Edit 3: "An anonymous source of SDX-Developers just got confirmation through official email from Samsung and Sprint Corporate that advocate devices to be rolled out starting 8/9/2010. They were originally intended to be rolled out 8/6/2010, but was changed due to a “minor delay” they did not disclose. The August 20th release date was officially confirmed as well!"
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Edit: Looks like BGR says that it will be released on August 11th
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/...to-open-early/
Edit2: Some Best Buys are already taking pre-orders for this...
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I just got an email from a source with info about the pre-order and it looks legit..more then one source stated this is real as well...
S|P customers - 8/5/2010
Regular customers - 8/6/2010
And Pre-Orders end on 8/17/2010..(The following is an assumption)this means that the Aug 19-20 seems like the release date!
*drool*
here is a transcript of the email: (I have a screenshot as well but can't release it sorry :/)
On Thursday, August 5th - if you are a Sprint Premiere customer, you should receive an e-mail containing a link to Pre-Order your Samsung Epic4G
Then, on Friday, August 6th - the general public will receive an email containing the link.
Here are some guidelines for the pre-orders:
-Only one Samsung can be reserved at a time
-Pre-orders will continues through 8/17/2010 (NOTE: The reservations may be closed early if inventory is depleted)
-No Money, Bank, or Credit Card information will be required to reserve a device
- all reserved devices MUST be picked up by noon on the day following the Samsung Epic launch or they WILL BE CANCELLED
-Reservations will be made through sprint.com/ Epic4G