Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Trade-In Event SM Mall Of Asia Philippines

Samsung Philippines recently announced that they will be having a trade-in event for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and I was really interested on buying the said smartphone / phablet so I went to the SM Mall Of Asia to actually try and trade-in my Samsung Galaxy Note. 

So here is the scoop on what's going on in the event. There are promotions, they held games, and there are alot of Samsung Galaxy Note 2's to try out, and they said that the Younghusband brothers were there but I wasn't able to see them.

Regarding the SGNote 2 definitely a good looking spec monster, I do not say this just because I want to have it but upon testing it, actually holding it in my hands, and comparing it with my Note 1 I would have to say it really has the edge over other flagship smartphones even including the S3. The Note 2 is really fast and responsive, even in multitasking mode and even the S Pen which was a little laggy on the Note 1 was good.

Now regarding the actual trade-in, there are a lot of issues here regarding how they price and assess the phone that you will try to trade. Most common issues after hearing some of the people who tried to get their phone assessed were these:

1. They price the units for trade in a little low. Low as in lower than what a pawnshop would pay if you pawn your phone. Seriously Php9,500 for my Note 1, I know they have standards and this isn't a get the Note 2 for free event but it actually somehow hurts my pride that they priced my smartphone that way while heading to my next problem.

2. They priced some phones without even touching them, asking when was it bought, checking the specs, or even holding the phone etc. I was so amazed that they priced my smartphone without even looking at it.

Oh well I was already focused on the fact that they will not really be giving high prices for the trade-in phones so it wasn't really that bad. It just lead me to believe that maybe - 

**the assessment team were already given the instructions for a Phone=Price deal meaning there were already specific prices or price range for the different models that were accepted for trade-in and

**that they already have a sealing maximum price which is the 50% (roughly Php16-17k) of the price of the Note 2 which is in my opinion will only be attainable if you presented an iPhone 5 which was only bought yesterday.

Ok so maybe my speculations are wrong but who knows, I talked to the guy next to me and he said that his iPhone 4s was assessed to be tampered with already ( LCD Screen Changed to be precise ) just by looking at it.

But all in all the event was good, I had a great time playing with the actual SGNote2 and experiencing it was really cool! still definitely will buy 1 maybe when the price drops or when they release the LTE models of it.

Oh and regarding the prices, they will actually accept cash and installment payment with credit cards for the remaining balance that you have if you actually went on with the trade.

Prices are : 

Php 32,990 for cash basis

Php 34-35,000 for 6months installment with credit card

Php 37-38,000 for 12months installment with credit card

(prices are as stated by the event staff)

Here are some of the photos of the event.

All in all still a good event, met some interesting people and got fascinated with the Phil Younghusband hologram endorser. Those interested can still go tomorrow (Oct 21 2012) and have your phone priced.

Notes: please don't be a jackass if they price your phone too low for your expectations, this is not a charity event where in you could trade in your phone for a better one for a price that you think is right, remember that this is business and you are still just a consumer, if they price your phone low walk away and sell your phone elsewhere then buy the Note2 elsewhere too.

Rants: just really hope they make some proper assessments on the phones. and please somebody from the event tell me that I'm wrong with the prices being too low.

Thanks for reading, I hope this was informative, again comments are welcome, and please someone who went to the event and had their smartphones appraised please comment. thanks!

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Launch Trade-In Event

So I've been following the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, and just recently found out that they are having a trade-in event at the SM Mall Of Asia Atrium this coming Oct 20 -21 2012.

Basically what this is is a Trade your smartphone for a SMARTER  phone kind of event where in you can trade your older-desperately-wanting-to-be-upgraded phone into a better and smarter smartphone. So this is how it will work:

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First:

Go to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Studio in the SM Mall Of Asia Atrium and look for the trade-in perssonel.

Show them your smartphone so they can asses and give their value of your phone. Assessments will be done based on the phones condition, general appearance, model, and current market value. 

Please do note that WORKING CONDITION is important here.

Second:

After the assessment by the assigned booth personnel and value has been given to your phone, and you have agreed with the value that the personnel has given you, they will secure the approval and proceed with closing the deal, you will then have to turn over the unit to the personnel and they will give you a voucher equivalent to the value given for your phone. Please be attentive and give the phone to the personnel only. Scammers might be on the event to try to take advantage of your excitement.

Third:

Buy the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Head on to the purchase counter and purchase your phone, present the voucher and pay the needed additional amount. Please note that only 1 unit purchase per person only. The
Samsung Galaxy Note 2's suggested retail price is Php32,990.

