Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S3 Prices Slashed by $100 at Best Buy Locations
Customers looking to pick up a Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S4 or Galaxy S3 at a discounted price can do so at Best Buy.
The retailer is offering all three of those devices for cheaper than usual on-contract through carriers such as Verizon, Sprint and AT&T. The Note 3 sells for $199, the Galaxy S4 for just $99 and the Galaxy S3 and HTC One are available for free.
Customers will be able to receive the discount by mailing in a rebate. The promo will not last long, so people interested in purchasing these handsets at these lower prices should act quickly.
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The Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S3 for AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint should all be receiving the Android 4.3 update soon as the rollout schedule leaked onto the internet last week.
The Galaxy S4 should start receiving the update on 10/28 on Verizon, 11/13 on AT&T, 10/30 on Sprint and 11/18 on T-Mobile. The Galaxy S3 will get it on Verizon starting on 11/22, AT&T on 11/13, Sprint on 11/6 and T-Mobile on 11/25.
Both of these devices will have the update before the end of December. The update is already available on other versions of the handset as Android 4.3, JellyBean started rolling out for the LTE international model last week.
The first S4 to receive it is the unlocked version with the model number GT-I9505. The firmware is only available in Germany at this time, but it should start rolling out in other markets during the coming weeks.
The software brings many changes to the software including KNOX, Galaxy Gear compatibility, improved performance with graphics, improved stability of user interface, and security.
Once this update is installed, users will not be able to downgrade, according to the change log for the software.
