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Dammit! Was expecting my HD to arrive from mobiles.co.uk anytime now (was flagged as 7th Nov) but notice on their site that it is now expected on 17th!
So far from "Beating the queue and be the first to own this phone with our unique pre-ordering system" it looks like I will be among the last.
Unless I cancel out and find another supplier - any suggestions?
Inpossible to get through to anyone on thier sales line right now so unable to confirm this yet - but not looking good.
Dammit indeed! I ordered from there too! If anyone else knows who does it on contract on o2 let me know too. Really upset!
7th could have been a typo maybe? Meant to be 17th from the start?
This is most disappointing, as I myself had also ordered from there and was eagerly awaiting dispatch!
There is also the possibility that they did get some stock in today, posted them out, and now the 17th is when they're getting more stock in?
No it was always the 7th. I rang them up a few days before with questions and they told me the answer woudl be with them by Friday - which is the 7th.
I am so angry. Got really excited about getting it soon and now have to wait nearly 2 weeks. If they get stock on 17th, we may get it on 18th. 11 days away.
Also, they say 'expected' stock - just like they said for 7th, so there is no guarantee they will get it on 17th and may change date again later.
They have informed me, after leaving the phone ringing for over 10 mins, that there will be no HDs from them until 17th at the earliest.
Expletives galore as my anguish gets buried under posts from people unboxing theirs.
Damn you Carphone Warehouse.
It is also possibly worth bearing in mind that the Touch HD was *supposed* to be an Orange exclusive (excluding SIM free obviously) and released on the 11th so this could have something to do with it...
source: http://www.trustedreviews.com/mobil...ange-Confirms-Touch-HD-Exclusive-UK-Launch/p1
edit: actually re-reading it doesn't mention the date... I can't remember where I saw the 11th advertised... still, it's supposed to be Orange exclusive...
This is just a SIM free version bundled with an O2 contract from an online reseller - the Orange exclusive oesn't (or shouldn't) effect it.
They probably did two things. Either got a few in stock and kept them for themselves or dished out to friends with discounts... or... knew they were going to get it on the 17th, but said the 7th to get orders in and therefore money in, to prevent us going elsewhere. Bad of me to think like this I know.
Lots of suppliers have them in stock so why could they not get any? 100 went to Expansys for crying out loud!
It's impossible to speak to anybody in this organisation - when their line isn't actually old fashioned engaged expect to be held for 10mins + to speak to a sales agent. A 10 minute queue for sales?! What's it going to be like if something goes wrong.
So pulling my order (assuming I can ever get through to them to do so) - just need to find someone else who sells it with contract online now....
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It's impossible to speak to anybody in this organisation - when their line isn't actually old fashioned engaged expect to be held for 10mins + to speak to a sales agent. A 10 minute queue for sales?! What's it going to be like if something goes wrong.
So pulling my order (assuming I can ever get through to them to do so) - just need to find someone else who sells it with contract online now....
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That was my main concern as well. I sent them an email 2 days ago asking if the 8gb card is in the box as it was not mentioned on their site. Still got no response. What happens when things go wrong with the item? Not very good CS, I'll say! I think I'll avoid!
Play.com claim to have them in stock. Mine is being packed as we speak infact.
Paly.com don't seem to sell phones with contracts - which is what I'm after as I can get the HD free on an 18 month £35 O2 contract (don't want to go Orange - not sure why, just assuming their coverage and international stuff won't be as good).
Unfortunately it's looking like mobiles.co.uk are the only online retailer to do this.
Did I say dammit already?
Dear Customer,
We wanted to let you know that there is a delay with one or more items in your order.
Based on the latest available information, we have adjusted the Estimated Delivery Date and are confident your order will be delivered on or before 01/06/2011
We are sorry for the delay and appreciate your patience.
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oh for f$%# sakes dell...
Dell Venue Pro apparently delayed again...WOW
sorry for u guyss.. im glad i gave up long a go... happy with focus..
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/14/...parently-delayed-again-targeting-january-now/
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sorry for u guyss.. im glad i gave up long a go... happy with focus..
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/14/...parently-delayed-again-targeting-january-now/
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I had a feeling a week or so a go that was going to happen. Thats why I gave up also. Hate it for everyone
anybody else get this message? i did not. shipping estimate not updated.
No message, ordered the 2nd, and have a "Delivery Date" of 12/26
I think they knew they had a problem then. As in the one day it went from being shipped the 14/15th on the 1st to 26th on Dec 2nd.
