Ok, so I've been planning on getting an S5 for ages and it's now out so I want it. I'm going to get it Sim free, and obviously I want it as cheap as possible. Does anyone know where I should get it from? There are a few online places with cheaper price tags, but I'm very worried as I've never heard of these places and it's quite risky buying something so expensive from them.

So can anyone help me and suggest a cheap and extremely safe/reliable place to buy the S5 from? Also, if I order it now, when am I likely to receive it by?

Thanks guys

Not safe but eBay av forums, gumtree will all have reputable sellers.. And at the cheapest pride.

Look here http://www.hotukdeals.com/ and do a search. You'll pay a lot because it's only just out.

IMHO go for the S4 or Note 3. As the S5 is not really much of an upgrade

I think Clove are the cheapest.

http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s5

Thank you, these are the kind of shops I've seen but not sure about. Also a website called Handtec.

Do you know if Clove, Handtec etc are safe to use?

Not used Clove but I've heard good things about them and people talking about the site etc.


Gumtree is ok too, I only say that because in most cases it's an individual selling an unwanted upgrade or something, and most sell from their home address(if not don't buy from them). Stick to that rule and you will be fine. I've bought a few phones from people off gumtree and they've all been legit. My current iphone 5 was bought from someone local off there too.

Handtec and Clove are both trusted.
I would say Clove is better as they are a bit more experienced and have good customer service.

Avoid gumtree imo.

Oh and why not wait for the inevitable price drop? History shows that the Galaxy S5 smartphone should drop in price in June and then later even more in September.

I am going to wait and get the LG G3 instead of the S5 http://www.stuff.tv/lg/mwc-2014/lg-g...e-out-may/news

2560x1440 Quad HD
5.5 inch screen, 16MP camera with optical image stabilisation

Good move.

If you can't wait for the LG G3 then you can go to the EU head office and break in and steal the one prototype they have of the LG G3 . It's the only one in Europe so security will be tight so make sure you plan it out first.

The LG G3 is going to be the phone with the specs that Samsung, Sony, HTC and others should have bought out. And thankfully LG are fixing a couple of things on the G3 that annoyed me with the G2. It's going to be an awesome phone. The G Pro 2 is already better than the Note 3 imo.
(can you see my LG bias shining through)

It actually has the same screen resolution of a 27" iMac ! 16MP camera with optical image stabilisation! an amazing 8 core processor, 3GB of RAM, all screen so no silly soft buttons at the bottom. This is the phone for me.

Don't believe everything you read regarding specs. But the OIS, screen res and 3GB RAM is true.

Well the processor is definitely right as LG have moved away from Qualcomm and there are already leaked benchmarks.

Sorry I didn't mean to hijack the thread, I just thought I'd say I was considering the S5 until I saw the LG G3, so I thought I'd give other people the heads up and consider waiting 6 weeks for the G3 to come out as specs wise it's a better phone, slightly bigger screen, better res, may have the fingerprint reader (not confirmed), same mega-pixel camera but with optical image stabilisation and looks like it beats the S5 to me.

Not sure if im allowed to post this here so apologies it not please delete, but I have a new S5 unlocked in White I am selling for £440 if anyone UK based wants?

Been a member on here for a while with lots of posts and can be found as a writer for CoolSmartPhone so have a good rep for a sale.

Again if not allowed to be posted please delete.

Cheers

Have you considered a nice Moto G

£400 savings for the same thing , give or take

Whatever LG brings Samsung will equal or top when they bring out the note 4

That's the advantage Samsung have with 2 flagship devices which are released at different times in the year.

LG do the same. G2 and G Pro 2 for example.
Im sure we'll get G3 before end of Q2 and G3 Pro at end of the year/early Q1 2015.

Thank you both. I probably won't buy from gumtree, ebay etc, because of a bad experience a family member had on a site like that. But will definitely consider Clove.

The reason why I want to get it now is because I've been saying to people for months that I'm getting the phone ASAP, and I can't risk looking like an idiot hahaha
Plus I've been waiting for it for over a year.

tesco direct £560, asda direct £599

GiffGaff have the S5 for S5 for £515.

The LG G3 will hopefully released with the Qualcomm 805 in the UK rather than some dodgy LG chip.

Don't believe everything you read.

But yes, thw G3 will beat the S5 im many departments.

An update guys: I ordered the phone recently from Giffgaff, and it should be here on Monday! Thank you to FInbaar, who suggested them, because they hadn't crossed my mind

Great specs but too big.

Exactly you have to be nuts to splash that cash out for the new S5 which is such an incremental upgrade.

It's a bigger step forward from the S4 than the Z2 is from the Z1 or the M8 is from the M7, yet no-one accuses people upgrading to those handsets of being nuts.

Not the same thing at all. The screen on the 5S is full HD and the camera is much better. The S5 has a micro SD card slot which the moto G doesn't have.

I won't even mention the performance differences.