The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge finally have an Australian release date: April 10. Preorders begin online this afternoon at 5pm. Both phones will hit Aussie shelves on the same day, although not with the same price tag.
Regretfully, Australian vendors will not offer the attractive blue or green models shown off at Mobile World Congress (MWC). Instead, only the black and white versions will be available.
The ‘flat’ S6 will begin at $999 for the 32GB option, climbing all the way to $1299 for 128GB.
The S6 Edge will start higher at $1149 for 32GB and end at a whopping $1449 for 128GB.
Not as expensive as they sound
Aussies may not be used to these kinds of price tags on phones, but that’s going to change. Last month, the entire iPhone range went up overnight. Now the 16GB iPhone 6 will run you the same $999 (up from $869) as the 32GB flat Galaxy S6, despite having half the storage.
The 32GB HTC One M9 debuted in Australia a little over a week ago with a price tag of $1099 – a full $100 more than the flat S6.
These new high prices are thanks to the weak Aussie dollar and you can bet they’ll stick around. Even if the AU dollar regains its former strength, once retailers feel that Aussies have accepted the higher pricing scheme they’ll want to keep it up as long as they can.
Telstra Plans
Telstra has its regular range of four plans going for the GS6 and GS6 Edge. The smallest plan is probably not worth your time, considering the next plan up is just $4 more for considerably more data. The 128GB model is currently out of stock.
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$55 Plan 500MB, unlimited text $550 talk & MMS $500/500MB bonus upgrade |
$70 Plan 1.5GB, unlimited text $700 talk & MMS $1000/1GB bonus upgrade |
$95 Plan 2.5GB, unlimited text $950 talk & MMS $1000/1GB bonus upgrade |
$130 Plan 3GB, unlimited text unlimited talk & MMS, 1GB bonus upgrade |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
32GB |
$80 | $84 | $95 | $130 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
64GB |
$84 | $88 | $99 | $132 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
128GB |
$88 | $92 | $103 | $134 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
32GB |
$86 | $88 | $99 | $134 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
64GB |
$90 | $92 | $103 | $138 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
128GB |
$94 | $99 | $110 | $142 |
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Galaxy S6 Telstra Plans |
Galaxy S6 Edge Telstra Plans |
Optus plans
Optus is offering both the flat S6 and the S6 Edge in 32GB and 64GB models, but the 128GB model is not yet available.
Plans start at $60 for the flat S6 and 500MB of data, although the $80 option has great value with a full 6GB for you to use monthly. Those two same plans are $66 and $85 respectively with the Galaxy S6 Edge.
Optus is offering 6 months of free Netflix access (data usage still charged) for new subscriptions.
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$35 Plan Up to 300 minutes of calls, 500MB, unlimited SMS & MMS, 6 month Netflix subscription |
$50 Plan Up to 600 minutes of calls, 1GB, unlimited SMS & MMS, 6 month Netflix subscription |
$60 Plan Unlimited standard calls, 3GB*, Unlimited SMS & MMS, 6 month Netflix subscription |
$80 Plan Unlimited standard calls, 6GB*, unlimited SMS & MMS, 6 month Netflix subscription |
$100 Plan Unlimited standard calls, 10GB*, unlimited SMS & MMS, 6 month Netflix subscription |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
32GB |
$60 | $70 | $76 | $80 | $100 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
64GB |
$65 | $75 | $81 | $85 | $100 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
128GB |
$70 | $80 | $86 | $90 | $104 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
32GB |
$66 | $75 | $81 | $85 | $100 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
64GB |
$72 | $81 | $88 | $92 | $106 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
128GB |
$77 | $86 | $93 | $97 | $110 |
*Amount includes bonus data offer
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Galaxy S6 Optus Plans |
Galaxy S6 Edge Optus Plans |
Vodafone plans
Vodafone has the S6 and S6 Edge on a range of plans. Its Red Plans in particular have plenty to love. A choice between varying length subscriptions to either Spotify or the SMH, 2 months of unlimited data on the Data Workout promotion, bonus data each month for the life of the contract, 300 minutes of international calls and infinite text both within Australia and to overseas numbers.
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$70 RED Plan 3GB**, infinite standard calls and text, infinite text here and overseas, 300mins overseas calls, 6 months free Spotify or SMH subscription, 2 months Data Workout, Red Roaming |
$80 RED Plan 4GB**, infinite standard calls and text, infinite text here and overseas, 300mins overseas calls, 6 months free Spotify or SMH subscription, 2 months Data Workout, Red Roaming |
$100 RED Plan 6GB**, infinite standard calls and text, infinite text here and overseas, 300mins overseas calls, 6 months free Spotify or SMH subscription, 2 months Data Workout, Red Roaming |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
32GB |
$80 | $84 | $95 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
64GB |
$84 | $88 | $99 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
128GB |
$88 | $92 | $103 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
32GB |
$86 | $88 | $99 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
64GB |
$90 | $92 | $103 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
128GB |
$94 | $99 | $110 |
**Bonus data available
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Galaxy S6 Vodafone Plans |
Galaxy S6 Edge Vodafone Plans |
Virgin Mobile plans
Virgin now has its preorder plans for both S6 phones live, although like the rest there's no option currently to order the 128GB models.
We left out the $30 plan in the table below. Once you factor in monthly phone repayments, there's no point in going for it over the $40 plan; there's about a $1 difference between the two.
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$40 Plan $450 included value for calls and text, 500MB |
$50 Plan $500 included value for calls and text, 1GB |
$60 Plan $700 included value for calls and text, 2GB |
$80 Plan Unlimited calls and text within Australia, 4GB |
$100 Plan Unlimited calls and text within Australia, 6GB |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
32GB |
$60 | $67 | $73 | $80 | $100 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
64GB |
$67 | $71 | $78 | $85 | $100 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6
128GB*** |
$74 | $75 | $83 | $90 | $103 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
32GB |
$65 | $73 | $78 | $85 | $100 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
64GB |
$72 | $78 | $85 | $92 | $106 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
128GB*** |
$76 | $83 | $90 | $97 | $110 |
***128GB models out of stock at time of publication
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Galaxy S6 Virgin Plans |
Galaxy S6 Edge Virgin Plans |
Alex Angove-Plumb
Digital Content Editor
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