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Landroid jimmy on 01/05/2015 - 18:29 thegoodguys.com.au (1006 clicks)
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Because no one wants the S6 or no one wants the tablet? Just bizarre. Surely you don't need incentives to sell the S6!!
There are a few issues with the S6 ATM
I haven't been following for a few weeks. Software or hardware?
The S6 is having issues managing RAM causing the system to crash. Samsung has already acknowledged this issue and have promised a fix.
@lucksmith: I've heard that memory leak is a problem with the Lollipop itself, I've heard that Google fixed it on 5.1.1.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/23753/20141230/google-fina…
That happened to me once the first 30 minutes I had it. For the past 8 days though it hasn't skipped a beat.
Users have been having ttouble installing their sd cards and swapping out batteries. Additionally ex S5 uaers have been taking it into the shower with them and having it stop working. ;-)
@syousef: :) I've heard rumours about S6 Active that has everything (well I am not too sure about detachable batteries) that you've mentioned in its spec (though you lose the finger print scanner, so I've heard). Look into that?
Battery is still not removable. Limits the life of the phone. Intentionally.
Edit: Some sites now claiming it will have a removable battery. I'll wait and see. No interest in an android iPhone clone.
@syousef: Not sure whether it is intentionally for limiting the life of the phone. I frankly think it's more of market trend, s5 was one of the biggest flop so far by Samsung (Mediocre spec, awful design etc etc), I think they are simply trying to accomodate what the market seems to prefer (though yes, I think the detachable batteries are something to be missed, though I am getting the feeling that the population that absolutely needs it is less than the population who are indifferent about it).
Also I think removing microSD card support was a bad idea, especially when VR contents are so large in terms of file size.
No offense but what a lame excuse. Let's all talk about making things more sustainable then build throwaway phones so we can sell more or force people onto contracts every 2 years. Just lame.
@syousef: They are a cooporation, their priority is profit. Whether the detachable batteries were result of them trying to limit people's ability to replace the batteries or whether it was because the market seems to not care about detachable batteries anymore with so many phones coming out with non-detachable batteries, like HTC M8, LG G3 and iPhone line, and how badly S5 flopped, I think it all boils down to Samsung trying to make money. Samsung have lost fair bit of market share last year with S5, so I think to some extent, they are trying to win back those market share. If they thought the population who would hate no mSD card support and no detachable battery were large enough, they would've incooporated into their phones.
I personally think they really should've made the batteries detachable (though by the looks of it, if they made it detachable, either they'd needed to sacrifice some of the battery capacity or change the design, which would've had an impact on their sales).
Though by the looks of it, replacing the battery doesn't seem to cost much, at least in Korea and US, I hope something similar would happen in Australia as well.
The S5 didn't flop because it had a detachable battery.
I know it's very old school these days but you can actually make money and remain ethical.
@syousef: I don't think there is anything ethical or unethical on following this market trend of having a non-detachable battery. It does have advantage for the manufacturers to adopt, i.e. less safety concerns with the batteries, easier to fit more (looking at G2, Korean version and International Version, international version had higher battery capacity).
Not to mention replacing the battery doesn't seem to cost much, at least in Korea and US http://bgr.com/2015/04/16/galaxy-s6-battery-replacement-cost….
Though I agree, it would've been much better if they made the S6 to support mSD support and have detachable batteries (since those people who don't care about detachable batteries would care either way as long as it lasts long enough.)
Also, someone seem to be negging you, it wasn't me.
Read the rest of the conversation. Making devices without detachable batteries that are therefore uneconomical to change the battery on wastes precious metals and adds to landfill. That is unethical when it is unnecessary and is done solely to sell more phones.
@syousef: I think you are missing the point; they change the battery for you at the service centre, at least in US and Korea, relatively (compared to what Apple does at least) cheap too. http://bgr.com/2015/04/16/galaxy-s6-battery-replacement-cost…. I've mentioned this 3 times now. Once without the link, once with the link and now.
It's not throw "the entire phone away" too if that is what you are implying (though I don't think they would do that, or why would we have refurb phones), since these phones can get disassembled. http://phandroid.com/2015/03/11/replace-samsung-galaxy-s6-ba…
I don't live in the US or Korea.
Having tried to deal with Samsung on the phone and in George St for customer service NO THANKS.
Had a microusb port broken on a Galaxy Tab 3 by my then 3 year old daughter trying to put it on charge. Not a warranty claim. They won't provide you with a rough cost without submitting your device for their diagnostics service which was $50 or $80 from memory. That is taken off the price of the repair when the fault is diagnosed, but as I knew the fault I wanted to know what the charge would be for a specific fault I was well aware of. THEY FLAT OUT REFUSED to provide this information.
Couldn't help me on the phone. I tried their customer service number. After 40 minutes got put through to service in NSW and gave up after another 40 waiting for them to respond if I went ahead and went to their "experience" store - experience of being treated like DIRT!!! If you weren't buying a new top of the line device no one wanted to have anything to do with you except to take it in and diagnose it.
So I had no idea and no recourse if they wanted to charge me more than the price of a new tablet. If I didn't I'd lose their diagnostic fee. I ended up getting the part from Ebay and fixing it myself. Warranty voided but warranty was WORTHLESS to me in this case. So yes my experience is that they do make them throw away devices.
I have no links to provide you and you can dismiss this as an anecdote if you so choose but this was my experience and I'm in no rush to buy from them. Again they do make throw away devices. They do make it hard to replace a battery or fix a device with a minor flaw. I've lived it.
