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Can't say I'm too surprised, but can a company be more ambiguous about a release?
Many sources are claiming that it will release on Sunday 9/18. I've called 3 different local att stores and my answers ranged from never heard of it to we are restaging our store on Sunday 9/18 for some new phones but the SGS II is not part of it
Commercials on TV are everywhere, Sprint customers already have their hands on it and we(ATT customers) are left with "coming soon" without even a concrete release date.
The phone is already on the verge of being late to the party(been out since May globally) so come on AT&T, and give us some information that is worth something!
Botched? AT&T will release whenever and still sell a ton. Only people like you and me really care when the release date is.
I just called att sales and and they gave me the same old story about keep checking online. I pushed the issue about wanting to talk to a supervisor since I have heard that the stores are stocking them as we speak. He came back on and said he talked to his store manager (confused here as when you call sales they connect you to a store?) and then said his manager confirmed that they are stocking them in the stores but STILL could not give a release date. He said that could mean a few days or a week/s until they receive the release date. I said sprint came out with it today. I also asked about pre-order and he said they are not taking pre-orders. I am JUST AS frustrated as you on this whole fing matter. Just give us a REAL TRUE RELEASE DATE. I am GLAD that I never run att software and don't rely on them for it to be released ever. Well I guess we will see on Sunday. I will probably stop by a local att store today also and push them for info. I will be back once I am able to during my lunch break.
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(1) It's AT&T
(2) It's not an Apple product.
Regardless how much potential GS2 can be, AT&T simply won't give a s**t because it will never sell as many as iPhone 5 can be.
Best friend works for AT&T and they haven't got them in stock yet. They haven't heard a release date yet either. I can say that seeing sprint release it has me EXTREMELY anxious for this damned thing on AT&T. He knows how much I want this phone and is going to let me know as soon as they get it in stock.
Okay I am calling MANY ATT stores local to me (at least I have about 18 local stores that I am in the process of calling now. I will continue to update this post whenever I get a chance. I am listing the phone number, whether they say if/when the release date is, whether they say the do/don't have it IN STORE NOW. So far this is the first couple I have called:
EDIT: I called alot of the local att stores and listed them all below. Kind of bummed that none other than 1 said with good confirmation that they hadn't heard of a release yet. Some that say possibly Saturday said that that USUALLY before a phone is released they will get inventory the day before. I had let them know that I had spoken to 611 earlier which told me stores were starting to get stock today for either this Sunday 18th or next Sunday (which was TRUE from my conversation with 611). So I guess ONLY Sunday we will NO FOR SURE one way or another...I had also mentioned what the 1 store told me that they had them. Sorry but I am so excited and upset with the not hearing anything from att.
GS2 RELEASE DATE
1PHONE NUMBER.
2RELEASE DATE
3 IN STORE NOW
949-553-9861
NO
NO
949-764-0021
NO
NO
949-622-8240
18TH
YES (Said she guarantees it, close to inventory specialist)
714-327-0292
NO
NO
714-258-8290
NO
NO
714-965-4917
NO
MAYBE GET STOCK TOMORROW
714-541-0162
NO
MAYBE GET STOCK TOMORROW
714-573-0500
NO
NO
714-596-2700
NO
NO
949-559-1457
NO
NO
949-699-0643
NO
NO
949-425-0600
NO
POSSIBLY TOMORROW
714-285-9800
BUSY/NO ANSWER
714-538-5700
NO
NO
562-402-2417
NO
NO
562-402-8700
NO
POSSIBLY SATURDAY
714-870-9912
NO
NO
562-690-7522
NO
POSSIBLY SATURDAY
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Same thing happened with the release of the Captivate, T-Mobile got it first on a Thursday and rumors were that AT&T were releasing it that Sunday, no official announcement just a rumor. Went to AT&T that Saturday to ask about it and they said they only had cases for it but wouldn't expect it for another week, went across the street to Best Buy and they had it in stock!!!! Bought it and went back to AT&T with the Captivate in hand and asked to buy the case LOL.
Hopefully I'll have such luck tomorrow, if not then I'll be patient and get it Sunday, but if it's not out then Sprint may have my service!
Its botched because they are a couple of days behind sprint?
The international version has been available for months if you have deep enough pockets.
If you can only afford a subsidized phone, keep waiting.
This is the captivate forum btw. If you bought a captivate on release or since then that line isn't eligible for an upgrade yet anyway.
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Its botched because they are a couple of days behind sprint?
