Samsung Galaxy S7 – South African contract and cash prices

MTN has revealed its contract and cash prices for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, which will launch in South Africa on 11 March.

Pre-orders and pre-registrations for the device are available through South Africa’s mobile network operators.

Those who pre-order or buy a Galaxy S7 smartphone before 20 March will also receive a free Samsung Gear VR headset.

Takealot has already announced its off-contract prices, confirming that the Galaxy S7 will be priced at the top-end of the market.

MTN and Takealot’s Samsung Galaxy S7 cash prices are compared below.

Samsung Galaxy S7 cash prices	Takealot	MTN
Galaxy S7 32GB	R13,999	R13,799
Galaxy S7 Edge 32GB	R15,999	R15,399

MTN is also offering the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge on a variety of contract packages.

MTN’s deals come with 30GB of additional data for the first month, and let you add on R200 per month to include a Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch.

Without the contract, the Gear S2 will cost R5,399 from MTN.

The table below summarises MTN’s headline contract deals for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.

Samsung Galaxy S7 (32GB)	Price	Data	Airtime/Minutes	SMS
My MTNChoice 100	R599	500MB	100 minutes	200
MTN AnyTime TopUp 200	R609	0	R210	25
My MTNChoice Flexi R200	R599	0	R200	0
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (32GB)	Price	Data	Airtime/Minutes	SMS
My MTNChoice 100	R649	500MB	100 minutes	200
MTN AnyTime TopUp 200	R659	0	R210	25
My MTNChoice Flexi R200	R649	0	R200	0
All deals include Samsung Gear VR until 20 March 2016, and 30GB free data for first month.