so far all I can find is non us sellers, which means a long wait time til delivery. Anyone know of any us sellers of note batteries ?
Umm, You do remember...
Dude, you do remember these aren't available in the United States and won't be for some time right? That's why you, me, - hell everybody - had to buy imports in the first place. That is unless you live across the pond somewhere.
Right now Expansys - U.S. has them available for pre-order for $36.99 or so. That's the absolute cheapest I've seen an 2,500 Whr OEM battery anywhere!
I pre-ordered 1 hoping Samsung will eventually release the NFC chip-enabled batteries for the Note since it' s supposed to be a U.S. only option for the time being. Although I usually keep 3 batteries on hand I won't be doing that with these puppies. I rotate them every 2 weeks to keep each battery fresh and so they receive roughly the same amount of use and shelf life.
I'm sticking with 2 standard OEM batteries in case they do make the NFC Batteries available to us in the Unites States. I don't feel like stuck with extras when the GT-N7000' successor is released which I'm sure is already in the pipeline - much in the same way Asus had done with the Transformer line.
While Samsung knew they had a winner in the Galaxy Note I don't think they anticipated this big of a success we knuckleheads provided them. Especially with us throwing down the amount of $$$ we did amidst these hard times just for the privilege to own one.
But the greatest surprise is we're not bound to a friggin' 2 year contract and we'll be able to buy a Quad, a Quin, or more - Core SuperPhone sooner than we would've been able to do before!
There's at least one US seller on Ebay selling aftermarket batteries for the Note. There are a ton based in Hong Kong with prices averaging ~$5 per battery after shipping, but like you said, it takes 2 or 3 weeks for delivery usually. Use the tools on the left side of the screen to narrow the search results down to US sellers only. It'll cost a little more, but still dirt cheap compared to an OEM battery, and like I said, there's at least 1 US seller, as I recently received mine from them.
The cheapo copies claim 2600 mAH, 100 more than OEM, but I'd say they're roughly the same capacity, maybe a little less. I guesstimated the capacity of mine to be 70%-80% that of my OEM battery, but that was on the first charge/discharge cycle. Still some seriously good value.
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Dude, you do remember these aren't available in the United States and won't be for some time right? That's why you, me, - hell everybody - had to buy imports in the first place. That is unless you live across the pond somewhere.
Right now Expansys - U.S. has them available for pre-order for $36.99 or so. That's the absolute cheapest I've seen an 2,500 Whr OEM battery anywhere!
I pre-ordered 1 hoping Samsung will eventually release the NFC chip-enabled batteries for the Note since it' s supposed to be a U.S. only option for the time being. Although I usually keep 3 batteries on hand I won't be doing that with these puppies. I rotate them every 2 weeks to keep each battery fresh and so they receive roughly the same amount of use and shelf life.
I'm sticking with 2 standard OEM batteries in case they do make the NFC Batteries available to us in the Unites States. I don't feel like stuck with extras when the GT-N7000' successor is released which I'm sure is already in the pipeline - much in the same way Asus had done with the Transformer line.
While Samsung knew they had a winner in the Galaxy Note I don't think they anticipated this big of a success we knuckleheads provided them. Especially with us throwing down the amount of $$$ we did amidst these hard times just for the privilege to own one.
But the greatest surprise is we're not bound to a friggin' 2 year contract and we'll be able to buy a Quad, a Quin, or more - Core SuperPhone sooner than we would've been able to do before!
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What does the note not being officially released in the US have to do with any US store having Chinese batteries for the note?
I suppose the same thing that did UK vendors buying weeks ago batteries from Chinese manufacturers and selling from the UK so the shipping being shorter is being done by US vendors.