Apparently many will get lucky next week http://en.community.dell.com/dell-b...the-topic-of-dell-venue-pro-order-delays.aspx
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In that post he talks as if they have been delivering units to customers already.. I would guess by the forums that no one has gotten a shipping notification much less received a unit yet. The way this is spun they are trying to make the public think that there was just such a huge demand that they could not keep up.
I wish they could get their story straight and just let everyone know what is going on. I am still waiting on a replacement as well from my November 8th purchase at the Microsoft store.
I think that per your estimated delivey time and shipping time the system will only send the delay message once the estimated delivery time cannot be reached.
This is why people with end of dec. delivery time are not delayed.... YET.
I had a delivery estimate for today and I got the e-mail yesterday saying that my order has been delayed until January 6th.
Wow, Dell is even throwing in Blue tooth headsets for those who havent heard and some people people are even getting thier DVP's shipped this week!
Is this what joy feels like...? Dell? its been so long...
With the N5 coming soon, it's finally time to ditch my trusty old GNex. The G2 has most of the things I'm looking for in a phone (large, high quality screen, great battery life, excellent camera), but the $600 off-contract price and bloatware makes it a no go for me. The N5 looks really good on paper, but unfortunately it nerfs most of the things I like about the G2. I was hoping to wait for reviews and comparisons to come out first, but "waiting after release" for a Nexus product has it's own problems, in terms of actually being able to get one.
So I wanted to ask you guys for your experience with the N4. How long was it between being available at the Play Store and being sold out? Was it available for preorder and did it sell out even then? How long after selling out did it become available again? And when did you buy your N4 and how easy/hard it was to get?
If I recall correctly, the first batch was sold out within 15-20 mins.
And then a second batch was available after few weeks after.
And I think after 6~8 weeks most of the people who miss their chance with the 1st and 2nd batches got theirs.
I think after 2 or 3 months, they start having steady stock? Someone can correct this.
Google claims they did not anticipate that many buyers for the devices.
There wasn't a preorder on the release date,
but I'm sure they will have enough stock or preorder this time around.
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If I recall correctly, the first batch was sold out within 15-20 mins.
And then a second batch was available after few weeks after.
And I think after 6~8 weeks most of the people who miss their chance with the 1st and 2nd batches got theirs.
I think after 2 or 3 months, they start having steady stock? Someone can correct this.
Google claims they did not anticipate that many buyers for the devices.
There wasn't a preorder on the release date,
but I'm sure they will have enough stock or preorder this time around.
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i think your right but even after the 2 month there was still a 4-5 week waiting list
Well, I remember that I was mad at google on launch day because they started sales 30 minutes before it was supposed to go on sale, so by the time I was able to take out my phone in class to buy one, they were sold out. Then I had to wait until November 27th to buy one, that was when the second batch came out, and it arrived on Dec. 6th.
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Well, I remember that I was mad at google on launch day because they started sales 30 minutes before it was supposed to go on sale, so by the time I was able to take out my phone in class to buy one, they were sold out. Then I had to wait until November 27th to buy one, that was when the second batch came out, and it arrived on Dec. 6th.
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I'll add to this that on the first day, November 13th they did indeed sell out in the first 15 minutes which was 15 minutes before the official start time. I logged on at the correct time, noon pacific, and was still able to place an order but it was placed on backorder a day later, the system kept taking orders even though they were sold out throughout that first day. My backorder was filled on the 27th and arrived around the 6th some peoples backorders arrived weeks later and the system would periodically take new orders but they too would go into backorder. It took months to get it all sorted out.
I waited until January and I finally got too antsy and paid $415 for it on eBay. That's how impatient I am at times. Granted back then the markup I paid was only $115 (actually less since I didn't have to pay sales tax) since it was still price at $299 then. Was worth it to me.
Got it after tax refund in February
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Well, I remember that I was mad at google on launch day because they started sales 30 minutes before it was supposed to go on sale, so by the time I was able to take out my phone in class to buy one, they were sold out. Then I had to wait until November 27th to buy one, that was when the second batch came out, and it arrived on Dec. 6th.
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Well technically speaking, Google never specified a time that it would go on sale. They only specified a date, and nothing else. The fact that it would launch at different places within their respective time zones was also unknown to us (however somewhat known to the US people as it launched in places like Australia and the UK first).
