Samsung S10, S10 Plus, S10 E, S10 5G

Sniipe

kmart6 wrote: »

Is the pre-order on samsung.ie leading to a 400 Bad Request for anyone else?

Works for me. But I didn't check out.

three.ie: Galaxy S10 €859.99 (locked to three)
Samsung.ie: €919
Amazon.co.uk: £799 ~€933
Amazon.de: €899
Amazon.it: €929
eglobalcentraluk.com: £664.99 ~€777.05

I've never dealt with eglobalcentraluk... seems reasonable tho

Clareman

Sniipe wrote: »

Works for me. But I didn't check out.

three.ie: Galaxy S10 €859.99 (locked to three)
Samsung.ie: €919
Amazon.co.uk: £799 ~€933
Amazon.de: €899
Amazon.it: €929
eglobalcentraluk.com: £664.99 ~€777.05

I've never dealt with eglobalcentraluk... seems reasonable tho

Friend of mine has pee ordered the last 2 notes from 3 and neither of them were network locked so if you do order them from 3 you might be lucky

Treviso

There are various threads on boards regarding eGlobal, some positive and some negative. They are shipped from Asia and can be hit and miss regarding shipment times (due to custom holdups). Can be a nightmare to deal with their pigeon speaking customer support as well. 600 - 700 euro is just too much money for me to risk buying from there and something to go wrong with the delivery

schemingbohemia

Apart from Samsung themselves is any of the networks or CPW doing a trade-in? Have an S6 that Samsung will give €150 for.

Geimhreadh

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Apart from Samsung themselves is any of the networks or CPW doing a trade-in? Have an S6 that Samsung will give €150 for.

Tried PAIR yesterday just to see.

Offer 50 euro for an s8 as my screen is cracked.

CPW do trade in you can get an estimate off their site.

Davy

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Apart from Samsung themselves is any of the networks or CPW doing a trade-in? Have an S6 that Samsung will give €150 for.

CEX is always an option. If you have a need for the credit you will obviously get more than taking cash.

ldr

is there anyway of buying the SD version and not be hit by customs?

jap gt

Is there an option to pick colour of buds if ordering from samsung

McDermotX

Feck it.

Went for a S10+ 512GB. Going from a launch S8+ so been a couple of years, with nothing in the meantime really pushing me over the edge.

McDermotX

jap gt wrote: »

Is there an option to pick colour of buds if ordering from samsung

Don't think so. It's white in all promotions related to preordering outside of Samsung, so suspect the whites plastered all over Samsung's official page is probably legit.
Until the claim form clarifies later in the month to say for certain, I'd expect a white pair, but hope to be surprised.

Clareman

I can't see a reason to go for a + over a Note so I'm holding out for the Note

Davy

jap gt wrote: »

Is there an option to pick colour of buds if ordering from samsung

The black ones don't look much really, unless you want yellow? :pac:

They wont ship them with the phone, but you redeem for them yourself afterwards within 30 days. No option on colour, white only as per t&c's

PTH2009

Davy wrote: »

The black ones don't look much really, unless you want yellow? :pac:

They wont ship them with the phone, but you redeem for them yourself afterwards within 30 days. No option on colour, white only as per t&c's

Ye be paranoid there's something different about the white ones compared too the other ones

Are they secretly weaker versions of the buds ?

Cina

My 10+ case arrived from Amazon. It's actually not as big as I was expecting. Not as big a chance from the S8 as I'd thought it'd be.

MiskyBoyy

Went to pre-order this is Virgin Media today and the guy told me if I wasn't with VM five months they'd charge me maybe 5-6 months in advance on top of the 250 up front. I didn't stick around to find out exactly how much but he said they didn't have a credit check system.

Anyone else try pre-order as a new customer with them, how much was it up front?

Reati

Cina wrote: »

My 10+ case arrived from Amazon. It's actually not as big as I was expecting. Not as big a chance from the S8 as I'd thought it'd be.

It's not hugely physically different from what I hear. Just more screen to body makes it feel bigger?

sensational swartz

Hey all, anyone pre order this with three? I see the phone's release date is Friday week . Three aren't sure when I'll receive it. How does this normally work? Are they shipped the day before and we receive it on launch day or are they shipped out launch day and receive it a few days later ?

