The next Galaxy (S5/F)

Strumms

Any word on a release date from any of the Irish mobile providers ? Three keep telling me the middle of April sometime but since that's 2-3 weeks away you would think they might have published a release date. Can't see anything else on any of the other Irish providers sites. Was looking at the note 3 as I'm already due an upgrade.

RangeR

Strumms wrote: »

Any word on a release date from any of the Irish mobile providers ? Three keep telling me the middle of April sometime but since that's 2-3 weeks away you would think they might have published a release date. Can't see anything else on any of the other Irish providers sites. Was looking at the note 3 as I'm already due an upgrade.

The global release date has been set a good while ago.

Strumms

RangeR wrote: »

The global release date has been set a good while ago.

of this i am aware but as to when we can expect to receive info from irish providers re: release dates etc. is what i am interested in... but ermmm. thanks anyway.. or not..

Ihackedboardz

Carphonewarehouse tell me they'll have it on April 11th & if you preorder, you'll get a case thrown in with it, available for upgrades & new connections

supposedly they were expecting the HTC one m8 today or tomorrow (was speaking to them on Sat)

Craigels

My mam got an email from Carphone warehouse today about her pre order they wanted to know what store she wanted to collect from... Do you just reply with the name of preferred store. I thought it strange there wasn't a link with a drop down menu. Do they look at every email and then notify stores or what?

projectgtr

RangeR wrote: »

Got some stuff in this week.

Cheers for that, i have to say i know its early days and thats just a dummy but that looks really cheap, the chrome looks horrible.

Strumms

Finally got verbal confirmation from 3 today that they will be releasing around the 11th too although they don't have a pricing guide of any sort at present. Strikes me as odd considering the release is 10 days away...

I might just upgrade to the Note 3 instead to be honest.

deadanonymau5

Strumms wrote: »

Finally got verbal confirmation from 3 today that they will be releasing around the 11th too although they don't have a pricing guide of any sort at present. Strikes me as odd considering the release is 10 days away...

I might just upgrade to the Note 3 instead to be honest.

Same price as the S3 and S4 when they were released surely.

RangeR

Whites due in tomorrow. Might have pics then, maybe.

The Demo photos I posted earlier are actually the black unit. I thought they were blue. I've just seen the Blue demos. They are gank sky blue.

leemaree

02 Has the phone on pre-order for €619.99

RangeR

leemaree wrote: »

02 Has the phone on pre-order for €619.99

If yer gonna spend that much money, you might as well purchase an unlocked one from a non network store.

RangeR

Up until 20 minutes ago, I was 100% going to purchase an SGS5. However, does anyone speak German? Does that German sticker say that the phone is EU locked?

timetogo

Seems so.

According to this.
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/11/14/samsung-issues-yet-another-statement-to-clarify-its-regional-lock-policy/

When the phone is first powered on it must work with a EU SIM for 5 minutes. After that it'll work with the normal worldwide sims. Apparently it's to stop you from buying the phone from China cheaply to use in Europe.
Sure, sure, that's something that could never go wrong :cool:

I presume your German sticker is similar to this US one

http://img.talkandroid.com/uploads/2013/09/samsung_region_lock_sticker_americas-450x334.jpg

Paybel

RangeR wrote: »

Up until 20 minutes ago, I was 100% going to purchase an SGS5. However, does anyone speak German? Does that German sticker say that the phone is EU locked?

I did a wee google translate of the german and yup you have to use it in Europe for at least 5 mins, I suppose you have to make a phone call on it to "activate it" Kinda like activating a bank card in their bank ATM and not in another country

kaizersoze

I have a white one pre-ordered with Amazon.es but they still aren't giving a date. Amazon.co.uk are saying the 18th.

I thought it was the 11th?

RangeR

kaizersoze wrote: »

I have a white one pre-ordered with Amazon.es but they still aren't giving a date. Amazon.co.uk are saying the 18th.

I thought it was the 11th?

Samsung said that they are launching world wide on the 11th. In real terms, what I read into that is that they are trying to get stock to all customers [retailers] before that date. They may miss one or two, I suppose. It's an ambitious goal on Sammy's part.

KillerShamrock

Playing with a demo model of this today and meh it just feels like a tightend up version of the s4. The back panel feels much better than the S4 and it feels a bit more premium other than that.... build quality is samsung through and through improved but you know straight away its a samsung.
Touchwiz still feels like touchwiz the loudspeaker pales in comparison to the HTC One M8 which was always gonna be the case.
The extra 0.1 inch means practically nothing compared to the S4 and M8 its defo not a deal breaker.
The settings has a nice touch where you can minimize each category like networks, display and so on.

