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[Preorder] Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (512GB, 8GB RAM) $1499 Normally $1799 from Samsung Australia / Multiple Retailers
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That price, son. Holy actual balls.
looks like I'm keeping my S7, thanksI recently used a second hand $200 S6 for a few days. It was really surprising how close it was to being as good as an S8.
Each generation has diminishing returns, they are trying everything they can to keep the 12 month cycle going but sooner or later people will realise its a scam.
@garetz: agree there. 24 months at a minimum. But I upgraded from my S6 to S8 and I noticed a fairly big difference personally, including battery life (well, especially battery life…S6 was pretty crap there, if great everywhere else). . All depends how you use it I guess.
@KLoNe: Yep, but I was thinking about a new phone and also needed more data than what I could get by churning around to different prepaid packs every month. Jumped on the $59/mo 20GB S8 deal that was going here a while back in November. Made sense, and still very happy.
@garetz: If you don't update often enough, then they cut off security updates. I've got a perfectly good S4 4G (I9505), the only thing wrong with it is the old Android version :(
@affinity: Custom roms usually solve that but understandably people prefer the convenience of a new phone…
Agreed. Although I used my trusty iphone 5s for 5 years before upgrading. Don't intend on upgrading again for another 5 years. It's the way to go! Was looking at budget models but it is better to go for a higher price point to get a better, longer lasting, phone.
Agree. Still running my s6 edge+, about to get a new battery installed.
@KLoNe: when are the batteries manufacturered?
Lithium batteries degrade over time regardless u use them or not.
As a phone reaches its EOL, chances are all batteries that can be bought are old and simply won’t be as good as newly manufacturered batteries for newer model phoneUnfortunately it’s the fact of commercial reality.
Where are the digital tv additions, like I saw in 2012.
Where is DAB2 radio?Where is the thermal imaging camera stuff some have.
Hello, give us 2 microSD slots, not 1. Holy cow what an idea.
different ecosystems can’t compare software wise, don’t know why people keep doing it it, it’s like comparing windows 10 to linux …..they all run on a PC are are very different to use .
If you're deciding which to buy then you kinda gotta.
Well the decision is practically swayed by how heavily invested you are when it comes to say apps.
If you have spent hundreds of dollars on apps from apples app store. You may think twice about moving to android.
People always go on about that, like how they've bought so many apps they wouldn't switch.
I consider myself a pretty tech heavy user and the amount of payed apps I use on a regular basis would be about $20 worth or under… Certainly not enough to sway my decision on which $1500+ phone to buy.
Do people really have hundreds of dollars worth of payed apps they use regularly?
@brad1601: I'm looking at my phone, and I have 3 apps that are paid. One of which isn't on Android, one is $11, the other is $8. The rest are free. It's definitely no an amount of money to have any influence on which phone I'd buy. My main reasons for staying with Apple at the moment, is Apple Wallet, Scrivener, and ibooks as a audiobook player(better than anything I could find on Android by far.) If those 3 things were fixed on Android I'd move back to that in an instant.
Looking forward to iPhone Xi China Edition :D
You can get an up front discount of $125 using the trade up program on certain devices like my s7. You don't have to actually hand in phone according to the t&cs.
I read the terms and conditions. In section 3. It mentions to remove the sim before handing your phone over for trade up.
The trade up is made of 125 discount in advance on the N9 and 175ish for the s7. The terms only talk about the cash handed over for the old handset… not the discount
you'd get more for an old S7 selling on eBay, Gumtree or the Marketplace….or online recycle centres like mobile munster and others
Oh and i heard a lot of stories, where Samsung will say, sorry we dont accept your trade in , it has a fault.
You only get max $25 back, and we keep your phone. Where defects could be ultra tiny or non existant.
Theres no way to double check or get proof or pay to get your phone back.
All Samsung trade in deals are crap, do not do them.
I bet you they destroy them to reduce competition from old hand sets, they want new ones in the market
only.
I’ll buy everyone’s functioning S7s for $126.
