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Samsung Galaxy A50 $399, Galaxy A70 $519, Galaxy A30 $303, Galaxy A20 $232 (C&C or + Delivery) @ The Good Guys eBay

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Samsung Galaxy A50 $399, Galaxy A70 $519, Galaxy A30 $303, Galaxy A20 $232 (C&C or + Delivery) @ The Good Guys eBay
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Great prices for local stock of these phones which are just becoming more widely available. Price is close to that of grey import but with local warranty. In the case of the A50 I picked up, the Australian model does support NFC unlike imports.

The A50 in Blue was not showing C&C stock online for Ballarat (but it was on in stock on TGG own website) but they were able to match the price for me in store.

A20:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Samsung-1091005646-Galaxy-A2… (Blue)

A30:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Samsung-1091005648-Galaxy-A3… (Black)

A50:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Samsung-1091005694-Galaxy-A5… (Black)
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Samsung-1091005695-Galaxy-A5… (Blue)

A70:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Samsung-1091005696-Galaxy-A7… (Black)
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Samsung-1091005697-Galaxy-A7… (Blue)

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  • HKS on 04/07/2019 - 15:58
    +6

    these are really nice phones.

    • RedHab on 04/07/2019 - 19:01
      +1

      Note that they might not be waterproof, even if Samsung says they are, the ACCC is taking Samsung to court.
      https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/samsung-in-court-for-m…

      • liquid metal on 04/07/2019 - 21:02

        A series never was. S series is. Problem is advertising and how Samsung handles warranty issues.

        Salt water or chlorinated should be avoided or rinse the phone very well after. Never had any issues with my S' I had so far.

  • yummypinacolada on 04/07/2019 - 16:02
    +1

    Solid phone solid price for local stock. However, Galaxy A series is sold way more expensive here in Australia than in SE Asian country. For example the RRP for base A50 is $499, while in Indonesia is less than $380(https://imgur.com/a/DR5UzHC).

    • hopper on 04/07/2019 - 16:07
      +16

      welcome to Australia Mate :)

      • yummypinacolada on 04/07/2019 - 16:11
        +5

        Its usually not the case for other Samsung flagship phones.

    • ChickenAdobo on 04/07/2019 - 19:05
      +1

      I think their model has no NFC

      • vid_ghost on 05/07/2019 - 08:48

        They also done have Samsung Pay… But their models have more ram and larger storage.. its very strange all up!

        • ChickenAdobo on 05/07/2019 - 11:20
          +1

          Some South East Asian countries don't have the best of internet connectivity. Wouldn't be surprise if their region has no Samsung pay loaded.

    • baldur on 04/07/2019 - 22:04
      +3

      did you also compare salaries and power of purchase?

      • yummypinacolada on 04/07/2019 - 22:42
        +5

        I'm from Indonesia, I can tell you that phones in general are usually more expensive in Indonesia despite their lower average salary. My point is that Galaxy A series RRP in Australia are way higher than SE Asia country which is unusual.

    • Hahuh on 04/07/2019 - 23:51

      Bought the A30 for my mother for ~$250 grey import. She didn't need nfc + whatever else you get on the Australian variant. It's also double the storage + has an additional gig of ram. She's happy with it so far.

      • tranter on 05/07/2019 - 13:05
        +1

        Do you know what the camera is like on the A30?

        • Hahuh on 16/08/2019 - 15:06

          Sorry for the late reply.

          On a scale of Horrible to Excellent a solid Meh

          Sometimes images can be overexposed, noise in the area and they can lack detail. Low light? Forget it. Video all that plus occasional autofocus fails.

          If you haven't done so check out https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a30-review-1947p5.ph…

  • mouzii on 04/07/2019 - 16:09

    Very tempting price for the A70! I wonder if the A80 will be released locally?

    • BW296 on 04/07/2019 - 16:30
      +1

      A80 likely isn't being released here.

      • kehuehue on 05/07/2019 - 08:08

        Any idea why?

        • AmperSand on 05/07/2019 - 10:33

          Prob cause we will get the A90?

  • otter-raptor on 04/07/2019 - 16:10
    +3

    Only issue with the A70 is the fingerprint sensor being really bad - Own a S8 - poor fingerprint sensor placement and quality, don't want to move to another phone with bad fingerprint sensor for another 2 years, otherwise this will be perfect :(

    Pixel 3A XL should be around $500 compared to this level of kit

    • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2019 - 16:54
      +1

      Google’s Pixel 3a and 3a XL are facing reliability issues

      • otter-raptor on 04/07/2019 - 16:58
        +3

        Sigh not again, Google needs to spend more time QA if they are going to charge more than other OEMs. Cannot recommend them for work purposes at this rate :(

      • Trishool on 04/07/2019 - 17:47
        +3

        Surprise surprise. After the Nexus 5, everything they produced had quality/reliability issues.

