Want to know which carrier is offering great value on the brand new Samsung Galaxy S III? Take a look at our always awesome table comparing the major telcos and their similarly priced plans. Remember, you have to take into account your own personal preference, each networks capabilities in your area and all that wonderful [...]

As you can see from the above Optus has just announced their pricing and plans for the Samsung Galaxy S III, starting on the $50 a month plan with a $12 handset repayment, you can get the 16GB handset in either White which is available for Next Business day delivery to metro areas or in [...]

Well that’s a surprise! The telco’s appear to be releasing the Galaxy SIII for the same monthly repayments on comparable monthly plans. As mentioned by Daniel in his post about Vodafone’s launch of the Galaxy SIII they’re charging $5 a month for the device on a $59 plan. I’ve received information today telling me that [...]

We’ve received word and a photo from a tipster, confirming that Optus stores are set to receive a shipment of devices outside of business hours tomorrow morning. Our source was able to confirm it’s the Samsung Galaxy S III by providing the invoice of the shipment. The source went on to say that a shipment [...]

Well how about this. Our own Matty Booth pointed out to me that on Samsung’s support site it lists versions of the Galaxy S III that are going to launch. Lo and behold there are versions for Vodafone (VAU), Optus (OPS) and a few versions for Telstra (TEL). The GT-i9300 is just the basic Galaxy [...]

Today Motorola Australia has announced the launch of the Motorola Defy Mini, the phone will be available on Optus pre-paid for an RRP of $199 which includes $30 of credit it will be available today from Dick Smith and Optus retailers and from Kmart and Target on Monday 22nd of May. The phone which at [...]

The amount of hype that has built up around the Galaxy S III launch has been pretty big, I’ve had a number of people who have shown no interest in mobile phones previously asking me what the Galaxy S III would have hardware wise. So this morning, I was kind of expecting to see a [...]

The same HTC but with a lot more common ‘Sense’ In 2011 HTC got really excited about releasing their Sensation phone, however in light of what Motorola and Samsung were doing with their Dual-Core offerings in that year, this phone fell short of the calibre of 2011 devices. Despite the Sensation not quite being the [...]

While the initial Android 4.0.3 “Ice Cream Sandwich” update for the Samsung Galaxy S II on Optus may have only been for a select amount of users, going by the amount of people telling up Ice Cream Sandwich is now available for them, we can confirm it’s now available for everyone. To update your device [...]

Samsung have just pushed the Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for the Galaxy S II on Optus to Kies. The update may be available for download over-the-air (let us know in the comments) or you can download it via Samsung Kies 2.0. OPS = Australia (Optus) I9100XWLP4/I9100OPSLP4sammobile.com/kies — SamKiesUpdates (@SamKiesUpdates) April 3, 2012 Optus [...]

Looking to root your brand new HTC One X that you just purchased from Optus, Vodafone, Crazy John’s, Virgin or outright from somewhere? Well you’re in luck. Paul at MoDaCo has released a method to root your brand new device, and it’s fairly simple and straightforward. We’re going to tell you right now we take [...]

If your one of the many people that prefer to buy your new devices outright instead of being tied to a carrier, Allphones just might have an attractive deal for you. They’ve put up the HTC One X and Sony Xperia S on their online store for the, somewhat unexpected, low prices of $658 and [...]

Sony Mobile today confirmed where, when and how the Xperia S will be available in Australia. Optus will have the Xperia S available in Black from ‘early April’, we believe it will be $0 on the $49 cap. Vodafone will have the Xperia S available in White from 11 April, also believed to be $0 [...]