Database Users

Where is it?!

Seriously, it's releasing in 2 days and no pricing or availability details??
This is ridiculous.
Has a company ever announced a product and simply never released it?
Others are noticing this too:
http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/9/22/4759120/wheres-the-samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-2014-edition

Probably the tablet won't release in 2 days...

Guich said:
Probably the tablet won't release in 2 days...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Frakking liars.
September 25, pshh.

I thought Samsung said October release... at least for the USA .

nightfox11 said:
I thought Samsung said October release... at least for the USA .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, but Sept 25 for over 100 countries. If there was such a massive launch scheduled within 2 days, don’t you think we’d hear something about it? Pricing, which European stores were going to carry it, unboxing videos, hands-on reviews with retail units, etc.
But nothing!
So this makes me think that those countries aren’t getting it soon. And if they are delayed, then you better believe we will be, too.
This blows.

In italy nobody have notice about the new Note...

I did a quick search for Samsung's IFA 2013 announcement's and The Verge noted the GN10.1 2014 Edition was slated for an October release with no specific date provided. Just figures.

Han Solo 1 said:
Yes, but Sept 25 for over 100 countries. If there was such a massive launch scheduled within 2 days, don’t you think we’d hear something about it? Pricing, which European stores were going to carry it, unboxing videos, hands-on reviews with retail units, etc.
But nothing!
So this makes me think that those countries aren’t getting it soon. And if they are delayed, then you better believe we will be, too.
This blows.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have seen no official release date from Samsung for anywhere. I have seen speculation all over the place including Sept 24, Sept 25 and Oct 4. Nut all of those dates have come from blogs and rss news, nothing official.
Sent from my Note 10.1 via tapatalk.

According to this article it won't be available in Canada until November.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/122...5-great-items-to-its-galaxy-family-of-devices

According to Samsung Switzerland (on Facebook) we'll be getting it 'mid-october', the LTE version 'end of october'.
For a device that's supposed to be available in three weeks, I find this lack of information very strange.
I don't get why so many tech companies don't get this. This is why Apple is as successful as it is, they don't pull this kind of thing.

The_Maverick said:
According to Samsung Switzerland (on Facebook) we'll be getting it 'mid-october', the LTE version 'end of october'.
For a device that's supposed to be available in three weeks, I find this lack of information very strange.
I don't get why so many tech companies don't get this. This is why Apple is as successful as it is, they don't pull this kind of thing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Galaxy Note 3 (deservedly) Galaxy Gear (not so deservedly) is taking all the attention it appears. However, they could throw us a bone here and there. I know that they don't expect a lot of sales but still, as I said in another thread, if you want to gain loyal customers, you don't pull this kind of stuff.

Pull what kind of stuff?
They showed a upcoming product, never announced a release date, and have yet to do so (likely because they don't have one yet). I'm not sure what the alternative is other than to just make one up and then miss it?
Personally I'd rather them wait to announce anything until it's a sure bet and I respect them for that.
Nothing pisses me off more than having a release date and it gets missed or there is a shortage.
I really don't understand the current hysteria lol...

Looks like this may shed some light on when it's coming....
http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/09/23/s...-and-galaxy-s4-mini-to-canada-on-october-4th/
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
---------- Post added at 08:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:38 PM ----------
I'm selling my current note and moving on to the surface pro or either the Lenovo yoga 11s. I was going to get the new note but I need more power.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app

It's impossible
I don't want buy the tablet at November, i need this before.

Guich said:
It's impossible
I don't want buy the tablet at November, i need this before.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My Prediction based on the roll out of roms for the Wifi & WIFI+3G Variants
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457074
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457071
That these variants will be released as rumored before end of September early October. ( which seems promising for Middle east, Africa & European countries )
The LTE 4G version seems to be released on a later stage - probably November. ( For North America )

lsherif said:
My Prediction based on the roll out of roms for the Wifi & WIFI+3G Variants
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457074
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457071
That these variants will be released as rumored before end of September early October. ( which seems promising for Middle east, Africa & European countries )
The LTE 4G version seems to be released on a later stage - probably November. ( For North America )
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will buy the 4G edition...
Will see, samsung fail atm!