The international version has been available for months if you have deep enough pockets.
If you can only afford a subsidized phone, keep waiting.
This is the captivate forum btw. If you bought a captivate on release or since then that line isn't eligible for an upgrade yet anyway.
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Speak for yourself. I got a Captivate less than a year ago and I'm eligible for an upgrade.
Same here actually Shammyh.
And don't forget that THIS phone is being released this weekend. They could be referring to this phone if they don't know the difference:
http://pocketnow.com/android/att-announces-budget-priced-huawei-imuplse-4g
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Speak for yourself. I got a Captivate less than a year ago and I'm eligible for an upgrade.
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Lol me too! I used my upgrade at wal mart on christmas eve, they never took the upgrade off my account!
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Speak for yourself. I got a Captivate less than a year ago and I'm eligible for an upgrade.
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Well he meant the regular users without a special plan. I bought my Captivate in July 2010but i used my wife's upgrade Contract..... my Captivate Died on Weds so I was forced to use my Mother-inlaw's contract. That is the only reason I have the ability to upgrade to the SGS II if released on Sunday. Other than that I would have 6 more months to wait.
I bought the Captivate, July 17, 2010, I have been eligible for an upgrade since July 18, 2011, YMMV.
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I bought the Captivate, July 17, 2010, I have been eligible for an upgrade since July 18, 2011, YMMV.
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I bought mine in september '10 and I'm not eligible for an upgrade until may of '12. What I'm gonna do though is use an upgrade from another line on my plan. This way I can get the gs2 now and have the option for the prime or even gs3 next year.
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BenKranged said:
Its botched because they are a couple of days behind sprint?
The international version has been available for months if you have deep enough pockets.
If you can only afford a subsidized phone, keep waiting.
This is the captivate forum btw. If you bought a captivate on release or since then that line isn't eligible for an upgrade yet anyway.
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Ya I got my first cappy in July 1007 model, then my wife in October 1010 model. Mine is the primary account holder and my upgrade was ready as of end of August. So ya I am ready.
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Well I got a bit more bad news for us waiting for the S2 on ATT. I just came back from my local Radioshack and a Samsung rep was there. He told me specifically that the Galaxy S II will be launched on AT&T in early to mid OCTOBER!! WTF
I may wait a few more months and see what comes out by the end of the year, they shouldn't have waited to release this on ATT this long!
Ok so at&t giving special treatment to some customers and giving them more than 1 upgrade per line every 2 years is just one more reason to dislike them as a carrier.
Why does at&t not give me special treatment? I have 4 lines on my family plan and also u-verse tv service.
Playing favorites is a sure way to piss some customers off.
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Well I got a bit more bad news for us waiting for the S2 on ATT. I just came back from my local Radioshack and a Samsung rep was there. He told me specifically that the Galaxy S II will be launched on AT&T in early to mid OCTOBER!! WTF
I may wait a few more months and see what comes out by the end of the year, they shouldn't have waited to release this on ATT this long!
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Thank god I decided to import my phone a week before the first announcement lol. That is just too long of a wait already without having any concrete dates. Makes me wonder if they are really holding it out to be sure it competes with something.
Poor americans. Drunk on credit, heading for a cliff, with the corporate greedheads telling you keep going they've got the GPS heading locked in. Guy above is probably right too with the comments about apple having interests it needs to protect. System is clearly broken. Dunno how, but the volk in europe are getting closer to pushing reboot. For that matter, we all gotta flash a new kernel, yellow triangle be damned!
I walked into the "official" Verizon store today (not one of the authorized retailers), and I asked them if they knew when ICS would be available on the Razr. I figured they wouldn't know anything and tell me that, but the group of them told me that ICS would be available shortly and that it was already rolling out to phones at about 1000 at a time. I call BS on this whole situation but decided to post what I heard today in person.
aww would be nice, though i definitely don't believe it.. if it was already rolling out i'm sure we would have heard some news by now..
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I walked into the "official" Verizon store today (not one of the authorized retailers), and I asked them if they knew when ICS would be available on the Razr. I figured they wouldn't know anything and tell me that, but the group of them told me that ICS would be available shortly and that it was already rolling out to phones at about 1000 at a time. I call BS on this whole situation but decided to post what I heard today in person.
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You're right, complete BS. Thanks for sharing.
I recently received an email from Clove.co.uk (had pre-ordered from this site) that this week's shipping is delayed.
