OPTUS ANNOUNCES PRE-ORDER FOR THE NEW SAMSUNG GALAXY S9 AND S9+

Optus today announced pre-orders for the long-awaited Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will commence from 12.01am tomorrow, Tuesday 27 February 2018, at optus.com.au.

The Galaxy S9 64GB will be available for lease on a 24 month My Plan Flex for $85 per month with $0 upfront handset repayments (Min cost $2,040). My Plan Flex offers the option to upgrade every 12 months for $99 when customers return their current phone in good working order and sign up to a new 24-month plan.

Optus is also offering all customers who pre-order the Galaxy S9 or S9+ before 15 March 2018 a bonus Samsung Convertible Fast Charge Wireless Pad valued at RRP$119.

Optus Managing Director of Product and Marketing, Ben White, said Samsung’s latest device offers innovative new features that will appeal to many consumers.

“Samsung continues to raise the bar in the Android market with the Galaxy S9 offering convenient new security features such as face recognition and iris scanning to unlock the phone, water resistant technology, wireless charging and amazing new camera functions which are all innovations we know Optus customers will love.”

Optus is offering the Samsung Galaxy S9 64GB on its $85 My Plan Flex leasing plan, with $0 upfront handset repayments (min. total cost $2,040 over 24 months), with the following monthly inclusions:

• Unlimited standard national calls and unlimited standard national and international messages (SMS and MMS) to selected countries
• Up to 300 minutes of international calls to standard international numbers in selected countries
• 16GB of data on My Plan Flex (includes 9GB of bonus data for the life of the plan. Offer ends 2 April 2018) Offer ends 2 April 2018)
• Data-free music streaming* from iHeartRadio, Spotify, and Google Play Music
• Data-free mobile TV streaming*^ from Netflix, Stan and ABC iView
• Data-free access to the National Geographic app and all the Premier League action on Optus Sport

Optus will also offer the Samsung Galaxy S9 with 256GB storage, and the Galaxy S9+ with 64GB or 256GB storage.

The Galaxy S9 and S9+ will be available to lease in Optus stores and online from 16 March 2018.

*Some services require a paid subscription
^Music video content and in-app ads incur data charges

Media enquiries:
Alyssa Sharpe
Optus Corporate Affairs
(02) 8082 7850
media@optus.com.au