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    News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    Evolved model listed for as much as £708!
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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    Who on earth is gonna buy this?

    Look at the price

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    Will obviously be heavily subsidized through contracts but you have no chance of getting a free one at a reasonable monthly rate/term. Being the same price as an iphone 4 is dangerous, the summer is near with the 5 around the corner this needed to be cheaper (even slightly) which would put it at an excellent position.

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    If you look at what you are getting for your money, this phone is alot better value than the IPhone just the iOS is a much more refined OS with a better app store. Id buy the Samsung thou aslong as you can root it and the kernal isn't locked x

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    Its not about which phone is better here - its about the price and how it changed in the last 2 years.

    £700 for a phone? Come on!!!

    What next? Quad core Samsung Galaxy S V for £1500? Gaming version maybe for extra £200?

    This is just getting stupid.

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    well the hardware is substaintally better, so it follows the price can be too.

    however is this what people really want? Are they finding their phone too slow? The only use I could see is for web browsing which is always slow, most apps don't seem to have a problem, and I doubt anyone will be writing any games for it as its an andriod device and too neiche of a hardware spec....
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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    I agree it's a crazy price - £500 is a lot to pay and my budget tops out around there..i'd never consider paying £700 outright for one. This is not about whicih phone is better, but even at around the £500 price it's very dangerous and brave to position a device there, simply due to the threat of an iPhone. If the iPhone can undercut you then you are already fighting a losing battle in this market.

    The thing to remember is that its not just a phone anymore - its truely a mobile computing device, and rightfully should cost more than the standard £100-£200 smartphone. Phone calls are no longer the highest priority in these devices.

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    I don't think that price is to bad considering its a completely new model!

    Many smart phones that have been out a while are still priced in the £400-500 bracket?

    Give it 3-4 months and the premium price will have gone I expect

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    Quote Originally Posted by Spud1 View Post
    If the iPhone can undercut you then you are already fighting a losing battle in this market.
    With apple's quite liberal pricing strategy your almost certainly looking at the same prices for the 5 as what were offered with the 4. Vary rare they change a price for a newer model of a product. Which all in all is bad news for the Galaxy 2 i think.

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    Quote Originally Posted by Merson View Post
    With apple's quite liberal pricing strategy your almost certainly looking at the same prices for the 5 as what were offered with the 4. Vary rare they change a price for a newer model of a product. Which all in all is bad news for the Galaxy 2 i think.
    We'll have to see what they come up with for real retail prices on the launch date.

    If they had HTC Sense on it, then they would have a good chance up against the iPhone, as it replaces the stock UI with a much flashier and in many ways better, UI. It gives them a good selling point that gets away from the hardware focussed spiels that we've had for the past year. Sense is the one big thing that I miss from my old phone (a HTC Touch Pro) - it's the only mobile UI that comes close to the simplicity and ease of use that the iPhone provides.

    Regardless if they pitch it above the iPhone price wise I doubt they will see many sales sim free. I guess the key will be the network discounts that appear.

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    I was surprised to see the SIM-free iPhone 4 on the Apple store starting at just over £500 - I thought it would be more, given the cost of iPhone tariffs.

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S II price spots

    Quote Originally Posted by Spud1 View Post
    Regardless if they pitch it above the iPhone price wise I doubt they will see many sales sim free. I guess the key will be the network discounts that appear.
    I'm guessing many people as possible would be looking at the non networked route to avoid branding and the shambles that is network OS updating delays and bricking problems.

    Being a IOS user since the 3G i don't really have much say in the matter but it's one thing i almost applaud apple for, iPhone users do not get a horribly branded OS and updates are provided to everyone at the same time. Not sure on the in's and outs of debranding android or OS updates but it certainly seems easier on IOS.

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