Globe is now accepting pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S2, in anticipation of the June 27 release. The Android smartphone comes free with a new subscription of My SuperSurf 3799.
The Globe website pops up with this announcement:
People who made the pre-orders for the SGS2 are given the option to get the handset for free at My SuperSurf Plan 2799. The plan includes unlimited mobile internet of up to 6Mbps (thru their HSPA+ network).
You can read our review of the Samsung Galaxy S2 here and Globe’s HSPA+ network here.
Go sign up for the pre-order here.
Hat tip to Cliff Rosario.
Nice offer, grab now. http://youshudno.blogspot.com/2011/04/work-smarter-not-harder.html
The problem kasi with samsung eh kulang kulang ang accesories, like walang hdmi cable na kasama kailangan pa bumili na hindi naman available sa market like yun av connector sa galaxy tab, hdmi cable ng s2 . Buti pa lg optimus2x complete ang accesorries me free pa na 8 gb memory card.
Ganyan na ganyan ang promo ng Globe nung 1st time lumabas ung Apple Iphone 4. Pre order din pero pag labas ng unit sa releasing date, available narin siya sa ibang Apple Store, PowerMac Store, Viramall at CMK on the same date. Mas mura pa kumpara bibili ka sa Globe na postpaid/prepaid.
Tama ang iba ang postpaid w/free handset ay nababagay lng para sa malakas kumunsumo ng load at ung mga mayayaman. Its not worth it for the middle to lower class people. Ang prepaid at openline ay para talaga sa MASA.
Blah.. Anung apps naman available jan.. Ganda nga specs BORING NAMAN NG APPS.. iphone4 ftw! Di nmn madistinguish kung samsung hawak mo “payabang wise”.. Same old plastiky handset, unknown.
Tama. AAnhin mo high end na mga feature eh di mo naman magagamit kasi nga limited lang ang mga Apps. Yes, hindi rin naman malalaman na Samsung Galaxy S 2 hawak mo unless malagay ka ng placard sa noo mo na “I’m using Samsung Galasy S 2”. Kasi nga its plasticky. Wala kasing mga identity ganyang mga Phone. Unlike iPhone, malayo palang, alam mo na iPhone.
One more thing… nag stop yata production nyan kasi under Restraining order ng Apple. Ginaya kasi ang iPhone looks and feel.
Got mine from HK this June 17, 2011..
It cost about 5000 HKD, about 28.1k php(5.6 hkd to php)
Been through hell getting this because they have VERY LIMITED SUPPLY! They say the have a stock in their warehouse but they will get it as soon as you pay them. A bit dangerous right? But lucky I found a shop in Mongkok Computer Center in Mongkok that has a stock already in their store. Again, they won’t let you open it (Samsung Galaxy S2 sealed box) until you pay them.
If you want to buy this here in ph, get it fast!! It has VERY, i repeat, VERY LIMITED SUPPLY! =)
God Bless all!
Yehey! Malapit na :D
Any news if this is the i1903 or the i1900 model?
is this available for current subscribers who want to re-new their 2 year contract with globe?
don’t see it in their website though..
talked to a csr via webchat
from what i understood, you cant preorder unless youre getting a NEW line. tapos bakbakan nalang sa 27 for a unit.
I got a bit confused with one of the responses. It goes, it doesnt necessarily mean that when you renew you can get the s2, then later she goes, that my lockup is free and i can avail the phone. So, uh, yeah… So can I get it or cant I? lol.
Thanks for the reply!
YES! exactly, globe CSRs have been very non-helpful in helping retain their current subscribers. i’ve been very disappointed with globe, and their customer retention plan aka loyalty rewards. i though they would be more aggressive with their reward offers since smart gobbled up sun cellular. am actually thinking of convincing my dad to move all our lines to smart.. since all of us are out of our 2-year lock in with globe, and we’ve been with globe for around 8 years now..
yeah i find it dumb that the priority for the “reward” is more towards those who MAY avail of a new line rather than those who have already been giving them money and are interested in locking themselves in giving them more money! ridiculous!
