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LG Velvet 5G T-Mobile Costco In-Store (no new line required) $249.99 YMMV

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Retail price is now $396 at T-Mobile but Costco has it on sale for $249.99 until 1/14/2021

Check your local Costco warehouse (call to check for availability).
Must be a T-Mobile customer with a line that is eligible for upgrade.

Phone's Info: https://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone/lg-velvet-5g

Warehouse locator: https://www.costco.com/warehouse-locations

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Created 01-08-2021 at 07:22 PM by desimillionaire
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desimillionaire
01-08-2021 at 11:49 PM.
01-08-2021 at 11:49 PM.
Quote from nowayman :
What do they do to "upgrade" your line?

They just add the new phone to a line so it activates. Just select a line that doesn't have any promos on it so there isn't any issue with that.
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whoandydo33
01-09-2021 at 12:15 AM.
01-09-2021 at 12:15 AM.
Quote from GoldenTiger :
No RTX ON!, no buy.

Uh what?
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Babaice
01-09-2021 at 01:07 AM.
01-09-2021 at 01:07 AM.
I belive this is Korean brand... Between chinese and Korean brand, which is better?
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Daddyofthree
01-09-2021 at 09:04 AM.
01-09-2021 at 09:04 AM.
Just came back from Costco and it is this price. I dont have TMobile, I have ATT, sales rep said if I get someone with Tmobile account I can buy but have to wait 42 days before Tmobile unlocks it
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evvlau
01-09-2021 at 05:22 PM.
01-09-2021 at 05:22 PM.
any extra discount
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rbv_shard
01-09-2021 at 10:56 PM.
01-09-2021 at 10:56 PM.
Quote from waterchange :
Specs here [t-mobile.com]. Internal storage is 128GB with 6GB RAM.

This explains the T-Mobile version [gsmarena.com]. This compares the processors [nanoreview.net].
Too bad no comparison for the underclocked 1000C variant, which is the one in this phone and significantly slower.
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Dsahsa
01-10-2021 at 12:38 AM.
01-10-2021 at 12:38 AM.
Quote from Alankevis :
Can I buy outright without T-Mobile?
no must be required
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ygb
01-10-2021 at 10:13 AM.
01-10-2021 at 10:13 AM.
Great deal. But struck out in my local Costco. None in stock. They were going to order it for me -but to then price changes to regular $399 price- for "shipping" the guy said :-)
Anyway, they don't have any LG in stock- they just display them- they had the $399 LG V60 also on display but no stock
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hondaman82
01-10-2021 at 10:17 AM.
01-10-2021 at 10:17 AM.
is this better than Samsung A71 5G?
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waterchange
01-10-2021 at 03:15 PM.
01-10-2021 at 03:15 PM.
Quote from rbv_shard :
Too bad no comparison for the underclocked 1000C variant, which is the one in this phone and significantly slower.
Ah sorry, I missed the "C" variant in the CPU comparison link. Here's what I could find on benchmarks for both LG Velvet variants using either the Mediatek Dimensity 1000C or the Snapdragon 765G. These are just Geekbench scores; I have no idea how well they correlate with real-world performance as I don't own both of these phones.

The LG Velvet with the Dimensity 1000C scores 601 and 2365 [droid.news] in Geekbench, single-core and multi-core respectively.

The LG Velvet with the Snapdragon 765G scores 610 and 1944 [pcworld.com], respectively.
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01-10-2021 at 08:44 PM.
01-10-2021 at 08:44 PM.
Quote from bulletban :
so the tmo version is better that other version using snapdragon, very interesting.
Yes it is
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imapixie
01-11-2021 at 01:53 AM.
01-11-2021 at 01:53 AM.
If it's an upgrade with no new line required, do I have to trade my phone I'm using in?
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imapixie
01-11-2021 at 01:58 AM.
01-11-2021 at 01:58 AM.
Quote from hondaman82 :
is this better than Samsung A71 5G?
Also, this question ?
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UniqueStep7050
01-11-2021 at 02:22 AM.
01-11-2021 at 02:22 AM.
Does anyone have the Costco hot offers sheet for T-Mobile this month? And is the discount for this phone instant or via rebate? And is the rebate a prepaid credit card or a Costco card? Thanks everyone.
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The_Love_Spud
01-14-2021 at 11:44 PM.
01-14-2021 at 11:44 PM.
Truly sad to have missed this deal as I'd have jumped on it today so that I might flip this for the S21 trade-in offer.

My first smartphone was the LG G2 and after that I swore off LG. I'm no Samsung fan either, but getting the S21 at $250 + tax (on both the LG price and the S21 price) seems more than fair at day of launch.

Good luck!
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