The S fitness app and heart beat monitor works grand pedometer too. Although one of the lads had no heartbeat :pac:

I know which phone gets my choice, people will prefer this over the M8 and Z2 each to their own but not for me.

medic087

Fingerprint scanner doesn't look very intuitive. A letdown when they had over 7 months to refine what apple released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3C6OW8eMGk&feature=youtu.be

wotzgoingon

medic087 wrote: »

Fingerprint scanner doesn't look very intuitive. A letdown when they had over 7 months to refine what apple released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3C6OW8eMGk&feature=youtu.be

I don't know where your coming across as if apple had a finger scanner first. I had a Motorola Atrix 4G a number of years ago with a fingerprint scanner on the back.

medic087

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I don't know where your coming across as if apple had a finger scanner first. I had a Motorola Atrix 4G a number of years ago with a fingerprint scanner on the back.

I realise that. Just commenting that apples implementation is far better in my opinion.

beno619

medic087 wrote: »

I realise that. Just commenting that apples implementation is far better in my opinion.

Not just your opinion, its a fact. Unless its as good as Apple's implementation its shouldn't be there. TouchID isn't perfect either..

thomasj

Wireless charging options launched

http://mblog.gsmarena.com/samsung-launches-galaxy-s5-wireless-charging-covers/[URL][/url]

deadanonymau5

thomasj wrote: »

Wireless charging options launched

http://mblog.gsmarena.com/samsung-launches-galaxy-s5-wireless-charging-covers/[URL][/url]

http://mblog.gsmarena.com/samsung-launches-galaxy-s5-wireless-charging-covers

wotzgoingon

I held a dummy phone today. The back looks and feels good. In the pics I was always wondering, what the hell have they done to the back cover, but looks far better in person.

I also read recently that the phone was left in washing machine for an hour came out and worked perfectly. It also performed brilliant in a drop test.

Blackdragon

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I held a dummy phone today. The back looks and feels good. In the pics I was always wondering, what the hell have they done to the back cover, but looks far better in person.

I also read recently that the phone was left in washing machine for an hour came out and worked perfectly. It also performed brilliant in a drop test.

It didn't do so well in the hammer test though im afraid

I'm going to have to have a sit down and rethink my next upgrade

KillerShamrock

Blackdragon wrote: »

It didn't do so well in the hammer test though im afraid

I'm going to have to have a sit down and rethink my next upgrade

Hmm my sarcasm detector isn't working at the moment, how would this stupid video dissuade you from choosing a phone unless your job is to hit your phone with a hammer!!!

wotzgoingon

Richie6904 wrote: »

Hmm my sarcasm detector isn't working at the moment, how would this stupid video dissuade you from choosing a phone unless your job is to hit your phone with a hammer!!!

No phone would survive being hit with a hammer.

catallus

The end of that vid is funny when he accidentally busts open the battery: "Michael? Micheal? Get some febreeze or something!"

And why the hell was he cutting the phone with a knife! He must have been pretty bored!

wotzgoingon

catallus wrote: »

The end of that vid is funny when he accidentally busts open the battery: "Michael? Micheal? Get some febreeze or something!"

And why the hell was he cutting the phone with a knife! He must have been pretty bored!

It is funny alright.

I don't know if he was bored but he deffo must be loaded €600 phone smashed to pieces.

catallus

Which makes it all the funnier when he gets battery acid in his face!

Blackdragon

Richie6904 wrote: »

Hmm my sarcasm detector isn't working at the moment

So post back when it is :-)

GiftofGab

Ordered mine online from Meteor yesterday. Hoping it will be delivered tomorrow. Excited. My first top of the range smartphone. Always had crappy smartphones but nothing of this capacity.

RangeR

GiftofGab wrote: »

Ordered mine online from Meteor yesterday. Hoping it will be delivered tomorrow. Excited. My first top of the range smartphone. Always had crappy smartphones but nothing of this capacity.

Packing and stacking at the mo for delivery tomorrow to arrive, usually, before lunch.

kingtiger

Blackdragon wrote: »

It didn't do so well in the hammer test though im afraid

I thought it faired quite well with the first couple of smacks, it's a lump hammer after all

but still don't like the S5, give me a nexus with vanilla android any day

pah

Blackdragon wrote: »

It didn't do so well in the hammer test though im afraid

I'm going to have to have a sit down and rethink my next upgrade

when the battery exploded :pac: laugh? I nearly sh@!

timetogo

kingtiger wrote: »

I thought it faired quite well with the first couple of smacks, it's a lump hammer after all

but still don't like the S5, give me a nexus with vanilla android any day

I have the S4. I ROMmed it with the Google build. I wouldn't go back to Touchwiz. So I'm on the lookout for another new phone. However I like my 64Gb micro SD card in my current phone. I don't think there's a Nexus with a microSD slot (or is there).

