We have lift off! The hotly rumoured Samsung Galaxy SIII has been officially announced. We’re excited to confirm that it will be available on Three, with pre-order opening tomorrow morning.
The Samsung Galaxy SIII will be available on The One Plan with all-you-can-eat data at £34 per month and no upfront cost. You can view the full details of the plan here.
In addition, everyone that pre-orders the Galaxy SIII with Three before the 30th May will be automatically entered into a daily draw to win one of 26 brand new Samsung Smart TVs.
If you’re new to Three you can pre-order the Samsung Galaxy SIII by calling 0800 358 1799 or by visiting your local 3Store tomorrow.
If you’re already with Three and you’re eligible to upgrade, give us a call on 333 tomorrow from your Three phone.
Don’t forget to register for updates and information about the Samsung Galaxy SIII here.
426 Responses to Samsung Galaxy SIII – coming soon to Three.
Ellie 02/01/2013
@Aldo – We have no announcement on this update at the present time I’m afraid.
aldo 02/01/2013
any news on the 4.1.2 release? It came out on vodafone, o2 and unbranded handsets in the uk a couple of weeks ago. Why the delay on Three?
Moderator: Lauren 13/12/2012
@WS – we’ve had no word yet I’m afraid.
WS 12/12/2012
Could anyone please comment on the the timescales for the Premium update announced by Samsung to land on the S3? Tka
Moderator: Johanna 30/10/2012
@Sean – At the moment the only aspect of TrafficSense running is the policing of tethering on non-permitted plans and traffic management of peer-to-peer sites. What issues are you having?
BLADESMAN1889 30/10/2012
@ Ros,
Its not that I’m unhappy as I don’t really like the S3 – it just took me by surprise to see the price had gone up thats all.
Hopefully this new deal that you have done with Samsung [LTE] will see that you [3] will get a nice exclusive on the S4 which is going to be Samsungs flagship 4g device being launched for the UK market of 4G.
The device is said to be hitting the shelves in March after being unveiled at the MWC in feb 2013. Good times ahead for 3 and Samy – lets hope [thats I hope] that this new S4 is going to be less curvy and more straight sharp lines for the square look [according to insiders/rumours]
Ros 29/10/2012
@BLADESMAN1889 – Really sorry you’re not happy with the deal we are currently offering on the SIII. Deals and prices change all the time. I don’t think this is any different than it has always been. When you consider that for £36 you get All You Can Eat data, it’s still a market beating deal. We are launching our own 4G next year, but in the meantime we are rolling out HSPA+ which customers are already seeing amazing speeds on. Hopefully this addresses some of your issues, but I am sorry that you’re unhappy with the deals we are currently offering.
W. Santos 29/10/2012
Upgraded to JB on Saturday morning, great job Three as it seems we got ahead of everyone else in the UK (for a change!!) The update did not mess around with any of my data, apps, etc. Everything was right there after the process was finished which is great.
BLADESMAN1889 26/10/2012
Can you tell me as to why the S3 has INCREASED in price ? The price on the One Plan had started to come down since launch but when I just checked [expecting to see a further reduction] from 6 weeks or so ago it had in fact gone UP from £31 to £36.
Thats £5, [I know its rather obvious] but this was a huge shock. It seems that 3 is no longer anywhere near as competative as it used to be.
Is this a sign of things to come ? are you going upmarket now ?
Very soon I am due for an upgrade and now find myself looking to check the other Networks to compare prices – which I had no intention of doing before this.
As you no longer give any benefit/loyalty to existing customers what is to stop people moving away – especially as by the end of this month there will be for the first time a REAL alternative FASTER [4g] network to consider.
Though I don’t expect TPTB to give a rats a** as all I see on this blog when other customers leave/threaten to leave for very simalar reasons is a response of
“WE WISH YOU LUCK AT YOUR NEW NETWORK”
What ????? Whose business model of practice does this belong to – or which bright spark gave the go-ahead to adopt such a flawed response ?