Screw this. If they keep us in the dark, I'll just go with IPad 5.
Bring on the flamers, I don't care.

codeman05 said:
Pull what kind of stuff?
They showed a upcoming product, never announced a release date, and have yet to do so (likely because they don't have one yet). I'm not sure what the alternative is other than to just make one up and then miss it?
Personally I'd rather them wait to announce anything until it's a sure bet and I respect them for that.
Nothing pisses me off more than having a release date and it gets missed or there is a shortage.
I really don't understand the current hysteria lol...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree, a release date that is announced but then not honored is also very annoying.
What I mean is that they announce a device, with some kind of release date (at least an approximate one; at least in some areas) but yet there is very little information (for example the price) out there fore interested customers.
In my opinion, if you announce a device you need to be able to present a release schedule and reccommended retail pricing. Otherwise people are going to get excited about your device at the announcement but then get frustrated during the wait of indeterminate length.
This is the example that I experienced: The Note is announced at the end of august. Weeks later, online stores (where I live) still didn't have it in their catalogue and asking customer support, they said they had no info about it, be it price, release date or even if they will have it, because they were not informed by samsung. When the new iPhones were announced the stores had them in their catalogues on the same day, pricing, release date and all. Today you can buy the new iPhones, which were announced two weeks after the Note, of which there is still no sight.
From a marketing point of view it just doesn't make sense to me. You spend a lot of money and effort announcing your device, trying to get people excited over it. But because people can not act on their excitement (for a long time) all that energy just dissipates, instead of it going into pre-orders/sales.

well you can play with the firmware already ;] i uploaded it to my server for fast dl http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457067 njoy

The_Maverick said:
I agree, a release date that is announced but then not honored is also very annoying.
What I mean is that they announce a device, with some kind of release date (at least an approximate one; at least in some areas) but yet there is very little information (for example the price) out there fore interested customers.
In my opinion, if you announce a device you need to be able to present a release schedule and reccommended retail pricing. Otherwise people are going to get excited about your device at the announcement but then get frustrated during the wait of indeterminate length.
This is the example that I experienced: The Note is announced at the end of august. Weeks later, online stores (where I live) still didn't have it in their catalogue and asking customer support, they said they had no info about it, be it price, release date or even if they will have it, because they were not informed by samsung. When the new iPhones were announced the stores had them in their catalogues on the same day, pricing, release date and all. Today you can buy the new iPhones, which were announced two weeks after the Note, of which there is still no sight.
From a marketing point of view it just doesn't make sense to me. You spend a lot of money and effort announcing your device, trying to get people excited over it. But because people can not act on their excitement (for a long time) all that energy just dissipates, instead of it going into pre-orders/sales.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Bravo!

US Preorder Dates?

Well as the title suggests, im curious if any US carrier has opened preorders yet or if anyone has even heard when they might. Ive read that in the UK they will begin on the 28th. Im with AT&T and they have yet to announce anything in regards to availability or preorders.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

The whole secrecy thing about the launch date is baffling given how quick they were last year on the GN3 to announce the dates and get things rolling. Still I look forward to the GS5 and I suspect it will be LAG FREE. Just not sure if its AT&T or Verizon for me at this time.

It is pretty frustrating that a price hasn't been announced nor a pre-order date. I know those are just minor things, but it just makes no sense to me why they are keeping quiet about it. I just want the peace of mind that I preordered it and don't have to worry about anything.

Given the new leaked info about the new HTC One, i may end up passing on the S5. Not knowing when it will be released or even pricing, and the idea that the One may go on sale immediately following its launch is tempting if its true.

It just typical US carrier crap, they drag everything out so you buy whats available today and they can clear out the GS4 stock they have. I just want the 32GB on launch day.

slimepots said:
Is it released on the US? have you guys already have one?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not yet -- It's launching April 11th, but still no word on price or when preorders will be available.

RaptorMD said:
It just typical US carrier crap, they drag everything out so you buy whats available today and they can clear out the GS4 stock they have. I just want the 32GB on launch day.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it's the worst.. and S4 stock? these carriers are putting out promotions for the S3! like what idiots would buy an S3 on Contract in 2014 with the S5 launching in 3 weeks? These carriers take advantage of non techie customers.. It really pisses me off. They should have given us a pre-order date or pricing at least. I may hate Apple, but one thing they do right is the iPhone launches. They announce a phone, then put it out within 10 days at all carriers without any delay.

I saw tmobile will have it for sure in their site

Preorders open tomorrow (3-21) on AT&T for $200
http://phandroid.com/2014/03/20/att-gear-2-galaxy-s5-preorder/

North American launch cancelled

I have just received notification that the Indiegogo N. American launch has been cancelled due to manufacturing delays. I am not personally that affected as I already have a phone and had only ordered the wireless charger through the Indiegogo campaign. However it is disappointing for the growth of Yota in general as getting this phone (which I am still impressed with after several months) into the hands of N. American consumers would have been great to increase its visibility in a large market.

scdoyle said:
I have just received notification that the Indiegogo N. American launch has been cancelled due to manufacturing delays. I am not personally that affected as I already have a phone and had only ordered the wireless charger through the Indiegogo campaign. However it is disappointing for the growth of Yota in general as getting this phone (which I am still impressed with after several months) into the hands of N. American consumers would have been great to increase its visibility in a large market.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow. How disappointing. I was supposed to get a free Yotaphone because of my application. People will be super pissed..
Manufacturing delays sounds like a bad excuse. They could have easily postponed the release if it was just a simple delay.