Everyone only had conjectures about the times, and lots of people like me checked at every time possible, including 9 PM the night before, 10 PM the night before, 11 PM the night before, midnight the night before, 9 Am the next morning, etc. I think people expected it to come at 9 AM like Google's usual launches, yet it ended up actually launching at 8:27 AM PST or something near that. People who checked at 9 AM, such as yourselves I'm assuming, were already too late unfortunately. I for some reason was just paranoid about it and had been refreshing the page every five minutes since nearly 8 AM. Still, even at 8:30, the site was having major problems and I was only able to get my order through at 9:00ish, a few minutes before it sold out. Sort of the reason was because my Google Wallet stuff wasn't ready yet, so yes, when you do order, have that address + credit card ready beforehand as the default.
I was in the first 15 minutes to order. I used a chrome app to refresh the page for me and alert when there was a change. I was awake all night until it was purchased (granted I work nights so it was no big deal for me). However, I didn't get it for like 4 weeks. I had to call Google a few times and they kept giving different answers and stated that some were some how lost, but if they manually looked it up they could find your order. So, I was way behind when I should have got it.
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I ordered first day. Woke up 10 minutes after it went online and it was sold out. But, around 2pm I bought one after class. Unfortunately, I got that dreadful backorder email later that night took about two weeks to get mine from the second batch
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Bought mine the first day. I was online ready to order it the night before and then everyone found out they wouldn't be selling it till the next morning at 9 am PST.
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I got mine at the second batch. Sold out in 3 minutes though...
So, good luck to all of us.
I got mine in about January. I couldn't get my hands on one in Europe until then.
Definitely worth the wait though :laugh:.
Per my chat this morning:
GeraldC: I have checked on the order details and I can see that yes, your current order is being back ordered. Due to the high demand of the device our inventory isn't able to suffice all order from activations and upgrades. The estimated delivery date is 6 weeks from the date the order was made.
You: wow, will it be better to get it from the store?
GeraldC: That depends on the available inventory on our store, you can head to the nearest store on your location to check if there's available one.
You: when are the stores supposed to get them?
GeraldC: Usually if a store runs out of stock, the estimated delivery date is 6 weeks as well since the device is ordered and coming straight from the manufacturer.
You: Do you know when the stores will begin to receive them?
GeraldC: As of now the information is not made available for us, it would be best if you head to the nearest store so that they can give you specific date based on the day when they have made an order for their inventory.
Take it for what it's worth...
when did you pre-order yours? Mine also says backorder but what's crazy is mine went from pending shipping to backorder.
When was your pre-order date?
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And what inspired your "chat"? Any indication on your online status that prompted you to call in or just curious?
My pre-order date was the 25th at like 7am.
I couldn't get the system to work the first couple days...didn't pre-order till the 27th... order says processing
Are you sure he/she wasnt talking about the iphone 6?
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Are you sure he/she wasnt talking about the iphone 6?
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Yeah, was thinking the same.
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Yeah, was thinking the same.
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Hope your right. I went to my local t mobile store on Saturday and the rep told me that my note 4 should be delivered on the 16th or 17th. He said he was pretty confident of that. Sidenote.. on my order status page under order history it does say backorder where it use to say pending shipping.....hopefully that's because it is not available yet.
I order mine by 9:06 am that day.
I doubt not many people would want a phone this big + its not an apple.
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Hope your right. I went to my local t mobile store on Saturday and the rep told me that my note 4 should be delivered on the 16th or 17th. He said he was pretty confident of that. Sidenote.. on my order status page under order history it does say backorder where it use to say pending shipping.....hopefully that's because it is not available yet.
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Mine doesn't say backordered, but it really doesn't matter. Their whole system is messed up.
I preordered mine Sept. 27th. Then on Oct. 3rd my status went to being processed and on back order. That's when I did an online chat and I posted the results in the OP. This is for the Note 4.
so when do the stores actually get them? i want to get mine from a store and not online.
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so when do the stores actually get them? i want to get mine from a store and not online.
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Oct 17
Stores get them sometimes a full week before release dates. Sometimes they even do a "soft release" when they have it in stock but not on display. You have to know they have it in stock and request it though and there is no way to know that unless a rep tells you or you are in there asking every day.
