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Verizon Pre-order, Release date, and speculation thread

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The_Chief said:
Did anyone else besides me notice that the Pop Up Play feature on the Verizon SGS3 is... well, limited?

There's an asterisk after the description and if you go to the fine print it says "*Not compatible with Netflix, YouTube, Media Hub or DRM protected videos."

Not compatible with Netflix or YouTube?
FAIL.
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Im curious if this is unique to the VZW version or if they are the only ones announcing it?
 
The_Chief said:
Did anyone else besides me notice that the Pop Up Play feature on the Verizon SGS3 is... well, limited?

There's an asterisk after the description and if you go to the fine print it says "*Not compatible with Netflix, YouTube, Media Hub or DRM protected videos."

Not compatible with Netflix or YouTube?
FAIL.
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I dont think its just the VZW GS3. I think its all models of the GS3..
 
Trent Reznor said:
So long as I have it BY 7/9 (per the email) I won't get my blood pressure up. In hindsight, I wish that VZW would have delayed the GNex longer and had gotten it right:o
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Actually you'll have it BY 7/11. The email states "Ship by 7/9". Verizon's free shipping is FedEx 2 day. So ship on Monday, delivery on Wednesday.
 
Trent Reznor said:
Yup.. I just did some googling and it is the same with all variants. However, it appears there are apps available that can work with netflix and youtube.
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I watched a review of the pop up feature on YouTube today and the reviewer was watching a video and wondered if he could have a pop video playing on top another video and it wouldn't. I wonder if it's because he went to YouTube (drm) is why he couldn't?

So can you watch 2 videos at the same time is what I'm asking...
 
Doit2it said:
Actually you'll have it BY 7/11. The email states "Ship by 7/9". Verizon's free shipping is FedEx 2 day. So ship on Monday, delivery on Wednesday.
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Good catch... still doesn't change my perspective. Its coming. It would be nice if I was surprised this week but I won't lose any sleep if its early/mid July.
 
Same here. I knew when I ordered the phone it wouldn't be in my hands till the morning of the 11th (I work for FedEx). If they do ship them any earlier, great!
 
Doit2it said:
Same here. I knew when I ordered the phone it wouldn't be in my hands till the morning of the 11th (I work for FedEx). If they do ship them any earlier, great!
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Agree. I am just glad this time they picked it up(skipped sgs2 for nexus) and got it within a month of the other carriers unlike the fascinate that they got months later.
 
My friend at work said his girlfriend managed to get ahold of the sucker from verizon on the 22nd. I have yet to see this, however. He said they walked into a verizon store and bought it. The following day I asked him if they called them back to return the phone yet...
 
SamMax said:
So if I preordered it at Best Buy June 9th when will I have it? ;)
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Are they still saying the 28th? If so, then in store pickup should be on the 28th. I don't know what Best Buy's shipping policies are, I've never bought a cell phone from them.

ajdroidx said:
My friend at work said his girlfriend managed to get ahold of the sucker from verizon on the 22nd. I have yet to see this, however. He said they walked into a verizon store and bought it. The following day I asked him if they called them back to return the phone yet...
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I remember people doing that with the GNex.
 
chamba said:
what bothers me is that you defend VZW too much , yes i agree if a date was given and you as the user choose to preorder knowing that date then STFU and wait for (not literally just the concept is what i want to get across)it but dont defend VZW they are a corporation and their job is to make money in the best possible way that benefits them.
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When I made my rant I figured I would have to do some more explaining about exactly what I meant so, I agree with all of what you said, I just want to point out that I'm not trying to defend VZW as much as I am trying to point out that this WHOLE situation could be a whole lot crappier and some people (again, no names and not just here) could use to be a tad bit more grateful that we can get the sgs3 AND still keep unlimited. VZW could just have easily held it back off pre-order and forced us into one of two options:

1) buy "last years technology" and remain on unlimited data.
2) wait, buy the sgs3 (or whatever phone you happened to be waiting for) and force us onto share everything.

This "hold it back" scenario is a lot better for VZW from a "money making" perspective. Either clear out a ton of old stock, which is a huge win from their perspective, or force people onto their new share everything plans, which is also a huge win. The only thing VZW really stands to gain from going about things the way they have is not losing subscribers, which, IMHO, doesn't play that much into their plans anyways. It was clearly a move to try to keep the enthusiast happy, not the masses and all I'm saying is that it was nice to see that for a change of pace.

I would also like to reiterate that I am not trying to get into any type of flame war and don't want to make things personal here, so please don't take any of it that way. Think of my tone as more of casual intellectual conversation.
 
Doit2it said:
Are they still saying the 28th? If so, then in store pickup should be on the 28th. I don't know what Best Buy's shipping policies are, I've never bought a cell phone from them.



I remember people doing that with the GNex.
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The preorder page I have says TBD. They don't have a clue.
 
The_Chief said:
Did anyone else besides me notice that the Pop Up Play feature on the Verizon SGS3 is... well, limited?

There's an asterisk after the description and if you go to the fine print it says "*Not compatible with Netflix, YouTube, Media Hub or DRM protected videos."

Not compatible with Netflix or YouTube?
FAIL.
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Kind of worthless to me then.
 
PeteyNice said:
So which is it, "1%" or "a third"? The answer is likely well above "a third" especially if you don't have a smartphone (which is the majority of Verizon customers). Also, we a minority of a minority here. I think the Share Everything plans will be a huge shock to people at renewal time and that is why they are not forcing anyone on to one yet. We'll see how long that lasts. And, if they are really getting rid of individual plans for new customers will cost Verizon in the short term.

