Samsung Galaxy Note Official Desktop Stand
Samsung Galaxy Note Official Vehicle Dock
Samsung Galaxy Note Official Spare Battery Charger
Samsung Galaxy Note Official Leather Pouch Case - Blue
Samsung Galaxy Note Official Leather Pouch Case - Black
Samsung Galaxy Note Official Flip Cover Case - Blue
Samsung Galaxy Note Official Flip Cover Case - Black

Out of those only the flip case is available. There rest are not even order-able from Samsung, you have to go to vendors like Clove to get one. See what I mean?

I just wanted a Leather Pouch Case, but am made to jump through hoops to get one. Don't Samsung feel confident enough that their own official accessories will sell?

The same applies to Galaxy Nexus. You have the desk stand, HDMI dock, car dock and desk stand/battery charger combo. The Official HDMI cradle dock for example, not even a peep/mention from Samsung, but you get to know more in-depth about it from a video posted on Engadget/Gizmodo from Clove, a third party vendor. WTF?

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Dec 6 2011, 10:56 PM

umm... I'm not speaking for Samsung, but I think accessories probably isn't their main focus, hence why "its just there" but not truly available (or easily available) to everyone.

and again... sales of the phone do play a significant role here. Be it from 1st party or 3rd party.

yea due to our country =.=

in terms of ??
so far i saw those review its camera is good enough

+1 for this

So I am to accept that I'm not meant to accessorize, even when Samsung themselves make official accessories for these models, but accept it barebones as it is when it is launched? Wow. No wonder resale value drops when it comes to these products. Having to baby it without protecting it, to avoid scratches or daily usage damages. Or if I do choose to accessorize, I'm faced with a hard time looking for the official accessories, therefore I'm stuck with generic looking silicones, gels and polycarbonates. Great!

well, that's how the world works. Just too bad Nexus isn't a sales record breaking phone, aka iPhone.

This post has been edited by phantomash: Dec 6 2011, 11:28 PM

Nope, that's just how Samsung rolls. For some bizarre business-minded reasons. Here I am ready to throw my money at them, and they say "no, thank you".

Message to Samsung: "You don't have to break sales records. Just make the accessories you've already made for the phone readily available. This isn't third party, this is first party. These are accessories made by the same manufacturer who made the phone. Hiding them or restricting their circulation only hurts your bottom line. You can't count the profits until the item flies off the shelves. And this case, you made these official accessories to be sold, right...not just for display? "

After deliberating for the last few days and going through reviews after reviews, I'm still not any closer to deciding which of the devices, the Galaxy Note or the Nexus, is for me... Hmmm... Does anyone know if we are getting both the 16gb and the 32gb? (The Note comes in 16gb and 32gb, but we are only getting the 16gb here.) I'm asking because Nexus doesn't come with a microSD slot and for some users who need a little more space, they may want to take this into consideration as well... From the replies posted on Facebook, it is likely that we are only going to see the Nexus by earliest, early January... It does look like it's going to be pricey though... The 32gb version is probably going to be sold close to RM3,000 if it's coming in at all... Decisions, decisions...

This post has been edited by DaMyst: Dec 7 2011, 12:08 AM

Case mate casing which is not available for SG Note is widely available in different models for GNexus. Wonder when thwy will arrived here.
Any idea where I can find the SP in Garage Sale

buy larger SP and cut yourself
if you can't wait

or can buy from those website such as eBay

the problem is, the phone not released yet in Malaysia, for sure you can't find cases for galaxy nexus here.

there's some cases already in UK

err, apart from Apple, who else makes accessory (particularly cases) for their phones?

Nokia ... I saw Angry Birds cases at their website

T_T by this how I buy after I buy nexus ??
no credit card some more since im a student =.=
and parents scare buy things from on9 with using credit card, if buy online is bank in de =.=

hope someone bring in at garage sales ><

right, so my point being Samsung is not the only manufacturer with this problem is valid.

even then, are Nokia ones available in Msia even before the phone is launched? I remembered my friend who owned an N8 waited for months for Nokia to put the cases on sale in their Nokia store.

