Anyone getting the Samsung Galaxy s8?

[707electrician]

So you were still paying on your old phone and you were able to trade it in and get the new phone for half off the monthly device charge without paying off the old phone?

[sholling]

I preordered the S8 this morning and will take advantage of the $99 deal on a 256GB memory card and AKG Bluetooth headset. I don't really care about the free Gear VR and controller but it's free.

[KillZone45]

So you were still paying on your old phone and you were able to trade it in and get the new phone for half off the monthly device charge without paying off the old phone?

I had once device payment left. I paid that off, well I guess I was supposed to. I ended up paying $50.xx last night, not quite sure what that was for since tax should have been more. But whatever.

It was 23 months ago I got the S6. One of the promotional deals with the S8 through verizon was to trade in an S6 and instead of paying $35/month for the s8 I just pay $15. The person on the other side of the line last night said that $15/month was good for the 2 years it takes to pay the phone off. Maybe it was some deal in conjunction with Samsung since the screwed up the Note 7 so bad?

[KillZone45]

I preordered the S8 this morning and will take advantage of the $99 deal on a 256GB memory card and AKG Bluetooth headset. I don't really care about the free Gear VR and controller but it's free.

I think Im just going to try and sell the Gear VR through CL or something, I wont be buying any games for it. If I can make a few bucks then so be it.

[AregularGuy]

Already ordered the S8+. Switching from the S7 Edge on T-mobile to Verizon. Couldn't get steady data speed's on T-mobile and can't stand it anymore. I went from 100 Mb/s in Oklahoma to 3Mb/s outside T-mobile arena in Vegas (!) and couldn't get a signal in some casinos, to .60 Mb/s here in the East bay to 15Mb/s on other days in the Bay. I'm getting $480 for my trade in. Still have a second S7 Edge that is brand new since I got them buy 1 get one free.

[707electrician]

I had once device payment left. I paid that off, well I guess I was supposed to. I ended up paying $50.xx last night, not quite sure what that was for since tax should have been more. But whatever.

It was 23 months ago I got the S6. One of the promotional deals with the S8 through verizon was to trade in an S6 and instead of paying $35/month for the s8 I just pay $15. The person on the other side of the line last night said that $15/month was good for the 2 years it takes to pay the phone off. Maybe it was some deal in conjunction with Samsung since the screwed up the Note 7 so bad?

I ask because I got the S7 edge about 6 months ago. While it isn't a bad device, it isn't what I wanted. I had intended on getting a note 7 but that wasn't an option so I settled for this phone. If I didn't have to pay this off first to get the S8, I would definitely trade it in.

[NYT]

S5 is my first smartphone and will stay that way until there is a new one with memory card slot, water resistant (IP67), wireless charging and use replaceable battery.

i doubt that will ever happen. the new phones have super fast charging abilities and the industry moved towards external battery chargers and cloud storage.

[6foot8]

I still have the Note3 and was about to pull the trigger on the IED7. Had it in my Verizon shopping cart and everything. Decided to finish the purchase the next day because I wanted to sleep on the decision. The next day is when Verizon officially pulled the device.

I'm going to have to check out the S8 and see what it's about. My Note3 still does a decent job even if the battery is a little needy lately.

[Dave626]

Note 3 Here checking in.

[Donkeypunch0420]

Just pre ordered one for the wife yesterday. She's sick of our S6's. I'll hang onto mine for a bit longer. Guys at TMobil were nice, they let us play with their S8 floor models they just got in. They hadn't even programmed it for demo yet. We went in just looking at the regular S8, ended up getting the S8+. Seems like a very nice phone all around. She uses her phone a lot more than me so that warrented getting the plus. I use my tablet at home so I probably won't need the bigger screen, or longer battery life. They made very efficient use of the screen, so it almost feels a bit like the edge (in a good way). Camera took great pics for both front and back cameras. There's a dedicated button for "Bixby". Not sure how necessary that is, but I don't really use those kind of functions anyway.

[MJB]

When is the ship date?

[sholling]

When is the ship date?

Officially April 21st, however, if history is any indicator the earliest preorders may ship up to a week early - inventory numbers allowing. That's what happened with the S7.

[sholling]

Already ordered the S8+. Switching from the S7 Edge on T-mobile to Verizon. Couldn't get steady data speed's on T-mobile and can't stand it anymore. I went from 100 Mb/s in Oklahoma to 3Mb/s outside T-mobile arena in Vegas (!) and couldn't get a signal in some casinos, to .60 Mb/s here in the East bay to 15Mb/s on other days in the Bay. I'm getting $480 for my trade in. Still have a second S7 Edge that is brand new since I got them buy 1 get one free.

Best coverage just depends on where you are. Where I live I can't get a Verizon signal at all while T-Mobile's is strong. From what I've read these days national coverage differences are minor and shrinking fast.

http://bgr.com/2017/02/15/t-mobile-coverage-2017-vs-verizon/

I laid hands on the S8 and the S8+ and while the S8+ tempted me it's just too huge for me to front pocket carry. It'll work great in a purse or on belt holster or a back pocket but not my front pocket.

[KillZone45]

Best coverage just depends on where you are. Where I live I can't get a Verizon signal at all while T-Mobile's is strong. From what I've read these days national coverage differences are minor and shrinking fast.

http://bgr.com/2017/02/15/t-mobile-coverage-2017-vs-verizon/

I laid hands on the S8 and the S8+ and while the S8+ tempted me it's just too huge for me to front pocket carry. It'll work great in a purse or on belt holster or a back pocket but not my front pocket.

I decided to get the plus model as I liked the bigger screen on the iPhone 7+, I figured if I was going to upgrade this time is like a bigger screen. Hopefully it doesn't feel too big in my front pocket.

[sholling]

I decided to get the plus model as I liked the bigger screen on the iPhone 7+, I figured if I was going to upgrade this time is like a bigger screen. Hopefully it doesn't feel too big in my front pocket.

I believe that the S8+ and the iPhone 7+ are roughly the same height so you should be happy with it. I front pocket carry the (non-Edge) S7 in a wallet case and with my build the S7 Edge size S8 feels like it'll be at the ragged edge of comfortable front pocket carry for me, but that me and body types vary. I seriously considered the S8+ for belt carry because it is really-really nice. I think you'll love the S8+