I got my vibrant (sgs1) this way.... was in store looking to upgrade from my G1 to a g2... saw someone looking at a vibrant right next to me playing Avatar on it n I was like.. "ummmmmm, what phone is that?" Told it was a vibrant, not officially on sale till the next week but I could get it now if I requested it by name cause they had them in stock and were doing a "soft release".
nice thats next friday. hopefully they dont sell out.
same thing happened last year which is why I just go to the store...usually a small line, but you will get one (this is not the iphone)
their online system is whack
I pre ordered on the 24th, mine says "pending shipment"
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Dumb, useless thread is dumb, useless.
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Dumb, useless comments are dumb, useless.
It is a mess.
Yea, I don't think I'm going to pre-order again in the future, this whole process does seem messy.
For my situation, I have a 4 Year Anniversary so I decided I'd get us a pair of Note 4s. I called the rep and one I was just going to order on my account and the other I was just paying outright for it. Well the rep couldn't process them both at the same time because it triggered some fraud warning. (Oh I was also ordering one of the WiFi calling routers). So after a bit of a hold she came back and said she would have to separate each item and buy them on separate days.
So that day I got the Black one ordered, the next day she called back and got the white one ordered, and finally the 3rd day she called back to order to the WiFi calling router. At that point everything looked great, all orders pending, I was a happy camper (though still wasn't liking the fact that it appears I would get it a couple days after release due to shipping, which after reading the posts here seems like that might be debatable and they might actually arrive early).
Well fast forward a couple days, I was checking the orders cause I'm crazy and impulsive like that and just noticed an update. On my Black N4 and Router they both say 'Pending' still. My White N4 however is now saying backorder! Having a bit of a freakout cause its an anniversary present and timing is critical. And to make matters worse, everyone I seem to talk to says something a bit different and so I've come to the conclusion that nobody really knows. Some say 'Oh our system just says that, but there will be plenty available' or 'I'm sure it will still be sent on time because we haven't had that many orders come in' to 'Oh, yes there has been a very high demand, maybe you can give the one that does make it and yours will just have to wait' or 'The system had a minor glitch and has now been corrected, because of this we now have an update on our stock and thus many orders have been changed accordingly'.
Sooooo yea. Here is keeping my fingers crossed, but just wanted to share that on my account I have two order and one says Pending and the other says Backorder.
Edit: Just to let you know this order process was on 9/24 (black one), 9/25 (white one), 9/26 (router).
Ordered mine just now from EE, bye bye Huawei.
Went with the 128GB as I barely use 50GB on my Huawei.
Unlimited 5G with the Galaxy Active 2 watch also on LTE.
£79+£14 pm.
No upfront cost, all in black.
Watch comes tomorrow, phone on the 13th apparently..
I didn't even want 12GB as it'll just use more battery for no reason, 8GB is the sweet spot, but I'm excited about getting the device. Hopefully the exynos can bring a smile to my face, it's been a while since I had a Sammy.
12GB won’t use more battery... all about future proofing.
My S20 Ultra 512GB arrives Monday
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Lol I missed it all, what happened? Haha
The rage from some people in crazy.
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12GB won’t use more battery... all about future proofing.
My S20 Ultra 512GB arrives Monday
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Tbh 12GB over 8GB will use more exactly the same as 16GB will use more than 12. It's the nature of hardware.
Tbh 5000MAh sounds like if should be enough I think.
I think both will be superb.
dladz said:
Ordered mine just now from EE, bye bye Huawei.
Went with the 128GB as I barely use 50GB on my Huawei.
Unlimited 5G with the Galaxy Active 2 watch also on LTE.
£79+£14 pm.
No upfront cost, all in black.
Watch comes tomorrow, phone on the 13th apparently..
I didn't even want 12GB as it'll just use more battery for no reason, 8GB is the sweet spot, but I'm excited about getting the device. Hopefully the exynos can bring a smile to my face, it's been a while since I had a Sammy.
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I ordered a couple of weeks ago and was told the 13th (also black 128gb). The order tracker now says 24-26th March
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I ordered a couple of weeks ago and was told the 13th (also black 128gb). The order tracker now says 24-26th March
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That's crazy, I was told by EE today that it almost certainly will be the 13th which I believe is a Friday
I'm thinking they'll send it on the 16th and I'll have it on the 17th.
Who did you order from?
I've been in touch with their Twitter rep who (claims he) checked stock intake plans and identified there is an established queue. I am on it and will get mine 24th-26th as per my order page. People ordering today will get it on 31st March.
Essentially, your estimated delivery date is accurate. If it says 10th March, you got in early enough to be in the first batch, if not, you are in a later batch.
