**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Thread ****

azibux1 said:
Very interesting and thanks for the heads-up! Seems I got mugged right off by vodafone haha

I checked mobiles.co.uk but they didn't have anything decent as none of their deals seemed to include the spotify I wanted
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Not yet they haven't but they normally have a cracking deal on for a very limited time, I'll be keeping a close eye on hukd, got my last 5 handsets this way.

azibux1 said:
2 - I'm already with Voda... And want to keep my number - I have my PAC... Am I right in saying when I receive my new phone, I need to port off to something like an O2 PAYG SIM and then somehow to my new mobilephonesdirect SIM? How does that work as I thought you need the PAC code to give to the new 'provider' (mobilephonesdirect) when you place the order? And obviously I don't have the O2 PAC yet.. I only have the one from Voda which I obviously can't use to go back to Voda?
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I wanted to keep an O2 number, when I took out a new O2 contract via a third party site. No PAC code was needed, O2 sorted it out and it was very straightforward. You'll be dealing with vodafone directly even though you've purchased the contract from mpd, you shouldn't need a PAC code to carry an existing vodafone number over to a new vodafone contract.
 
rG-tom said:
If you're not bothered by the hassle of the staged cashback are there any other reasons to avoid Mobilephonesdirect? their free phone and £39 a month after cashback for 30gb of data unltd texts and minutes makes this by far the cheapest option that I've seen (£904.50 total cost if you factor the £31.50 topcashback too, same as a £9PCM sim only and buying the phone outright....and it comes with £10 a month worth of Spotify Premium so actually -£1pcm as I'd definitely be paying that anyway )
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The S8+ at £42 a month seems like a better deal? No staged cashback and only £7.99 for the handset. It's 24gb though instead of 30gb and I suppose depends if you actually prefer the larger plus model over the normal S8, which is a HELL YES for me :) I do miss my Note with s-pen.
 
Picked up my S8 Spigen case earlier, need to have a look at it and compare it to the iPhone 7 and see how much a difference size is (not exactly scientific) and it will give a good idea of how it is. I do think I will pop into a Carphone Warehouse though and see how it feels properly too.
 
azibux1 said:
Very interesting and thanks for the heads-up! Seems I got mugged right off by vodafone haha

I checked mobiles.co.uk but they didn't have anything decent as none of their deals seemed to include the spotify I wanted

But mobilephonesdirect seems different and the below deal seems very good indeed.

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Leads me to my next few questions though if anyone can assist please?

1 - Mobilephonesdirect... Good service / you actually get what you pay for and no issues claiming the cashback? A few bad reviews are online.. but obviously you get that sometimes... Anyone here actually used them??
2 - I'm already with Voda... And want to keep my number - I have my PAC... Am I right in saying when I receive my new phone, I need to port off to something like an O2 PAYG SIM and then somehow to my new mobilephonesdirect SIM? How does that work as I thought you need the PAC code to give to the new 'provider' (mobilephonesdirect) when you place the order? And obviously I don't have the O2 PAC yet.. I only have the one from Voda which I obviously can't use to go back to Voda?
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Just make sure you adhere to the letter for the cashback claims otherwise they will not pay it.

No you don't need to give it to mpd, port it to a payg sim and the port it back to voda when you receive the handset, you could even change it to a voda payg then back to a contract.
 
I had a play with both the s8 and the s8+ in the samsung store today, I was very impressed. They are actually a lot smaller than I thought! Looking forward to April 20th :)
 
e36Adz said:
The S8+ at £42 a month seems like a better deal? No staged cashback and only £7.99 for the handset. It's 24gb though instead of 30gb and I suppose depends if you actually prefer the larger plus model over the normal S8, which is a HELL YES for me :) I do miss my Note with s-pen.
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i dont want the plus, the normal is just bordering on too big :) Also the 30gb package includes spotify which the 24gb package doesnt!

Does anyone know if this includes the 4gb of EU roaming as per the same tariff directly from Voda? everything else seems the same.
 
Gman said:
what cases are you guys buying for this?

looking for something minimalist.
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I ordered the black one of these from the rainforest, seems nice. My experience with Spigen cases has always been good.

http://www.spigen.co.uk/cell-phone/samsung/galaxy-s8-plus/galaxy-s8-plus-case-liquid-crystal.html



I pre ordered a regular S8 from CPW since they are getting stock on the 20th. However mobilephonesdirect have it for £644 but my experience has been horrific with them in the past. Hopefully I can sell the naff speaker which comes free to bring it down to the same sort of price.
 
roysters said:
so you have your sim card already? your just going to get your pac code. Use your PAYG sim, then transfer over to new sim?
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No, I was just writing out my plan of what I was going to do
e36Adz said:
Not yet they haven't but they normally have a cracking deal on for a very limited time, I'll be keeping a close eye on hukd, got my last 5 handsets this way.



I wanted to keep an O2 number, when I took out a new O2 contract via a third party site. No PAC code was needed, O2 sorted it out and it was very straightforward. You'll be dealing with vodafone directly even though you've purchased the contract from mpd, you shouldn't need a PAC code to carry an existing vodafone number over to a new vodafone contract.
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Bearing in mind I work a mix of day and night shifts, I'd probably end up missing that deal lol. I am quite happy with that mobilephonesdirect price, and guess I can easily cancel and take the mobiles.co.uk one if I see it and if it is better

That sounds good, I always thought someone said something about going from one provider to the same provider (from a third party) causes issues. I'll give both voda and MPD a call on Monday to discuss
 
I'm really tempted by the S8 but Voda just won't budge as I still have 8 months on my Sim Only contract. It's a decent deal as I have 5gb for £10 a month (12 month SIMO, 40% discount) so even though some of the deals on discount sites (£900-1000 total) seem really good, I don't really use more than 3GB of data and will have to pay off the remaining £80 of my SIMO.

It looks like the best way around it would be to buy sim free - at £625 (considering you can flog earphones for around £40-50) it seems like a decent price and once I sell/trade my note4 the whole upgrade will only cost me around £450.

Even at £689 through Carphone (believe u get speaker as well if u get sim free) with speaker it should be decent.

The question now is - hold out and see if there are better deals, perhaps get one on MM or just get one now...

Looking at how s7 edge held it's price for so long I don't think this will drop in price anytime soon and there might be no better deals until Christmas time now.
 
Just thought about getting an S8+ as my Note3 keeps throwing a wobbler at the moment.
Are Three taking the absolute widdle?! £69 per month on a 24 months contract and still have to pay £79 up front for the phone?!

Ouch.... That's the same contract that I'm on now, just with an extra £41 per month stapled onto it. It'll be worth me just buying the phone outright.
 
So I have been looking and drooling over the S8+. I am currently on an iPhone 6+ and have been an avid Apple user since 2009. I use Samsung phones at work and my partner and her son both have Samsung S6 and S7s but I always hear them complaining about battery life and the fancy they use fast chargers means the battery dies quite quickly over time.

The thing is I love the look and the form factor of the S8+ and I see that you can get a good deal on MPD with Vodaphone for £42 a month with £7.99 up front for 24 months.

What are the things to think about when switching to Android these days and should I wait for the iPhone 8?

I personally cant see Apple beating the S8+ right now and its about time I had an upgrade so looking for peoples thoughts.
 
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