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Optus confirms no LTE for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for the time being
When we first got confirmation that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was going to Optus we were also greeted with the news — via Optus’ Twitter account — that it would be the LTE version. When I checked that news against Optus’ website at the time it didn’t match up — there was not a single [...]
Vodafone now shipping the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Tablet Apple doesn’t want you to have
Remember when Apple tried to hush that Tablet? That Tablet being the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is now shipping from Vodafone’s warehouse to stores and customers who pre-ordered it online. To people who haven’t ordered one, you can either get it on all of Vodafone’s Tablet Plans with $24/mo repayments on each of them. If [...]
Samsung Galaxy S II, HTC Sensation free on Vodafone’s $29 Plan
If the Galaxy Nexus is a little bit out of your price range for the time being you can always snag some current generation Android devices for cheap. Vodafone is offering the Samsung Galaxy S II and HTC Sensation for $0 upfront on their $29 Plans on a 2 year contract. This equates to $696 [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus arrives at Vodafone’s warehouse, headed to stores for you to play with
Vodafone have contacted us to let us know the Galaxy Nexus has arrived en masse at their warehouse where it will be distributed to their stores as well as customers. If you’ve purchased your piece of Ice Cream Sandwich goodness from Vodafone, you should be getting your device very soon! If you already have a [...]
Plan Comparison: Samsung Galaxy Nexus on all Australian Carriers
Here you go folks, a comparison of the $59 (or close to) plans from each of the carriers selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. As usual it’s the VHA carriers getting most of the green with Telstra sitting on 1 good cell — they do have the best network though. Let us know what you think [...]
Crazy John’s jumps on the Galaxy Nexus bandwagon, offers eternal happiness for $0 on their $55 cap
Update: The preorders are now open. Have at it! I knew it was coming from Crazy John’s sooner or later and now the Galaxy Nexus will also be available from them on their $55 Value Plan for zero, zilch, none, null dollars upfront — one of the cheaper offers out there. The $55 Value Plan [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus goes on sale at Telstra from tomorrow, $0 on $79 cap
Well there we go folks, Telstra are getting Google’s flagship device, something I thought I’d never see. Telstra customers will be the first in Australia to get their hands on the Galaxy Nexus (through a carrier) when it goes on sale at their new Androidland store in Melbourne and Telstra Store in Sydney’s CBD — [...]
Telstra tease an Ice Cream Sandwich device coming soon to Telstra (video)
Well hello there random YouTube video from Telstra mentioning the combination of Ice Cream and Android coming soon to the nations biggest carrier. This can surely mean only one thing: Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The video can be viewed below; it doesn’t give much anyway or have anything really informative. Given that both Optus and Vodafone [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Vodafone announced with pricing, order now!
Here we go, the flood gates have opened. Vodafone has just tweeted that the Galaxy Nexus is now available for pre-order and is launching at $5 on the $59 Cap. The cap offers $750 of Calls and 2GB of data. If you order the device now you’ll receive it before the 16th of December, a [...]
Galaxy Nexus stock is going to be limited at best at release
With Optus and Virgin both unveiling price, I have been given information that I believe to be relatively on the ball and reliable. The information comes from within Samsung and relates to availability of the Galaxy Nexus upon launch, which is looking to be the 20th of December. It basically says, don’t hold your breath [...]
Virgin to launch the Galaxy Nexus on the $0 on Fair Go 59 – The wars begin
And so it begins. Today, it seems that Virgin have made the Galaxy Nexus available to customers. Virgin are launching the handset $0 on the Fair Go plan, which entitles the customer to $700 of calls and text and 3GB of data on a 24 month contract. Considering Optus are launching on the $79 Cap, [...]
Optus confirmed to carry Galaxy Nexus – Due in store approx December 20th
In what has been a painful wait Optus finally confirmed (internally) that they are going to carry the Galaxy Nexus. Due in store on or around the 20th of December for FREE, that’s right FREE on the $79 Business Cap (24 month contract). If they hold true to previous form, the phone will be available [...]
Dell discontinues the Streak 7 tablet, Optus still selling the last of their stock
It was under a month ago that Optus announced that they would be selling the Dell Streak 7 in the lead up to the Christmas holidays, it seemed pretty weird that it came out of nowhere and now we know why. Dell is discontinuing the Streak 7 — 4 months after ceasing production of the [...]