maybe it should be ￡500ish when it first released

Well, that's mean.

Samsung support is hilariously bad.

My mates s8 from Samsung direct had a purple line down the screen. They insisted on doing a remote support thing, where they connect to his phone. This is despite it clearly being a hardware fault. He had to take half a day off for that.

After that they arranged an exchange, courier never showed up.

Arranged another exchange, courier never showed up.

Multiple long phone calls of which some were cut off he finally gets someone half decent who says yes it can still be collected today (despite the courier having been for something else that day). He asks why he has no tracking or email regarding it, he's placed on hold, 1 minute later the tracking email comes through, it has just been booked for the next day.

Support deny all knowledge and say it was booked a week ago. They like to accuse you of lieing a lot.

10 days later my friend finally has a replacement s8 and no way of getting the literally day of his life back he spent chasing Samsung.

I personally have asked them how much to replace the battery on my s7 and have been cut off 3 times, I can't be bothered with them anymore.

Typo : Even cheaper if you pay in euros at £621.38 (using 0% few card to Revolut). Should say £521.38 ?

Heat added. So cheap for a brand new release, can't understand why it's dropped so quickly.

Usually dispatched within 2-4 weeks

coming up at 619 euro for me

maybe it should be ￡500ish when it first released

Yeah 2-4 week dispatch is a put off for me. Heat added anyway!

Note this is a reseller and its not Amazon: therefore, i hope Samsung honour any warranty claims.

Availability: only 9

If its faulty do Amazon get you to deal with Samsung. If so the warranty isn't worth anything.

S8+ also less than 600 if paying with 0%.

What are the differences in this version and the UK version? I know they are different model numbers but can't find any comparison.

Gutted it's gone in Nero - should wake up more early! What a scorching deal!! Still there for the other two colours though.

Why is the warranty not worth anything if dealing with Samsung? This phone would be bought in the EU meaning that the warranty is still valid to UK customers

Samsung support is hilariously bad.

My mates s8 from Samsung direct had a purple line down the screen. They insisted on doing a remote support thing, where they connect to his phone. This is despite it clearly being a hardware fault. He had to take half a day off for that.

After that they arranged an exchange, courier never showed up.

Arranged another exchange, courier never showed up.

Multiple long phone calls of which some were cut off he finally gets someone half decent who says yes it can still be collected today (despite the courier having been for something else that day). He asks why he has no tracking or email regarding it, he's placed on hold, 1 minute later the tracking email comes through, it has just been booked for the next day.

Support deny all knowledge and say it was booked a week ago. They like to accuse you of lieing a lot.

10 days later my friend finally has a replacement s8 and no way of getting the literally day of his life back he spent chasing Samsung.

I personally have asked them how much to replace the battery on my s7 and have been cut off 3 times, I can't be bothered with them anymore.

got mine last week , cant see any on there now for that price sold by amazon, dont amazon do a refund if the price changes ?

Thanks for sharing. Going to wait for a good retailer to sell them under 500 before I bite

would buy if Amazon UK did at this price

Balls, I paid £570 last week direct from Amazon.it, i wonder if they'll refund the difference..Worth a (Google Translated) email I suppose!

They wont refund the difference if you have already paid for one

Cancelled my previous order as it had not yet shipped and reordered at cheaper price, cheers op!

How do you get the pages translated to English?

I am gonna wait for one plus 5 and then decide which one to go far.

500 bones for a fone? I am gonna spend that on food and wine and keep mine 3210.

Showing as 689 euros for me

EUR 619,00 Everyone will have different exchange rate euro to pound
https://www.amazon.it/gp/offer-listing/B06XWB84Q7/ref=olp_f_primeEligible?ie=UTF8&f_primeEligible=true&mv_color_name=0

I guess black is out of stock, I can't find Amazon.it for Midnight black

If I use Revolut, can I just top it up without needing a card? Cheers

I did on my mobile and although it translated the first page, when I changed seller and moved pages they all reverted back to Italian.

Hi I've just bought one and paid it directly with Halifax clarity.
When the payment is actually deducted from my card which rate would it be used?
Did I do the whole thing wrong?.... Any input would be greatly appreciated！

You'll get the master card rate on whichever day amazon take the payment in a couple of weeks.

