Black Friday Deals on Samsung Galaxy S3

Quote from Silvas : No SD slot Seriously, I like the nexus 7 tablet and think Google and their partners have some nice products on their hands with the nexus line, but they need to drop the bs we want you to stream everything and we hate SD slots bit

Yeah, you are right. No SD slot is a big minus for me too.
But for $350, I can learn to live with it.

I don't use my phone for media so no sd is no big deal for me

the nexus has no lte, and no microsd - both kill the deal for me.

also, no buttons.. they are soft keys (on the screen) which takes up part of your screen.. so you can kill that screen size also since the buttons need to use part of it.

keeping my sgs3..

Quote from AamirH : I am on T-mobile's grandfather plan (Classic plan) and was paying $192.36 for 5 lines, 3000 minutes, unlimited texting, unlimited international texting, unlimited web on 4 lines only (5GB with 4g speeds) I told them that I have been with them for 2 years and would like to renew for another 2 years so asked for Loyalty and they gave me unlimited minutes, unlimited web on all lines and unlimited txting (including international texting) on ALL lines for $192/mo now (includes tax)

Did you check your plan after change ? They offered me the same. The price is little bit different. However they didn't set it up as promised. I had to make lot of phone call. Finally I'm able to get it. However they charged me more.

Looking to get a S3 for T-mobile with the Walmart / T-mobile onine $30 for 100 min / unlimited text / 5 GB data plan.

Best I can figure right now is Costco Wireless Advocates $150 + 2 year contract, minimum $60 a month plan. After 90 days can terminate for $200 fee. Total cost at 3 months including about $60 taxes of full phone price would be about $590 plus extra taxes for the phone line 3 months... maybe $620+ ish?

Craigslist / eBay looks to be about $400-500 for the phone + 3 month at 30 dollars prepaid = $500-600 as well. Risk of buying bad hardware / gray market.

It sounds like international unlocked versions wouldn't go as fast on T-mobile.
Nexus 4 was tempting but if it's replacing my camera I think I'll need that SD slot. If the Nexus had 32 gb internal option I might have been ok with that, but 16 is probably just not enough for me.

If someone else can come up with better for T-mobile version of S3 or has some ideas about Black Friday, I'm all ears.

Quote from BiLLyb0b : i upgraded over the phone through tmobile. asked to be transferred to customer loyalty and that's what they did. been a long time customer. I got 3 s3's for $100 each (after MIR), $100 off the next bill, $10 off one of the data plans for 24mo... each month bill should be coming out to about $150ish. I don't use the data plan much since everywhere I go pretty much has wifi

unlimited data plan required? is that unlimited shared between all lines?

Quote from Everever : Did you check your plan after change ? They offered me the same. The price is little bit different. However they didn't set it up as promised. I had to make lot of phone call. Finally I'm able to get it. However they charged me more.

Quote from Everever : Did you check your plan after change ? They offered me the same. The price is little bit different. However they didn't set it up as promised. I had to make lot of phone call. Finally I'm able to get it. However they charged me more.

I had them promise a better deal than my grandfathered plan as well. It took me 2 WEEKS talking to them every day to get them to get the plan just back to where I started. I have been with TMobile for over 10 years. Their CS has really gone down the drain. They all state that they will work to get it fixed THIS time don't worry. I have learned that just because 1+ rep tells you something doesn't make it true.

I have:
$49.99 - 600 Min any time family plan
Free - My Faves (all lines)
$10 - unlimited WiFi calling (all lines)
$10 - unlimited texting (all lines)
$10 - Additional lines over 2
$20 - 5gb data

So I advise to be very careful when they promise you new plans it can take aa LONG time to get it straightened out. Had a different problem that took multiple times to fix. Know other people have had the same problems.

Quote from grinningevild : Looking to get a S3 for T-mobile with the Walmart / T-mobile onine $30 for 100 min / unlimited text / 5 GB data plan. Best I can figure right now is Costco Wireless Advocates $150 + 2 year contract, minimum $60 a month plan. After 90 days can terminate for $200 fee. Total cost at 3 months including about $60 taxes of full phone price would be about $590 plus extra taxes for the phone line 3 months... maybe $620+ ish? Craigslist / eBay looks to be about $400-500 for the phone + 3 month at 30 dollars prepaid = $500-600 as well. Risk of buying bad hardware / gray market. It sounds like international unlocked versions wouldn't go as fast on T-mobile. Nexus 4 was tempting but if it's replacing my camera I think I'll need that SD slot. If the Nexus had 32 gb internal option I might have been ok with that, but 16 is probably just not enough for me. If someone else can come up with better for T-mobile version of S3 or has some ideas about Black Friday, I'm all ears.

Why wait 90 days to terminate? In most states you can wait 14 days and in others 30 days (in CA for example) where you can break your contract and pay the $200 ETF and have a non contract phone.

Well BB had this phone at $100 a few days back and if you had the $50 freedom promo you could have had it for $50+tax (if tax on full retail price) your OTD price would have been around $100. Then you pay $200 plus $36 activation fee which puts the phone price at around $336 (excluding your first month service which you would be paying either way).

Quote from qwertyuio : Take a look at the Google Nexus 4. It is listed for $350 at Google Play store. The specs seem to beat the S3 in every way, except the screen(not sure). I am thinking of going with the N4.

No microSD, no removable battery, no LTE

Quote from mrtrance : Why wait 90 days to terminate? In most states you can wait 14 days and in others 30 days (in CA for example) where you can break your contract and pay the $200 ETF and have a non contract phone.

There's a clause in the contract from Costco that says if you end the contract before 90 days technically you have to return the hardware to them or pay additional for the hardware. Not sure if this is actually enforced, but the clause is in there.

Some stores, I'm not sure specifically about Best Buy, do have their own separate early termination fees on top of the carrier contract. But yes, the BB deal is back and $50 lower than Costco right off the bat.

Quote from grinningevild : There's a clause in the contract from Costco that says if you end the contract before 90 days technically you have to return the hardware to them or pay additional for the hardware. Not sure if this is actually enforced, but the clause is in there. Some stores, I'm not sure specifically about Best Buy, do have their own separate early termination fees on top of the carrier contract. But yes, the BB deal is back and $50 lower than Costco right off the bat.

BB and Costco do not have any other termination fees except the ETF from Tmobile. Stores like Target, Walmart and online places like Wirefly do have an extra fee so that is the reason I bought from BB.

anyone know how much the S3 will be for Verizon?

Quote from kolvar : anyone know how much the S3 will be for Verizon?

I believe $179 through costco for verizon. $149 for at&t

I've been with t mobile since 2001 so i got a little leverage, I will try to get the s3 for 100 and data for 10 each month unlimited, i think the s3 for 100 without any mail in rebate is easy, just need to fight for the $10 data plan, since I have been on the $20 data plan from 2 yrs ago