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Phones Folding phones the next frontier

Tulani said:
Happy with the release or "meh"kind of situation?
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Price-wise… not too happy with it especially with the 50% off upgrade instead of it being completely free. No S-Pen or UDC, so that take some excitement away. But ultimately, I’m more excited than disappointed primarily because of the new form factor (could see myself using the cover display a lot more compared to previous years.).

Harthag said:
Samsung's ordering is just a mess for me. I just saw the $100 off for using PayPal as well so decided to place an order in the Samsung app. Total glitch fest, ended up adding $8000 of items into my cart. Took 10 minutes to manually remove everything. Then the PayPal code wouldn't apply. Once it applied it re-added a case to my order so had to go back and remove that. Repeated this process once in the app and then again on my office PC. Then it couldn't verify my address when placing the order but I got two charge notifications from Amex. No orders showing in my Samsung account, PayPal, or order emails.

Seriously, how hard is it to process an order. This isn't Apple and the demand isn't nearly as high as iPhone launch, and it's several hours after pre-orders opened. Anyone else running into ridiculous issues?
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Same here… I was having issues with the PayPal code, that’s why I gave up and just used a different payment method.
 
Ludatyk said:
Price-wise… not too happy with it especially with the 50% off upgrade instead of it being completely free. No S-Pen or UDC, so that take some excitement away. But ultimately, I’m more excited than disappointed primarily because of the new form factor (could see myself using the cover display a lot more compared to previous years.).


Same here… I was having issues with the PayPal code, that’s why I gave up and just used a different payment method.
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I am happy to keep my 7

I intend to see Apples version but I doubt it will be any far off from Samsung with my added personal preference for Android

If my pocket would permit I would like to go for the sim enabled touchscreen macbook instead
 
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Bkdodger said:
I'm official I went with the wide $599 after trade in picked up the standing case with the $30 reserve credit, I also ordered the Thinborne use code TB30FORYOU FOR THE 30% DISCOUNT


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That's the case I want to get, but only the version in black is currently available, it feels way too boring for me, I want the blue version to match the Lila version of the phone but no word on when that is coming out... 😿
 
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I was out running errands and there's both a BestBuy and Verizon store in the same parking lot, but neither had the Fold8 on display. The Verizon manager said they plan to set up the display in a couple of days though.

I'm curious to see the Fold8 Wide dimensions in person. I like that they got the weight down to 201 grams, that's literally half the mass of my TriFold (with case and screen protector). Despite the price, this may be the year that bookstyle/passport foldables become mainstream (even before Apple releases theirs).
 
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NeonNights said:
I was out running errands and there's both a BestBuy and Verizon store in the same parking lot, but neither had the Fold8 on display. The Verizon manager said they plan to set up the display in a couple of days though.

I'm curious to see the Fold8 Wide dimensions in person. I like that they got the weight down to 201 grams, that's literally half the mass of my TriFold (with case and screen protector). Despite the price, this may be the year that bookstyle/passport foldables become mainstream (even before Apple releases theirs).
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And they brought the new multitasking system to it as well… the 3 app/window array with it horizontal.

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Ludatyk said:
Price-wise… not too happy with it especially with the 50% off upgrade instead of it being completely free. No S-Pen or UDC, so that take some excitement away. But ultimately, I’m more excited than disappointed primarily because of the new form factor (could see myself using the cover display a lot more compared to previous years.).


Same here… I was having issues with the PayPal code, that’s why I gave up and just used a different payment method.
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I gave up completely and am just sticking with my Best Buy order. Got the Spigen Slim Armor Pro S case that includes the 360 degree stand and a couple 2 packs of glass screen protectors off of Amazon. The magnetic case with kickstand is sold out now too on Samsung's store, so at that point had no use for the $330 Samsung store credit or their overpriced cases / film screen protector.

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And they brought the new multitasking system to it as well… the 3 app/window array with it horizontal.

