On Friday, the only local importer offering the Galaxy S III was Mobicity — and then, only if you wanted the 16GB variant. Kogan’s entered the fray as well, and both vendors have the 16, 32 and 64GB models on pre-order.
At yesterday’s Galaxy Note launch, I queried Samsung’s telecommunications VP Tyler McGee about the differences between the Note launched yesterday and the models you’ve been able to buy for months from direct importers. His answer wasn’t terribly satisfactory, relying largely on stating that web-based phone sales might not be accurate. Over at Lifehacker, Gus looks into whether or not you can trust direct market phones, and what Aussie law has to say on the matter. [Lifehacker]
With Mobile World Congress having concluded, the smartphone market is seriously heating up. But which of the super phones coming soon will be your next handset? Here’s how these upcoming beasts compare.
Exciting times are afoot if you’re coming off contract soon. Australia’s first 4G phone (the Velocity 4G) arrived yesterday, alongside the Samsung Omnia W, our first second-gen Windows Phone. Then there are upcoming phones like the HTC Titan II, Sony Xperia S, Nokia Lumia 900 and the Asus Padfone. Here’s how these upcoming beasts compare.
Want one right now? Well you can’t have one. But the local grey importers have started offering pre-orders on imported models.
Quite possibly the most anticipated Android handset of the year is on the verge of getting an official Australian release, but according to Mobicity, there’s a bit of a global shortage of the Samsung Galaxy S II already.
Wow. If ever there was a concept product I thought was destined to become Vaporware, it would have been the Modu modular mobile phone. Even when it was rumoured to be hitting production, I still thought it would never see the light of day, let alone release in Australia. But I was wrong – Mobicity has become the official Australian distributor for the handset, and it’s available now.
