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AT&T Samsung Galaxy S III Pre-Orders Delayed

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AT&T has announced that Samsung Galaxy S III pre-orders, which were originally supposed to start arriving today, won’t be arriving at all. Instead, they’ll be arriving no later than June 25th.

The carrier has released a statement saying that pre-orders for the Galaxy S III that were slated to arrive today will instead arrive next week at the latest. We suspect that some orders will make it before that June 25th date so those that pre-ordered are going to want to check out the tracking numbers to see exactly when the device is expected to arrive.

Oddly enough, the carrier has yet to provide an in-store release date for the Galaxy S III leaving those who don’t wish to pre-order the new smartphone in complete and utter darkness.

AT&T says that pre-orders that future pre-orders should ship within 10 business days which means those who pre-order today could have quite the wait ahead of them.

Here is the carrier’s full statement:

Manufacturer supply constraints of the 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy S III have caused a delay to expected pre-order shipments. Customers who were previously quoted a delivery date of June 21st should now expect their device to arrive no later than Monday, June 25th. We currently estimate future pre-orders to arrive within 10 business days based on available supply. Impacted customers will receive both an SMS and email notifying them of this change.

Of course, AT&T isn’t the only carrier that is affected by these delays. Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon have all seen either release dates or shipping dates pushed back. Right now, T-Mobile is the only U.S. carrier that is offering up the Samsung Galaxy S III in retail stores.

However, it is only available in-stores within 29 markets across the United States. A bigger roll out isn’t expected until Samsung is able to quell the supply issues that it’s having to deal with.

Read: Samsung Galaxy S III Review: Editors’ Choice.

The manufacturer says that it has taken more than 9 million pre-orders and because of the demand, the launches in North America have suffered.

So, for those that ordered already, be patient. And for those that are thinking about ordering an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S III, be on the lookout for an official release date soon.

7 Comments

7 Comments

  1. Sam

    06/21/2012 at 6:25 pm

    Hopefully we get a free gift along with our orders for waiting so patiently :)

  2. Trenise

    06/21/2012 at 9:04 pm

    I understand backorders happen, however I feel like logistics has dropped the ball somewhere. Stop taking pre-orders when you have no more inventory. I pre-ordered my device and have yet to receive an email or a text, just seems like it could have been handled better.

  3. Rachel

    06/22/2012 at 8:34 am

    Ummm I had no issues on receiving my phone! Just got it from FedEx about an hour ago..

    • Trenise

      06/22/2012 at 11:40 am

      Rachel, when did you order? Mine still says processing on the AT&T site

  4. zach

    06/25/2012 at 1:17 am

    hi guy i what that mow

  5. Deepthroat

    06/30/2012 at 3:51 am

    I was told today by a source at AT&T that the main reason beyond the lack of product was Apple’s lawsuit vs Samsung.
    And they didn’t know if it was going to be released thru AT&T until the court rules on the case.
    Not sure if this is indeed true or not, but I think if it is AT&T is making a loyalty play for the future iphone5?

  6. Trenise

    06/30/2012 at 7:35 am

    i got my phone on the 23rd, if that were the case nobody would have received their phone

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