Telstra to announce Galaxy S II launch date, pricing this week
- 27 June, 2011 11:38
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Telstra's Samsung Galaxy S II Android smartphone
Telstra has revealed it will announce the launch date for the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S II Android smartphone this Thursday 30 July.
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Detailed on Telstra's official Twitter account, Telstra will be the last telco in Australia to launch the Galaxy S II. The phone originally launched on Optus at the beginning of this month, and was then made available through Vodafone about a week later.
Telstra has not announced its pricing plans for the Galaxy S II, but the nation's largest telco is expected to price the phone higher than both of its rivals. Optus offers the Galaxy S II on a range of plans, starting at $0 on Optus’ $79 cap over 24 months, while Vodafone has the device for $0 on its $65 infinite plan over 24 months.
Samsung officially launched the Galaxy S II in Australia last month and described it as "the biggest mobile phone launch for Samsung this year." The news of the Galaxy S II's imminent launch on Telstra follows the announcement that HTC's flagship smartphone of 2011, the HTC Sensation, will also launch exclusively through Telstra in July.
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Comments
Wayne
1
Yet another lie by Tesltra 30th of June has come and gone and we are now at the 4th of July and still no sign of a release date by Telstra, the samsung users are baying for blood but Telstra couldn't care less.
Jeff
2
http://feedback.telstra.com.au/forums/106069-website-feedback/suggestions/1918079-samsung-galaxy-s2?page=1
A fascinating page of disappointment and lies by Telstra as to the release of the Galaxy S2. A Perth Telstra store told me on Friday 1 July that it should be available on Telstra 26ish of July but definitely 27 or 28 July. That is two months after optus. Telstra has still not released officially a date or cost of plans. They are losing customers by the day - and fair enough.
Nat
3
What I dont understand is why everyone NEEDs this new phone. Chances are you already have a perfectly good, working smartphone. Sure we want the latest and greatest - but really its not going kill us if we have to wait for a couple of weeks.