Bought the S8+ black May 2 arrived yesterday 12th as stated by amazon logistics.

Coming from a black S7 edge which I love.

First impressions after 12 hours:
- Screen gorgeous as expected, but too be honest s7 edge is great too. S7 edge and S8+ width is perfect.
- Fingerprint scanner whilst not as bad as the hype, the front one on the s7 edge is way better, you can unlock it before it comes out of your pocket;
- Bixby is just a pain in the backside, adds zero value, what a mess.
- I miss the double tap home button for camera, that was a sick feature! Haptic feedback feels cheap compared to iphone.
- Still lag (or at least not as fast as I like or expect), very similar speed to my S7e on 7.1. Never going to be as fast/smooth as iphone or pixel tho, ive resigned to that fact.

IMO the s8 is too narrow, the s8+ is too big, the s7 edge physical size is just the right balance between, screen ratio for media consumption on the commute and ability to whip out quickly (have it unlocked before it leaves your pocket) for one handed usage where needed.

If only they kept the s7 edge physical body size, infinity displayed/bezelizzed it, never even thought of Bixby BS,

Will either sell it off (better to give someone a discount from RRP then return to amazon italy) and wait for the Note 8 and give the S8 a shot (another 2-4 weeks wait lol), or get my s7 edge repaired (sigh downtime).

Samsung phones are terrible android is terrible support is the worst judging from the comments only redeeming factor is the OLED display and iPhone is getting it this year with Samsung supplying them there's absolutely no reason to buy a Samsung phone absolute trash.

Doesn't Edge do auto translate too now? I know I've got the button on the address bar, but honestly can't remember if I've installed an add on or not...!!

less than 530 pounds? bought it 590 3 weeks ago and love the phone, hot!

You can say the exact same thing about apple.

less than 530 pounds? bought it 590 3 weeks ago and love the phone, hot!

several days is enough for brand zombies to buy new release for nomatterhowhighprice and then drop to realistic level for the rest of the market.

€699 for the S8+ model, really tempting

it is estimate delivery in 2-4 weeks

Does anybody know if Amazon.it will take a used return (still within 30 day) on these? Ordered an S8 last weekend at 720EUR with express delivery, only just got it set up. The saving of approx 90quid will be worth the hassle of reordering & waiting if they'll accept a return of this one.

Google Pixel 2 and iPhone 8 coming out later this year, and Galaxy S9 next year.

Am i the only one who's getting the "The selected vendor for this product shall not send in the UK (the main island)" message when going into checkout?

do you use amazon it as the vendor?

I was looking at the black one...but the silver one is available thanks :smiley:

On the uk amazon site it says this about EU import phones,

"System updates are sometimes made available by region, which means that a system update may become available later in the UK than other EU countries. In some cases, software updates may never be made available in the UK.

After a system update, it's possible that the EU Phone will revert to the language of the relevant EU country, even if you've selected English during set up."

Although this is on the uk site, would this apply?

Thanks.

... in your opinion.

No, language is set in the UI.
update your CSC to the UK network you're using - works for three, I now have WiFi calling, etc.

dammit - I bit the other day at £560 - order not arrived yet but arrives tomorrow. Im currently phone-less and was hoping this wld be the lowest price for a while. spoke to chat - they wouldn't budge even if the order hadn't arrived. said I could refuse delivery and re order, but i wouldnt get a refund until it was back in italy, then id be waiting two - three weeks for another to arrive. GRRRRR

I don't know about Samsung but will give a try some of the Lenovo phones. Seems good price and brand.

Black is now back in stock from Amazon.it (Amazon as the seller) but only at the original deal posted a few days ago, roughly £565. Great price still. I have ordered and if it becomes cheaper I'll cancel and re-order as dispatch is 2-4 weeks.

double tap the power button

they generally will pay the difference if the price change is very recent I.e. a week or two. just live chat with them in English on their website.

anyone tried this with success?

You could use Odin to flash to the UK firmware if you wanted.