Cina

Reati wrote: »

It's not hugely physically different from what I hear. Just more screen to body makes it feel bigger?

I've heard it's actually smaller overall than the S9+. Definitely not a massive step up in size for anyone on an S8/S9

legrand

sorry probably asked/answered multiple times - what is the actual availability date of the S10?

sensational swartz

legrand wrote: »

sorry probably asked/answered multiple times - what is the actual availability date of the S10?

Friday the 8th apparently

Talula_d

If anyone is in the Kildare area, carphone warehouse in maynooth have all 3 demo models.

Davy

PTH2009 wrote: »

Ye be paranoid there's something different about the white ones compared too the other ones

Are they secretly weaker versions of the buds ?

Not sure if your being serious....?

I have tested the white ones and the sound quality is great. Much better than my Airpods. They feel more comfortable (for me anyway). The gestures are very easy to use, you can change the single tap, double tap, tap and hold etc.

They are better than airpods in nearly everyway, Bluetooth 5.0 so can use with other devices, wireless charging, cheaper price. I know battery capacity is less but early feedback is that they will last longer.
The one thing that I don't like about the buds, is the case. Feels cheap, plastic is light and nothing like a premium product or the Airpods case.

Clareman

Davy wrote: »

Not sure if your being serious....?

I have tested the white ones and the sound quality is great. Much better than my Airpods. They feel more comfortable (for me anyway). The gestures are very easy to use, you can change the single tap, double tap, tap and hold etc.

They are better than airpods in nearly everyway, Bluetooth 5.0 so can use with other devices, wireless charging, cheaper price. I know battery capacity is less but early feedback is that they will last longer.
The one thing that I don't like about the buds, is the case. Feels cheap, plastic is light and nothing like a premium product or the Airpods case.

You're really selling them, I want a pair of them now, hopefully someone will want to sell on their free pair when they get them

Davy

Clareman wrote: »

You're really selling them, I want a pair of them now, hopefully someone will want to sell on their free pair when they get them

In some countries you cant even get them on preorder any longer, they are giving credit vouchers instead because of stock so keep your fingers crossed. :pac:

Clareman

Davy wrote: »

In some countries you cant even get them on preorder any longer, they are giving credit vouchers instead because of stock so keep your fingers crossed. :pac:

I've being considering getting a pair of wireless headphones for ages, the AKG headphones that come with the Note 9 are great though so I put off getting a pair, I'm torn between a set of in-ears or over ears, considering what a Samsung Geek I am I know I'll end up getting a set of the buds, especially as you can pair them to multiple devices so I can listen to sh1t on my phone/tablet/watch at the same time, but really I'll lose 1 and the kids will probably never let me have them anyway :pac::pac::pac:

MiskyBoyy

MiskyBoyy wrote:

Anyone else try pre-order as a new customer with them, how much was it up front?

To answer my own question. They wanted 489 up front and a lower monthly bill of 50 per month.

MarkY91

Talula_d wrote: »

If anyone is in the Kildare area, carphone warehouse in maynooth have all 3 demo models.

Anyone know if anywhere in Dublin city centre has them? Will be in this weekend

Davy

If you needed a reason to get an S10+ :eek:

V9

Harvey Norman in Naas has the 10 and the plus.

The plus is a beautiful phone. Absolutely outstanding display.

brimal

CPW in Dundrum has all three models on display.

As mentioned above, the S10+ screen is stunning.
I actually prefer the camera cutout of the S10+ to the camera cutout on the S10/S10E

coach22

Samsung website now saying the following:

"Green & White S10 & S10+ devices now shipping on March 28th"

biebiebie

What's proving to be the most popular colour so?
Are people sick of black and ordering white and green for a change?

Personally I like the look of the white, and the way the front bezel is black as apposed to white. It's a freshing look, especially if you have a clear case so you can still see the back of it.

Davy

biebiebie wrote: »

What's proving to be the most popular colour so?
Are people sick of black and ordering white and green for a change?

Personally I like the look of the white, and the way the front bezel is black as apposed to white. It's a freshing look, especially if you have a clear case so you can still see the back of it.