Everyone who will purchase the Note 2 at the event is entitled to an additional Php1000 gift voucher or a Free Samsung Flip Cover.

Here is the List of the eligible phones for trade on the event.

NOTE: Trade-in events for brand new smartphones a pretty rare occasion in this country and this might be a pretty good chance for those interested to finally shift to the Note 2.

RANT: This is a very good opportunity to get the Note 2, The funny part is that you can trade your Iphone 5 for it. So with the price of the Iphone 5 being Php40k and up will the Galaxy Note 2 come in free? haha! I would not need to look for a buyer anymore. I just do sincerely hope that the trade in personnel will be kind and not axe murder me with a very poor value for my phone. I really hope they give proper values for the phone.

Source: Samsung Mobile Philippine including all photos and info.

Price Drop On Samsung Tablets, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, and Samsung Galaxy S3

KIMSTORE has been very generous on giving consumers a taste of owning some of the most highly recommended gadgets of the present time for a very affordable price, this is truly one of their greatest hobbies. . . Dropping off prices just for getting an amount of shares. A very fair trade in my opinion. Lucky are their patrons.

For the tablet hungry here are their tablet price drop!

Photos From Kimstore

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 3G 8GB with 1 year service warranty

*** from Php14,300 to Php 13,800

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 3G 16GB with 1 year service warranty

*** from Php19,500 to Php18,400

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 3G 16GB with 1 year service warranty

*** from Php22,000 to Php20,800

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G 32GB with 1 year Samsung Warranty

*** from Php31,500 to Php28,500

Oh so good price drops on the following:

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100

*** PRICE from Php28,500 to Php27,800

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

from zdnet.com

*** PRICE from Php27,800 to Php26,600

Samsung Galaxy S3

For Black 16GB - *** PRICE from Php24,100 to Php23,100

For Red 16GB - *** PRICE from Php23,100 to Php22,800 

NOTE: Ok this is a very nice price drop from Kimstore yet again. They really are sensitive to the consumer class that they are catering to. nothing much left to note here except that just check out the prices.

RANT: Yet again this is not a paid advertisement. I just love sharing to people what I could find while roaming around the net. If you haven't liked their store in facebook yet please do so that you will be updated on their next promos!

Source: KIMSTORE

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Kimstore Just Dropped Prices

Hi! I've been checking out my facebook account recently and to my surprise I saw that Kimstore just dropped prices on some smartphones that they are selling. check out this list.

The Oh So Famous Iphone 5 price drop

16GB - php47,000 no price drop here.
32GB - php50,500 they dropped php3,500 from the price (formerly php54,000).
64GB - php57,800 they dropped php1,700 from the price (formerly php69,500).


They also dropped the price of the following items.

The SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 GT-N7100

From php31,000 they dropped the price to php29,800

The SAMSUNG GALAXY S2

From php18,500 they dropped the price to php17,900

NOTE: no notes for this just checkout the prices.

RANTS: Oh I hope they drop the prices for the NOTE2 some more! hehe

If interested please do check out their store on the link below, this is not a paid post I just want to help the readers find great deals for the budget conscious tech-geek.

KIMSTORE

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 N7105 with LTE

A lot of confusion has risen due to the release of the SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 because apparently there are two versions of it.

First one is the GT-N7100 this version is the one that does not enable LTE / 4G apparently this is the phone already circulating the market on different areas of the globe.

Second one is the GT-N7105 this one is the model with LTE/4G enabled on it, this is not released yet and was set to be released in the UK on October 15th of this year.

So apparently the currently circulating model of this phablet is the N7100 model which is not yet LTE / 4G enabled.

NOTE: If you are willing to wait and aching to use the LTE go ahead and wait for the release of this model, if not and still targeting on buying this phablet, maybe you could settle for the current model. I predict that due to the lack of LTE the current model will be cheaper.

RANTS: Still i'm rooting for this phone / phablet, the LTE is just a plus in my opinion because I think LTE / 4G will benefit mostly only those in postpaid plans by carriers ( SMART & GLOBE ), the pre-paid public which is most of the consumers here in my country is, will still stick to Wi-Fi.

For comments & suggestions or even additional info on this please do hit the comments, thanks!

Source: mobileburn.com

Price Of The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 In The Philippines

I just oh so recently posted an article about the new SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 here and indicated there that prices are still for updates, and so here I am updating you with the price of the Note2.

This is my first sighting of the price of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 which stated by our oh so friendly internet store Kimstore.