Nice try :smiley: As someone who currently owns both high end Android and iPhones, the times I've uttered the phrase "bloody piece of crap iPhone..." In the last year must be up in the mid 50s.

Agreed lol, I'm not an Apple hater by any means, but iOS is just a no go for me. Grabbed an iPhone 7 recently and sent it back after 24 hours, just cannot get along with the software.

Thanks for the reply,

Is changing the CSC easy to do, or will it drastically change the phone? sorry, dont know much about these things!

Relatively easy, I used this method which could have warranty issues (but I like a fight)

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3605262

An alternate is to flash the CSC via Odin, but I don't know where the required file is for that (the h3g CSC)

Is the S8 compatible with the Gear VR?

No. I contacted them 4 times and they point blank refused each time.

This is nonsense, having had 2 phones from EU the language is chosen when first set up or when factory reset, any update maintains the language chosen. The phone doesn't arrive in Italian! You choose it when setting it up.

Does anyone know how to translate from Italian to English, im at the checkout but can't understand anything, don't want to do something stupid and believe me I will do something stupid, anyone help?

Use chrome and either turn on auto translation or right click and select translate to English.

You needed a "Tl:dr" before the "absolute trash" summary.

FTFY

Need advice... Just signed up to a virtual revolut card for this. I'm at the checkout, do i need to pay in euros? How do I see how much I'll be paying in pounds, and will the money be withdrawn when they dispatch the phone?

You now have to double tap power button for camera instead.

Nice find , thanks

Only thing putting me off this is the OnePlus 5 will probably be out soon

Yes pay in euro. You can't just estimate it with the current exchange rate :smiley: It won't be hugely different so I wouldn't worry

You can do this without rooting by restoring the phone in Samsung Smart switch. It will ask for a serial number, enter a serial number of a UK/3/vodafone/ee model and it *should* restore it to that. Worst case it will restore it to Uk and Ireland. If you don't know anyone with one of those models for a serial number just go on ebay and try to find a listing where the serial number is visible :smiley:

There is a €5 delivery charge, is that right? Buying from Amazon.it as seller.

Articles: EUR 608.86
Shipping cost: EUR 5.77
Total order: EUR 614.63

Thanks! Bought.

That's why I'm holding off buying this too, I'm waiting until OnePlus 5 is officially announced so I can see the design and specs before making the final decision :smiley: Though these price drops on S8 are seriously testing my willpower especially since my birthday is in a few days... lol

Have to say, having tried both an S8 and an S8+ (which I returned today, that I 100% agree with all your points and am now on the lookout for a cheap S7E.

Miss the front scanner for convenience and the camera shortcut (yes I know the power button does this too but it isn't as easy to find and click quickly, and doesn't seem to launch as fast.

Don't feel like the new Infinity Display adds much in the way of benefits over the S7E display even though it is obviously lovely. I don't think it is any higher quality - at least not discernibly.

The Bixby button is incredibly annoying. I was constantly either catching it when aiming for the volume button or when holding the phone and watching media. There is no obvious way to switch it off.

The camera seems no better.

It doesn't seem any faster.

The more time goes on the more I think the S7 Edge was a great device. I'm sure the S8 will improve in time but with hindsight I wish I had kept my S7E. You live and learn though, and I'm sure those coming from the S5 or the S6 will be more than happy.

debating this or the Sony XZ premium or Google pixel 2 later on in the year. urgh decisions

LOL at the morons who pre ordered this at £689

Well, that's mean.

Install Bixbye if you want to remap bixby.

I love my S8+, it's a toss up between this and the note 4 for my best phone ever, and I've owned many iphones too,

iPhones do not slow down tho never experienced a stutter or checkerboarding on web browser nothing nice and smooth as butter and that's with apples dual core processors they always come out on top with benchmarks with half the power the software is night and day better... android needs OCTA cores to even function lmao crappy software full of viruses

Can we use Amazon UK account and pay using gift card credit ?

Duplicate post
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samsung-s8-silver-black-525-rrp-689-amazon-italy-sold-amazon-eu-sarl-delivered-5-2687124

Nope not Amazon Italy

Nope not Amazon Italy

sad..so much difference within the organisation. thanks for letting me know. I have got many times in UK Amazon.