      • kasp on 05/07/2019 - 07:52

        That looks more like a software glitch than something with the hardware. That will get patched.

        If it was hardware wise that would be more concerning.

      • yummypinacolada on 05/07/2019 - 14:36

        They need to address quality issues on the next Pixel phone, otherwise they will end up like LG phone

    • Tragus on 04/07/2019 - 18:49
      +2

      Can confirm. Just bought A70 and the fingerprint sensor is useless. Face unlock very quick though. I recently got my A70 for AUD$469 from tecobuy.com - worth a look

      • otter-raptor on 04/07/2019 - 19:16

        Cheers mate. Not buying then , will wait for revised version.

        They released the may security update which supposedly fixed this issue, but still no way usable

      • cycleri3 on 05/07/2019 - 09:28

        Yeah this generation in display fingerprint sensors are best skipped! Let the flagship buyers test and get them sorted and within a year or two we will have good sensors even for the mid range. :)

  • BooYa on 04/07/2019 - 16:44

    Great prices. Add $10 for delivery

  • scuderiarmani on 04/07/2019 - 16:48

    wasn't the A20 around $169 at JB a week or so ago? I believe the prepaid one is around that at Big W too. A30 from memory $249 at JB too when both were on sale.

    • MINKx on 04/07/2019 - 16:52

      The A20 was a Vodafone-locked at Big W. Not sure there was unlocked one at JB for that price?

      • scuderiarmani on 04/07/2019 - 17:14

        Yeah I know the Big W one was, pretty sure the JB wasn't, it was on their display islands, not on the wall with other cheapie phones.

    • Ronnnie on 04/07/2019 - 18:49

      $169+$50 to unlock. The Vodafone one came with prepaid $30 sim too. So slightly cheaper than this deal, and considerably cheaper if you don’t need to unlock.

  • giventofly on 04/07/2019 - 16:53

    Same price as EPP

  • Sydneyian on 04/07/2019 - 16:54

    Kindly note Australian models are single sim only. There are overseas models with dual sim and NFC. I think I saw some on Toby deals AU.

    • cycleri3 on 04/07/2019 - 17:15

      Thought No NFC overseas??

    • Pest85 on 04/07/2019 - 18:25
      +1

      A30 with 3Gb Ram has NFC (TGG model)
      A30 with 4Gb Ram usually doesnt have NFC (im pretty sure Toby deals model doesn't have NFC)

      Not sure about other models.

  • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2019 - 17:11
    +3

    A20 beats everything that comes with an Australian warranty in the price range.

    • scuderiarmani on 04/07/2019 - 17:15

      I saw a video of it beating the A30 in many basic tasks too

      • AmperSand on 05/07/2019 - 10:34
        +2

        Lower resolution certainly helps out there.
        Seeing them side by side, unless you put your face right upto the phone you barely notice the difference.
        I guess you might if you change minimum width in developer settings, other than that A20 seems like the best low budget bang for buck thus far.

    • Ronnnie on 04/07/2019 - 18:53

      Certainly does. Pretty good value. Nice super amoled screen, big 4000 mah battery, even has a wide angle main camera. The performance not bad for a budget phone neither. It’s hard for me to recommend anything else for someone looking at a cheaper phone.

  • dyziplen on 04/07/2019 - 17:20
    +2

    Don't get the A30, either get the A20 or spend a bit more and get the A50.

    A30 and A20 uses the same GPU, the Mali-G71 MP2, it drives the 720p fine but struggles with 1080p. The SOC is similar as well, 2x A73 and 6x A53, but just higher clocked on A30 than A20.

    • Xkenz0 on 04/07/2019 - 17:49
      +2

      FYI the A20 picks up only wifi 2.4ghz whereas A30 has both bands 2.4ghz and 5ghz.

    • lostn on 05/07/2019 - 08:14

      A20 is only 720p screen btw. How often do you see those anymore?

      Can this thing handle 1080p 10-bit video?

      • dyziplen on 05/07/2019 - 10:32

        A30 and A20 uses the same GPU, the Mali-G71 MP2, it drives the 720p fine but struggles with 1080p.

        • lostn on 05/07/2019 - 12:53

          That does not mean you cannot run a 1080p video on it. Or that if you run a 1080p video on it, it will require less processing power.

          The second point you missed from his quote is that although the GPU is the same, the CPU is not, so it's not a 1:1 comparison.

          In any case, I would be surprised if it struggled to run 1080p 8 bit video. My Tegra 3 HTC One X from 2012 could handle that.