Doesn't seem to be too different from the Note 8. I'll keep my 8 and upgrade when Note 10 is out :D
Wouldn't recommend that, Note 11 will most likely be the first Note with 5G
+1, 5G is such a huge thing, I definitely wouldn't upgrade to (such an expensive) phone without it
The thing is that is still at least 2 years away. There's another phone cycle in there :)
I wouldn't be sticking to a 4 year old phone waiting for 5G personally.
If it's only 3 years like the Note 8, fair enough. Anything older and nah.I'm still using an Xperia Z3, if I had the 32gb model (like I did with my Galaxy S3) then I wouldn't be wanting to upgrade it other than to muck about with some VR stuff, but I'd be better off just buying a PC VR headset for that anyway.
I don't see the need to upgrade for anything else (seeing as I don't bother with mobile gaming).
Thought they said this was going to be the last note?
Next year's top models will be 5G across the board.
Note 8 will be solid for many years to come.
Depends how good the curry ROMs over at XDA are after official support ends.
Exactly right, right now I'm using a custom ROM that has tons of S9 features like Dolby Atmos, AR Emoji, S9 camera etc, plus there's 384GB of space so I couldn't be happier haha. Upgrading for some minor changes would just be pointless. Samsung have already made patents for the Galaxy X which is a foldable phone like ZTE Axon M, I may wait for this instead if the specs are high.
Same price at JB Hi-Fi.
Here is the list of stores that have the pre-order offer:
SAMSUNG RETAIL STORES
JB Hi-Fi
SAMSUNG ONLINE STORE
Officeworks
TELSTRA
The Good Guys
OPTUS
Bing Lee
VODAFONE
Qantas Q Store
Harvey NormanAny have additional discounts codes or cash back?
If you have access to discounted gift cards you may get some savings
Seems you get less and less improvements each iteration yet the price increase gets more and more. It's almost like they're trying test our pain threshold. The only way to keep prices down is for us to call shenanigans and stop buying.
Well if apple people did just that we wouldn't be in this predicament. And yet here we are.
Prices go up because people buy but if people start thinking wisely, manufacturers have to adapt not the other way around.
I'm happy with my $330 Chinese brand phone because it does everything same as a $1,800 phone plus I don't inflate Samsung's shares.Rubbish.
Chinese phones are fine unless you get the absolute bottom of the barrel, never to be updated model.
@icecold I've got 3 words for you: Oppo Find X
At this point, what major game changing improvements could there really be?
I’m using a 3.5 yo phone. It’s still fast enough. The camera is good enough. It still gets OS updates and runs all the apps I need. All the big new features are just a bit of glitter - nice, but not really worth the cost to upgrade.
Phone manufacturers need to sell and in order to do the phones should be outdated within 1-2 years, in the mean time they release a new world primate phone No.6 then No.7, No.8 and so on same as it's happening with computer hardware.
The fault is of the majority of consumers who keep buying this marketing BS.I agree with you , I have a Note 4 which i purchased in 2015 compared to this the features are the almost the same but OS update has been stopped
Why do we need the latest updated OS's security when government agencies are spying on us, Google spy on us, all applications on the phones spy on us, phone network providers spy on us and sell our private details to marketing scammers?
Just get a custom ROM, problem solved :D
I'm still using a Note 3 which was $699, and I'm still happy with everything and is going strong. I don't see the need to change if it's not broken and the new price is crazy!
At this point, what major game changing improvements could there really be?
Sounds like what they would have said right before the smartphone came along.
It's actually the same RRP for same storage size, they just added bigger storage to the lineup.
512GB storage is not an essential feature when it supports SD card and USB drives. Though pre order is cheap bonus.
So really they have just refreshed the production line with minor upgrades at the same price.
Nobody is being forced onto a 12 month upgrade cycle, they just don't want to keep making an outdated model for more than a year.
For some consumers, availability means necessity. Human nature.
agree i wish all humanity can stand together against those fxxx manufacturers and refuse to buy newly release product make them suffer with unsold inventories at warehouses, make them know do not rip people off
THe pre-order price is interesting. One angle of thinking is perhaps the new apple will destroy this phone so they are hoping to get as many buyers in as possibly.
