Hi there.
I just pre ordered the Note 9 which I'm pretty excited about 🙂
The last phone I pre ordered was the Galaxy S8. Like the S8 the Note 9 is due for a Friday release date and I have been told delivery will be 24th August. The issue I had last time was that EE ship the phones using DPD. I have no problem with DPD apart from the fact that they don't do next day delivery to Northern Ireland - it's a 2 day service. My S8 was shipped on the Thursday and didn't arrive on release day as I was promised on several occasions. I am concerned that this will happen again. To add to the problem the following Monday is a bank holiday so if shipped on 23/8 the phone will not arrive until 28/8.
I realise that this isn't the end of the world but there's something nice about getting something new on release day and that's part of the whole pre order experience.
I raised the 2 day delivery issue with EE after the delay with the S8 and was really hoping for some reassurance that this is now taken into consideration so that the customers in N. Ireland get their orders on the same day as the rest of the UK. Thanks.