      • AmperSand on 05/07/2019 - 10:36
        +1

        Look at them side by side and see if you can notice (or if it bothers you) without getting within 10cms of it though.
        I'd rather it be 720p and snappier (plus cheaper) than 1080p and sluggish.

        • lostn on 05/07/2019 - 12:55

          I'd rather it be 720p and snappier (plus cheaper) than 1080p and sluggish.

          Is it actually snappier though? Because the CPU is not the same. I would expect the A20's CPU to be weaker than the A30's.

          • AmperSand on 06/07/2019 - 11:29

            @lostn: Yeah it is. I've tried them side by side in person and that's definitely how it seemed to me, however this is a store phone I didn't bother closing apps or screwing around. Also noticed the screen on the A30 seemed nicer quality colour/saturation wise, however this could just be settings I didn't bother to check while looking at them.

            In my opinion if you were going to bother forking out for the A30, wait for a good sale and go with the A50 if possible, its noticeably better.

  • andyman1908 on 04/07/2019 - 17:34

    Wife dropped her phone last night and I went browsing ozb to find her a cheapie. Was going to try my luck at Officeworks price matching the bigw Vodafone locked A20 (I've had luck doing the same for locked Oppo f1s before) for ~$170 but noticed at my local a couple of clearance mobile phones….ended up getting a Huawei Nova 2 lite for $115…saved me having to jump through hoops for the A20 ;)

  • adr8 on 04/07/2019 - 17:40
    +1

    Does anyone know if the A30 is Cat12 LTE same as the A40/A50? GSM arena doesn't mention it.

    Edit: Found a few sites that list Cat10 LTE for the A30.

  • Micky1967 on 04/07/2019 - 17:43

    Damn just paid 499 for the A50 through good guys store this morning

    • BooYa on 04/07/2019 - 18:32

      And I doubt they'll do anything about it, they charge a steep fee for their 'concierge' service, which I think gives you a peace of mind price drop guarantee

    • Steptoe on 05/07/2019 - 01:31

      28 Degrees Insurance?

  • Godric on 04/07/2019 - 17:45

    They aren't bringing the Samsung a80 to Australia it seems then

  • Gordon84 on 04/07/2019 - 17:56

    Hmm not sure whether to buy the a70 or s9

  • tanjimh on 04/07/2019 - 18:06
    +1

    Which one should I buy between A50 and A70. Is there any major difference between the two phones and how do they stack up with S9 range?

  • aussie1990 on 04/07/2019 - 18:12

    I bought the A50 in April during a transit at SIN Changi Airport.
    Great phone for the price - can recommend.

  • beverlyhills90210 on 04/07/2019 - 18:41

    How much RAM on the A50? 4/6gb? Also the specs don't indicate whether or not this model has NFC.

    • maxwellian on 04/07/2019 - 18:58
      +1

      I think it's reasonable to expect that it would match the only model showing on Samsung's Australia website which shows NFC and 4GB Ram

  • GoldcoastJoe on 04/07/2019 - 19:12

    2 year Australian Samsung warranty included. So it's tempting.

  • beverlyhills90210 on 04/07/2019 - 19:16

    can Samsung Pay work without NFC?

    If yes the 6gb/128gb model on tobydeals looks tempting even though it is non-Aus model
    https://www.tobydealsau.com/en_AU/product/samsung-galaxy-a50…

  • kaboomxyu on 04/07/2019 - 19:26

    Optus have the A30 for $299 (prepaid). https://offer.optus.com.au/shop/prepaidmobile/samsung-a30
    Would Officeworks price beat this?

  • leaency on 04/07/2019 - 19:54
    +2

    How does A50 compare with Moto G7 Plus currently at $359 @ TGG?

    • DamonT on 05/07/2019 - 12:56

      Would also love to know if Moto G6+ or A20 is worth it if the budget is sub $300.

  • apprentice on 04/07/2019 - 20:16

    What do the owners of A50 think about the camera quality? Doesn't sound very good reading from here https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/98m0xzq3?p=-1#bottom

  • mr_max_powers on 04/07/2019 - 22:02
    +1

    A20 is actually $223.20.

  • troy1976 on 05/07/2019 - 01:25

    Thanks. Bought the A20 as a spare. Nice specs for the price, especially for a Samsung.

  • lostn on 05/07/2019 - 07:55

    The phones look so similar but all have a different SoC. So confusing. I don't know how the average user without gsmarena is supposed to figure out which one to get. I'm comparing them all and still don't know.

  • Frankenstein Hunter on 05/07/2019 - 08:25

    I waited and waited and gave up on A70 for the lack of good deal on local stock. Now this comes up. Urgh

    Spent $870 for a s10+ with a 128gb Microsd card from employee program Samsung online store to get EOFY $150 back.

