Originally Posted by Chrysalis:
“I remember S5s costing near £500 not long ago, wow.”
Yes, Samsung phones no longer hold their value due to serious competition from Asia, e.g. the OnePlusOne and similar.
Amazon have the S5 unconnected for £369:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Gala...ords=galaxy+s5
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“I feel pretty bad now about my EE deal. In the past contract phones used to be subsidised ie. cheaper than buying outright, the opposite seems the case now.”
Yes, now all you get is the privilege to pay for paying for the handset over a longer period of time. And in EE's case, access to price plans that are only available by buying a handset (!) such as the shared plans.
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“I suppose the issue is if the OP deliberatly doesnt want an S5 due to preferring smaller phones.”
It is quite large compared to most of the others. Many people in my office with S4, HTC one (m7) are inclined to wait and see what the S6 and M9 era phones bring, hopefully more 4.7" devices rather than the "huge" 5" S5.