As of 24th September 2010 the following Android phones are available to be bought in Australia.
| Manufacturer | Phone | Version | Available from |
| Dell | Streak | 1.6 | Optus – from November 1 |
| Garmin-Asus | A10 | 1.6 | Optus |
| Garmin-Asus | A50 | 1.6 | Optus |
| Nexus One | 2.1 | Vodafone (exclusive) on contract | |
| HTC | Desire | 2.1 | Telstra (exclusive) on contract |
| HTC | Dream | 1.5 | Optus |
| HTC | Hero (GSM) | 1.5 | Harvey Norman (unlocked, outright) |
| HTC | Legend | 2.1 | Vodafone Crazy Johns (coming to Three also, not sure when) |
| HTC | Magic | 1.5** | Vodafone (12 and 24 month contracts), Crazy Johns |
| HTC | Tattoo | 1.6 | Harvey Norman (unlocked, outright) |
| HTC | Wildfire | 2.1 | Coming to Telstra in August |
| LG | GW620 | 1.5 | Crazy Johns |
| LG | Optimus | 1.6 | Telstra |
| Motorola | Flipout | 2.1 | Vodafone – from October |
| Samsung | i7500 Galaxy | 1.5 | Optus (outright and on 24 month contract) |
| Samsung | Galaxy S (i9000) | 1.5 | Optus (outright and on 24 month contract) Virgin |
| Samsung | Galaxy Tab | 2.2 | All carriers from November |
| Sony Ericsson | X10 | 1.6 | Optus (24 month contract), Telstra, Three |
| Sony Ericsson | X10 Mini | 1.6 | Telstra |
** Vodafone HTC Magic will receive an OTA update to 1.6 if it’s not already on the handset in the box
If the phone you want isn’t here, don’t forget you can buy it from an overseas website and have it shipped to you in Australia.
Disclaimer: I have prepared these links in good faith and get absolutely no kickback, payment or inducement to add links to the above table.
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What plans are available in Australia?
The Australian version of the Lifehacker website has put together a guide to contracts and plans available with the major providers for their available Android phones. Great stuff!
And now they have also released a guide to current prices for handset outright purchase.
Return to the Android guide for Aussies
Harvey Norman has both the Tattoo and Hero on special this month including a 4g memory card.
Optus have the Motorola Milestone on a $49 cap for zero upfront, or $19 and $20/month for the phone.
They do not say which version of Android but it would be 2.1, or 2.1 when you do an update.
Garmin Asus have two phones:
https://www.garminasus.com/en_AU/phones/
Ver 1.6
Available through optus
HTC rolled out an OTA update for the Hero to 2.1 this week.
your galaxy s info is out of date – it runs 2.1 (2.2 by end of this month) and its now available from all carriers as well as outright from shops ranging from disk smith to bigw.
LG GW620 is also avail from DSE $249 outright. android 2.2.1 run well on it using OpenEtna (http://openetna.com/openetna/)