SturgeonGeneral
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So now the next story is that they are actually honoring the Samsung release date and the whole early shipment thing is BS.
Amazing. Why not just come clean and tell everyone? Just games with customers to generate a "WTH are they doing?"
I can't believe that they posted all the changes they did on the order status site. How do you tell the difference between an actual plan or a flip-flopping policy?
Anyone know enough about the relationship between Samsung and the carriers to guess if there is a chance this is Samsung now throwing their weight around to enforce a release date?
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Phone call just for laughs. No different information available. The warehouse seems to be filling orders randomly. No rhyme or reason. Only thing certain is that it definitely is not being done in order of placement up to this point.
Pure, dumb, luck of the draw.
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Status:Your order for the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge has been received. Orders will begin shipping the week of 3/7. Keep an eye out for a shipping email with your tracking information. Thank you for your patience.
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[EDIT2] Nothing on UPS today.
Did anyone ever establish what buyers got the preferential treatment or even see proof of an actual Sprint delivery yet?
[EDIT1] I ordered a black phone (in case color is the reason for a shortage)
5am central time on Feb 23rd via the Sprint website with a 2 year contract renewal. I have not got a tracking number on the order status page (like I did for the VR) or an email (never did get one for the VR).
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Here is the place to start sending information to once we can start studying them firsthand.
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I have tracking delivery by second-day air. Per tracking my S7Es will be here tomorrow.
Obtained via email or order status page?
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The message changed again...
Status:Your order for the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge has been received. Orders placed before 10:00 AM CT on 3/1 will deliver in 2-5 business days. Orders placed after 10:00 AM CT on 3/1, will begin shipping 3/7. Keep an eye out for a shipping email with your tracking information. Thank you for your patience.
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I am reading that as saying:
Anyone ordering after this point doesn't get the "early" release service.
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Saw this a few hours ago, so hopefully we will be getting them between today and tomorrow. No way sprint would be waiting until next week and t-mobile customers are already getting them, not surprised by this update at all.
I won't be that optimistic, it'd be more realistic to say by the weekend. The closer you are to Louisville, KY the faster you'll see delivery once they start to track.
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Check your orders.
Status message changed this morning.
"Status: Your order for the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge has been received. Orders placed before 3:00 PM CT on 2/29 will begin shipping 2/29. Orders placed after 3:00 PM CT on 2/29, will deliver in 2-5 business days from the date of the order. Keep an eye out for a shipping email with your tracking information. Thank you for your patience."
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I think it's for gear VR games.
No information showed up with the VR Gear so it'll probably install when the vrGear is installed on the phone if sprint is participating.I just saw they are also throwing in a 6-game bundle with the pre-order. Was this discussed previously?
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Yeah I won't be surprised if pre orders start shipping out sometime early this week. With these types of things carriers seems to under promise and over deliver.
http://www.droid-life.com/2016/02/27/t-mobile-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-pre-orders-are-starting-to-ship/
Has Sprint ever had a history of this? I don't remember getting the GS4T or Photon early.
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Fit on my gs4t shuts itself down periodically when it doesn't get any attention.That feature has been a part of TouchWiz for a while. It's available in the n910c international model Galaxy Note 4 on Lollipop. The USA carriers just removed that nice feature for some stupid reason.
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Looks like some tmobile customers are already getting shipping notifications on the s7/s7edge.
I won't complain if they scrap the official release date and start shipping early if they have them ready to go.
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Neither did I.
I've noticed this as well. I have insurance for all my devices and for what seems like ages and don't recall the last time I ever need to put in a claim.
Nice find.
hmmm. I was about to ask how does one get to do this $75 replacement plan. But if that is from 6 years ago, I'm left to wonder if it is still available.
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I do carry the protection plan, and I am on my third gs4 in two years.
Drop, screen kill about 6 months in. I swear by my speck cover now. Then a sim card reader fail on #2 just two months ago.
I could probably drop the coverage now but I need to prove at least through one contract cycle that I can't kill a phone.
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My google mastery is unparalleled.
Interestingly, I didn't even know about this.
Be careful. 6 years out of date. It may not be current any more.
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Reading the gear vr manual. It finally struck me. If they had gone to USB C they were going to lose compatibility with the CURRENT gear VR....and gear vr.
