T-Mobile Galaxy S II No Contract for $299 @ Walmart & Walmart.com

What is the walmart price protection policy? I still cannot justify paying $300 for almost 2 year old out-dated phone. I am guessing the price on this will drop very soon, I know we can return the phone (although I am not sure if walmart is charging restocking fee on phones) but it would be very nice if they had price protection like 90 days or something.

Any ideas? Otherwise I rather pay $520 and get S3 unlocked from Buy.com or $550 from T-Mobile.

Thanks for this thread and I have read most of it. But, I am still confused, are the specs for either the $299 Family Mobile or the $329 TMobile phone with $30 card the same as the specs for the official t989 from TMobile or are we getting a stripped down version with less memory and less internal storage from Walmart?

Thanks.

Gary

Quote from huntnyc : Thanks for this thread and I have read most of it. But, I am still confused, are the specs for either the $299 Family Mobile or the $329 TMobile phone with $30 card the same as the specs for the official t989 from TMobile or are we getting a stripped down version with less memory and less internal storage from Walmart? Thanks. Gary

The Walmart Family Mobile phone IS the T-Mobile phone in the box. The specs are the same. I'm pretty sure these are overstock that WFM bought from T-Mobile. It wouldn't make any financial sense to have another phone manufactured at this point.

Quote from huntnyc : Thanks for this thread and I have read most of it. But, I am still confused, are the specs for either the $299 Family Mobile or the $329 TMobile phone with $30 card the same as the specs for the official t989 from TMobile or are we getting a stripped down version with less memory and less internal storage from Walmart? Thanks. Gary

I bought the T-Mobile pre-paid version from WalMart for a family member. It's the same phone - not stripped down. Earbuds/mic aren't included. Not sure if they are included with the T-Mobile post paid version.

What to do with the $30 gift card? I sold mine on Ebay for less than the face value - (I think $25) and e-mailed the code. For TMO value plan customers that prefer Android, the SGS II or Nexus 4 (direct from Google Play) are the best choices to reduce cost. The Nexus doesn't support Wi-fi calling, the T-Mobile branded SGS II does support wi-fi calling.

Thanks again for clarification on specs of this phone.

Gary

Thinking about picking up this phone from Walmart and maybe bringing it with me on my European trip next month.

Has anybody tried to unlock this phone successfully using the method described here by "f_v_man"?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/s...?t=2024514

Walmart is offering a free Bonus Starter Kit included in the price of 329.99. Helps offset a little of the prepaid card cost.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Samsung.../21798991?