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This looks AWESOME. I can't wait to get mine.
 
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Harthag said:
Samsung's ordering is just a mess for me. I just saw the $100 off for using PayPal as well so decided to place an order in the Samsung app. Total glitch fest, ended up adding $8000 of items into my cart. Took 10 minutes to manually remove everything. Then the PayPal code wouldn't apply. Once it applied it re-added a case to my order so had to go back and remove that. Repeated this process once in the app and then again on my office PC. Then it couldn't verify my address when placing the order but I got two charge notifications from Amex. No orders showing in my Samsung account, PayPal, or order emails.

Seriously, how hard is it to process an order. This isn't Apple and the demand isn't nearly as high as iPhone launch, and it's several hours after pre-orders opened. Anyone else running into ridiculous issues?
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I also had issues with PayPal when I ordered the phone during the event, so I gave up and used another payment method. Also, I never got the sign-up discount for the event, buuuut I wrote to Samsung customer service and they were really nice, they applied a code for me: €200 discount + the 512 GB upgrade for free. So I cancelled my original order and placed a new one with all the discounts applied (plus the €100 PayPal discount on top). I'm stoked now ❤️‍🔥
 
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chad.petree said:
I also had issues with PayPal when I ordered the phone during the event, so I gave up and used another payment method. Also, I never got the sign-up discount for the event, buuuut I wrote to Samsung customer service and they were really nice, they applied a code for me: €200 discount + the 512 GB upgrade for free. So I cancelled my original order and placed a new one with all the discounts applied (plus the €100 PayPal discount on top). I'm stoked now ❤️‍🔥
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Surprised they didn’t apply the discount to your original order (as in give you a credit/refund at least that’s what they did when I asked for a discount awhile back)? Unless you preferred to use a different payment method entirely?

And looking at my order I don’t see the sign-up discount applied… going to contact them maybe tomorrow to see what they can do? I’m sure they are swamped right now.
 
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chad.petree said:
I also had issues with PayPal when I ordered the phone during the event, so I gave up and used another payment method. Also, I never got the sign-up discount for the event, buuuut I wrote to Samsung customer service and they were really nice, they applied a code for me: €200 discount + the 512 GB upgrade for free. So I cancelled my original order and placed a new one with all the discounts applied (plus the €100 PayPal discount on top). I'm stoked now ❤️‍🔥
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Ludatyk said:
Surprised they didn’t apply the discount to your original order (as in give you a credit/refund at least that’s what they did when I asked for a discount awhile back)? Unless you preferred to use a different payment method entirely?

And looking at my order I don’t see the sign-up discount applied… going to contact them maybe tomorrow to see what they can do? I’m sure they are swamped right now.
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Support likely varies by region. No assistance provided to me from chatting twice with Samsung US sales support.
 
Ludatyk said:
Surprised they didn’t apply the discount to your original order (as in give you a credit/refund at least that’s what they did when I asked for a discount awhile back)? Unless you preferred to use a different payment method entirely?

And looking at my order I don’t see the sign-up discount applied… going to contact them maybe tomorrow to see what they can do? I’m sure they are swamped right now.
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I did want to use a different payment method, because by using PayPal, I was able to get an extra 100 € discount 🌅. Best of luck tomorrow!
 
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Harthag said:
Support likely varies by region. No assistance provided to me from chatting twice with Samsung US sales support.
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Crazy to read this! Can't believe that Samsung's customer here in Germany is better. Most customer service in Germany is AWFUL, incredible rude. I worked in customer service for a couple of years, some time ago and I could NOT believe the way some colleagues would talk to some customers and what they would say to them 💀
 
I haven't seen people mentioning that the IP rating didn't increase. The phone still isn't dust tight, which makes me uneasy with my current Galaxy Z Fold 7 every time I go to the park or lake 💀. I guess Samsung will improve that as soon as Apple is rumored to do it 🫣
 
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