Verizon Pre-order, Release date, and speculation thread

[SamMax]

God, I hope Best Buy gets these on launch day. I'm a little nervous, now.

Me too. Bothers me that they don't seem to have a clue when they'll get it.

 

[fevs]

So I just checked my confirmation email and they have the account holders name under the Bill To section even though it's my CC info. Stupid VZW! I know I wouldn't have entered that info in so it HAD to be something they put in. I'm thinking that adding my girl (the account holder) to my CC may make it passable? But I guess that doesn't change the name on the card. It sounds like VZW refuses to change the bill to info and I don't want to lose my spot in line. Any thoughts? Guess I'll call VZW tomorrow and see if they can help.

I have the same, My credit card and the plan is under my moms name. Please let me know what you find out

 

[wishiwas]

Yesterday I got several jackets in the mail for the S3 that I ordered off ebay. At least now I have an idea how big this phone actually is I also ordered 2 "gold" extended life batteries and with a built in charger that came in on the same day.

I have a Razr right now, and Verizon / Motorola just updated it to ICS. I like it. Makes me want my G3 even more.

What ticks me off a bit was I didnt have the funds available when this phone first went on preorder so I had to wait for 2 weeks. Now I come to find out they won't change my credit card until we get the phone, so my shipping date is later than most people here. I am wondering if Verizon will have extra stock on the mysterious release day and I could have just walked in the store and picked one up! Reminds me of the days standing in line waiting to see if AT&T were going to have any extra iPhones.

 

[quadracer25]

I would like to start off by saying i have been following the galaxy s3 and this sub forum since april. I have also grown tired of the unlimitied data questions. After the first 7 pages of it the point was clear pre order the phone thru verizion to be safe and wa la. However im coming from a droid inc that obviously is 3g only. So my question is does unlimited data cover 4g as well as 3g without having to add anything to my contract.

 

[Fahrenheit85]

I can't wait till we have the jelly bean speculation thread with all the copy paste from Verizon chats about how if we update well loose unlimited data.

 

[joggy]

... So my question is does unlimited data cover 4g as well as 3g without having to add anything to my contract.

Yes.

 

[lexluthor]

I can't wait till we have the jelly bean speculation thread with all the copy paste from Verizon chats about how if we update well loose unlimited data.

Don't plan on seeing Jellybean on this phone for a very long time, if ever. Have you not followed Samsung's history of updating phones?

 

[chamba]

I think jelly bean is the new froyo speed enhancements but not a vital update. So I'm not worried about not getting it

 

[alexander323bc]

I think jelly bean is the new froyo speed enhancements but not a vital update. So I'm not worried about not getting it

Jelly Bean will have speech recognition built into the OS that allows you to use the feature while the phone is not connected to the internet. Siri cant do that even with iOS 6. I think Google is stepping things up a little bit. That was the biggest feature I saw on Jelly.

 

[alexander323bc]

Oh and 32GB out of box has has 26.26GB of space available. Be interesting to see where the Verizon version comes in at.

 

[rushmore]

Me too. Bothers me that they don't seem to have a clue when they'll get it.

I think that besides a few 16gb units that slipped through the cracks at Target and a few others, Verizon themselves do not know for sure. Probably at the mercy of some expedited air shipments and freight notifications as far as the first wave of supply, second and actual channel fill to normalize supply (fancy supply chain terms). Their import shipment brokers will be the key to setting dates (more fancy terms).

I can bet the motherload of supply will not be in channels until late July or August. If demand was high, this probably ain't gonna be too pretty.

 

[rushmore]

Dupe post (how did THAT happen?)

 

[gibbga]

I think jelly bean is the new froyo speed enhancements but not a vital update. So I'm not worried about not getting it

I didn't really care about jelly bean either at first...then I read what was included. It sounds like Google has really stepped up their game with the improved notifications system. I definitely want that now.

