On Thursday March 20th, AT&T and U.S. Cellular announced that they would begin taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S5 with the device hitting store shelves on April 11th.¹ On Friday the 21st, Sprint followed suit, announcing that they too be stocking the S5 on April 11th.² All three carriers will be selling the device for $199, all with varying degrees of customer incentives and rewards.

AT&T is offering customers, “$50 off a Samsung Gear 2 or Gear 2 Neo when you purchase a Samsung Galaxy S 5.”³ U.S. Cellular is “offering a $50 Google Play promotional code for free to anyone who pre-orders the device online.”⁴ Sprint, on the other hand, is taking a completely different approach to incentivising the S5. In an effort to push people towards the strange Framily Plan, Sprint is offering up free tablets:

For a limited time only, customers who purchase Galaxy S 5 on a Sprint Framily Plan with Easy Pay will also get Samsung Galaxy Tab® 3 7.0 free with activation on a data plan with a two-year service agreement.⁵

Sprint continues to dwindle, exemplified by offering what is essentially Samsung’s worst tablet as an incentive.⁶

T-Mobile has gotten into the mix as well. Though not available for pre-order just yet, T-Mobile has set up a landing page that notes that pre-orders for the S5 will begin on March 24, 2014.⁷ Also, and perhaps an even more dismal sign that Sprint’s offer, T-Mobile is only offering a discount on the Galaxy Tab 3 7″:

Pre-order by March 31, 2014 and get $120 off the Samsung Galaxy Tab® 3 while supplies last when you purchase the Galaxy S 5. (retail/online).⁸

Verizon has yet to make any sort of announcement concerning the Samsung Galaxy S5.