Yeah. Sa US, ikaw pa oofferan ng mga high end phones before your contract ends para lang mag-stay ka sa network nila. Pwede ka rin pumili ng latest sa line-up ng phones nila as long as swak sa plan mo or mag-upgrade ka. It’s totally a different scenario here. My guess is that most of the subscribers whose contract has expired didn’t want to be inconvenienced by changing numbers pag lumipat sila ng network kaya tanggap na lang sila ng tanggap ng mga loyalty offers kahit di gaanong maganda yung offer before. Kaya medyo malakas ang loob ng network. They reserve the “hot phones” for new plans. Limitado din siguro ang supply nila for the new phones kaya they’d prioritize new lines. Pero siguro kung marami ang mag-terminate ng account after contract and transfer to another network dahil di maganda ang offer baka mag-iba ihip ng hangin. I don’t see the point also why they won’t offer these new phones for an upgrade or a new contract for their old subscribers kung maganda naman ang record ng subscriber. Atleast tested and proven na na nakakabayad yung lumang subscriber. Ako naman, I’m willing to let go of my number kung wala akong mahanap na workaround to retain my current mobile spending. Pwede na rin sa kin yung plan 3000 ng smart plus HTC Sensation kung di ito natuloy. Madali na rin naman magkalat ng bagong number thru fb.
nag-apply na ako kanina, plan my super surf 999, 21,534 ang cash-out.
mabilis lang ang process… kasi extension plan na lang ang kukunin ko… na-send ko na yung form mga 1 pm, tinawagan na ako ng support team ng globe kaninang 8:30…
di ko kinagat ang plan 2799 kahit free pa… sayang lang kasi di ko naman mako-consume ang 2799 na unlimited mobile internet + 1800 worth of calls and texts
Magkano kaya yung cashout sa 1799 my supersurf plan nila? Tnx
15,677 cash-out +1799 :)
thanks. btw, yung preorder ba eh dedicated sa magsasubscribe sa plan 2499? kasi nung tumawag ako sa 211 eh yung preorder daw eh para dun sa mga magsasubscribe sa 2499….
hindi naman, after mong ma-send ang pro-order form, may tatawag sa iyo… tinanong nila ako kung yung 2799 ang kukunin ko pero sabi ko plan 999 lang ako, 21,534 pesos + 999 pesos :)
plan ko din kasi kumuha ng plan 999, hehe naeexcite ako kumuha sana naman tumawag na sila hehe sana mali yung nakausap ko sa csr na for plan 2499 lang yung preorder kasi parang hindi practical kung hindi naman ako heavy user ng call and text, more on internet kasi ako,..
try mo magweb-chat sa kanila… may link sa website ng globe… mas nagkakaintindihan kami sa chat…
pag sa hotline ka nila nagtanong… naku ang gulo kausap
payo ko lang, mag-apply kayo ONLINE wag sa 730-1000
Nakakalito nga yung mga csr ng globe. I asked about “plan 2799” and it’s not in their system. The cash-out for plan 2499 daw is P6,839 which contradicts the other comment saying it’s free for 2499.
Ganyan din inoffer ng tumawag sa akin sa umpisa pero then kinonfirm ko via chat (sa website ng globe) kung ano ba talaga yang nakalagay sa preorder now and get it at 2799 for a limited time only, nagreply nga sila na 2,499 daw dapat yun na promo for preordering online only. So I told the sales agent what the chat support told me and I asserted na nag-preorder ako online therefore I should be entitled to the promo tapos vinerify nya, after a few minutes, tama nga daw na free for 2499. Kaya yun. I think medyo magulo pa ang information being handed to the sales team. What they have are regular pricelists pagkatapos ng preorder promo for the phone. Truth of the matter is, I won’t bite pag 3799 yung plan kasi I know my consumption (it averages 3,300 per month). Medyo sobra na talaga ang 3799 para sa akin. And 2,499 would be just right for me as my second plan, as I’m planning to downgrade my old plan for superduo calls only on a dumb phone para di madrain battery ng sgs2 ko pag maraming tawag (at the same time na-retain ko pa old numbers ko) so lalabas around 3,300 pa rin all in all per month.
In-update na po ng Globe webpage nila. If you clicked the “preorder now” button from the home page, it will take you to the feature page of SGS2 (just before the preorder form page) where it now states it’s free @2499 at a limited time, as compared to the previous 2,799 plan which was erroneously displayed before.