 

[TxTech25]

My expected date is now nothing lol, hmmm maybe they are getting ready to ship... anyways... I want me some stock jellybean! I hope a stock rom comes out soon after release!

If anything that means they are pushing it back imo

 

[John_Roger]

Good morning gentlemen. I woke up this morning and noticed someone has broken in and stole my data. Who should I call.

 

[kboss375]

So I just checked my confirmation email and they have the account holders name under the Bill To section even though it's my CC info. Stupid VZW! I know I wouldn't have entered that info in so it HAD to be something they put in. I'm thinking that adding my girl (the account holder) to my CC may make it passable? But I guess that doesn't change the name on the card. It sounds like VZW refuses to change the bill to info and I don't want to lose my spot in line. Any thoughts? Guess I'll call VZW tomorrow and see if they can help.

I was told it could be done with a ITTS ticket, they said they will fix my shipping info after it has been shipped out. They will basically tell Fed-ex to ship it to a different location.
The lady told me that since I payed with a credit card that the billing information didn't really matter.

They messed up on 2 of my s3 orders..no way im going to the back of the line after preordering at 7 am on the 6th

 

[phillyphill39]

Jelly Bean will have speech recognition built into the OS that allows you to use the feature while the phone is not connected to the internet. Siri cant do that even with iOS 6. I think Google is stepping things up a little bit. That was the biggest feature I saw on Jelly.

Yeah vzw won't have it anytime soon. But I'm 99% sure there will a ROM for it soon. I have jelly bean on my vzw nexus and its great.

 

[Zoandroid]

Nope, because it was ordered prior to the 28th you're still grandfathered into unlimited data... that is unless you upgrade another line on your plan at a later time and still want the discounted price... Got my order placed with an hour to spare

Can't believe someone actually answered this. But thanks. I'll ask again on the next page

 

[Zoandroid]

Me too. Bothers me that they don't seem to have a clue when they'll get it.

It's Best Buy.

 

[alexander323bc]

The sprint version has 26.26GB available stock out of box. Glad I ordered the 32 now.

 

[GoGetemB]

I really hope that when this phone drops, that this phone will work great on the network...and updates for this phone get a first priority.

Does anybody know some of the main bugs of the Samsung Galaxy S3

 

[treb1797]

After more delays, Sprint’s Galaxy S III available from all channels starting July 1

Anybody else going to go to Sprint on Sunday just to try it out before we get ours from Big Red?

 

[alexander323bc]

I feel like my next phone after this one should be included in the individual mandate that is somehow constitutional.

 

[cmybliss]

So I just checked my confirmation email and they have the account holders name under the Bill To section even though it's my CC info. Stupid VZW! I know I wouldn't have entered that info in so it HAD to be something they put in. I'm thinking that adding my girl (the account holder) to my CC may make it passable? But I guess that doesn't change the name on the card. It sounds like VZW refuses to change the bill to info and I don't want to lose my spot in line. Any thoughts? Guess I'll call VZW tomorrow and see if they can help.

This happened to me as well. In my case it was billed to my husband, but I used my card on a separate account to pay for the phone. When I called about it I was told that because I am an authorized user on the account billing will be able to fix the problem when the phone ships. I hope she's right.

 

[Deleted User]

So I just checked my confirmation email and they have the account holders name under the Bill To section even though it's my CC info. Stupid VZW! I know I wouldn't have entered that info in so it HAD to be something they put in. I'm thinking that adding my girl (the account holder) to my CC may make it passable? But I guess that doesn't change the name on the card. It sounds like VZW refuses to change the bill to info and I don't want to lose my spot in line. Any thoughts? Guess I'll call VZW tomorrow and see if they can help.

I contacted through email and they said it should not be a problem.

There would be no problem with the order on our end. It has already submitted and is ready to go. The only possible issue would be if the card holder refuses to authorize the payment due to this. To know for sure whether this will happen, you would need to contact the card holder as this may vary depending on the card holder. If need be we can still replace the order with one with payment information which will work if you find that this will not.