The reason I often see given as an answer is that your prices are so cheap that this is the best way to show loyalty to customers.
So what now ?
Moderator: Nicki 18/10/2012
@Marcomarketing@yahoo.it – Hi there, it’s available now. Check out our guide on how to download here.
Marcomarketing@yahoo.it 17/10/2012
Hi
Any news on the jelly bean update?
Ros 12/10/2012
@Phil8715 – No news on that at the moment I’m afraid, but if we are we will announce.
Phil8715 11/10/2012
Will Three be stocking the Galaxy S3 Mini?
Moderator: Nicki 08/10/2012
@Phil8715 – Hi there, as this is a third party they have the ability to charge their own prices and run their own promotions.
Phil8715 05/10/2012
Can you tell why Three charge £31 on the Ultimate Internet 500 with an upfront payment of £99, on another third party site http://www.buymobilephones.net/mobile-phones/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S3/3/26-Ultimate-Internet-300-(24mths)/13732926
For £26 with a free phone?
Moderator: Lauren 19/09/2012
@Andy – Samsung are releasing it in Oct. We’ll comment when we have more info.
Andy 19/09/2012
Any ETA on the Jellybean update for the S3?
Ros 18/09/2012
@CSH – Good stuff!
CSH 18/09/2012
Just to let everyone know – woke up at 3am this morning, went to check time on my phone and BANG! OTA Update notification!! Set it going, checked my phone when I woke up and now have brightness slider, extra power saving options (listed as colors?) in the browser menu. Looks pretty cool so far.
Moderator: Johanna 03/09/2012
@aldo – Sorry it’s taken us a while to come back to you. We can confirm that the latest maintenance release has been tested by our time and was approved on Friday. We now have to wait for Samsung and Android to approve it before it gets pushed live. Just to give you a bit of background… we chose not to take the prior MR has it only had one fix, which would have had no positive impact for our customers. And yes I can confirm if you flash your Three phone it will void the warranty. There’s no way we hold back updates, we recognise the importance of getting them to you guys, but we also need to make sure they are fully tested and issued without bugs.
aldo 31/08/2012
So any response from the product manager? It’s been over 2 weeks. I can understand that 3 don’t intentionally hold back updates by why is it then that we are still miles behind on the updates. Pretty sure all the other UK networks are ahead of us on firmware version so why are 3 so bad? The phone has been improved with software updates, by not providing them we just aren’t getting the experience we should. It seems the only way is to flash generic Samsung software so we get updates direct from them. Could you confirm if this affects warranty with 3?
Moderator: Johanna 22/08/2012
@aldo – we have no reason to withhold updates, it’s not in our interest at all. When we release bespoke updates we have to run tests to make sure they will run efficiently on our network and give you guys the best possible experience. When we have news on Jelly Bean we’ll share it.
aldo 22/08/2012
Any news yet on why three are holding back updates? The rumour mill online is suggesting Jelly Bean could be released for the international galaxy s3 next week so when are we likely to get this? Will three give us this major update or is our only option to flash with stock Samsung firmware and not rely on Three?
Moderator: Lauren 15/08/2012
@Aldo – sorry we must have missed your comments. They’re approved now. We’re waiting on hearing back from the product manager about the updates that are being tested.
Moderator: Lauren 15/08/2012
@Frances – apologies, we must have missed them. They’ve been approved now. Just chased with the Samsung product manager to find out what updates are in the pipeline.
aldo 14/08/2012
Any reason why my previous comment is still waiting for moderation? What is the status on the missing software updates? We need these for the stability and performance enhancements. For example: sadly the phone is almost unusable in bright sunlight meaning the screen brightness has to be ramped up to full (still barely usable but better than nothing). The recent updates have added a brightness slider to the notification menu which would allow this change to be made easily. Right now we have to go to settings, then display, then brightness before we get to the slider which is nearly impossible in bright sunlight if the brightness is already low. Samsung have added this much needed feature so why don’t we have access to it on Three?