There goes the promo. Gear VR pulls power from the phone because it doesn't have its own battery.
The next generation phone and gear VR will see USB c I'd wager.
The clip with the usb port used for sizing has an undocumented lock that allows it to slide wider for the taller phones. It's isn't a simple detent push latch. It's a spring loaded lock.
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I don't think you need to be worried about the phone burning your hands.
I didn't say anything about burning hands or even suggest discomfort.
I generally have cold hands. Compared to air, I'm a good heat sink for when I stress out the processor.
Memory card, speck case (next to my current gs4 case for size comparison), and gear vr.
Everything here and ready to go. About ten days until they start shipping phones.
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It's not liquid cooled in the way you think (no pumps and crap).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe
They are pinch-welded copper tubes (they will never leak unless you puncture it / puncture your phone... then you have bigger problems).
There is only a small amount of liquid in them that is suspended in a vacuum (take all the air out). The liquid is usually water/glycol mixed with an anti-corrosion additive. The vacuum is to make the liquid more easily turn to steam and then back to liquid.
It's the same thing that's used in Laptops and aftermarket Desktop CPU coolers. I've been building computers for 20+ years with these things and never have had one leak.
The benefits of these far outweigh the risks. Heat destroys cell phone batteries (shorter lifespan). Getting the heat out of the cell phone is huge.
The heatpipe connects the processor to the Galaxy S7's magnesium metal frame, which dissipates the heat out the sides of the device (the metal band around the side of the phone). If you manage to puncture it you have bigger problems (as I said before):
This is one of those times where it's good to have cold hands. You become the external heat sink.
Nice in the winter - hand warmer.
Keep it out of direct sunlight - it works both ways.
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Sprint usually lets people in 2 year contracts upgrade as early at 13 months before their contract is up if they lease.
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That's because they more than make up for it on the lease program profits.
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The vr units are coming from the UPS main air hub in Louisville, KY, and I'd expect nothing less of the phones. Part of UPS's logistics management program I'd wager.Wow that is fast. I guess it also depends from where the devices are coming from. If they are coming from KC and it only took 2 days to get to you in MN, that is pretty fast.
Now the waiting game starts.
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There's a tracking number on my Gear VR. It'll be here tomorrow.
No such luck on the phone yet.
Tracked via http//www.sprint.com/myorder
They did NOT send an email at time of shipment like they did for the order receipt and acceptance.
It is not likely that I missed it to spam because all of the other emails came through fine.
I did notice that the two were worded slightly differently:
• Samsung Galaxy S7 edge-All colors: Ships as early as 3/7
• Samsung Gear VR Headset: Ships by 3/11
The phones will be held until the release date, and the Gear VR is under no such restriction.
No tracking on my vr's yet.
I wouldn't think there would be since it states Ships by 3/11 on both yours and mine. Maybe by 3/9 - 3/10 it will show the tracking #.
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Mine tracked out of Indy this morning.
No delivery update yet, I'd say tomorrow or Monday.
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Its been a while since I've pre-order a phone so my memory may not be accurate. So by "tracked out" do you mean you actually got a tracking number or that the order was received? Mine says, "Your order for the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge has been received. Orders will begin shipping as early as 3/7. Keep an eye out for a shipping email with your tracking information." for each one including the VR Gears.
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The "tracked out" is for the Gear VR. See above for all the relevant running conversation.
The VR Gear is on its way and DEPARTED Indianapolis on UPS after a weather delay.
The phone will not ship until closer to the release date.
I'll post a photo of the Gear VR once it is in my grubby paws. I don't think it's compatible with the GS4 so I won't do much more than study about it until the phone arrives in a couple weeks.
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Mine tracked out of Indy this morning.I wouldn't think there would be since it states Ships by 3/11 on both yours and mine. Maybe by 3/9 - 3/10 it will show the tracking #.
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No delivery update yet, I'd say tomorrow or Monday.
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Samsung Galaxy S7 Rumors thread
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One possibility is that they didn't want any negative initial reviews by real users to tank sales. The more they get sold before people REALLY know what they have got, the more momentum they give the process.
Another possibility is that it is marketing people being control freaks and caring more about hype than customers.
A third is that they're still in final testing and want to be able to push final patches at activation if that is possible.