Samsung S9/9+

kokiyou

What is the best deal for these? Probably going to pick one up, I am on vodafone bill pay so my plan is to see if there is a partial upgrade available. Anyone know if they come in dual sim? Or if you can trade in old phone for a discount? Iphone 6+

krustydoyle

VF are offering a Screen Replacement and Samsung case free with Pre Orders

Grateful Dread

kokiyou wrote: »

What is the best deal for these? Probably going to pick one up, I am on vodafone bill pay so my plan is to see if there is a partial upgrade available. Anyone know if they come in dual sim? Or if you can trade in old phone for a discount? Iphone 6+

As far as I remember there's no trade-in with VF. Partial upgrade is very little off the value of the phone.

I remember them telling me I could get the S8 for 750e on an early upgrade when it came out!

OldMrBrennan83

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Testament1

The one area where Samsung has always fallen on its arse is audio, any indications they've improved that here?

LFCFan

kokiyou wrote: »

What is the best deal for these? Probably going to pick one up, I am on vodafone bill pay so my plan is to see if there is a partial upgrade available. Anyone know if they come in dual sim? Or if you can trade in old phone for a discount? Iphone 6+

I was offered €210 for my S7 edge on trade in with Vodafone so they definitely do trade ins now

OldMrBrennan83

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Grateful Dread

Testament1 wrote: »

The one area where Samsung has always fallen on its arse is audio, any indications they've improved that here?

Uses the earpiece to create stereo and is supposedly 40% louder than the S8.

Vahevala

Grateful Dread wrote: »

Which network, price etc?

Vodafone, I paid €399 on a 60 euro plan, comes with free case & screen replacement. I will get it the 9th March. Vodafone is the only network for me, the others don't really work where I live. Vodafone are offering me for my S6 flat €165 so they have done trade in's for quite some time.

SweetCaliber

Can't get to grips that the S9 is cheaper in Harvey Norman that the S8

The S9 is on preorder for 869 euro. They are also selling the S8 for 899 euro. Strange one.

yabadabado

Where is the best value on a sim free version? I don't want to be signing up for a 24 month contract.

Can we buy from Samsung site or is there anywhere I could trade in a S6 to get a bit of the price. I see Samsung are offering 152 for a S6 which seems like a good deal to me.

rizzee

yabadabado wrote: »

Where is the best value on a sim free version? I don't want to be signing up for a 24 month contract.

Can we buy from Samsung site or is there anywhere I could trade in a S6 to get a bit of the price. I see Samsung are offering 152 for a S6 which seems like a good deal to me.

Sell it for 150-200 on adverts.ie and wait a few weeks for some of the reputable shops with good feedback to be selling them for 650-750 sim free new

MarkY91

rizzee wrote: »

Sell it for 150-200 on adverts.ie and wait a few weeks for some of the reputable shops with good feedback to be selling them for 650-750 sim free new

You think they'll be selling at that price by April? If I can get a good sale price on adverts for my s8 then I would be interested in buying the s9 at 750

rizzee

MarkY91 wrote: »

You think they'll be selling at that price by April? If I can get a good sale price on adverts for my s8 then I would be interested in buying the s9 at 750

Yes, I'd be highly confident with that.

Judging last year when I got my S8 in August/September - €549 on Adverts when they were €649 at some stages of sales with Amazon and €799 locked to a network in shops.

I could very easily say they will be €750 max on Adverts within 4-6 weeks of release.

You'll get €470-€520 for your S8 now anyway, presumably. I'm going to hold onto mine until at least the end of the year. I can't justify putting another €200ish with mine if I sold it to get the S9.

But I will be following it thoroughly from it's release and I hope it does well

yabadabado

Amazon.it were selling the S8 for €598 on 31/5/17.
Hopefully the S9 has taken a similar drop by May of this year.
Its out a bit earlier this year so maybe a significant drop by start of May.

rizzee

yabadabado wrote: »

Amazon.it were selling the S8 for €598 on 31/5/17.
Hopefully the S9 has taken a similar drop by May of this year.
Its out a bit earlier this year so maybe a significant drop by start of May.

Good point!!

Definitely keep an eye on Amazon and Adverts shops. Seem to be the cheapest around.

MarkY91

I remember buying the s8 on release day then seeing the online prices a few weeks later. I felt even more stupid than I already did after spending €800 on a phone lol. I'll definitely be waiting until may or June.

site_owner

if you dont buy it on launch day then you will already be thinking about the note 9 or s10.
you have to buy quickly

secondly., be careful buying a phone like this on adverts. ive had 3 screen replacements on my s7 edge. you might not be able to get insurance on second hand phone

yabadabado

site_owner wrote: »

if you dont buy it on launch day then you will already be thinking about the note 9 or s10.
you have to buy quickly

secondly., be careful buying a phone like this on adverts. ive had 3 screen replacements on my s7 edge. you might not be able to get insurance on second hand phone

I have no idea about insurance on second hand but I couldn't source it for the S8 because it was bought outside Ireland.

Dylan94

If anyone is planning on buying the plus youd be much better off ordering it from car phone warehouse in the UK. It has double the storage and a free memory card. They also have the blue colour that's not available in Ireland. Just use parcel motel for the delivery address.

If you live near the border they are doing good trade in deals too.

Branoic

yabadabado wrote: »

I have no idea about insurance on second hand but I couldn't source it for the S8 because it was bought outside Ireland.

Hmm, is this a common issue for phones bought outside Ireland? That may limit my options, as I kinda do want to insure it.

yabadabado

Branoic wrote: »

Hmm, is this a common issue for phones bought outside Ireland? That may limit my options, as I kinda do want to insure it.

