Will the Galaxy S3 come down in price with the launch of the S4

Malc_44

The S4 is launched today, but I am not that bothered about having one as they will be charging top dollar since it is brand new.
This could be a opportunity to get an S3 for a more reasonable price. It is still a very good phone and I had a look at one the other week. It looked brilliant.
My contract with 3 is up in a couple of months with my Galaxy Ace.
Should be a perfect opportunity to get a new phone and contract. Also not having to pay silly money for the privilege.

ollyshaw

Seems to be coming down in price already. You can get it for £20 a month now!

http://www.buymobilephones.net/samsung/samsung-galaxy-s3

Olly

MillicentBystander

Just as night follows day But to be honest if you are in the market for a high end phone I would suggest you consider buying the fantastic Google Nexus 4 outright direct from Google and pairing it with one of the many many superbly cheap SIM only (30 day commitment) deals out there at the moment. 24 months contracts are for crazies (unfortunately I'm a crazee too as i'm 12 months into a 24 month contract but have seen the light and will no longer commit myself to a mobile company).

ashleyturner

MillicentBystander is right, the Google Nexus 4 is something worth considering. Also the price of the S3 should come down when the S4 is officially released, usually the resell value takes a dip on a mobile phone for 30 days after a newer model is released.

For example the value of an iPhone sold on ebay/phone recycling sites dropped 30-40% and the market gets flooded with all these accessible second hand mobiles.

My advice would be to pop into a shop and have a play about with both demo phones, when the S4 is released, wait a week or two and see what deals come out

Fifer

The Nexus 4 is a great phone, spoiled by lack of expandable storage which makes it a non starter for me. There has been talk of a S3 refresh which, if true, might make the original S3 even more of a bargain until stocks are exhausted.

mrobsessed

MillicentBystander wrote: »

...pairing it with one of the many many superbly cheap SIM only (30 day commitment) deals out there at the moment.

Can you give more details about these deals and how they work, please?

Cheers,
MrO

Abbafan1972

ollyshaw wrote: »

Seems to be coming down in price already. You can get it for £20 a month now!

http://www.buymobilephones.net/samsung/samsung-galaxy-s3

Olly

Are these sites reliable and is the handset definitely free? When you go direct to the network site and pick the same tariff, you have to pay over £200 for the phone! :eek:

parahandy

If anyone is interested... Got a phone call from Dial-A-Phone last night and they are starting pre-orders for the S4 from tomorrow.

will-he-payitoff

Abbafan1972 wrote: »

Are these sites reliable and is the handset definitely free? When you go direct to the network site and pick the same tariff, you have to pay over £200 for the phone! :eek:

This is where I got my S3 from and ive had no problems. You have to take out insurance at £7 pm but you can cancel this with a text message. If you want to go with a well known shop try Tesco mobile they offer much the same deals.