    To be honest for the price I shall not complain about s10+ but I do consider a70 to be very adequate in non-gaming user case. I would rather saving $350 to get a70 with bigger screen, longer last battery, faster charging.

  • DernKala on 05/07/2019 - 10:27
    +2

    I purchased the A70 yesterday. Here are my first impressions:

    1. As expected, the battery life is incredible. This phone beats the entire S10, iPhone and Pixel range when it comes to endurance.
    2. Samsung's UI is quite pleasant now. I like the dark mode.
    3. The under-screen fingerprint reader is fine, but using it will briefly disable the blue light filter which annoys me at night.
    4. Can't uninstall or disable many Samsung apps (contacts, calendar, messages etc.).
    5. The OLED screen is awesome. Very happy with resolution, saves a lot of battery compared to the QHD alternative on the S10 series and you really won't notice a difference in quality.
    6. Speaker gets pretty loud. Quality nothing to write home about but can't complain for this price.
    7. Love the flat screen - I never quite got used to the curves on the S series.
    8. Build quality is fantastic. Most people would probably think the back is glass, not plastic.
    9. Performance is great so far, although I haven't played any games.

    A few minor gripes but overall this is a major win for $520. I would take it over the Pixel 3a XL ($799) because of its bigger battery, larger screen and higher screen to body ratio.

    • lostn on 05/07/2019 - 12:58

      Can't uninstall or disable many Samsung apps (contacts, calendar, messages etc.).

      Not too many OEMs will let you do that without rooting the device. If I had to guess, it would be Chinese brands only.

      A few minor gripes but overall this is a major win for $520. I would take it over the Pixel 3a XL ($799) because of its bigger battery, larger screen and higher screen to body ratio.

      I'm going to wait and see prices on Redmi K20 Pro. If you do a direct conversion from US RRP, it will be about the same as this, but its specs smoke the A70. It's a flagship killer for mid range price as opposed to a mid range phone.

    • apprentice on 05/07/2019 - 15:56
      +1

      What about the camera?

    • bumblebeetuna on 05/07/2019 - 17:36

      Lookup ADB shell command. I used it to uninstall bixby without root. Use at your own risk, but pretty easy. Best day ever getting rid of that app :)

    • Frankenstein Hunter on 05/07/2019 - 19:49

      Congratulations on a great purchase.

      Pixel 3a xl is a "bargain" compared to Google's pixel 3 lineup but poor value proposition compared to pretty much anything else. Google's AU pricing is a joke too, $80 USD difference between 3a and 3a xl becomes $150 AUD.

      A70 is $500 king atm all things considered.

  • Ferocious on 05/07/2019 - 13:11

    Just purchased the A50 - good price and good specs.

  • jm456 on 05/07/2019 - 13:22

    regarding the A20 wifi connectivity, is the fact its missing AC and 5ghz a problem??

    A20: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz

    A30: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2.4G+5GHz, VHT80

    • maxwellian on 05/07/2019 - 13:26
      +1

      If you have to ask there is a good chance it won't be a problem for you.

      Almost all wifi hardware has retained 2.4ghz radios even if they have others

      • jm456 on 05/07/2019 - 13:57

        Thanks

        I do have a 5ghz modem, but using the 2.4ghz network should be fine for everything I do on my phone..

        Just checked and I get ~40mbps on 2.4ghz and ~95mbps on 5ghz

        • bumblebeetuna on 05/07/2019 - 17:40

          You'll get better signal throughout your house on the 2.4GHz frequency also. It travels father.

  • Cheapascents on 05/07/2019 - 14:02

    code isnt working for me

  • BuyNow Think Later on 05/07/2019 - 16:00

    Does the AU A70 version have Snapdragon rather than Exynos?

    • GoldcoastJoe on 05/07/2019 - 16:18
      +1

      Yes it has a snapdragon 675

  • CalmLemons on 05/07/2019 - 18:38

    Is the A20 even usable for youtube, google maps, phone calls and sms?

    • MINKx on 06/07/2019 - 02:18

      Very usable. Can't find faults for the price

  • Must Buy More on 05/07/2019 - 23:52

    I am finding it hard to make up my mind on whether to buy A70 or not.

    How bad is the camera? That's my main concern.

    • apprentice on 06/07/2019 - 23:04
      +1

      Very average according to most reviews.

  • kaBargain on 29/07/2019 - 11:26

    I've tried a Samsung A50 and the under screen fingerprint reader is pretty crap. Way too slow and I struggled to get it to work at all on someone else with workers fingers. - Think probably worse than 1st gen fingerprint scanners like the Samsung S5 or iPhone 5s.
    The rest of the phone seemed nice though.
    The Oppo Reno 10x Zoom I've used with its in display fingerprint scanner is almost as good as a regular one for comparison to the point I wouldn't complain or notice.

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