Will the Galaxy S II come down in price?

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#624356 13-May-2012 14:37

is it worth getting a S2 or Note right now or waiting until the S3 is released?

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#624443 13-May-2012 16:29

Got my note two weeks ago from einfo.co.nz and sold my galaxy s2 last week. Any screen smaller than note is too darn small for me

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#624448 13-May-2012 16:50

definitely wait until its released, prices are still high for them both although note is fairly good price if you shop around.

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#624465 13-May-2012 17:27

The S2 today @ Bond n Bond for $599 is ok, It probably wont get much cheaper than that for another couple of months at least.

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#624491 13-May-2012 18:50

It's interesting that these are being sold at about half the price of a year ago. Seems there must be a 100% markup going on here and I suspect it's Samsung that's taking the hit not the retailer in this case. Fire saling the older model before the new one hits the tracks May 29th..

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#624507 13-May-2012 20:05

kiwijunglist: The S2 today @ Bond n Bond for $599 is ok, It probably wont get much cheaper than that for another couple of months at least.

They had only 150 at that price, across the country (less than a dozen of those were in Christchurch) VF (firmware branded) units apparently.
Still cheaper than you'd get one at any Parallel importer... But don't know if you'll see that become the new list price for a long while yet. The S-II is still a premium unit.

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#625954 16-May-2012 10:55

Dick Smith have it at $659 in-store, 1-2pm today (Wednesday 16th May) only. Includes SII active pack for black or white device.

source: NZ Herald advert

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#626222 16-May-2012 15:18

Seems it's definitely coming down. It's a fantastic phone!

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#626275 16-May-2012 16:36

turboduncan: Seems it's definitely coming down. It's a fantastic phone!

I reckon the cheapest price will stabilise at about $600-650 soon for next 6 months or so, with the occasional lower special offer, judging by these recent special offers and the Pricespy price history graph.

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#626318 16-May-2012 17:23

I reckon if price follows the same trend, then the lowest price of the i9100 is likely to be the price it is now ($600) and maybe a slightly lower price in the Christmas sales (?$500)

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#626433 16-May-2012 19:55

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yes :)

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#626479 16-May-2012 20:34

I'm thinking I will keep an eye on the secondhand market to pick my moment to sell my S2 and get a GNex instead, am really Hoping the prices don't plummet: P

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#626492 16-May-2012 20:44

Does make it hard on us selling second hand ones on Trademe I was lucky to get mine sold this week still took a $250 hit

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#626499 16-May-2012 20:57

Why would ya sell?

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#626500 16-May-2012 20:58

After subsidy I paid $697 plus I got a $50 jb hifi voucher so I don't stand to lose too much which is good. Another sound reason for locking into a plan as the subsidy covers the lions share of the depreciation

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