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no scams here. the full details of what happened are below but essentially i'm giving away 1 touch pro 2 cdma 2000mAh battery. if you're based in australia, you're most welcome to it and all i ask is you pay for shipping....which will be less than 5 bucks. we can settle it through paypal or bank deposit. sorry but i can't ship international as mailing systems here are quite strict about sending batteries. so if you're interested, do drop me a pm. i also have the original box and the manuals if needed. i bought the battery from ebay, the brand is andida. i'm quite satisfied with it when it was being used by my unit.
the reason i'm giving it away. last nov 12 was my last day for working for my company. on that very same day my phone was stolen. i reported it to security and lo and behold they said they couldn't help me as i was no longer an employee....just one of the reasons why i moved to greener pastures. anyway, had my sim blocked as well as the imei.
i have property insurance and have now received my replacement phone (hd2). with that, it'll be shame to simply chuck the battery in the bin or in the cupboard. thus, do drop me a line and i'll send it off. if no one's interested, i'll probably give it off in ebay for 99 cents. and if that fails, bin it =)
cheers
Do you by chance have a docking cradle that charges the seperate battery? I could REALLY use one of those.. but being out of work at the moment I can not afford any more toys... I could cover shipping though... Thanks in advance for your responce
so now that the GN is 100% possibly going to be released tomorrow(12/15), what's the best price the unit is going for?
$299 at Verizon
$289 at CostCo
anyone else have it going for lower?
if you're going to get the thing you may as well get it for the best price right?
[EDIT] and yes, that Q was supposed to be a W. i blame the tiny keyboard i'm using.
you have to consider verizon's expensive plan rate times 24 months commitment.
yangqi said:
you have to consider verizon's expensive plan rate times 24 months commitment.
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Bingo.
Also OP, I'm sure there will be deals on Amazon wireless and others if you're willing to sign an extra contract and ETF burden.
i had gotten the Rezound for $219 at Best Buy Mobile. i have until the 16th of this month to exchange....
that being the case, if i can get it as close to a 'straight swap' as possible i'd love to keep the extra money for gas/food.
BBM price matches other stores
Called 4 Costco stores in SE Michigan and getting mixed answers. One person said the 21st. Another said "when Verizon gets them". $289 supposedly includes a bundle of other items with it. Can anyone confirm Costco will be selling tomorrow?
Costco's 289 price includes leather case, leather holster, travel charger (home+car), and screen protectors. Also includes no restock fee..so that alone seems to be a good savings overall. I get my family's phones at Costco..they're a pretty good crop of people and don't give you crap!
I saw someone state Target will have it for $199, but I have no proof.
What about Best Buy and their technology protection program? That seems like a cost-effective way to go and still be able to upgrade your device in less than two years.
With corporate discount it should be $249 from Verizon from day one. (This is how it was with the Razr, Rezound, etc.)
$155/$175 (new/upgrade) from letstalk
http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/14/verizon-galaxy-nexus-available-for-just-154-99-letstalk/
i dont think its going get much cheaper any time soon.
on expansys they are selling sg2 original battery fir 24.50 dollars ? are they trustable or they are just selling chinese batteries with samsung logo
Expansys is averry big and global webshop seller - I've bought there 2-3 times with no problems. The delivery times were slightly long (~ 3 weeks)
bought 2 smartphones from them, had to call them tho to make sure they've sent the phones
They're reliable, ordered my phone from them and even got refunded for the discount they did the next day.
Yeah guys but i mean that they said there are selling original batteries for s2 but i really need to know if they really are selling original batteries out there...because i search my whole market no original battery available there
zainbintariq12345 said:
Yeah guys but i mean that they said there are selling original batteries for s2 but i really need to know if they really are selling original batteries out there...because i search my whole market no original battery available there
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Read what they have written original has to be original or you can complain .
/return the item .
As Expansys had the item on pre order and are pre ordering other model Samsung batteries you are buying Samsung battery from a top class supplier .
jje
Expansys sells retail products, no aftermarket unless specified.
yes they are very reliable , i had made a few large business with them a few times
Yes they are but they are dearer than a lot of other retailers which is why i wouldn't use them again but they are definitely legitimate.
Official Reply From Expansys SE Asia
Hi there,
I'm here, just joined the XDA Circuit to try to offer some customer support in here where possible...
Please let me know if I can help here at all. Not sure what batteries you were looking at (?) or if you've gone and bought one yet (?) but I can certainly vouch for the fact that we provide a money back guarantee etc and that we carry branded and non branded items - all clearly stated within product descriptions etc. You should never have any issue with that. You'll receive what you ordered (as per the product description notes and image included on our site)
We've re written our Terms + Conditions lately to reflect waranties + returns etc. Please feel free to check it out. If you have any questions, do let us know.