Pero di pa rin nila tinanggal yung NFC capability na feature ng phone. Meron nga ba kaya itong model na to?
why get this? GALAXY S IS SELLING FOR 16K! GO GET GALAXY S AS IT IS BETTER VALUE
cuz some people want the features it brings along with it? Or they want the latest stuff?
wag na patulan tong post na to, lahat na lang ng mahal na phone sinisiraan nito…
Its available @ plan 299 for a cash out price of 29770
hmmm… so it may surpass the 30k mark for prepaid after all? How about for my supersurf plan 1799 and 2499 kaya?
actually if you pre-oreder now until the 24th is free under plan 2799, pro when i asked the customer service, its free @ plan 2499.
its actually more expensive than iphone4 for the cash out price at plan 299…huhuhu
It would probably be more expensive because of the specs alone tsaka 1 year old na ang iPhone 4. Tapos kung free sya at plan 2499 bakit pa nagka-plan 2799? hehehe
Wish ko lang malaki ang price drop ng sgs1 pag release na sgs2..
meron naman sigurong papatol dito. yung mayayaman na gustong mauna..
pero PARA SA AKIN, hindi talaga yan praktikal. kaya ko naman maghintay ng ilang months.
Believe it or not, may mga taong nagbabayad ng bill nila ng 2,500 at mahigit pa. Depende kasi yan sa usage mo. Hindi talaga praktikal pag di mo magagamit ang minutes at free texts plus freebies na kasama sa plan na yun dahil di ka heavy user ng voice and data. Pero kung umaabot din naman ang bill mo ng ganun kataas, kukuha ka ng plan na ito dahil libre pa at the same time ang phone at namamaximize mo yung kasamang libre sa plan na yun. That’s the difference siguro ng majority ng mga postpaid subs ng globe vs. postpaid subs ng smart or sun. Mas marami sigurong heavy postpaid users (thus higher plans) ang globe kesa sa iba kaya they can afford to give these units for free at higher plans.
sorry naman. Overpriced “prepaid” kits kase ang nasa isip ko kanina kaya ko na-post yan.. tama ka, meron talagang malalakas ang usage. may plan 8000 nga ang smart eh.
kung mataas naman ang usage mo might as well kunin mo na yung plan. may libre ka pa!
Sabi mo kasi sa panimula mo:
“meron naman sigurong papatol dito. yung mayayaman na gustong mauna”
kaya ganyan po sinagot ko kasi hindi po lahat ay dahil sa gustong mauna o mayayaman. may mga nagkakataon lang din siguro na wala na sila sa contract o di kaya nagbabalak ng postpaid dahil pareho lang gastos nila from prepaid or from previous plans. E nagkataong eto pang top of the line phone ang inooffer ng globe. They have the iPhone and Galaxy S2 sa line-up nila.
Tama! Exclusively sa Globe on the 1st month pero on the 2nd month mabibili mo na yan sa Samsung Store, Viramall at CMKCellPhones at a cheaper price. Besides why buy it at a postpaid plan when you can buy it at a cheaper price on prepaid.
better to wait nalang pala pag nirelease na ung 29,990P na SGS2 talo pag nag plan aq phone lang naman ang habol ko haha^^ 2799 x 24 months = 67k sakit haha
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Hello
Anyone know if non-Globe units will have NFC too? (BTW, please don’t reply with “and you need NFC for what?? we don’t use NFC here…” im a developer and NEED NFC)
Para lang ba to sa plan? o pwede ka rin mag order dito pero para sa prepaid kit price na 29,990?
And from the feature page of globe:
Equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, your phone can now also make contactless payments by connecting to compatible payment terminals.
So it’s the NFC variety! Wow. Though we may not find any use of it now but atleast it’s there when the time comes.
GT-i9100 ang version ng S2 ng globe, kaya walang NFC technology ang mga handsets natin…
tinanong ko talaga ito kasi baka GT-i9103 eh… ayaw ko nito, Tegra 2 tapos SLCD lang at hindi Supper-AMOLED +
GT-i9100 din ang version na lumabas sa UK nung end of April or May right? Yun ang may Exynos 4210 and Super AMOLED Plus. It was said that initially the first UK release shipped without the NFC capability but they’d re-release the same device with the NFC capability in a later time. So baka meron na. I’m still hopeful unless yung source mo mismo nagsabi na walang NFC and Samsung confirms it.
GT-i9101 ang may NFC technology.
GT-i9100 ang dito sa Pinas.
Globe ang source ko ng info.
sabi nila GT-i9100 ang S2 nila… i9100 ay walang NFC capability..