They wrote: "The first stock was due to arrive this week. However we have today had confirmation that stock has been delayed.
The first shipment of stock is now expected to arrive week commencing 12th March".
Can't wait for this beauty..
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Same as handtec. If Sony wants to be number one they have to sort out their supply chain!
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I hope I am not waiting another week for my phone, I have been waiting for this phoen for the past 3 weeks!!!!
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I hope I am not waiting another week for my phone, I have been waiting for this phoen for the past 3 weeks!!!!
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If you've ordered from the UK you're unfortunately out of luck. Can't wait to put my hands on it
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Gah.... I am trying to balance patience with excitement for a new device like this.
I am in Canada, so lets say the best case is they start shipping mid week next week, then I am still looking at 2 weeks away
IF it isn't delayed or sold out on the first shipment.
Yep I have ordered from carphone warehouse for £429.95 offline. Damn man kmt, i hate when phones get delayed. I mean i am currently using a 5800 with a poor touch screen because I sold me xperia play and sgs2 last week to raise money to buy this beauty because i thought it would be here this week. I could have atleast held onto the sgs2 until ending of this week if i knew this was going to happen. Now i have to suffer with this 5800 with poor touchscreen til atleast next week. arggggghhhhhh
By looks of it, it is delayed to shops, where you can buy phone, not take it on contract. I might call phones4u uk tomorrow.
I spoke to Phones4U UK just now (via chat). Here is a transcription of the chat:
Please wait. An operator will be with you shortly.
Saiqa A:
Hello Lucas. My name is Saiqa A how can I help you?
Lucas:
Hello, I have one quick qestion.
Lucas:
*question.
Lucas:
Some shops in uk selling phones without contract have just informed clients that there is a delay getting Sony Xperia S in stock.
Lucas:
Does phones4U have them in stock already or you also have a delay getting them in stock.
Saiqa A:
Hello Lucas, Our delivery is scedualed for the 09/03/2012.
Lucas:
So I assume there won't be any delay, otherwise I think you would be informed about delay?
Saiqa A:
There is currently not a delay. If this was to change we will be contacting you via email.
Lucas:
I see, thank you very much for that.
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I did not get any e-mails from Phones4U UK since order, so finger crossed.
I am due upgrade with TMobile, UK, just spoke to them, was informed they are expecting stock in on Fri 9th, however prices/tarrifs will not be available untill Sun 11th for new orders shipping out from them on Mon 12th. They have booked me a call back from themselves this Sun. I shall wait and see.
Please use this thread here No need for duplicate threads.
So the past few weeks all I've been doing is searching about official ics here in Canada. So I personally emailed a close friend of mine at Telus and this is what I got.
"We have not received an exact date of when the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will be released for your device. However, the new update is expected to be available sometime this month. Once it is available, you will receive a notification on your device that the new software can be downloaded."
Expect it sometime late June not early July. Also I hope some devs can turn this official ics into something beastly.
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Oh you know the devs cant wait to get their hands on it. They will for sure make it awesome, just look at what they have done with the leaks.
How many months in a row have they said "this month!"
April, May, now June.. I'm not counting on it.
Yeah it's getting silly. I spoke with someone at Bell a week ago and they told me it would be available sometime in June. Not holding my breath...
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So the past few weeks all I've been doing is searching about official ics here in Canada. So I personally emailed a close friend of mine at Telus and this is what I got.
"We have not received an exact date of when the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will be released for your device. However, the new update is expected to be available sometime this month. Once it is available, you will receive a notification on your device that the new software can be downloaded."
Expect it sometime late June not early July. Also I hope some devs can turn this official ics into something beastly.
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The word expected makes everything vague. We were also told to expect it within two weeks after the Note was released and everytime the month passes a new rumor starts about the next month and we are still waiting. Nobody knows and unless it is posted on Rogers, Telus or AT&Ts websites you can take all the second hand guesses as just that, a guess. Do not believe it unless the carrier tells you a date and I don't mean a CSR cause they know nothing about updates either. Also its probably been two years since AT&T posted update dates so were just gonna have to wait. Even when AT&T used to post dates on their site when new firmware would be released it was only correct about 25% of the time and 75% of the time they would always push the dates back after the date they had posted had already past. I think it will be released soon but there is no reason to buy into these rumors. Someone also posted in our Note forums that they were told by Telus that the update was coming on May 31st and even said they called to recheck and was told the same thing twice by two different CSR and as you can see its still not out.