But its a good price within samsung models. Same price as the S9+ 256Gb and this one has some nice extra features.
"new apple will destroy this phone"
Haven't laughed so loud in years!
Don't forget the $150 worth of vbucks (Fortnite in game currency) which should also come with this - not sure how they'll do it but should be sellable. Oh and a 'galaxy' skin which someone will pay an exorbitant amount for.
Doesn't seem like this is too bad a price actually!
Hopefully it can be tied to your normal fortnite account. I aint making another account just for the occasional mobile run
Yeah just sign in with your epic games account and it can cross platform with everything except PS4.
I believe the vbucks is US only?
Am I right in thinking that pre-ordering from JB would be a better idea if I'm wanting to hit up price protection in the next 24 months? That JB would be more likely to have a decent sale than the Samsung store? I've never followed pricing on official websites.
Working at JB for 5 years. Not a chance usually limited stock and the managers will write you up even if you take $10 off. The managers logic is if you wont pay full price someone else will. All the retailers will sell at the same price
Where do you get price protection for 24 months?
maybe 12
Coles credit card
Hang on. Why does the website says Hybrid SIM? Is it now dualsim???
Sim/SD Card
About damn time they realised that Australia also wants dual SIM variants. Absolute wanks.
Carriers selling single sim versions only
The non telco version or open variant model should be the dual sim
Samsung not hyping or marketing dual sim here, perhaps just to keep the telcos happy…. but they are for sale
There isn't enough difference between this and the Note 8 other than a newer CPU and a tricky pen (even the camera is arguably better). Not worth the upgrade unless you are running a few generations behind (eg. Note 3/4, S5/S6). Even then, I'd argue you get better value going to a much discounted Note 8 or S9+.
Everyone is waiting for the Note X/10 edition where tons of changes are promised.
Hey dont forget it can play fortnight lol
Haha must me marketing it so kids can nag their parents for one
@solidussnake: Kids are better off nagging their parents for an S7/S8/Note 8 or a Galaxy Tab hahaha
I've got the launcher installed, waiting for the Pixel release in the coming days :D
Edit: 12th August it's released for all compatible Android devices@clubhonda: you not subscribed to new age parenting 101?
They get iphone X and macbook pro or you get reported to DoCS for cruelty to a child.
/s
Got my s9+ 256gb for $880 :)))
Yes, a discounted older phone is an excellent decision.
It really is ridiculous though it seems like the retail price drops by $400 in just 6 months with these new phones.
Where did you get it for that price ? :O
Interesting price! What shop / deal?
When I look at the page it says this has Hybrid sim - ".. Single SIM is ideal for everyday use with only one phone number available. With Hybrid SIM, keep all your important files, photos, and videos with a MicroSD card, or use a second SIM that gives you the freedom to have two phone numbers."
Do we finally have a dual sim samsung flagship for Oz?
Thats how I read it. If so, quite an improvement I have to say.
$1.5K for an iPhone. That's just crazy.
$1K+ for any phone, that's just crazy.
$1000 phones have always been around since phones have been available. The iphone 3GS was $1000 for their top of the line model 64GB model.. As with the Nokias back in the day (N97/E90 communicators etc) or going further back, the StarTACs and earlier phones. It's nothing new and always been the price for the flagship products of the Mobile industry.
I'm guessing Samsung is trying a new tactic.
That is adding value to their brand with each new release with just a slight face lift instead of any significant new features. So watch how the image conscious will run out & buy this instead of looking at the value for money in buying this.
I'm sticking with my HTC One m8.If you are image conscious you get an iphone x. That's a status symbol. Note 9 looks like the note 8 and is more the domain of men in their late 20's/30s
LOL!
If you actually think people these days give a shit about what phone you have you need to take a good look around mate.
There’s some truth in that — see all the phones rushed out with “notches”. The S9 has not sold well, need more “men in their late 20’s/30s”. LOL [What do “men in their early 30s use?]
That has literally been there tactic since they launched the galaxy series.
They do a major overhaul every 2 years.
S6 and s7 are similar. As are s4 and s5.
As are s8 and s9.
It's been like this the whole time.
looks like that might replace my S7, thanks