GT-i9101 ang version ng S2 na meron…
Hmmm bakit kaya nila isinama sa feature page nila ng Galaxy S2 kung di naman pala kasama yung feature? Well, malalaman na lang natin pagdating ng mga units sa mga kamay natin. I was hoping na meron since it coincides with the rumors na ngayong June lalabas ang NFC capable version in different countries (esp. UK), if wala then it’s ok pa rin naman. Hope they didn’t cripple the hotspot feature din.
tinanong ko yan kahapon, June 18… 1st day ng pre-order nila…
malay lang natin, mali lang ang binigay nilang info sa akin… :)
Haha. Globe! 4G ba talaga yan? Eh sa UK 3.5G lang yan eh. Sus!
Eh di sa UK ka tumira!
pre, parang mali ang banat at pamimilosopo mo ah! hahahe
sinasabi nga nya sa 3.5G LANG sa uk e. bkt dun mo sya patitirahin! hahaha
My banat is completely valid you know, vitwater! Hahaha!
First and foremost, meron bang telecom dito sa Pilipinas na nag-ooffer ng 6mbps na speed na kasama sa mobile plan nila? Wala! Sa tono ng post nya ay parang nagrereklamo sya na 3.5G lang yun sa UK. Not all telecoms on different countries are created equal. Sa AT&T sa US yung HSPA+ na pinangangalandakan nilang 4G rin ay nagta-top ng mga 6mbps din. It all boils down to what you want to think 4G is. Kung hanap nyo LTE Advanced mismo na totoong 4G, wala pa dito nyan. Merong set-up for LTE pero di rin naman totoong 4G ang LTE lang. Pag-inupdate nila sa LTE Advanced yung network nila, dun na kayo magsimulang magreklamo.
Tama! eh ano naman kung 3.5G lang ung sa UK? ibig sabihin nde na puede mag ka 4G sa pinas? at isa pa.. ung 6mbps ay 3G lang po nde 4G! dahil ang SGS2 (sa pinas ewan ko sa US) ay 3G lang :)
Actually, SGS2 is HSPA+ capable. Which means if your definition of 4G is like the ones in the US (AT&T and T-Mobile proclaims HSPA+ to be 4G), then it is 4G capable. Globe, I reckon, is just riding along with the US marketing of 4G. Which is ok I guess as long as the bandwidth keeps improving. Soon they’ll be offering LTE as well. And then hopefully LTE Advanced when the technology is ripe.
actually, tama si xx. mali yata pagkakaintindi mo sa banat ni Neil.
ah ok. i stand corrected. mali ako ^_^
ilang years pag nag plan ka sa globe mga sers like 2799 plan if you pre-order now?
Usually two year contract yung bagong plan.
Hello..paano po pag di free yung headset…say kukuha ako ng S2 sa plan 299…24 months pa din po ba yung contract??..thanks po
AFAIK, all current postpaid plans availing of a free phone will have a two year contract. If SIM only (without the phone), there’s no lock-in period.
even if you have paid cash-out for the device at plan 299, the price that you actually paid has been subsidized (DAW) by globe. Pero if you can actually afford to pay the price at that range, might as well go to other markets (greenhills, ebay, sulit, tcp) dahil halos ganun din presyo (or sometimes even lesser).
Feedback lang for those who needed a few more details, though minsan nagkakaiba ng version sa iba ibang agents ng globe. Their sales called me up a while ago regarding my preorder last Saturday.
-Sabi nga ni Mitch, Globe is offering the Samsung Galaxy S 2 FREE for MySuperSurf plan 2,499 for a limited time only (which is I guess within the preorder period) and thru the online preorder form only.
-There’s no plan 2,799 (they said it was a typographical error).
-Come launch date June 27, the SGS2 will no longer be offered free @ plan 2499, instead it will be free for plan 3,799. You can still get it at plan 2499 but you have to pay 6,836 for the unit (on top of MSF).
Again, I may have gotten a few details wrong kasi minsan nagkakaiba ang feedback from them pero that’s what I have confirmed from the sales support agent that I have spoken with.
salamat po….tama mas mabuti bumili na lang prepaid kit…sana meron prepaid kit dito…andito kasi ako sa tuguegarao hehehe….
The preorder page from Globe has now been corrected:
http://site.globe.com.ph/galaxy_s2?sid=TgHfPMuxpRcAACRxjy8AAACBe
It now reads preorder now and you can get it Free with My SuperSurf plan 2499 (instead of the erroneous 2,799 which was previously posted). Kinda curious though that they haven’t edited the NFC capability of their SGS2 still in the list of features. Meron nga kaya? Anybody would like to confirm it with Samsung Mobile Philippines?
Wow… thought the reply I made before this one and the other replies I made down the line a few hours ago didn’t get posted… now they all suddenly appeared and I look like a spammer…