Samsung Galaxy S5 Preorder: $779 +$29 for Shipping - Cheapest in Australia According to Gizmodo

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deal seeking missile on 03/04/2014 - 04:33 millennius.com (390 clicks)

According to Gizmodo Australia it the cheapest they've seen in the country.
849+shipping at kogan and 899+shipping at MobiCity
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/04/the-samsung-galaxy-s5-pric…

Design

OS:
    Android (4.4.2)
Dimensions:
    5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 inches (142 x 72.5 x 8.1)
Weight:
    5.11 oz (145 g)

Rugged:
        Water, Dust resistant
    IP certified:
        IP 67

Display

Physical size:
    5.1 inches
Resolution:
    1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density:
    432 ppi
Technology:
    Super AMOLED
Touchscreen:
        Multi-touch
Features:
    Light sensor, Proximity sensor

Camera

    16 megapixels
    Flash:LED

    Aperture size:F2.2

    Camera sensor size:1/2.5"

    Features:
        Autofocus, Phase detection autofocus, Touch to focus, Manual focus, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Camcorder:
        3840x2160 (4K) (30 fps)
    Features:
        Digital image stabilization, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Front-facing camera: 2.1 megapixels

Hardware

System chip:
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974-AC
Processor:
    Quad core, 2500 MHz, Krait 400
Graphics processor:
        Adreno 330
System memory:
    2048 MB RAM
Built-in storage:
    16 GB
Maximum User Storage:
    10.7 GB
Storage expansion:
    microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 128 GB

Battery

Talk time:
    21.00 hours
    the average is 12 h (739 min)
Stand-by time:
    16.2 days (390 hours)
    the average is 21 days (498 h)
Capacity:
    2800 mAh

Multimedia

Music player:
    Filter by:
        Album, Artist, Playlists
    Features:
        Album art cover, Background playback
Speakers:
    Earpiece, Loudspeaker
YouTube player:
    Yes

Internet browsing

Browser:
        Google Chrome
Built-in online services support:
    YouTube (upload), Picasa/Google+

Technology

GSM:
    850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
Data:
    LTE Cat4 Downlink 150 Mbit/s, LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
Positioning:
    GPS, A-GPS
Navigation:
    Turn-by-turn navigation

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
        4.0
Wi-Fi:
        802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
    Mobile hotspot:
        Yes
USB:
        USB 3.0
    Connector:
        microUSB
    Features:
        Mass storage device, USB charging
Other:
    NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync, Infrared

Other features

Notifications:
    Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Sensors:
        Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, Compass, Hall, Fingerprint ID, Gesture, Barometer, Step detector, Step counter
    Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

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  divineiniquity on 03/04/2014 - 07:22

  Some reviews on Millenius from Whirlpool here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1956332

  Feedback is slightly negative but some of the posts are a bit outdated (going back to 2012).

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  ABZ300 on 03/04/2014 - 07:25

  Apparently there will be 2 cpu versions being released, one with snapdragon & the other with cortex. I wonder which one the aus region will be getting.

  Great price indeed. But im going to wait a few weeks after the release till i get mine as i want to wait & see if anybody has any issues with them & if the price would get lower.

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    hamwhisperer on 03/04/2014 - 07:49

    Well who knows, if you buy from either of those 2 stores you could be getting a grey import

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    cakesy on 03/04/2014 - 10:21

    There has been for the last two, s3 and s4, with the US getting the crappier processor.

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      King Tightarse on 03/04/2014 - 10:54

      Good point,two different possible processors.

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    ProspectiveDarkness on 03/04/2014 - 11:09

    Apparently there will be 2 cpu versions being released, one with snapdragon & the other with cortex

    Exynos, I think you mean. The Snapdragon will probably be in the 4G variant and the Exynos in the 3G, if history is anything to judge by.

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  snappy1234 on 03/04/2014 - 07:27

  -1

  Thanks

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  cpho on 03/04/2014 - 10:20

  +1

  I wouldn't worry too much about the site/grey import. They're a registered Australian business. If anything does go wrong, you will always have consumer law to back you up. Even if it's grey import, because they're the importer, all issues will go back to them, so you don't need to stuff around with sending it to China/HK/wherever.

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  King Tightarse on 03/04/2014 - 11:54

  +1

  Does anyone know the usual pattern with discounts and a new Galaxy S release?
  How long before the launch premium drops away and prices settle?

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  lostn on 03/04/2014 - 13:21

  How much faster is 801 over 800? Is it a generational leap?

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    ProspectiveDarkness on 03/04/2014 - 17:27

    Is it a generational leap?

    Nope, not even close. All the important bits are exactly the same; it still has Krait 400 and Adreno 330 - everything's just clocked slightly higher (and there's still a clock speed difference between some versions of the 801 - namely the Z2 version and GS5 version. Who knows why). Apparently it has some small improvements regarding image processing and faster memory support, but I doubt you'd notice the difference terribly much outside of benchmarks.

    The 805 (which is what everyone was expecting this year) is a more significant upgrade - whether it's huge or a 'generational leap' depends on how you want to look at things. It'll have a faster LTE modem (don't know if networks in Aus are fast enough to saturate our current ones, though), improve on the 801's image processing, have a (supposedly) more efficient Krait 450 and a (supposedly) 40% faster Adreno 420. Qualcomm has been saying that the 805 was designed with 4K resolution in mind, so there's that.

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      lostn on 04/04/2014 - 03:40

      I'm a bit disappointed. Apple's upgrades are pretty big each year in terms of speed.

      I think 4k for 805 is marketing speak. The display itself isn't capable of 4K, so what is it going to be good for? Even 805 doesn't sound like a big jump over 800. They went from 600 (GS4, One M7, XpZ) to 800 which at 200 units at least sounds like a significant jump. Going from 800 to 801 or 805 sounds like either a failure on Qualcomm's part in naming it, or just not that big a leap.

      This new GS5 phone is quite expensive for what appears on paper an incremental upgrade. It's more expensive than last year's model I'm quite sure and tbh there's not much exciting about it.

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  ronnknee on 03/04/2014 - 16:26

  +1

  I might skip the S5. It doesn't seem that much of an improvement of the S4.

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    King Tightarse on 03/04/2014 - 17:08

    Well its sorta waterproof - thats quite good

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      lostn on 04/04/2014 - 03:45

      S4 active was water proof also.

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    lostn on 04/04/2014 - 03:44

    Same. I was all hyped up for S4, but waited for sales, expecting it to drop as quick as S3 did but it never happened. I wanted to buy it for $400 or under. I don't think we've ever reached that price. By the time I gave up waiting the S5 was close, so I thought, hey I've waited this long, may as well skip it and go S5 instead. But the phone was incredibly disappointing.

    With S4, they increased the screen by 0.3" yet didn't increase the size of the phone. In fact they slightly shrunk it. The magic was in reducing the bezel. With S5, they increased the screen by 0.1" but had to increase the phone size by more than that (bigger bezel). Lame. And after all the complaints about cheap plastic casing, and then rumors they would switch to metallic casing, they went with plastic again.

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  KOBH on 03/04/2014 - 17:38

  +1

  Paying $808 for a grey import phone comes with 12 months warranty is CRAZY!

  You better off wait for Dicksmith's upcoming 13% off site wide sales.

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    lostn on 04/04/2014 - 03:45

    Will Dick set an upper limit on the discount %?

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      KOBH on 04/04/2014 - 20:14

      They might. In the past 10 days, they had 10%, 11% and 12% sitewide sales.