The colours are good across the board. I mentioned this earlier in the thread, they really have something for every taste.
Even the yellow which comes in the S10e only looks really good. The white is very nice, but a lot of the time it wont look white.
The prism effect will make it look the same colour as the top you are wearing. I said it earlier, that the black is also nice but has to be seen in person as the pictures don't do it justice.

The worst colours ironically are on the 5G models. I didn't like any of them.

kaizersoze

coach22 wrote: »

Samsung website now saying the following:

"Green & White S10 & S10+ devices now shipping on March 28th"

I wonder if that's for new pre orders and anyone that ordered before this will still get them on the 8th?

Clareman

I'd imagine they have gone through their pre-order strock and are now going to the next phase now, strange to run out of the buds though, must be big pre-sales going through

jap gt

I pre-ordered earlier, im fairly sure it said by 8th of march, if you go back on site now it says 28th march, my order is currently being processed so hopefully i will get it for the 8th

B_ecke_r

anyone know the best Pre Pay option for S10 +?

kaizersoze

B_ecke_r wrote: »

anyone know the best Pre Pay option for S10 +?

I can't imagine it being much cheaper than buying one unlocked and dual sim direct from Samsung.

I also noticed that on the UK site the Samsung care + can be bought. Does that exist in Ireland?

On a side note, the update that allows the remapping of the Bixby button was released. I installed today on an S9+.

PTH2009

What are the best cases out there ???

Davy

PTH2009 wrote: »

What are the best cases out there ???

In the official range, the 'clear view' case looked about the best if you want something to cover the screen. Its not very robust but for most people it will be enough. It allows access to notifications, and answer calls etc while keeping it closed. Its not cheap but the only one that stood out to me.



Anyone considering the LED backcover I wouldn't. Can barely been seen in daylight. Plus you need to put your lovely screen face down even if its gorilla 6.

dan786

B_ecke_r wrote: »

anyone know the best Pre Pay option for S10 +?

949 from VF and Three. Good chance of the phone being unlocked. 70e cheaper than Samsung and you can still claim the free earbuds.

Davy

This one is particularly good, because of the light animation that goes around the camera punch hole.

kaizersoze

Davy wrote: »

Plus you need to put your lovely screen face down even if its gorilla 6.

Surely it has extended edges that lets you put it face down and keep the screen off the surface?
I hate cases that cover the screen. Only ever use bumper cases.

dan786 wrote:

949 from VF and Three. Good chance of the phone being unlocked. 70e cheaper than Samsung and you can still claim the free earbuds.

Good chance they'll be unlocked alright but without the dual sim option which is handy.

Testament1

200 trade in for an S7.....hmmm.... I must look into getting my cracked camera glass cover replaced!

bazzz

kaizersoze wrote: »

Good chance they'll be unlocked alright but without the dual sim option which is handy.

The Three phones are locked, you'll need to Top-up by €100 to request an unlock. I asked about it earlier with a Three Rep.

PTH2009

Bought this cover

https://ie.mobilefun.com/official-samsung-galaxy-s10-protective-stand-cover-case-dark-blue-70709

chases0102

So what have people found to be the best deal on getting this phone on contract?

Davy

kaizersoze wrote: »

Surely it has extended edges that lets you put it face down and keep the screen off the surface?
I hate cases that cover the screen. Only ever use bumper cases.

If it did, it was very small. To be honest I didn't look to much at the front, once I seen how poor the back LED's were I didn't look much longer.

I don't like cases that cover the screen myself, use my phone to much would just get in the way. I just mentioned the 'clear view' as it was the only one that stood out to me in the official range. The other bumper cases were nice (silicone, leather) but could get something very similar in spigen, olixar for half the price.

ldr

Can I get some confirmation on the Ram size for the s10 plus? i thought was 8GB but the ones on Harvey Norman are 6GB

MiskyBoyy

ldr wrote:

Can I get some confirmation on the Ram size for the s10 plus? i thought was 8GB but the ones on Harvey Norman are 6GB

100% 8gb on retail models. 12gb if you go for the 1tb version.

There was a bit of confusion as some demo models had 6gb but was confirmed it was only demo models.