The Samsung Galaxy S5 is on sale in Korea ahead of its official release date, and no-one's more surprised than Samsung.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is on sale now in South Korea, two weeks early -- much to Samsung's surprise.
The S5 is set to go on sale aroundbthe world on 11 April, hitting shop shelves in 150 countries before thevmonth is out. But the wait is too long for impatient South Korean carrier SK Telecom, which has madevthe phone available today for around 866,800 won.
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Korean networks were keen to get the S5 into the hands of phone fans early because they're not allowed to sign up new customers in parts of April and May, as punishment from the government for illegally subsidising new customers.
The sanctions mean SK Telecom, KT Corp and LG Uplus Crop would have had to sit on their hands as the S5's official release date came and went.
So SK Telecom has defied Samsung and started shifting the S5 early.
"We just wanted to provide the device to local users as soon as possible. It is for the good of our subscribers," an official from SK Telecom told Korea Herald.
Samsung boss JK Shin said
yesterday that the S5 would not go on sale early, but it appears SK has gone ahead anyway.
Source: CNET
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