Any luck at your local AT&T store -today- (non pre-orders)??

[beh]

Portland, OR stores have them but only 16GB models in both colors from what I heard from my closest store.

 

[ccfixx]

Portland, OR stores have them but only 16GB models...

AT&T only has the 16GB model.

 

[BelindaR]

I live in a town between two retailers. Couldn't get one on the phone to see if they had any, so called Corporate with a complaint. They called around for me and sent me to the other retailer. I called them up before I left the house (because it's a good 20-25 miles from home and I didn't want to drive there for nothing) and was told they had four or five white ones in stock.

Got to the store and had to wait about 5 minutes to talk to a sales rep (I browsed around the small store and they didn't even have the S3 on display so I started to wonder if they somehow mixed up the S2--it is rural KY after all). But thankfully the guy had what I wanted (the S3, case, and screen-protector).

Then we get to the register and the dude beside my sales rep rudely listens in as I explain I'm not due for an upgrade until March and just want to buy this phone at no-commitment price. The dude started spouting off something about he heard that they weren't able to sell S3's at no-commitment because they were low in stock. This irritated me. I drove that far to plop down $647 and they were going to tell me I couldn't?

Thankfully, my sales rep was smarter than that and checked with his manager and was given the go-ahead if the system let him. It did. I was half-tempted to tell that other guy to get his facts straight before he sent any customers away on misinformation and hearsay.

But in the end I walked out with the white S3 I came to get and the case and screen protector I wanted.

 

[anon(153966)]

...that certainly was a close one!

I live in a town between two retailers. Couldn't get one on the phone to see if they had any, so called Corporate with a complaint. They called around for me and sent me to the other retailer. I called them up before I left the house (because it's a good 20-25 miles from home and I didn't want to drive there for nothing) and was told they had four or five white ones in stock.

Got to the store and had to wait about 5 minutes to talk to a sales rep (I browsed around the small store and they didn't even have the S3 on display so I started to wonder if they somehow mixed up the S2--it is rural KY after all). But thankfully the guy had what I wanted (the S3, case, and screen-protector).

Then we get to the register and the dude beside my sales rep rudely listens in as I explain I'm not due for an upgrade until March and just want to buy this phone at no-commitment price. The dude started spouting off something about he heard that they weren't able to sell S3's at no-commitment because they were low in stock. This irritated me. I drove that far to plop down $647 and they were going to tell me I couldn't?

Thankfully, my sales rep was smarter than that and checked with his manager and was given the go-ahead if the system let him. It did. I was half-tempted to tell that other guy to get his facts straight before he sent any customers away on misinformation and hearsay.

But in the end I walked out with the white S3 I came to get and the case and screen protector I wanted.

 

[jcp007]

Acworth and Kennesaw AT&T shops have them (white and blue), and accessories, too

Any decent cases now that it is official? Mine has been going commando since June 21st.

 

[CarlGalgano]

mine always go commando. i cant see taking a slim, nicely designed phone like the S3 and making it into a brick with a case. I always carry in my front pocket with nothing else. I have a neoprene case to stick in into when the conditions may be rough (hiking, sticking it into a pocket of my golf bag). I am very careful.

 

[jdk2]

Any decent cases now that it is official? Mine has been going commando since June 21st.

The Body Glove Dimensions case is nice. Was available in-store for $30USD. Doesn't add a lot of bulk and seems to provide sufficient protection for all but the insanely clumsy.

 

[jcp007]

The Body Glove Dimensions case is nice. Was available in-store for $30USD. Doesn't add a lot of bulk and seems to provide sufficient protection for all but the insanely clumsy.

I resemble that remark. LOL. I thought that maybe like the i4s which had the Defender in the AT&T store when it was released that one or both of the OB cases would be available. I don't want to spend a lot since I still have a Defender on order from Amazon.

 

[BelindaR]

Any decent cases now that it is official? Mine has been going commando since June 21st.

I personally recommend the Case Mate POP! case. I've had experience with cheap eBay and the OB Defender and the POP case. I like that one the best because it isn't bulky and stays on the phone when dropped.

 

[Sta11i0n]

Stopped into one of the local ATT stores (Vestal, NY) in my area today to see if they had any I could check out (BB didn't even have one of the dummy display ones last week). Did a lap around the showroom and didn't see any jump out at me so I waited a minute for a sales rep to come by. Assuming I was about to get some lame excuse on why they aren't in yet, I still asked if they had any. To my surprise, he pointed over to any empty spot on the wall saying "we just got the first shipment in about 2 hours ago and I am just now working on setting up the display, let me go grab one for you." He came out with one still in the box, unpacked it, put his personal sim card in, and handed it over even before any of the employees got there hands on one. Thought that was pretty cool in my book. I still have a little less than 2 weeks left on my current Verizon contract before I'll be switching over so I don't expect to have any problems getting one when the time comes...

 

[Malgus]

Just pre orders in

Sent from the Darkside of the Force

 

[anon(153966)]

Acworth & Kennesaw have Speck and Otterbox Commuter cases...

Any decent cases now that it is official? Mine has been going commando since June 21st.

 

[fireidiot]

I walked into a Best Buy in St Louis today, and they told me that they couldn't sell them yet. I pressed them a little more and the sales rep called his manager and he said it was okay to sell me one.

I have been a iPhone user for the past 4-5 years, but so far this phone is amazing. It seems to me that the Apple ios product is more basic, and the android product is much more customizable.

I'm having a few issues with some of the settings, but I think it's a learning curve

 

[D16RR]

Every bestbuy in san diego is showing stock on hand

 

[STBear]

Best Buy and the ATT stores in Springfield PA had them.

 

[Sailindawg]

Picked up my at&t SIII yesterday morning at BB in my hometown in southeastern Massachusetts. BB had listed the SIII online as available as in store only on Thursday. I went in Thursday only to be told that the phone couldn't be sold until Friday.

In the meantime, I spent some time drilling around on the BB site and found that they would accept an iPhone for trade. I looked up my iPhone 4 and saw it was worth $230! I was even more surprised Friday morning when the clerk agreed and gave me a gift card for $230!. The trade covered my upgrade and paid for a case. SIII is a sweet phone. Lightyears ahead of my iPhone 4.

 

[anon(153966)]

...now that is priceless! I sold my iPhone 4S to AT&T for around the same price.

Picked up my at&t SIII yesterday morning at BB in my hometown in southeastern Massachusetts. BB had listed the SIII online as available as in store only on Thursday. I went in Thursday only to be told that the phone couldn't be sold until Friday.

In the meantime, I spent some time drilling around on the BB site and found that they would accept an iPhone for trade. I looked up my iPhone 4 and saw it was worth $230! I was even more surprised Friday morning when the clerk agreed and gave me a gift card for $230!. The trade covered my upgrade and paid for a case. SIII is a sweet phone. Lightyears ahead of my iPhone 4.

 

[Sailindawg]

I was pretty psyched about the deal, pretty good for a two year old phone!