You gonna get one?

Doh. Ta for the heads up.

I have had both since Feb this year. Android from work and iphone at home. Cant say that either one is superior. Each has its drawbacks. My iphone does stutter under load and slow down. So does the S7.

The only thing that bothers me is having to use itunes, which is a piece of crap. Even on my mackbook pro and air. Total and absolute crap. And I am not "LMAO" about that!

2 Pin plug instead of 3 Pin.

I like this phone but in few months when Note 8 and OLED iPhone arrive this phone will be murdered.
buy only if you must.
I'd wait, not only you will have option of better phones but this one's price will drop dramatically.
very soon..

Samsung support is terrible even when phone is purchased in uk. Im Not sure it would be worth the risk buying from italy. If phone is faulty samsung will require you to give ups delivery driver your mobile along with ur passwords. There's no replacement mobile. repair takes about 10 days but samsung can take up to 2 months for repair. considering we paying over £500 for a mobile phone that kind of support is really bad.

Does anyone know the release dates for Note 8? Also do Amazon UK price match their own products by country?

i agree to this. my s7 edge died in warranty as I got a bootloader exception message.

their response time and support was awful. paying so much for a premium flagship phpne and that's what you get.

out of stock now

I think Amazon UK have stopped refunding the difference now.

still in stock and same price for silver/orchid. Also orchid s8+ is 699 Euro still (687 or so when added to checkout). hovering over buy button since last night, really don't wanna spend over 500 quid for phone, but really want to get on of them... arrrrgh, I actually hope these will go oos soon, so I can stop myself from buying one :smiley:

Showing as in stock to me.

I've ordered this last night but paid using my debit card using my banks transfer rate (i'll know how much I've paid when they dispatch). But there is still time for me to change the payment method. I've signed up for revolut. Do I just transfer ~620euros to my revolut account using my debit card and then add a virtual revolut card and use that at the amazon checkout?

If the payment is not taken from the account possibly you can.. if it is preparing for shipment you could only cancel the existing order and get another one.

I had originally ordered at a higher price, but as it hadn't dispatched, I cancelled for free and reordered at cheaper price.

shame the black is still more expensive than the others.

The black is worth paying the extra, the silver looks dreadful as soon as there's a scratch on it, sticks out like a sore thumb!

yes

So is the only difference between this and the UK model that ill get a 2 point plug instead of 3? I want to be sure that everything will work fine over here

They don't price match based on country.

Yes.UK is also a European country,only difference is charger plug.sometimes instruction manual.hardware is identical.

So can anyone recommend a 3pin charger that would work for fast charge? Or do the 2.0a ones work on fast charge when using the USB c cable?

I notice the model number for Italy is SM-G950FZKAITV whereas for UK it's SM-G950FZKABTU. Any idea what the difference is?

Typical ifan **** get a life

black is back in stock but slightly higher price ~540 GBP.

https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B06XWN7VCQ/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H

Another ISO folk

price has gone back up?

Slightly worrying issues from amazon.it cropping up on this thread
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samsung-s8-silver-black-525-rrp-689-amazon-italy-sold-amazon-eu-sarl-delivered-5-2687124?p=30896364

will these be covered under credit card purchase agreement ?

Yes it would be - check the 'What does Section 75 cover?' section in the link below:
Money Saving Expert

Relating to the issues some folks are having:

Everyone who's ordered one of these phones, whether you're having issues or not, please keep us informed! Lot of nervous buyers reading this forum wondering if they should cancel their orders.


Thanks.

worth checking the parcel first before signing off the delivery to ensure you got what you paid for

Their flagship store on Oxford Street actually forgot to repair my phone for more than 30 days. The when I got angry and had a rant at them, 'repaired' it the same day by which I mean they just reset it. Their stores are actually run by CPW and are just Samsung in name so that's why they are so awful.