@syousef: So you got burnt by their customer service. OK, that's fair. Though I still don't see the logic of "it's broken, if I cannot fix it myself, it's automatically a throw away phone".
If you think Samsung service is crap (which seems to be the reason for the battery replacement problem, since I've shown you that they do provide battery change service in other places in the world), don't buy from them. You are calling phones with detachable batteries as environmental unfriendly, an unethical decision by the manufactuers because you cannot replace the battery by yourself. Apple replaces batteries for you at the very least at a price (as far as I know). So if they do replace the batteries for you at a price, how is it a throw away phone?
Not to mention, your experience with service was with their tablet line, which costs far less than a phone. Not to mention, it was not battery related. Though, as I've never needed to deal with them so far, I will take your words for granted.
It's not a throw away phone if they provide a service to replace the battery. Your argument sorta relies heavily on crappy service by the manufacturers on battery replacement (which you've never mentioned until so far as well). That's fine. Calling on ethics and environmental concerns on it, I don't think is logical, especially since there are companies that provide those services and your argument on crappy Samsung service, does rely on your experience on a budget tablet that is unrelated to battery replacement (though by the looks of it, Samsung service does look bad in general).
If it costs almost as much as a new device to replace a battery, the device is intentionally a throw-away device. It makes no sense to keep an old product that may not work as well as a new one and is more likely to develop other flaws.
Their repair policy is the same whether it's a battery or a charge port. So that argument by you is a reach. To tell you what you already know (that your device has a failing battery) will cost you their service fee.
This isn't my first ride at the rodeo, or the first time I've been burnt like this. It is intentional and planned. It would be trivial to make a device with a user replaceable battery. You just need to make it easy to open up and have some way of connecting the thing, and put it in a place that isn't covered with other components. All the excuses I'm reading are just complete and utter rubbish.
@syousef: $109 AUD for iPhone? https://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=Austr…
I think I've made my point, I am repeating myself over and over. If you don't like Samsung product or service, that's fine by me. I cannot be bothered to repeat myself over and over on same topic.
Good idea. Don't repeat yourself. I've made my point too and you haven't addressed it. Samsung is not the only manufacturer that does this. I wish it were just a matter of avoiding one.
Probably the tablets, Tab As are coming out and Tab 4s are becoming outdated. I am not sure what tablet they are referring to though, they might be handing out Tab 3 Lite, which would be worse than Tab 4.
Yep tab 3 lite, good kids tablet
Also a budget tablet of a budget tablet line, it's 2 generations behind the current budget tablet line by Samsung.
It's slightly confusing since there are two budget 7 inch tablets out there that is available in the market, that is by Samsung.
and good ebook reader?
Yeah, I guess so
$1149
Wow. Not a deal.
No, not a great deal but better than nothing.
What issues? Mine is great
It's a Samsung
It's also an Android
would much rather them give me a discount of $179.00 than take the tablet, but even that's too expensive for an s6…
Wtf i still prefer android as a os but does samsung think they are like apple by over pricing their phones? Come on does the phone have premium glass? It will probably break easily so get real! The phone should only be worth $799 the most.
It has Gorilla Glass 4
Doesn't explain the price tag. By the way it does break here's proof:
The significantly lower exchange rate explains the price tag. Limited supply and strong demand plays a role too.
Traveller or temporal residents, be always aware of "The bonus" in The goodguys.
If you are not holding an Australia ID you cannot pick up the products you bought through online even you show your passport as a purchase proof, so does the bonus! They only accept Australian ID, what it means is only Australian can buy their products online!
What a stupid policy!
foreigners are smart enough not to buy the s6 (or pretty much any tech) in Australia…
I've picked up Tab S 10.5 during ebay 20% off promotion few months ago using my passport?
Are you sure that is the case?
That was my real experience. Not sure where u bought it… I had driven about half an hour to Melbourne Moorbbin branch.
Anyway, as a foreigner I will never buy anything from them…Canberra, it might've been just your store. Contact ACCC or call the manager/contact the main branch. As far as I know, they have no rights to refuse a passport as a form of identification.
Expensive phone. I can no longer just criticize Apple for overcharging on their products (what you pay vs what you get). Samsung used to be one of the good guys. Now they think they can be the next Apple.
(profanity) thats expensive for a phone.
I'm still waiting for Samsung to bring out the 128gb white standard S6.. it was supposed to come out when the others came out on the 10th of April and Samsung still haven't got any. I have been with Samsung for a number of years and I think because they have stuffed around with this I will wait and get the next iPhone.
If you're just waiting for the colour I would highly recommend the sapphire black over the white (I have one,although the edge version). The different colors under different lighting is much more prominent, and beautiful than the white one.
Tablet is worth about $150. With only 8GB ROM, there's not much you can do after at least 2GB for Android.
Better off waiting for a few months for the price to drop, although each new Galaxy S is decreasing slower and slower.
No problems with my $100 Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus. Just sayin' .. :-) .. !!
Sorry, but can anyone explain to me how that price is justifiable for a phone? Can it turn liquid into gold?
Exchange rate and RRP near the release date is massive. I follow price at other places as well, and the RRP difference between s5 and s6 was like AUD $50 dollars in Korea, if I just do rough calculations. Given that S5 was cheaper than S4 series in the beginning as well in Korea, I think the ridiculous difference in Australian price is more to exchange rate.
This is obviously an explanation for why the current gen feels more expensive that last gen. If you want an explanation on why the flagship smartphones in general are expensive, R&D costs and probably because there are people who'd buy the latest phone at that price.
The AUD used to be parity to the USD and now it's only 78% of it. That explains the difference between $819 (at parity) and $1050 (at $US0.78).
Price?