I'm perfectly satisfied with the current roms available
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I'm perfectly satisfied with the current roms available
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That is AWESOME news
TELUS will update their OS Upgrade Schedule this week (they update it every 2 weeks), we'll see then.
I talked to a Samsung employee that had an S3 and told me they are supposed to release it June 22nd. But we will see.
Here's me not holding my breath.
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That'd be nice, but for some reason i'm not feeling too optimistic about it.
all these ICS post without any proof are starting to get annoying. There is alerady tons of threads with people making claims they talked to someone at samsung, a rep, a secretary, anyone, and they have all been false. Dont get me wront i would love ICS to finally be released, but only because the kernal will be released soon after. im happy with UCLE3 right now. Also ICS getting pushed would have more to do with AT&T then samsung.
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I talked to a Samsung employee that had an S3 and told me they are supposed to release it June 22nd. But we will see.
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I talked to a rep and they said June 21
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Updates get released when they are ready. This is not the launching of a new OS or IOS when they say what date it will be available so people know. Updates are not set on till a certain date then released, they are released when they are ready and its that simple. They can give estimates on the month of release based on bug fixes and how stable the rom is based on testing but I promise NO CARRIER or SAMSUNG (HTC MOTOROLA APPLE ETC) will ever sit on a finished update PERIOD! Its bad for business to sit on an update, but I know updates are slow but these companies didn't come this far by being stupid and not giving the majority of their customers what they want. They may be slow at giving it to us but they still deliver in the end. Nobody, I repeat nobody except AT&T and the people making the software update can tell anyone when the update will be released and the way they tell you is by pushing a notification to your unrooted stock Gingerbread Galaxy Note. Like the man above said these threads about releasing the update are getting outta control especially when they keep getting posted by people that obviously have no clue how the update process goes, when they know, we know, and that's exactly how it works. Do people really think these multi BILLION $$$$ companies carry on like teenagers and keep secrets and gossip about something as meaningless as an ICS update? The 22nd isn't even a Sunday LOL (people in the know, know what this means). OH I forgot, how does having an S3 make this Samsung employee qualified to know when updates will be released? Was he working at the AT&T booth in the mall or the local AT&T store? Most of these guys/girls cannot even handle a problem without calling the real AT&T for help so trust me the guy you talked to knows nothing.
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I talked to a rep and they said June 21
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My rep said on the 24th. Now who are we going to believe.
I talked to Santa and he said Dec 25th
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Just root and flash already. After that you won't have to wait for this nonsense anymore.
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I talked to Santa and he said Dec 25th
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Santa lies...he probably owns an iPhone. But the Easter Bunny said the official ICS is gonna hatch by end of June.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
-iOS = inspiring Outdated Software
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I talked to a Samsung employee that had an S3 and told me they are supposed to release it June 22nd. But we will see.
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whats the significance of him having a S3, pertaining to a Note release?
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I talked to Santa and he said Dec 25th
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Hilarious lol
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I talked to a rep and told him I wanted an official ICS phone by June 22nd. He asked if I wanted a S3.
I'll believe the release date rumors, the day it is actually released. Been hearing new dates every week.
TELUS: JULY 13
TELUS is very consistant at communicating the “expected in market date” of when various devices will receive an OS update. Right on track is a refresh of their “Device OS Upgrade schedule” and those with the Samsung Galaxy Note, BlackBerry Bold 9790, Nokia Lumia 800, and LG Optimus 7 can be excited as your devices will be graced with a new OS soon:
Android:
HTC Desire HD OS 4.0 “Expected in market date” is July 25th
LG Optimus LTE OS 4.0 “Expected in market date” is Mid July
Samsung Galaxy Note OS 4.0 “Expected in market date” is July 13th
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 OS 4.0 “Expected in market date” is Late July
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 OS 4.0 “Expected in market date” is August (was previously Late July)
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ok ill explain myself. haha
so i work for att and last week they had Samsung come in and show us some features of the note and how to sell them better. The rep from samsung had a galaxy note with the official ATT ICS update on it already. He told me it was coming around the time the s3 is going to be relased. But who knows its seems ligit because he does work for samsung.
I talked to the CEO just now and he said it is already late tonight. He will do it tomorrow morning
I just called the president, he's sending me the official download link now.
