Samsung Galaxy S24 128GB - (student/NHS/employee) + £100 trade-in any device + free Galaxy Tab S6 Lite

I keep reading about If you buy the base 8GB/128GB vanilla S24, you will end up with UFS 3.1 storage chips so folk have recommended getting the 256GB tier as a minimum so you can enjoy the faster UFS 4.0 storage....

Does anyone know if this is true?

I ordered the previous free buds pro deal, both showing in stock when order was placed, however on my confirmation email it claimed the buds were now out of stock and due 05/04, so instead of sending just the handset for now, they held the entire order. I contact customer services and just get fobbed off saying they couldn't do anything and all I could do was wait, they assured me there would be no issue with delivery.

The morning of 05/04 I get an email saying order is delayed due to unforseen circumstances and now due 13/04, again I contact customer services and just get fobbed off again, they claim the dates are only an estimate, so basically they are taking orders for stock that isn't ready to dispatch, I get annoyed and hang up.

Reluctantly, I decided to wait it out as it was only another week or so, however the morning of the 13/04 and another delay email, this time no new date specified, wtf. Angrily I contact customer services again which was an absolute waste of time, the idiot just said they have no new due date.

Now I'm unsure whether to just cancel and tell them to go do one, my only concern is that they won't reissue me the 10% birthday code I used.
Sorry, rant over.

You can get the same phone from carphone warehouse on a 24 month contract with ID on three's network, 500gb data unlim mins and texts 29.99 a month with the free tablet too total cost £719.76, there is no samsung trade in included with this but 500gb data contract alone is probably 15-20 a month alone so Id say this may work out a better deal if you currently not in contract anywhere else, annual increases may occur** carphonewarehouse.com/sam…223

Various discount possible also avilable - £20/40 voucher carphonewarehouse.com/key…nts
possible £45 top cashback.

Anyone wants to share a code? 🧑‍💻
(If that’s how it works…. Never done such a thing ) (edited)

You can't just trade any phone in though. With Pixel, for example, it has to be a 6 pro or 7 pro.

If anyone wants to do this you can use a site called discountsforteachers.  Has the same discount for Samsung and doesn’t ask for anything when you sign up. 

Is this snapdragon or exynos?

Great deal, thinking about doing it but don't love the hassle of selling the tablet on

Is this much of an upgrade on a S20FE. Battery on S24 is only 3880mAh isn't it? I'm sure rest of phone spec has newer technologies but the battery seems a bit small to me.

I am tempted but a 4000mah battery is nothing these days.

When you look at the trade after it says any broken phone, it say it must power on and hold charge, even after you say that is broken and not in good condition - so that suggests you can't use any broken phone? I have an old Galaxy S8 with a broken screen that you can't see anything on when you switch it on. The screen is broken and unreadable and the cost to replace was too high, so it went in a draw. I'm guessing I can't trade this in?

How can you get the birthday discount code?
Haven't had mine come through and it's in 2 weeks...

I had an absolutely horrific experience with Samsung customer service when I wanted to trade in my device. It took me 1 month and 10+ emails until it worked. I will never buy Samsung again.

Anyone knows if there are any conditions to be met for trading in a broken phone?

how we getting this deal if we're an NHS worker? link just takes me to the Samsung student portal.

What was the issue? I've traded in countless phones with them and never once had any problems. As long as you're upfront about what you are trading in and provide the correct imei info then I'm not sure what there is to go wrong