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Anybody got in on the SGS2 Pre-order Promo?

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief June 24, 2011 · 1 min read

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Was meaning to write about the Samsung Galaxy S2 pre-order promo of Php26,990 around midnight last night but fell asleep before 7pm due to fatigue and lack of sleep from our Singapore coverage. So I totally missed it when I woke up this morning.

Samsung was doing a limited pre-order promo of the SGS2 starting 12:00 midnight last night until the 30th.

The pre-order price was Php26,990 plus some additional accessories worth Php3,000 more. By 7AM this morning, all 300 units were taken.

I actually did not expect the pre-orders to be out that fast. However, considering the price, I guess some enterprising people would get it and then just sell it later for a nice profit. A Php3k margin for just pre-ordering isn’t bad, eh?

Anybody here got in on the promo?

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142 Comments

chee · 15 years ago

hi.. i got the SGS2 and i’m loving it so much! :)

Cliff Rosario · 15 years ago

Globe already delivered my SGS2 handset yesterday.
Weird though that some folks are complaining about the way the process was handled. Globe’s online team that handled my order followed up with me consistently last week by phone calls and I receive a phone call last Wednesday to inform me that somebody will be arriving to deliver my handset between 10a-5pm but they actually came 9am yesterday…
Right now I’m happy with it.. and it’s uber light.. ridiculously light.. it doesn’t really feel cheap.. this is coming from someone who have an iPhone4 as a primary handset..
I don’t feel the HSPA+ though.. it’s at par with how my iPhone4 HSDPA connection is even if I tether to my laptop.. 2.5mbps at average..

Mark · 15 years ago

Is the pickup for the Phone at a samsung store? It justd gives the address in a mall. I can’t find any info of a samsung store in the mall. Please help i need to pick this up tomorow and i’m from out of town

Dan · 15 years ago

This is available all over the sm north edsa.marami n nakbili ako kahapon bumili na limited stock lang

FUTURE S2 OWNER · 15 years ago

di na ako makahintay makaakyat ng baguio yung unit. so june 24 ng 4am, nagpa pre order na ako sa globe online. i was about to go to sleep na, pero after browsing bout galaxy s2, i happened to see pinoytechblog’s samsung preorder discount sale on july 2. registration was june 24-30. june 24 4am pa lang 200+ na ang reservations. buti nakahabol ako.

same day that afternoon, tawag ng tawag globe di ko sinasagot.hehehe i would have been tied down to globe for 2 years. i feel bad sa mga nag pre order sa globe, june 27 na pero until now wala pa din ata silang unit na hawak. pinaasa lang sila

xx · 15 years ago

Again let me reiterate on why I am disgruntled by the “preorder” process of Globe.

Aside from making us wait for the confirmation call which was said to be within 24 to 48 hours that turned out to be 1 whole week of waiting without any updates whatsoever, we were greeted by a text message today saying that our “preorders” are approved but they have no stocks available.

We preordered as far as June 18 to hopefully reserve a unit for the launch. We weren’t gunning to get the phone ahead of launch though that would be sweet too. All we wanted was to have a reserved unit on Globe’s launch date on which June 27 was the indicated date. We preordered because we know the stocks would be limited. Now, Globe is telling us that they ran out of stocks? To add insult to injury some who dropped by yesterday at Glorietta had bought the unit without any preorders/reservation, and their sales representative keeps on advertising that it’s now (June 27) available on selected Globe Business Stores in Metro Manila pero kami na nagpreorder walang stock para sa amin?

Gel · 15 years ago

Got this phone. I sooooooooo love this phone

pabs · 15 years ago

I like samsung phones, the problem is, madali syang masira. I’ve had several samsung phones, pero good for 1 year lang, kaya heto blik ako sa nokia. Poor lang ako kaya c7 lang kaya ko, pero inaantay ko rin yun N9.

chacha · 15 years ago

look at the Game graphics power of the S2….

http://youtu.be/eFLJM08doKU

Debbie · 15 years ago

The Samsung Galaxy S2 is already available at the Globe Store.

xx · 15 years ago

And yet those who PREORDERED the phone on GLOBE’s website since June 18 were left hanging without any updates from Globe’s online sales team on whether they’ll have the phone or not. Nice business practice there huh?