We want to help out where we can.
Cheers all
That's all cool & stuff, but let's face it, you guys don't exactly have the cheapest prices around
Bought my nexus today, but was surprised to find that none of the big uk retail shops, carphone, phones4u, vodafone, 02,have any accessories for the galaxy nexus. Am I missing something?, cause the phone has been released a while back.?
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Bought my nexus today, but was surprised to find that none of the big uk retail shops, carphone, phones4u, vodafone, 02,have any accessories for the galaxy nexus. Am I missing something?, cause the phone has been released a while back.?
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Why would they, it's the same the world over, any decent and/or cool accessory might as well be a unicorn that will show up 12 weeks after you order it from some obscure website and pay $100 for shipping.
I don't think it's feasible for brick/mortar stores to carry many of these accessories since most consumers are generally happy with the "universal" junk and the devices change so quickly. Unfortunate, I agree.
One of the things we have to accept as Nexus users is that Nexus will never be mainstream phone heavy supported with acessories. It is obvious that the Nexus idea is not interesting to carriers and oems, since they cant fill it up with bloatware and it makes people wanting others phones to be upgraded for the last super-cool Android version.
This is my second Nexus phone and I dont plan to buy a non Nexus again, but I accepted the fact that I will be with the minotiry. Phones like the Samsung Galaxy S are much better for oems and carriers and will be much more marketed/supported.
Thanks the only problem is, I now have to wait for the accessories I ordered online, which will take days, that's the problem, even the corner shops, that sell all kinds of fake accessories, don't have a screen protector, and having owned my fair share share of smartphones, this is a first, not to find a single shop selling nexus specific screen protectors.
Looks like the second gen will officially be smaller with a different aspect ratio.
http://www.ibtimes.com/check-out-leaked-samsung-galaxy-tab-s2-cases-1945993
I've been needing to get a tablet and want the current gen tab s but don't want to see that I could have been 100$ richer by waiting a week. Alternatively I haven't talked to anyone who is happy with Samsungs continued Apple emulations.... Does the collective wisdom here think we'll see an instant price drop for the current gen or do you think merchants will try to wait out the change?
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Looks like the second gen will officially be smaller with a different aspect ratio.
http://www.ibtimes.com/check-out-leaked-samsung-galaxy-tab-s2-cases-1945993
I've been needing to get a tablet and want the current gen tab s but don't want to see that I could have been 100$ richer by waiting a week. Alternatively I haven't talked to anyone who is happy with Samsungs continued Apple emulations.... Does the collective wisdom here think we'll see an instant price drop for the current gen or do you think merchants will try to wait out the change?
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I think it most definitely will. The tablet has already been featured in some sales that put the price at around $270 I think. That's a steal considering how good the tablet is
Two weeks ago I paid $270 for my S 8.4. I'm sure it'll hit $230-250 by the end of the summer. August and September are back-to-school shopping months, so manufacturers like to release the newest computer/laptop and tablets then. Which means clearance of last year's model in the weeks/months before.
I'm waiting for the S2 to come out too..
I'm waiting to buy Tab S 8.4 LTE version when price is cut off.
I bought a Tab S 10.5 a month ago because of the change in aspect ratio. At that time there was a sale on for $70 off MSRP so I grabbed it. My suggestion would be to decide on a discount number and regularly check local prices for discounts. The sale was at Staples Canada and ended April 12th. You could use one of those computer best price checking web sites relevant for your country.
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I too have been waiting, seeing the Tab S priced at $100 under "MSRP" all over the place (meaning it was $299 or even less), but hoping with my greedy heart that it would come down even further after the S2 was announced.
Image my surprise when a 2 days after the S2 announcement I couldn't find a single seller offering the Tab S for under $350, and most had jacked the price back up to retail.
Even now the "official" Samsung listing for the Tab S on Amazon is $379! WTF?
Anybody else find Amazons search a waste of space, as it gives you the wrong results, even when it gets it right, you cannot arrange from low to high like every other shopping site.
Is this just me.
John.