At a high level, I suppose Verizon doesn't "have" to do anything. However, when Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile are all offering pre-orders it forces their hand. If they did not allow pre-orders to keep unlimited data, you would see more people buying Galaxy Nexus, Razr Maxx, 4S or just leaving completely.

If you will allow me to don my conspiracy hat for a moment...Verizon had planned to release the S3 in July, after Share Everything came out to induce people off of unlimited data (hence the later ship dates). The other carriers offering pre-orders changed those plans.

Even so, as I said we are a minority of a minority. Only a small percentage of people who will get an S3 on Verizon will end up pre-ordering, the rest will be forced into tiered data. Verizon ran the numbers and decided that allowing a relatively small number of enthusiasts to keep unlimited data by pre-ordering was more desirable than being the only carrier to not allow pre-orders.



Verizon did not go out of their way to do anything. They are a corporation and everything they do is about maximizing profits. Full stop. Verizon is handling this poorly. While we harp about "ship by" dates, for pre-orders they have not announced a real release date.

There is nothing to be thankful for in this situation as far as Verizon is concerned. The only thing I am thankful for is that I was paying attention.
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I love everything you said for two reasons, one I actually got a laugh out of some of it because I truly believe you were just trying to keep it light hearted at times and two, because it was intelligent response that attacked my opinions and not me (I'm completely okay with different opinions). I do want to clarify, I thought I had done a pretty good job of describing the 1% as the extreme. . . Think of a bell shaped distribution curve. Sorry for that misunderstanding. Even people with basic phones will be in the same ballpark as before, remember that the higher functioning your phone, the more it costs to access your plan. No smart phones on your plan? 2 choices: 700 minutes for $40 or unlimited talk and text with 300MB of data for $70. Honestly a single smart phone with 2gb of data and 450 min, unlimited text as things stand now is $90. going forward it will be $100, except now you get unlimited minutes. Is VZW increasing revenue? absolutely. but the average, emphasis on average, consumer won't mind paying the extra $10 because they will be able to make all the voice calls they want (even if they would never go over 450 min). And your statement about us being the minority of the minority. . . well, that simply couldn't be more true! I'm going to try not to say anything else about the share everything plans going forward since it has nothing to do with this phone. The whole point of that section of my rant was to relate that the SGS3 is the last phone we will likely be able to get at a subsidized price while maintaining unlimited data but even without unlimited data things won't be THAT bad. All that being sad I made sure to state that I pre-ordered because I didn't want to give up my unlimited date just yet (even if I'd never go over x amount of data a month) And there now that I've mentioned the SGS3 I've stayed on topic. . .
 
rjschroed said:
When I made my rant I figured I would have to do some more explaining about exactly what I meant so, I agree with all of what you said, I just want to point out that I'm not trying to defend VZW as much as I am trying to point out that this WHOLE situation could be a whole lot crappier and some people (again, no names and not just here) could use to be a tad bit more grateful that we can get the sgs3 AND still keep unlimited. VZW could just have easily held it back off pre-order and forced us into one of two options:

1) buy "last years technology" and remain on unlimited data.
2) wait, buy the sgs3 (or whatever phone you happened to be waiting for) and force us onto share everything.

This "hold it back" scenario is a lot better for VZW from a "money making" perspective. Either clear out a ton of old stock, which is a huge win from their perspective, or force people onto their new share everything plans, which is also a huge win. The only thing VZW really stands to gain from going about things the way they have is not losing subscribers, which, IMHO, doesn't play that much into their plans anyways. It was clearly a move to try to keep the enthusiast happy, not the masses and all I'm saying is that it was nice to see that for a change of pace.

I would also like to reiterate that I am not trying to get into any type of flame war and don't want to make things personal here, so please don't take any of it that way. Think of my tone as more of casual intellectual conversation.
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This is a forum and you have the right to your perspective :) This place would be boring if everybody agreed on everything.
 
jackdubl said:
Wouldn't there be a third option of just pay full price for the S3 and keep unlimited?
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There is always that. . . It's a concept I've never really understood in the past, obviously it is different now. Up until now there was no motivation for buying an unsubsidized phone. Now (okay, in the very near future), in order to keep unlimited data you'll have to buy unsubsidized but in the past that wasn't true. Back then, and going forward I imagine, VZW has, and I don't imagine will, give me a discount on my plan because I haven't upgraded my phone yet.
 
rushmore said:
This is a forum and you have the right to your perspective :) This place would be boring if everybody agreed on everything.
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I may not post very frequently here but I've been around here and on other forums long enough to know that being as opinionated as I was during that rant can sometimes lead to a lot of bashing, name calling, and other wise immature behavior.
 
Doit2it said:
Actually you'll have it BY 7/11. The email states "Ship by 7/9". Verizon's free shipping is FedEx 2 day. So ship on Monday, delivery on Wednesday.
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I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure it said free overnight shipping at check out during my order. Of course, the confirmation email doesn't state this, it just says free shipping.

Edit: http://theunlockr.com/2012/06/11/sa...will-ship-from-verizon-on-july-9th-for-199-99

Screen shot with "Free Overnight Shipping!" on product page. Seems VZW is now only offering "Free Shipping".
http://theunlockr.com/2012/06/11/sa...will-ship-from-verizon-on-july-9th-for-199-99
 
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