Sag · 15 years ago

I’ve been using the SGSII for a week now, at ang masasabi ko lang: The publicity did it justice. It really is THAT amazing.

I respect all the Apple fanboys and their preferences, pero for he Android fans, THIS IS IT!

Jake · 15 years ago

kelan ba lalabas ang iPhone 5??? any idea?

JunePhilippines · 15 years ago

September, 2011

Cliff Rosario · 15 years ago

Trolls. Trolls. Trolls. Trolls.

@RJ
@mike
@Anti RH Bill

that was a funny remark @Pro RH Bill.. yeah it WAS indeed evolutionary.. I own an iP4 though.. the screen is still much better than SGS (am not saying SGSII) and HTC phones…

Getting this phone through Globe as my 2nd line after iP4.. Good Reviews about this phone are on every known tech blogs.. and Samsung is releasing this as an act of “Future-Proofing” their Galaxy line.. next stop I think will be non stereoscopic 3D phones…

and to all the trolls, if you don’t appreciate technology then wtf.. stay out of yugatech’s pages.. you don’t call people with enough money to buy “dumb”.. and to those relating other brands.. stop bashing on this page if your post is not related with the topic.. think before you post..

jayarlou · 15 years ago

TAMA! just wasting their time reading Yuga’s Blog
puro (-) Comments naman
999% I Agree with you Bro :) :) :) hahahahaha

mike · 15 years ago

future proofing?? this is business. No company would ever want to create a complete future proof device. They would want you to keep on buying every 6 months. In 6 months, quadcore, LTE, ice-cream sandwich phones will come out. This does not even have full USB hosting connectivity. In 6 months your 3G phone will look crap compared with 4G/LTE phones. And this is 3G phone.

Vignet · 15 years ago

“Planned obsolescence” – tinuturo yan sa business schoola / courses para mas kumita pa ng pera.

Chris · 15 years ago

with how fast technology is developing product replacement is very fast but it does not mean that the replaced product is already obsolete. It’s about the timing and I think a dual core phone right now would last a long time. Yes I know that a quad core phone is coming but you really wouldn’t need that right now or 6 months from now. The iPhone 4 has only a single core cpu but its wickedly fast how much more when the dual core iPhone 5 comes out.

Lastly, Mike … I think SGS2 is 4G because it supports HSPA+ which would allow up to 21Mbps speeds.

SGS2 would be the perfect replacement for my almost 10 year old N7250i :) talk about obsolete, eh? LOL.

slabster · 15 years ago

awwww i missed it :(

Matt · 15 years ago

Yes, I reserved one. I too made the mistake of using the SII on the link (as it was reported), but when I woke up this morning, I checked comments from a different blog, I learned that it is supposed to be ‘sii’.

Got a reservation when there was 27 units left! Whew! That was close!

Chris · 15 years ago

TCPer? i think i read a post in there saying 27 units left when this guy registered. see you on 2-July at Rockwell

mark · 15 years ago

I got a confirmation also #292. Is the pickup at a Samsung store?

mike · 15 years ago

really lots of suckers here who think they are saving money. some of these people even got it with car accessories even without a car haha! morons! Anyway to answer the question, yes I reserved one but I won’t be buying it. I am not a dumbass.

Matt · 15 years ago

Just after insulting other people who don’t have cars even if they get the car dock for free (and possibly sell it), you still had the gall to say that you reserved one but you won’t be buying it?

What’s the matter with these people?

kebbot · 15 years ago

mukhang galit ata sa mundo…

Mark sebastian · 15 years ago

Hi Mike can i buy the phone instead? if its ok with you? thank you

Seanie · 15 years ago

This mike guy has been trolling on most, if not all, of the posts with regards to this phone. I advise everyone to stop replying. I know its difficult not to put an ignorant man in his place but please try your best.

