the wait more agonizing

Samsung Galaxy S III for Verizon Wireless review -- Engadget

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