This post has been edited by phantomash: Dec 6 2011, 11:52 PM

lol
my friends using angry birds case on his galaxy ace =.=

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Added on December 6, 2011, 11:52 pmyea i think so
last time go angry birds event in lowyat
i saw nokia x7 that let us to play, but i go check nokia x7 haven't sell
lol

This post has been edited by XeactorZ: Dec 6 2011, 11:52 PM

Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, even HTC made their own, with their HTC Rezound image leaked by their case shots.

You can fairly rely on the quality of cases made by the official manufacturers, until the device has been in the market long enough and has reached saturation that other third part manufacturers catch up and create cases on par or better(in the case of iPhone/Vapor) than the official manufacturer.

The way I look at it, if third party themselves aren't psyched to create an economically viable ecosystem of accessories on a particular model/brand itself, it does not bode well on their implied level of confidence at model/brand's lineup. Or because model changes so often that creating accessories for that model will only allow short-lived accessory sale because in a short period of time, it will get replaced by a newer model, which is the case of HTC phones.

Bottom line is, unless the device is made durable or tough as nails (like the Panasonic Toughbooks or Sonim XP3300), cases and screen protectors are inevitable. Docks are niche, but if the device is advertised as officework-friendly/centric, consumer expects a dock/stand/cradle solution. So if they are, and customers expect them, wouldn't it be a financial benefit for the official manufacturers itself to take charge and make one first themselves, rather than leave it to third party manufacturers to create it for them?

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Added on December 7, 2011, 12:05 amWhich is the point why I brought it up. We're talking Samsung here, so I brought it up, if I'm participating in a Nokia forum, you bet your bottom dollar I'd be bringing this up there. This reluctance/refusal/dont-give-a-damn attitude in providing official accessories when the market clamors for it, is perplexing to say the least. Maybe they're thinking that their purchasers are only interested to buy their phones and not interested in protecting them? If our business model is like them American, then that's probably true, you pay USD100-200 and even if you scratch your phone to hell, you don't feel the pain coz it only costs that much, or you can claim new phone, while still under contract, no questions asked. That line of thought does not work in Malaysia where customers are always treated with doubt first.

The desire to protect stems from how expensive we purchase our devices, and yet, Samsung does not take advantage of this by bringing in even their own official accessories. What gives?

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Dec 7 2011, 12:07 AM

wow, the barely case look nice... arh.. has a war inside me to leave it naked or protect it cause i'm careless ppl that always end up drop my gadget sound like i own a gnex dy

This post has been edited by shaun'yeap: Dec 7 2011, 12:13 AM

here like lot ppl own the nexus already
pls share some pic tat taken by nexus

To clarify, I'm not expecting to find any accessories fitting Galaxy Nexus now locally. I'm commenting on the Galaxy Note's case of Samsung not bringing in even their own official accessories lineup after the Note has been launched here. If the more popular Galaxy Note can't even get the proper accessories treatment from Samsung, what chances are there when it comes to a more niche phone like Galaxy Nexus?

I'm perfectly okay with buying online, but I'd rather see it with my own two eyes first before buying it, hence the need for the local availability. I'm baffled by Samsung's own refusal to bring in their own accessories for their own phone. Or is there no market for accessories here other than cheap silicones and TPUs?

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Dec 7 2011, 12:28 AM

really? I don't see them with their cases on.
Most of the time its a blurry shot, and they are naked from what I've seen.

Heck, I've used my Desire for 1 year+, I don't see any HTC made cases before, let alone for Desire model.

I agree, but that's how it is. Plus, the accessory do exist, just not in Msia (yet, I hope).

funny, because from what I've read, Americans actually hated their carries for subsidizing the phone, a 299 dollar phone (GNex) is considered through the roof expensive for them. Although they can probably switch it easily, so they don't care as much for a case to protect their phone, not sure how that works. But the point is, its expensive for them too.

This post has been edited by phantomash: Dec 7 2011, 12:36 AM