The Official Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Thread

azibux1 · 23 Apr 2017 at 18:15

Kenai said:
I don't think the S7E shared the Qi coil and NFC antenna in the same way but I suppose the only way i'll find out for sure is by trying it somewhere!

That's a shame if that's the case then.. I was really looking forward to having barclaycard contactless payments back again like I had on my S6 Edge

Be interesting to see a tear-down video to see where exactly and how large the coil is, that way it can maybe possibly be avoided when you stick the metal plate?

SAM81 · 23 Apr 2017 at 18:43

e36Adz said:
I've used nothing but 3rd party sites for several years now and not had a single issue, I always just take out a new contract. You will receive a new SIM with the handset with a new mobile number, in your case it would be a new EE sim. You then ring EE and tell them you want to carry your old number over to your new SIM, you give them both numbers, and it should be as simple as that. That's all I've ever needed to do in the past. PAC code is not required since you're not changing networks.

If you take a new contract with EE, you cannot port an existing EE number onto it.

Kenai · 23 Apr 2017 at 18:51

azibux1 said:
That's a shame if that's the case then.. I was really looking forward to having barclaycard contactless payments back again like I had on my S6 Edge

Be interesting to see a tear-down video to see where exactly and how large the coil is, that way it can maybe possibly be avoided when you stick the metal plate?

It could be but the spigen case has a specific internal recess for the plate so it's kept tidy so you can only fit it in one place

e36Adz · 23 Apr 2017 at 18:52

SAM81 said:
If you take a new contract with EE, you cannot port an existing EE number onto it.

So you need to get a free PAYG sim on another network, port your number to that with the PAC code, then get another PAC code and port it back to EE? Very silly tbh, O2 didn't require any of this messing around.

iMacMart · 23 Apr 2017 at 18:53

SAM81 said:
If you take a new contract with EE, you cannot port an existing EE number onto it.

So I'll have to port to a payg SIM with another provider and back again?

e36Adz · 23 Apr 2017 at 19:03

iMacMart said:
So I'll have to port to a payg SIM with another provider and back again?

Worst case scenario yes, but I'd ring and check with them first.

iMacMart · 23 Apr 2017 at 19:08

e36Adz said:
Worst case scenario yes, but I'd ring and check with them first.

Think you might be right as we used ee in my old company and it was the same, will grab a free SIM and have that ready just incase ...

Small price for a good deal ...

SAM81 · 23 Apr 2017 at 19:31

e36Adz said:
Worst case scenario yes, but I'd ring and check with them first.

iMacMart said:
So I'll have to port to a payg SIM with another provider and back again?

Exactly. Inter-network porting is not possible. You'd need to port off network first, then back on. This is something third party providers conveniently forget to tell people

SAM81 · 23 Apr 2017 at 19:33

e36Adz said:
Very silly tbh, O2 didn't require any of this messing around.

Do you know this for a fact? I'd be amazed if it's true.

steve5424 · 23 Apr 2017 at 19:41

gary996 said:
Does this phone have Wi-Fi calling?

I would have thought so but can't find any options for it.

Qhorin · 23 Apr 2017 at 19:46

SAM81 said:
Do you know this for a fact? I'd be amazed if it's true.

I've done a number transfer from 3 direct to 3 third party before and it was all handled internally by 3. Just had to wait for the 30 days notice to expire on the old contract.

Kohaashi · 23 Apr 2017 at 20:04

How does the vibrate function of the S8 compare to the likes on an iPhone 6?
Only reason I ask is because I tend to keep my phone on silent with vibrate On most of the time and have grown used to the iPhone 6. When I tried swapping to a OnePlus 3 the vibrate was so weak compared to the iPhone 6 I would constantly miss calls.

Thanks

Gman · 23 Apr 2017 at 20:20

My last question of the day honest

Any one notice their notification led not flashing?

Had a look in settings and it's on.

zoomee · 23 Apr 2017 at 20:41

Gman said:
My last question of the day honest

Any one notice their notification led not flashing?

Had a look in settings and it's on.

yeah i've noticed it doesn't always work and so have others here too.

Anyone get to the bottom of the wotsapp thing too? (like some sort of background data saving is going on)

gary996 · 23 Apr 2017 at 20:49

steve5424 said:
I would have thought so but can't find any options for it.

Same here. Can't find any reference to it

Gman · 23 Apr 2017 at 20:57

steve5424 said:
I would have thought so but can't find any options for it.

There's a few on vodaphone moaning about it. Vodaphone seem to think if you got the phone direct from them it should have the option but people can't seem to find it in settings to turn it on

hardtarget · 23 Apr 2017 at 21:01

rG-tom said:
i'm paying £38pcm, free phone unltd texts and calls, 30gb of data, 4gb of which is usable anywhere in the EU

Tom who did you get that deal with?

Scottland · 23 Apr 2017 at 21:06

matthewwhitton said:
Where did you find it for a tenner? It's £25 on eBay.

Amazon

utajoker · 23 Apr 2017 at 21:20

willhub said:
I'm paying 70 quid a month with 9 quid 99 up front, unlimited texts and mins, 30gb data, unlimited music streaming, free unlimited everything in Europe, the free speaker if i sell that should offset the costs, 60 quid after employeer discount. I'm with o2, s8+

Good lord!

That is crazy

i'm paying £15 per month for 30gb data and unlimited everything else on a sim only deal from Three and £26 per month for the phone on a 0% intrest CC card.

Also bought an S8+.

azibux1 · 23 Apr 2017 at 21:25

I got a deal from SPC with Vodafone... And I'm already with Vodafone... They are making me port to Vodafone PAYG (takes 1 day, but there's a 30 day notice period, so effectively 30 days), then takes 1 working day to get back to my new Vodafone contract

hardtarget said:
Tom who did you get that deal with?

Same deal I got. Was MPD/SmartPhoneCompany but they've taken the deal off now to reflect some changes Vodafone made at their end.

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