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I've been in touch with their Twitter rep who (claims he) checked stock intake plans and identified there is an established queue. I am on it and will get mine 24th-26th as per my order page. People ordering today will get it on 31st March.
Essentially, your estimated delivery date is accurate. If it says 10th March, you got in early enough to be in the first batch, if not, you are in a later batch.
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Yea that would make sense
3Shirts said:
I've been in touch with their Twitter rep who (claims he) checked stock intake plans and identified there is an established queue. I am on it and will get mine 24th-26th as per my order page. People ordering today will get it on 31st March.
Essentially, your estimated delivery date is accurate. If it says 10th March, you got in early enough to be in the first batch, if not, you are in a later batch.
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Thanks for that, is a shame as I would have obviously preferred to have it in the first batch. Maybe I would have got in the first batch if they didn't have issues processing the payment which meant I had to call up after the weekend to sort it out
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Thanks for that, is a shame as I would have obviously preferred to have it in the first batch. Maybe I would have got in the first batch if they didn't have issues processing the payment which meant I had to call up after the weekend to sort it out
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Tbh missing the first batch may have been a blessing in disguise, often the first ones released have the most bugs, whether it be hardware or software.
Silver linings
Yeah, plus it gives them time to patch these camera issues we're reading about. At last we can make a decision about returning based on the "fixed" firmware rather than risking running out the return period waiting for an update.
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Yeah, plus it gives them time to patch these camera issues we're reading about. At last we can make a decision about returning based on the "fixed" firmware rather than risking running out the return period waiting for an update.
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Yea absolutely, tbh I've took a chance on so many devices, most of them HTC but some oddballs like the Sony Z1, great phone, awful modding community, same with the note 4, Evo 3D, great camera; unable to patch over to Cyanogenmod, bought that bugger and it was listed as SIM free for £556 which was then the highest priced smartphone of the time, 3 months later it was listed as £155 (this was the beginning of the end for HTC, they never recovered, such a shame, HTC did so much right for Android as a platform)
Even the S3 I bought was a risk, but it paid off, stellar device.
I think if Samsung are going to focus on the Exynos device ( which If what I've heard is true. They won't!
Reason I say this is because this is apparently the last exynos, not even the South Koreans are using it, for the first time)
I hope that Samsung allow updates to the exynos device drivers similar to the SD via the play store.
For me so long as the exynos can run the windwaker on dolphin then I'll be happy as it'll be on pay with the 855 from the SD range.
As for the battery, I have a unique set of apps and a great habit and track record of making a device last a long time and show the best SOT times I've ever seen.
Oneplus 5 - 14 hours 47 minutes over 2 days on 1 charge
P20 pro - 17 hours 30 minutes over 2.5 days on 1 charge
So I think if I set the device up right, I believe I'm going to break 20 hours, also before you think I am reading books or something, the app list is shown on the OnePlus forum.
Its delayed on Vodafone for 2 weeks too after release on 13th [emoji20]
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Its delayed on Vodafone for 2 weeks too after release on 13th [emoji20]
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It's not delayed. The problem is there are no stock to fulfill the demand for the Ultra. No one has been pre ordering the 20 plus or 20 really.
Have to say if they don't fulfill their promise to me about the 13th I'll be cancelling both this and the watch.
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Have to say if they don't fulfill their promise to me about the 13th I'll be cancelling both this and the watch.
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mate when delivery was due if we ordered it on February 16th, have you got any news, i was told the delivery will be on 10 of march im with Virgin
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mate when delivery was due if we ordered it on February 16th, have you got any news, i was told the delivery will be on 10 of march im with Virgin
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I'm not with virgin lad.. no idea, EE advised it would be the 13th. If it's not then I'm cancelling. Going to try the oppo V2 pro
Just got off the phone to EE as I got the active 2 watch with cellular WITH the phone and seeing as I have the watch and not the phone I was worried that id end up with a watch I couldn't use with my current phone, p20 pro.
The chap from EE clarified that I will definitely get the phone on launch, march 13th as I ordered on the 3rd..
So I'm quietly happy now, just hope they don't mess me about.
My advice if you're unsure, tell them that if there's a level of uncertainty that it won't be there on the day that's you've been promised then you'll cancel it if it doesn't show up.
With EE, they told me that my order status will update on the day before to say it's been allocated.
so noone got the phone yet so far, just as i said they are lying. I was told tomorrow but yet no email from Virgin