I can't believe the white one is unavailable in the UK. Absolutely ridiculous. Samsung is not good at managing allocation. They are stingy with color offerings and tend to get backordered. My husband ended up waiting for over two months for his Note 9 that he ended up cancelling the order entirely and investing in the XS Max instead. I'd dropped off the backorder list, too. It was incredibly unprofessional for them to keep us waiting that long. We had even gone through the reservation system, if I remember correctly.
There are some people on Android Central who have pre ordered but are seeing September delivery dates. I love a comment someone made about Samsung being the company where you can pre-order a back order. So true.
I did the reservation system for my pre order and still only one of the four cases I ordered will be arriving with my phone. The rest are back ordered for me and completely unavailable to order for newcomers.
I knew from all the prior years it was going to be this way, which is why I divorced myself from any particular color preference. I chose Aura Glow for the silver edges and blue S Pen, but I'd have been fine getting black or white or blue. I favored the pink, but not enough to concern myself that it was unavailable for the US. It's going into a deep blue case and occasionally the silver rugged case.
By the way, I hope your son is feeling much better. He's been in my thoughts, too.