Chris · 15 years ago

I waited 12:01am and loaded the website. shemay! “Page cannot be found”, I’ve been trying for 20+ minutes and ganun pa din ang error. Buti na lang sinubaybayan ko ang TCP thread and got the correct link. CASE-SENSITIVE url?? Since when pa naging ganun ang mga websites?
Anyway, I got in and got my control number :)

Wes · 15 years ago

I was able to reserve a unit and confirm it but was not able to print out the confirmation page since I thought I could do it at a later time.

Now, when I visit the confirmation page, it says All Units Reserved.

How can I print out my confirmation page, does anybody have the contact email of Samsung PH?

riccillego · 15 years ago

You may call samsung 02-580-5777.They will confirm if your reservation is valid after asking your credentials.If so, theyll advise you theyll re send the control number for you to print out.

Wes · 15 years ago

Thanks bro.

I’ll try that tomorrow.

Anti RH Bill · 15 years ago

Waiting for the best phone ever.Iphone 5!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pro RH Bill · 15 years ago

iPhone WAS revolutionary.

jill · 15 years ago

if you could wait longer:
http://time.chtah.com/a/hBOBLXOBASRffB73ZCbNsxw-BlJ/time8

Vignet · 15 years ago

And when the iPhone 6 will come out, it will not be the best phone ever.

RJ · 15 years ago

It looks like the rapidfireconcepts.com is a hoax.
I checked it on WHOIS and the owner of the domain is “Michael Palacios”. I am not sure if this is his real name.

Registrant:
Palacios Web Design
24 Mt Vancouver St., Filinvest I, QC
Quezon City, Manila 1126
PH

Domain name: RAPIDFIRECONCEPTS.COM

Administrative Contact:
Palacios, Michael
24 Mt Vancouver St., Filinvest I, QC
Quezon City, Manila 1126
PH
+1.6329317845 Fax:

Technical Contact:
Palacios, Michael
24 Mt Vancouver St., Filinvest I, QC
Quezon City, Manila 1126
PH
+1.6329317845 Fax:

Registrar of Record: MISK.COM
Record last updated on 2011-Jun-13.
Record expires on 2016-Jun-29.
Record created on 2004-Jun-29.

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.MISK.COM
NS2.MISK.COM

Pinoy Persuasion · 15 years ago

Wahaha, lagot! ;)

JB · 15 years ago

Parang may nag-post rin nung ganito sa LG Optimus 2x 50% off promo. So far wala naman nangyari sa email account ko and nakuha ko naman ang LG Optimus 2x ko. Just Saying…

Mark sebastian · 15 years ago

any one want to give out their reservation.. pls contact me thanx

joeyoliver · 15 years ago

GOT TO RESERVE AT 7AM!

jen · 15 years ago

@yuga or anybody who has connection with Samsung Rep, please ask naman po, whats up with rapidfireconcepts, baket nakikigulo sya hehe

baka kasi, 2 ang sites, 600 ang pumunta sa rockwell to claim their pre-ordered sgs2. chaos yun :p

jayarlou · 15 years ago

rapidfireconcepts i think is the agency that samsung hired to do their promo site. i think they forgot to bring the site down when the real one went live. believe me, samsung.com is the correct site. Itâ€™s the site given to us by Samsung PR group.
By Calvin of pinoytechblog

Calvin · 15 years ago

marami talaga ang napeke ng link. kahit kami napeke ni samsung. mali yung binigay na link sa amin. well hindi naman talaga mali, yung webmaster ng pre-order site ginawang case sensitive yung URL.

jen · 15 years ago

yep,but before nalaman ko na small letters pala lahat, i even checked sgs2 websites on other countries, baka mali ng format, i tried /galaxys2, /galaxysII, pero di ko naisip na /sii, ang alam ko kasi di case sensitive ang mga links hehehe

buti na lang umabot :)

RJ · 15 years ago

So 300 lucky people were fooled by Samsung? 300 more people will brag about their new phones. Common guys think smartly. You won’t need these kind of phones in the Philippines. First, wireless networks are still duh! Second, the robbers are just behind your back.

head_brian · 15 years ago

I believe I am smarter than you RJ.