Disappointing indeed. Also the community could benefit from being a bit larger.
I ordered mine almost a month ago, from the swedish yotaphone site. One week without any info. One more week with the support trying to find out what's wrong.
Turned out that they were out and did not expect any more in until mid august.
Me being a bit impatient cancelled my order and bought a brand new on ebay for 4/5 of the price.
Then one more week trying to get a refund...
Anyway - got mine a week ago and am very glad for it.
Odd if they cancelled it though, and not just postponed it a bit

frejac said:
Disappointing indeed. Also the community could benefit from being a bit larger.
I ordered mine almost a month ago, from the swedish yotaphone site. One week without any info. One more week with the support trying to find out what's wrong.
Turned out that they were out and did not expect any more in until mid august.
Me being a bit impatient cancelled my order and bought a brand new on ebay for 4/5 of the price.
Then one more week trying to get a refund...
Anyway - got mine a week ago and am very glad for it.
Odd if they cancelled it though, and not just postponed it a bit
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Agreed, the community could have used US users. But now that I've read more about the story the delay would have been months. Yota is planning to release a new device next year, so releasing an outdated device just before launching the new model would've been bad. So in that sense I understand their decision to cancel the launch altogether. This is such a PR nightmare that the decision must not have come easy.
I contacted them about my free device, and they said that they are keeping their promise about it. I was going for the international model anyway.

I am a US customer and I went ahead and took the option to get the international YD201 and join the community. It seems like not having LTE is a worthwhile sacrifice to get my hands on the phone as well as the advantage of being on the same firmware and software as the community here so I can join in helping with debugging and now know there is already a custom recovery and root method available for the device I will receive. I look forward to joining the community as one of the few US users.

Anyone else rather disappointed at how Google handled the release?

I find it quite unprofessional to have people pre order a device in September and have them arrive 2 months later. How can you announce your best phone ever (for both companies) and be so woefully prepared for the demand it might incur? I'm having second thoughts on getting the phone since I have no idea when I might receive mine since Google and Huawei have yet to get their act together in rolling out the product

Have you tried buying any previous nexus? By far the best release yet!
Doesn't your pre-order have a date? That would be the latest you would have your unit shipped.

No, I'm OK with it.

Yep, best by far. Especially after being involved with the 4, 5 and 6 failed launches!

This is my favorite so far. No issues thus far.

Best handling it this way rather than having people refresh the page every second because product went out of stock within 2 minutes of release.(previous nexus releases)

Very happy.
Order date: Sep 29, 2015 1:05:16 PM CDT Estimated delivery date: November 10 – 12, 2015.
Phone will be delivered to me tomorrow.

Ordering process yes. However... Shipping order is jacked up AGAIN. Ordered 9/29 within 15 min of link going live. 32GB Graphite. There are people with tracking information that purchased 10/21 and have shipping confimation while mine sits in processing purgatory. Card was final charged 3 days ago. Still hasn't gone anywhere. This happens to me every year.

Almost as bad as a Best Buy launch ....

I don't mind this release style at all. I really don't see what OP concern is. Google has turned a 'quickest to order before servers crash' to 'just order and be patient, we won't charge you'
Sent from my Moto X using Tapatalk

Disappointment? That would imply I had expectations which conflict with what was promised. I have no such expectations.
In the announcement event, they simply said "later in October" concerning ship dates. During the preorder process, everything was clearly spelled out. How could I be disappointed? My only expectation is that the products I ordered will arrive safely by the time they indicated.

I'm pleased with the order process this time around. As for delays well that is common on pre orders these days. I'm just happy that I got to order, much better than trying to catch a one or two minute in stock window like in the past.

Disappointed, nah. one of the biggest tech company in world can't handle preorder. How the hell do you sell out preorder? Just take the damn order and give a 4-5 weeks eta. Don't tell me you can't get huawei to make your phones in 5 weeks.

I'm rather disappointed that Germany was not a part of the countries that could preorder it first. I simply don't get it...

It's a pain yes. But it happens this way every year. I'm just surprised they haven't fixed it much over the years. I'm waiting on a Frost 64GB - No one has gotten a Frost yet, so we'll see if the ship date is hit, Nov 2.

http://gizmodo.com/if-you-ordered-a-nexus-6p-and-it-hasn-t-shown-up-good-1739119538
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Like previous people have mentioned. Most (if not all) of the Nexus launches were pretty terrible.
I wasn't expecting much so no .. not disappointed.

