meh, it's just a phone... and how do you come up with 270us$ = 500au$?
right now if you bought something for 270us$ from the states, you would be paying 287.70au$... and the way things are going, i would not be surprised if the dollar hits 1 to 1, or even if the au dollar gets to be a bit more than the american dollar... it is quite the time to be buying from the states!