Would anybody know the best current model android phones with vanilla android and microSD cards.

RangeR

timetogo wrote: »

I don't think there's a Nexus with a microSD slot (or is there).

Would anybody know the best current model android phones with vanilla android and microSD cards.

Google don't do SD Cards.

same ol sh1te

You'd need a Google version of some other phone with SD, Galaxy S4 etc

beno619

timetogo wrote: »

Would anybody know the best current model android phones with vanilla android and microSD cards.

There is a Google Play edition HTC One m8.

kingtiger

timetogo wrote: »

Would anybody know the best current model android phones with vanilla android and microSD cards.

aye tis a pity there is no SD slot in the Nexus

but saying that I really thought that I would miss being able to expand my storage but found out that 32GBs is more than enough for me with a 4G connection, so if I want anything I can just d/l it from my Dedi server in a couple of minutes

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

So the S5 is available today from eMobile.

120_Minutes

Nicolas Big Hurricane wrote: »

So the S5 is available today from eMobile.

It's available from everyone today. I have to say I like it. I played with the demo one and the changes to touchwiz are enough to make me like it. I didnt want to but i do.

leemaree

It looks like 02 are the cheapest on pre-pay at €619.99. Three is €629, Vodafone is €629 and Tesco Mobile is €639.99

AlmightyCushion

120_Minutes wrote: »

It's available from everyone today. I have to say I like it. I played with the demo one and the changes to touchwiz are enough to make me like it. I didnt want to but i do.

I haven't seen the S5 but I seen the new 12 inch Samsung tablets and the new version of touchwiz actually looks quite nice from the brief play I had with it. Up until now I've despised touchwiz and thought it looked like a bastardised version of gingerbread.

Rezident

What’s the story with 4G for this phone? I assumed it would be standard but seems very messy. I’m on Meteor now but you have to sign up for a 49 or 59 per month contract (over €1,400!) to get 4G, otherwise you’re on 3G. 3G is so poor I don’t use the internet on my phone anymore, I turned it off to save the battery because it’s usually useless in Ireland.

Do any of the other providers to 4G for normal people (i.e. not €50 a month)?

Uriel.

Rezident wrote: »

What’s the story with 4G for this phone? I assumed it would be standard but seems very messy. I’m on Meteor now but you have to sign up for a 49 or 59 per month contract (over €1,400!) to get 4G, otherwise you’re on 3G. 3G is so poor I don’t use the internet on my phone anymore, I turned it off to save the battery because it’s usually useless in Ireland.

Do any of the other providers to 4G for normal people (i.e. not €50 a month)?

If you are an Eircom customer you can get it for €39 a month with emobile (it's €24 per month for 6 months)

AGoodison

Rezident wrote: »

What’s the story with 4G for this phone? I assumed it would be standard but seems very messy. I’m on Meteor now but you have to sign up for a 49 or 59 per month contract (over €1,400!) to get 4G, otherwise you’re on 3G. 3G is so poor I don’t use the internet on my phone anymore, I turned it off to save the battery because it’s usually useless in Ireland.

Do any of the other providers to 4G for normal people (i.e. not €50 a month)?

Three have free 4G until August I think and then it's 5 euro a month for bill pay customers. Unlimited data as well.

wotzgoingon

Rezident wrote: »

What’s the story with 4G for this phone? I assumed it would be standard but seems very messy. I’m on Meteor now but you have to sign up for a 49 or 59 per month contract (over €1,400!) to get 4G, otherwise you’re on 3G. 3G is so poor I don’t use the internet on my phone anymore, I turned it off to save the battery because it’s usually useless in Ireland.

Do any of the other providers to 4G for normal people (i.e. not €50 a month)?

I thought most networks were on H+ which is better than 3G. I use H+ and I find it good, mind you I don't download with it just browse. Another point 4G is not available in my area, if it was I would be on it.

kaizersoze

leemaree wrote: »

It looks like 02 are the cheapest on pre-pay at €619.99. Three is €629, Vodafone is €629 and Tesco Mobile is €639.99

Buy it retail yourself factory unlocked. Then you can go with any operator.

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B00IKN5GZI/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Rezident

AGoodison wrote: »

Three have free 4G until August I think and then it's 5 euro a month for bill pay customers. Unlimited data as well.

That sounds great, cheers. Otherwise leaning towards sim-free again. Mobile operators in Ireland are so expensive.