To be clear this is Amazon so there isn't a risk of them ripping anyone off. The problem is in the delivery. Amazon Logistics isn't very good for high value items it seems. My first order for this phone actually got 'lost' and I think it was stolen en route. But Amazon are very good with refunding me and believed me. The other issue is that people are receiving the box with the phone not being in the actual Samsung box etc. I think it would be a good idea to either record on your phone, opening the phone beginning with opening the Amazon box in case the Samsung box seal is broken. Or open it infront of the delivery guy although I think the first option is more fool proof.

Just ordered the black S8 which is now coming up as the cheapest out of the three colours.

EUR 633.44
Estimated Shipping Costs
EUR 5.77
Estimated Order Total
EUR 639.21

Estimated delivery 5 - 22June
Sold by Amazon EU S.a.r.L.

Fingers crossed!

Anyone tried this yet and it work?

ordered mine and awaiting dispatch estimated mid june
order details

Let's face it, until someone receives the phone and payment was as expected, we are basically gambling with £500 +

Can anyone pls help I have a question ?
Do these come with a Euro Two Pin Plug charger inside the box as Iv ordered one & was wondering do I need to get a original 3 Pin charger ready ?
Thank you ??

This is absurd. You could then say this about every tangible online purchase you've made and had delivered to you.


Yes. This is a non-issue.

Not really. It's a normal Amazon purchase. Quite a few people in the other deal thread had theirs delivered fine.

the s7 edge is still a far better phone then the iphone 7 plus

My 2 year old Xperia Z3 is better than my iPhone 7. I'm sure iOS used to be the gold standard of mobile OS, but Android probably surpassed it a few years ago.

"It just works" was the one thing I used to hear about Apple products, yet I have far more problems with my iPhone than I've had with any Android phone over the last 4 or 5 years and the interface is horribly clunky by comparison. I think it's just that people are locked into the ecosystem with Apple and need to justify it to themselves somehow.

far better phone? in your mind..lol
no it's not.

I thought id give people a little tip... There was a Very discount code (20% off) for any purchases (some exclusions) which expired on the 14th of may ( came in a letter in the post to those who didnt make purchases for a while on their accounts )...Nevertheless, I gave Very a call yesterday and told them that my 20% code expired before I had a chance to buy the phone, at first they said there was nothing they could do but after a 20 minute chat with the lady about South Africa etc, she decided to price match the 20% for me,so it worked out as £550.21(+£3.99 for next day delivery) for the s8, and you can use it on the s8plus too (plus I have 12 months to pay it off)... great offer...

Seems to have gone up in price.

I had 3 Sony Z3s that all developed faults. The first overheated and turned itself off regularly. The second had a weird red tinge to the display, and with the third, you could see daylight through one of the 'waterproof' port covers. To suggest that the Z3 is better than an iPhone 7 is ridiculous in my opinion and experience.
I'm by no means loyal to Apple or Android either way as I've had loads of different phones, but iOS is by far the more stable and better quality controlled in my experience.

I don't think you'll get any arguments for me on build quality - the iPhone is definitely the best phone I've owned in terms of materials and manufacturing. The Z3 also suffered massively from having a screen that would completely stop working even with the smallest crack.

However, I absolutely maintain that Android as more user friendly in terms of access to functions, choice (less locked content), intuitive user interface and even general App stability these days. I've had far more iPhone apps force close on me in recent times than Android ones - but like with your Z3 hardware, maybe I've been unlucky.

Mine has arrived today. Amazon packaging looks like delivered from a UK depot. it has if undelivered return to Amazon fife. It was delivered with items and packaged identically to other items I had delivered by Amazon today.

No lithium ion battery sticker.

It states for regional lock it should be activated with a European sim (like UK), insert euro sim card to activate phone. Make 5 mins of calls. If a sim card from another region is used the phone may not work and the phone may become locked and need releasing at an samsung service centre.

Inserted my vodaphone sim. It stated it needed to be rebooted in English/UK settings. Which i did took 5 mins and then worked as normal as a new phone or after factory reset would.


I called my house phone for 5 mins and all works fine.

Warranty card states Samsung shall honour all national warranties for the UK, and list uk

It comes with 2 pin plug as expected Adapter and this is fine.

Very nice phone so far and no issues.

have you tried using Android Pay? someone mentioned elsewhere that it doesnt work in UK