I dunno but it was a problem with S8. I'm probably going to wait and see for a price within Ireland as S8 only lasted a few months

kokiyou

Any thoughts on the cases available, should one buy a screen protector for S9/+? Also any thoughts on the fast wireless charger accessory?

LFCFan

kokiyou wrote: »

Any thoughts on the cases available, should one buy a screen protector for S9/+? Also any thoughts on the fast wireless charger accessory?

does anyone know what case Vodafone are giving free with pre-orders?

kokiyou

You need a UK postcode for the carphone warehouse uk order by the way. It is required for the billing address so cannot use my usual card. Same price on amazon uk but without the free microSD card worth 30 sterling and the trade in offer if you wanted to use it.

Heres Johnny

I've an s6 and I see lots of people here saying they're changing to s9 and it's going to be a massive jump and change. Likewise people coming from 7s and 8s.
What's the difference exactly? Would it be a noticeably different user experience?

Dylan94

kokiyou wrote: »

You need a UK postcode for the carphone warehouse uk order by the way. It is required for the billing address so cannot use my usual card. Same price on amazon uk but without the free microSD card worth 30 sterling and the trade in offer if you wanted to use it.

I ordered and used the parcel motel for billing address.

kokiyou

Dylan94 wrote: »

I ordered and used the parcel motel for billing address.

Didn't work on my revolut card.

butrasgali

Anyone get an upgrade price from 3 for the new s9

Slippin Jimmy

butrasgali wrote: »

Anyone get an upgrade price from 3 for the new s9

It's €299 on the €60 p/m plan. Last year when I upgraded I got it for €30 cheaper plus 2 months free.

SuprSi

When can we expect reviews to be published? I read on one site that they have their review model but I'm wondering whether they have to wait until after the pre-order period is over.

SuprSi

Just pre-ordered the Plus in Coral Blue, will be available for pick-up on Friday

Dylan94

SuprSi wrote: »

Just pre-ordered the Plus in Coral Blue, will be available for pick-up on Friday

Where did you order from? I couldn't see any where with the plus in Blue?

SuprSi

I live in the UK and got it in Carphone Warehouse - was going to wait for the reviews but I know it'll be an upgrade on my S7 Edge and I got a good trade-in deal too.

smurfjed

In my part of the world, the 9+ is 822 Euros and the 9 is 735, but I'm not sure if I'm willing to trade up from an 8+

Grateful Dread

You can preorder the S9 on Virgin Media for 179 (47pm and 60pm after six months). Pretty good deal at the moment.

I'm tempted. Between that and the Note 8.

yabadabado

I wouldn't like to be tied into 24 month contract with VM.
Works out at €1541 over the 24 months.

I think I'll stick with Vodafone infinity and go sim free once someone sells it at a decent price.

Grateful Dread

Yeah you're right. I actually qualify for VF infinity, but I'm hesitant to sign up to a contract to get it.

yabadabado

Grateful Dread wrote: »

Yeah you're right. I actually qualify for VF infinity, but I'm hesitant to sign up to a contract to get it.

Sorry I actually meant the Vodafone X deal. €20 every 4 weeks. No contract, its payg.
A large thread in bargain alerts about setting it up.

TheBigEvil

Carphone Warehouse in UK giving and extra £100 off trade ins.

Example: Samsung S6 £90 + an additional £100 off a sim free S9 64GB valued at £739, total value £549 or approx. €620 converted. Not bad !!

Considering Vodafone Ireland want €679.99 for a sim free 64GB S8, and Carphone Warehouse Ireland want €749.99

UK trade-in link
https://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/trade-in.html#ankTableSctn

Why arn't Carphone Warehouse Ireland doing the same?

SuprSi

That's what I did. Traded in my S7 Edge for £170, + £100, take that off the SIM-only price from Vodafone (12 months, 5GB, 500 minutes, unlimited texts for £13.50 p/m) of £819 leaves £544.

It's a great deal and fairly easy to justify the upgrade.

Slippin Jimmy

yabadabado wrote: »

Sorry I actually meant the Vodafone X deal. €20 every 4 weeks. No contract, its payg.
A large thread in bargain alerts about setting it up.

Can't find the thread. Would you mind posting a link to it?

ForestFire

Considering the upgrade with VF.

Dose anyone have details on the case they are offering? (Is seems to be the Rugged Case)
Also how does the trade in work? Do you have to do this in store? or can you do it online?

yabadabado

link

Slippin Jimmy wrote: »

Can't find the thread. Would you mind posting a link to it?

jonnny68

Anyone ever ordered direct from Samsung USA via a parcel courier like address pal and if so did anyone manage to avoid VAT, etc

errlloyd

how sound are Vodafone about offering better contract terms if you threaten to leave.

I'm two months from the end of mine, but I have paid them some massive overruns of my bill over the last 22 months, so I wonder if I went in and asked them to be sound would they be able to let me get an early standard upgrade in store?

sentient_6

If I get a S9 will I ultimately just be sorry and pissed off at the inevitable laggy software experience.......

Its why I got rid of the S7 and a quick google would suggest nothing changed on the S8.

Dat screen tho.

Grateful Dread

sentient_6 wrote: »

If I get a S9 will I ultimately just be sorry and pissed off at the inevitable laggy software experience.......

Its why I got rid of the S7 and a quick google would suggest nothing changed on the S8.

Dat screen tho.

Yeah this is always the concern for me with Samsung.

jonnny68

jonnny68 wrote: »

Anyone ever ordered direct from Samsung USA via a parcel courier like address pal and if so did anyone manage to avoid VAT, etc

anyone?

yabadabado

jonnny68 wrote: »

anyone?

Never tried it and it would vex you looking at the site. Including S6 trade in I could buy the S9 for €465 unlocked.