I ordered, was given an estimated ship date and it has shipped early. I call that a success.

abraxo said:
I find it quite unprofessional to have people pre order a device in September and have them arrive 2 months later. How can you announce your best phone ever (for both companies) and be so woefully prepared for the demand it might incur? I'm having second thoughts on getting the phone since I have no idea when I might receive mine since Google and Huawei have yet to get their act together in rolling out the product
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You do realise that these were pre-orders, right? This is exactly how the concept of a pre-order works.

Dissapointed, yes. The roll out in the US might be not that bad. But there are other countries besides US. In Europe we are still waiting to preorder. Such a slow rollout. Google needs to learn from Apple and bring their **** together and roll out the devices from day one.

Q4 release for Axon 7 UK

ZTE UK on their twitter page have said they are looking at a Q4 launch for the Axon 7 that's silly why release it 3-6 months later than everywhere else will be out dated was looking forward to front facing speakers will have to get the one plus 3 now.

That's a pity, makes you wonder if it's going to be released late in the US as well...
Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk

hope it doesn't indicate slightly differing versions for different markets, that would be a pain. the dual SIM thing will turn many networks off the idea of touching the phone. a non dual SIM version could be a possible reason behind a delayed launch. maybe you could ask them @OP...
let's hope that's not the case as it'll screw up development

Unfortunatly I don't have a twitter account but they seem pretty dead set on a q4 launch probably get the one plus 3 now but just put off by the 1080p screen

how many months after buying the opo will you be kicking yourself for it and thinking I should have waited ?

A q4 release will moan note 6 and new nexus which will be newer phones

Yeah im gonna buy opo3 or note7, **** zte tbh, this is not the way to release new phones in 2016.

TuBBe2 said:
Yeah im gonna buy opo3 or note7, **** zte tbh, this is not the way to release new phones in 2016.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll give them the benefit of doubt that they're fixing known issues with the phone and are perhaps polishing the software before releasing it to the western market.

It's being released in us by the end of July us is the western market why delay it even further for UK

I'll be in the US in July and hopefully the phone will be out by mid July otherwise I'll get a nexus 6p.
Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk

Now they have replied to multiple tweets that they are looking to release it at the end of the year, and that the wait will be worth it. Almost year later to Europe, are you fcking joking me? Axon 7 might still be good phone at that time, but i will certainly buy something else.

End of the year this is surely a joke.

So when is us release?
Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk

TuBBe2 said:
Now they have replied to multiple tweets that they are looking to release it at the end of the year, and that the wait will be worth it. Almost year later to Europe, are you fcking joking me? Axon 7 might still be good phone at that time, but i will certainly buy something else.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm doubting it, ZTE France tweeted it would be available very soon... End of year isn't 'soon' and I think ZTE wouldn't make such a huge marketing mistake. Would really like to see your source for those tweets... looked for them and they are nowhere to be found...

Achraf4X said:
I'm doubting it, ZTE France tweeted it would be available very soon... End of year isn't 'soon' and I think ZTE wouldn't make such a huge marketing mistake. Would really like to see your source for those tweets... looked for them and they are nowhere to be found...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
https://mobile.twitter.com/zte_uk
I see nothing but mentions about end of the year release.

TuBBe2 said:
https://mobile.twitter.com/zte_uk
I see nothing but mentions about end of the year release.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow, that will surely hurt their sales immensely. I'm one of many there are on the fence between the Axon 7 and the OnePlus 3, I'm sure. Seeing as they are at similar price points, and seeing as people won't wait for their tech to be obsolete even before it comes out, many will choose the OnePlus over the Axon 7 if they choose to release it this late.

Asked ZTE France in the tweet linked below : " When will the axon 7 get officially released in France, ZTE UK said about end of the year for Europe... is that true? " they answered very quickly that the official release date will be announced very soon. https://twitter.com/ZTE_FR/status/745193441517273088
The thing is that their twitter is full of teasers and countdowns ( look here https://twitter.com/ZTE_FR/status/745193441517273088 )
And I can't believe that it would be released in France and not in the UK... maybe be a bit more patient guys, I'd say wait until July at least

I want to say that official announcement date will be 28 june 2016 !
7 days from now as an official tweet says "[J-7]" (D-7 in english) !

@djona12: Have you already bought a phone from ZTE to Belgium? Which route did you go? FR or UK?
I really want one! But if they don't release more info very soon, I going to buy something else.

conspiracyBE said:
@djona12: Have you already bought a phone from ZTE to Belgium? Which route did you go? FR or UK?
I really want one! But if they don't release more info very soon, I going to buy something else.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, never bought a ZTE device before... If availability is the same i think i'd buy in France since the support from reseller would be easier as a french speaking person. But i've bought smartphones from the UK and never had any issues . In the end, it doens't make any differences about the device !
Yeah me too... I really need a new smartphone since my Find 7 can't charge anymore and i need to charge the battery out of the phone...