Kimstore just recently announced that they are going to sell this oh so wonderful units for Php31,000 yes it is not as high as the famous Iphone 5, and the price was not a turn off. ( oh yeah! ). With the specs and functions of this phone it's price I should say is really reasonable and will definitely be a keeper.

Notes: If you have the money go ahead and buy if your that tech savvy but on a budget type of guy. A really good upgrade if you are not yet on an S3 or Iphone5.

Checkout Kimstore's Facebook account for other oh so sweet priced gadgets.

Kimstore at www.facebook.com/kimstorePH

Rant: please note that I am not totally endorsing Kimstore I am just fond of honest sites who sell gadgets at oh so low prices! so come on check them out!   ( and I ended up endorsing them again. haha ).

MY SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 SPECS PRESENTATION

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Samsung Galaxy Note 2: Specs and Updates

I made this post to inform you readers on how the specs of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 N7100 will be.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is an upgrade to the Samsung Galaxy Note (which I am currently using), and to  give you an idea the Note is a big smartphone making it in a class of its own called Phablets. Phablets are the what you might call hybrids of the industry which is in simple terms too big to be a phone and too small to be a tablet.

Back to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, I will try to make this specs presentation as simple as possible, so here we go.

NETWORK
- it will function on all networks including
 2G Network - 850/900/1800/1900
 3G Network - HSPA+21Mbps
 4G LTE: 100Mbps / 50Mbps

PROCESSOR
- The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 boasts a wopping 1.6GHz QUAD CORE processor, compared to it's predecessor's (Galaxy Note) 1.4 GHz Dual Core processor.

OS
- The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 carries the latest Android version of the JELLY BEAN 4.1

DISPLAY
- Set at 5.55inch HD Super Amoled (1,280 x 720) compared to Note's 5.3inch display

DIMENSIONS
- The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is slimmer and heavier than the Note, 80.5 x 151.1 x 9.4mm: wt. 182.5g
compare to Note's 82.95 x 146.85 x 9.65mm: wt. 178g still the Old Note is Wider but Shorter.

BATTERY & MEMORY
- Battery = standard 3,100mAh Li-Ion Batteries
- Memory = 16 / 32 / 64 internal memory including a 2GB RAM, they are microSD expandable up to 64GB, so does that mean that ig you have the 64 internal and 64 expansion, you have a monstrous 128GB memory smartphone? Awesome.

CAMERA & VIDEO
- Main camera (rear): 8mp Autofocus, with LED flash BSI
- Secondary Camera (front): 1.9mp VT camera BSI
Video: Full HD(1080p) Playback and Recording
- Format: 3gp(mp4) WMV(asf) AVI,FLV,MKV,WebM
- Codec: MPEG4, H.263, VC-1, DivX, WMV7-8-9, VP8
Almost the same with the OldNote except for the downgrade in Secondary Camera by a mere 0.1mp, from 2MP front camera.

AUDIO
Supports - MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR(NB,WB), MIDI, AC-3, Flac, with Music Player with SoundAlive, and a standard 3.5mm Ear Jack.
What is Soundalive? it's a feature which optimizes your listening by making automatic adjustments to sound quality by analyzing the source, its basically an automatic equalizer in simple terms.

CONNECTIVITY
It has the following:
- Blutooth v4.0 (Apt-X Codec Support) LE, USB 2.0 Host, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.3&5 GHz), Wi-Fi HT40, and Wi-Fi Direct, NFC, S Beam

AND NOT TO FORGET THE S PEN WITH A SET OF NEW FEATURES.

Source: samsung.com

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will come in Titanium Gray and Marble White

So basically it's a better version of the Galaxy Note sporting a somewhat SIII kind of features especially physically. all that's left to ponder on is the price, I really do hope they don't end up like the Iphone 5 which made it's price the biggest turn off of the product.

Recommendations:
If you are not an Apple Fan you might want to try this phone out. if you are upgrading from Samsung Galaxy note, SII and other lower specs smartphone maybe you could try this phone, if you have a small hand maybe not, but if you really want to the use your 2 hands, but still if the price is right.

Prices are still awaiting announcements and Release dates are not yet announced for the Philippines, but for the UK it's Oct. 1 and the US it's  Oct. 24 this year.

For Additional Info on the Phablet checkout Samsungs website at this link

Sources:
IMAGES AND SPECS: www.samsung.com
VIDEO: Youtube- Samsung Mobile

Rants. . . I really hope it's not that pricey because i'm planning on upgrading. Fingers Crossed.

I hope you found this helpful, updates will be done as soon as possible, any reactions, comments, additional info please hit the comments section! thanks!