Galaxy S5 price shaping up to be around €650 in Europe, before carrier subsidies

A couple of preorder pages, and leaks from local retailers, peg the price of Samsung's Galaxy S5 flagship to be in the ballpark of EUR 650, before any carrier subsidies. The handset is up for preorder on a Dutch vendor's website already, priced EUR 652 for the black 16 GB version.

Another report, allegedly from carrier insiders, comes from Bulgaria, and they claim it will cost the equivalent of EUR 664 there, free from any contract shackles. Amazon has the S5 preorders quite a bit higher - in Germany and Italy, the S5 goes for €699, and we already saw the outrageous early adopter ...