2450, it's close to the budget that I have set for myself.

Doesn't Note came with free original Samsung case? If it's not the case here, perhaps it's in US (only?), where I read news, GNote came along with one.

As for Samsung original case, price is steep. If the sales is not good, they can't justify for the courier charge on shipment. I think they would have their planning department working full time to get things moving, just that the demand is not high enough.

For eg: I was expecting to see the battery case for SGS to be sold here. Unfortunately, Samsung only carries one for S2, and it's NOT exactly affordable. So a lot decided not to buy it in the end.

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Added on December 7, 2011, 1:01 amWell, Samsung did went ahead and brought in plenty of accessories for their GTab10.1/8.9 product. Though every outlet has about 2-3 of the same type of case only, not many. Many even said that concept store/Sammy outlet constantly ran out of USB connection kit, which seems to sell... quite well, in comparison.

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Added on December 7, 2011, 1:07 amSimple, demand doesn't meet their target.

This post has been edited by Harddisk: Dec 7 2011, 01:07 AM

No, I'm not kidding. Not everyone willing to pay that much for an extra battery, with hassle of opening the casing (it was better on S2 and GNex for easy open rear battery case, but not quite for SGS though). There were already alternatives such as external battery pack with USB connection to charge the device.

Which is why, the low demand just can't justify their action to bring in the accessories.

Aside from that, SME might not be a child company of Samsung Korea, but just a local licensed distributor. Which could mean they are more reluctant to bring in items which they think might rot in their showroom/outlets.

Besides, when I was saying meeting the target, I wasn't even thinking of 1-to-1 ratio. Not even close to 10-to-1 (phone to case). The sales might be as bad as 200/300 phones sold to 1 case original case/battery sold. Looks good? Not from my point of view though.

I won't complain though, if they would have the units for display only. As long as it's source-able from online shops.

SME might be facing the difficulties of bringing in the 1% of accessories that you stated. You might not know if SK (Samsung Korea) was imposing a minimal 30% - 50% of accessories over phone's shipments, or dont import at all.

Only the insider will know.

Lied down already. Surfing with Tab.

Need a better case. This 200+ bucks case is heavy and lacked of innovations.

lol, you can't expect SME to fulfil your 1 person's need, or the minority, and face losses for the rest of the unsold stock, right?

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Added on December 7, 2011, 8:39 amAnalogy doesn't quite apply to our scenario here, as competing motor insurance prices are controlled. It's your choice to pick the insurance company. For your accessories case, original accessories by Samsung definitely cost more than other ciplak brand.

For your case, a couple of item probably doesn't hit the taxable value.

As for eBay, you will have Paypal to protect you.

While I believe Close has original accessories for your phone, right? I didn't check though.

I still won't know if SME would bring in GNex original accessories or not, until the phone is official launched here.

This post has been edited by Harddisk: Dec 7 2011, 08:39 AM

Any particular reason?

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Added on December 7, 2011, 3:05 pmToo slow to pick up. Wait another 3 months after all telco sold all the hot cakes?

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Added on December 7, 2011, 3:14 pmYou can keep ranting on this, but the figure just not attractive enough for SME to put their money in, unfortunately.

OTOH, in case you decided to delve into this business of providing original accessories for phones (if not just Samsung), we would be more than happy to source it from you.

Oh ya, aside from that. Buying expensive original case which also means 1 thing. You might have to protect the case too, cause it's expensive. Imagine you might not willing to left it on the table, if it was damped or has some stain, as opposed to using cheap cheap case.

As for your dock, how much did you pay for that 1 item + shipping?

This post has been edited by Harddisk: Dec 7 2011, 03:14 PM

Would you still opt for that case if SME is pricing it at RM180 - RM200? And this figure is just a conservative estimation I made. Usually the official price is close to double of those price you can get from online + shipping.

Is that still subjective on price or plain stupid to pay such amount?

Perhaps stringfellow is testing water to see if it is feasible for him to start business on supplying original accessories for Malaysian's mobile devices market.

S2 power pack battery, this. Last shop with big big SAMSUNG logo in their shop, quoted me RM339.

Aside from that, the USB connection kit leave many of us no choice. I was waiting for 64gb one, unfortunately SME don't even bother to bring it. Of course, they might deem that 64gb has not enough demand. Then there aren't many 3rd party China made USB kit easily found here, unless you get it online. So many went ahead with it. And with that, if 1 shop decided to throw in discount, every jumps into the ship, seeing that getting discount is better than not, even the after discount, it still cost 3x of china brand.

This doesn't shows the popularity of the accessories, more like lacked of choice.

This post has been edited by Harddisk: Dec 7 2011, 06:27 PM

It keeps dropping to 2G network especially during rainy season. But forcing it to use 3G, the connection is fine. Or was it my phone just lazy?

If SME not announcing it, it could be anything.

But anything hitting RM120 for a case that size... sakittttt.

I'm cheap, so I prefer cheap cases... give me more choice!

Isn't having Android in the market was about choice?

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Added on December 7, 2011, 6:33 pmMind you, original Samsung cases might come from China also.

This post has been edited by Harddisk: Dec 7 2011, 06:33 PM

Well, keep harping then, to see if SME would see your point.

Good luck trying ya! Ganbatte! We all support you!

But just ranting in LYN won't be enough, bomb them with emails. Pester them about accessories everyday. Maybe someday, someday you get what you want, when Galaxy SXX is out.

RM2000 is not premium, when you have Vertu in the market.

Geez...

Here we go again, back to square one.

Tell SME how many units of accessories you want and see if they layan?

Minority, like I said earlier. Doesn't justify in their business money making modal. Even if every person here (less than 100) would make that request, they might not layan, the figure simply is too small.

If you buy Vertu, they would be kind enough to include a nice case for you, which is NOT for sale. Just mark up another 50% over the case original price.

Being that rich, you wouldn't even bother. That's what called premium.

That's why I said, we support you!

We really do! Honest! Just hope Sammy dont cekik too much on us only.

I admit, that was a bad example. How about a link from Clove itself? Usually UK price is higher than the rest, let's give it a benefits of doubt, ok?

After conversion, around RM270. Shipping to UK from Korea is farther, which eventually should cost more for the importer. If I'm seeing the same battery pack selling for RM339 here, it just doesn't justify the amount they are charging.

So my choice? I don't buy it. I might still bite, if it's below RM300.

There, SME lost another prospect customer and inventory remained the same. Doesn't look too good for their budget plan, I would say.

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Added on December 7, 2011, 7:00 pmIf stringfellow write in, perhaps SME might layan his request to bring in 1x of each accessories that he wanted?

Let's wait and hear from stringfellow on this.

I'm very curious how SME would price it.

This post has been edited by Harddisk: Dec 7 2011, 07:09 PM

Didn't bother, cause it's too premium. The case itself (if any) can buy my computer already, no point looking.

Anyway, I've planned to not use any case for the phone once I get it, just to enjoy the finely crafted contours by Google (?). Unfortunately, it felt really slippery smooth to hold (not as slippery as iPad2 though). I can foresee I might drop the phone 3 times in a year, at least.

The barely there (name?) case shown on the video few pages back was really nice and tempting. Low profile and hopefully it doesn't affect the NFC's performance.

This post has been edited by Harddisk: Dec 7 2011, 07:16 PM

First thing to hope for, their reply.

Had ice cream last night though, but not sandwiched type, celup type.

1 points just for NFC, 1 point for BLN?

Not good if you like to mod your Android, as these apps take up the /system partition size. Some considered them bloatware.

Seems like GNote scores much higher than GNex.

But for me, GNote's size alone already put me off.