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porkenhimer said:
Updates get released when they are ready. This is not the launching of a new OS or IOS when they say what date it will be available so people know. Updates are not set on till a certain date then released, they are released when they are ready and its that simple. They can give estimates on the month of release based on bug fixes and how stable the rom is based on testing but I promise NO CARRIER or SAMSUNG (HTC MOTOROLA APPLE ETC) will ever sit on a finished update PERIOD! Its bad for business to sit on an update, but I know updates are slow but these companies didn't come this far by being stupid and not giving the majority of their customers what they want. They may be slow at giving it to us but they still deliver in the end. Nobody, I repeat nobody except AT&T and the people making the software update can tell anyone when the update will be released and the way they tell you is by pushing a notification to your unrooted stock Gingerbread Galaxy Note. Like the man above said these threads about releasing the update are getting outta control especially when they keep getting posted by people that obviously have no clue how the update process goes, when they know, we know, and that's exactly how it works. Do people really think these multi BILLION $$$$ companies carry on like teenagers and keep secrets and gossip about something as meaningless as an ICS update? The 22nd isn't even a Sunday LOL (people in the know, know what this means). OH I forgot, how does having an S3 make this Samsung employee qualified to know when updates will be released? Was he working at the AT&T booth in the mall or the local AT&T store? Most of these guys/girls cannot even handle a problem without calling the real AT&T for help so trust me the guy you talked to knows nothing.
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I hate to pull a 'well actually', but Im going to do so.
Carriers are well known for sitting on updates even tho they are ready. There are a number of reasons for doing so, marketing being a big reason. By controlling WHEN a release is pushed, they can market other phone models or actually advertise big OS updates, often times making the carrier sound like THEY actually did all the hard work and their customers should appreciate the OS update as a good deed by the carrier.
Anyone remember the Samsung Captivate? Gingerbread? How long did it take to come to the Captivate 'officially'? The rumour, although no one for sure can say, is that AT&T sat on this update and decided never to release it. Samsung then decided to take it upon themselves and provide the update via Kies Mini (PC software with the SOLE purpose of updating firmware via your PC rather than the carrier delivering said update). It was shortly after this that AT&T began making the update available over the air, after Samsung forced their hand. Likely, all of this was to push Captivate users to buy a newer model phone with LTE (which means higher priced data plans).
AT&T typically pushes firmware updates and new phone releases, both on Sundays. Dont ask me why, I just know that is what they 'usually' do. However, to give the benefit of the doubt, maybe they are planning something different.
Anyone remember the Lumia 900 (flagship Windows Phone 7 made by Nokia)? This was announced as officially coming out on Easter Sunday (Easter in the states) but since AT&T wasnt actually open, they had to sell it on Monday. Someone at AT&T forgot to look at a calendar.
The S3 is supposed to be available at AT&T June 18th according to this article (end of the second to last paragraph in the first section). This article was written today.
The Galaxy S3 was intended to be released at the end of June along with its competitors AT&T, which will get the new phone on June 18, and Sprint, which has a release date of June 21.
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Read the entire paragraph, for the context of the use of the word 'intended'.
Now, the 18th falls on a Monday which has me scratching my head because everything being reported is simply not the way AT&T usually does things. Even more funny is, no one seems to actually KNOW when the S3 will be available and if the ICS update is supposed to coincide with the release of the S3 (again, quite frankly, I dont know why AT&T would care, they are both not really related to each other), and no one knows when the S3 will be available for AT&T customers, how can anyone determine the release of this firmware?
So, my opinion? We are looking at either June 17th (tomorrow) or June 24th if Samsung and AT&T keep their promise of Q2. BUT, I have heard that ICS was delayed for all carriers because Samsung is fixing a kernel bug, code that exists in ALL variants of the Note that caused hard bricks when flashing roms on variants containing the quadcore processors found in the international Note. I know the way I said that was likely confusing so let me clarify. The kernel code exists in all variants of the Note. However, the code does NOT affect the dual core processor variants of the Note. But Samsung is fixing said code in all variants of the Note, their are a number of potential reasons why that I wont go into here. This bug was fixed back at the end of May but this ate into the carrier testing period so it was delayed. I could totally be wrong here but Im guessing July 1rst, which would be close enough to Q2 that I doubt anyone could really ***** about it not being in Q2.
One other comment...
An official ICS update means source code!. Many of us are waiting for an official update not specifically so we can flash it but so that we can begin to see some real rom development start happening beyond themes and generic tweaks. Not that I dont appreciate the work that has already been done but I am really curious as to what the Note is 'really' capable of.
My rep told me the 20th.
My rep knows more then your rep.