I've been told the Gear VR is set to only come with contract or upgrade pre-orders from Carphone Warehouse.
Metrofone are doing it for £686 with a free 4000mAh power bank, and with a Vodafone Sim-only deal from E2Save Mobiles with a rebate offer that works out at £7.50 or £8.50 per month, so it's under £800 for 12 months, which beats any other deal out there.
There's also a note on their website at the top saying about orders made before 1730 on Monday will be delivered on Tuesday. I called to ask if that applied to the Note 7 and the basic explanation was to do with availability. However, if DPD have been given a stock of GN7's, as Metrofone use them, maybe people will get some Metrofone GN7 deliveries.
One can hope. I've not even made my order yet, as I'm trying to determine whether they're selling the European model (N-930F) or the dual sim Indonesian/ Thai model (N-930FD). I've been putting it off for this time just to see if anyone else had a better offer or if the Gear VR would be supplied with any sim-free deals, but sadly no.
Also, if anyone wants a laugh, just check out the Littlewoods website. They're selling it for £919.99. I'm thinking about phoning them up just to complain about the price