*pulls out glock*
Interesting. When I pre-ordered in the AT&T store (switching carriers and porting my #), the rep said I would have to go to Samsung's Gear VR promo site to claim it and that it wouldn't be shipped with the phone.
Android Central is a very poorly optimized site from a design perspective. Run it through any of the standard testing sites like GTMetrix and it gets a horrible score. Wouldn't affect the scrolling performance as much as page load speed, but it gives you an idea of how much they care/don't...
The rules state that you must submit a claim form (which should be live on March 4th). You have to include the IMEI and WiFi MAC address on the claim form, which means you would either need physical possession of the device or somehow get those identifiers from the carrier before you could...
Even with higher-end MicroSD cards, the IO performance is still not as good as the internal UFS. It would be nice if Samsung gave us the option though.