RJ · 15 years ago

Really? I believe smart people do not tell anyone that they are smart, they just prove it.

head_brian · 15 years ago

Did I say I am smart? I said “I believe I am smarter than you RJ.”. right? Believe it or not :)

yogz · 15 years ago

“…think smartly”

>”common”
>”are still duh”

http://files.redux.com/images/bc4cb2d18aeb36e8e218829d24ed3978/raw

RJ · 15 years ago

Sorry ah, you are too perfect. Thank you for correcting me. It should have been “Come on!” and “think smart”.

yogz · 15 years ago

Oh I’m certainly sure I am not perfect, and you’re welcome :)

JR · 15 years ago

If 300 people were fooled might as well count the million other fools in europe and other asian countries who bought galaxy s2..

Think Rj who is smarter now??

matt · 15 years ago

Very mature RJ. Very mature. *sarcasm*

xxx · 15 years ago

why do you need to read some blog’s like this even though your’e against on it.

I think those people who are really interested in SGS2, will read this Topic, right?

I’m just wanted to say. If you don’t want it, just keep it to your self. :), you don’t need to grab others.

Dapat nga hindi ka na nag Co-comment sa ganitong topic TAMA? kasi nga Ayaw mo :) :) :)
Tama naman diba:) AGreeeeee!

xxx2 · 15 years ago

^
Tomoooohhhh!!!
RJ dun ka kaya magpunta sa blog ng mga smart people tulad mo… di ka kasi nababagay dito.. you are too far out of our league!!! tsktsktsk..

Chris · 15 years ago

Just so you know, I’ve been using this phone for almost 3 months now, and I still haven’t experienced any technical difficulty with regards to SGS2. Matter fact, I’m still amazed by its performance. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t fooled. :)

vin · 15 years ago

waaaaaa… Y___Y

chris · 15 years ago

wow! what a steal.. damn.. where was this posted?? :(

keibiem5 · 15 years ago

grrr!!! i missed it!!!

jen · 15 years ago

made my reservation, been eyeing on this fone since it was introduced last feb.

been reading tcp forum, mukhang may mga napeke ang http://www.rapidfireconcepts.com/

when you look at the website pareho ng samsung pre-order website.

at isa pa, kaya pala lagpas 12am na, wala pa down pa rin yung site dahil mali yung link na nakapost sa mga techblogs

small letters pala dapat
http://www.samsung.com/ph/sii

the one posted is with SII

good thing, i read in tcp forum.

see you all july 2 @ rockwell =)

Kernel Sender · 15 years ago

I hate Globe. They made me wait for their confirmation. Til now, there’s not a single feedback for my preorder. Should have took this promo instead but I was too late.

xx · 15 years ago

Pang-press release lang ata promo ng Globe. Parang ayaw nila ibigay yung handset sa preorder promo nila na free @2499. Tinanong ko kung anong team ba naghahandle ng preorder online, di daw nila alam. Wala din daw sila update from the team.

Debbie · 15 years ago

Just wait for the confirmation or call on Monday. Baka may konting delay lang.

xx · 15 years ago

Monday? Kung saan nakalabas na ito on almost sll Globe Business Centers? Ngayon pa nga lang meron na available on selected Globe Business Centers. Alam ba nila yung concept ng “preorder”? Tapos sana naman marunong silang mag-update, hindi yung pinapahintay na nga yung customer, wala pang ka-update update.

xx · 15 years ago

Sa inis ko, I preoerdered for HTC Sensation on Smart here:

http://smart.com.ph/htc1/

Atleast dito malinaw at naka-indicate yung release date at kung san makukuha once approved. Hindi tulad sa Globe na parang iniiwan ka sa ere o sa dilim, at di mo alam kung makakakuha ka nga ng unit o hindi. Matatapos na rin contract ko sa Globe kaya bahala na.