How Much Stuff Can You Buy for the Price of a Samsung Galaxy S4?

It seems that if you are still locked into a contract or you simply live in a country where getting a “carrier discount” on your devices isn’t an opinion that Samsung Galaxy S4 cost a TON of money. How much is a ton exactly? It’s 750USD off contract! Microsoft had a little fun with the high, high, cost of this device and went shopping in the Microsoft store with that money. What did they buy? Let’s find out.

They got:

A 16GB Kingston microSD card, which upped the 521’s total storage to 24GB…more than enough for most users.
A 3-month Xbox Music pass, which gets you unlimited downloads and streaming of millions of tracks.
A set of Nokia Purity earbuds by Monster. These are the buds I use every day – they rock (no pun intended).
An ASUS VivoBook X202E touchscreen laptop. This thing is a REALLY great value at $449. Beautiful, powerful, and light.

I personally would have recommended springing for: