Wrap Up: Best Oz Note9 Pre-Order Offers
After the huge Samsung Galaxy Note9 launch early this morning, major carriers have started taking pre-orders. We’ve done a quick wrap up of some of the offers available right now.
(For Comparison) Samsung Direct Purchase:
- Free upgrade to 512 GB/8 GB edition.
- Outright purchase $1499.
- “Trade-Up” discounts. Find out details on “Trading-Up” here.
- Full details here.
- Free upgrade to 512 GB/8 GB edition.
- Recommended plan is 60GB and is priced at:
- Lease for $129 per month, $3096 minimum lifetime spend.
- Buy for $139 per month, $3,336 minimum life time spend.
- Free Galaxy Tab A (RRP $456).
- Peace of Mind Data plan ($10 per month for every data cap breach, limited speeds of 1.5mbps).
- Foxtel Now Starter Pack 24 month subscription.
- 60 GB data.
- 2 GB international roaming data plus unlimited talk and text.
- Full details here.
Optus:
- Free upgrade to 512 GB/8 GB edition.
- Recommended plan is 20 GB data + 5 GB bonus and is priced at:
- $95 per month for lease, $2,040 minimum life time spend
- $105 per month to own, $2,280 minimum life time spend
- Optus Sport, National Geographic, Music Streaming and Mobile TV Streaming bundled. Mobile TV will cost $5 per month extra, with a choice to renew each month.
- Unlimited calls and texts nationally and to 35 selected other countries.
- Full details here.
Vodafone:
- Free upgrade to 512 GB/8 GB edition.
- $Recommended plan is 80 GB data per month (advertised as being upgraded from 40 GB per month)
- 10,000 Qantas Points online
- Loyalty discounts for extending your plan to 24 month or 36 month periods.
- 10% off monthly fees if you’re signing up as an additional plan where your current plan is of equal or lesser value
- 2000 minutes for Zone 1, 200 minutes for Zone 2 International calls
- Full details here.
Wrap Up:
On paper, it looks like its between Telstra and Samsung for the best deal. Buying outright from Samsung and then going to a carrier for a deal on a sim is a good strategy. If you want to avoid the hassle, Telstra brings the value with a free tablet computer.