T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 $149 at Costco. Both new lines and upgrades

One of the hottest T-Mobile Phones, probably the best they have so far. T-Mobile has it for $229, Costco has a special for $149, for new lines and upgrades.

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Any instruction on how to purchase as an upgrade? Thanks

edit: NVM found it

$ 199 before a $ 50 mail in rebate at Costco. They usually dont tell you until you get there.

Slickone said:   Muamin said:   One of the hottest T-Mobile Phones, probably the best they have so far.
Or as many say, probably the best phone available period.

I'm not up on mobile phones, so ... why? And what about the best phone available, "one generation back" ?

Well, the best phone must be Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

Do you get Unlimited 4G for $10 ?

Their current $10 200MB plan also is unlimited. 200 MB of 4G and then unlimited at lower speed.

Muamin said:   Do you get Unlimited 4G for $10 ?

Their current $10 200MB plan also is unlimited. 200 MB of 4G and then unlimited at lower speed.

Are you sure about that? I thought only $20 and $30 data is unlimited. The $10 plan you have to pay over-used or something like that.

Updated last Saturday. Took a little over an hour to go thru 3 phones. It was 199.99 - 50 MIR + tax on $519(taxed on the regular price) so you prolly wanna go to location with a lower tax rate to save few more bucks.

They were able to offer me 2gb for 20 for one line, for the other two I had to go with 200megs for $10 and then call tmobile to have them upgrade me 2gb for 20. I suggest choosing $10 instead of $30 in coscto and then talking to tmobile cuz I suspect it would be easier to upgrade to the more expensive plan rather then downgrade from $30 to $20.

Also if you have been grandfathered in with some plan with better rates, ask the CSR nicely if there is a possibility to keep the plan and make the changes you want. They didnt want to let me keep my $9.99 family msging, but after asking politely and few minutes on hold they were able to add my 2gb for $20 and keep my family msging price.

Target has it for $99 on sale this week - both new and upgrade lines. Check out their weekly ad at www.target.com.

Just bought 3 from Staples for about $50 each plus tax. Target has it for $99 price match at Staples and on their website there is a coupon for $50 off any $49 or more. It depends on the cashier the coupon may not be used. But I got the manager to take the $50 coupon off for each phone and there is a $50 mail in rebate from T-Mobile so you get the phone for free just pay the tax on full retail price for each phone. Be nice and politely you have better chance to get the phone almost free. Good luck everyone

Thank you! I originally planned to get it from Target but tried Staples on your advice. I was able to get it matched to Target's price of $99 and then they also applied the $50 coupon so I got it for about $50 but had to pay taxes on the original price ($629) in California. The total came out to about $105. Still a great deal!

Muamin said:   Well, the best phone must be Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Depends if you weigh more heavily on certain aspects of hardware quality.

T-Mobile Galaxy S2 has a better processor/GPU, better camera quality, and a microSD slot.

Galaxy Nexus' main advantage is that it's got ICS, but that advantage is not going to last forever. It's other advantages are that it's got a better screen and faster camera.

In my opinion, the T-Mobile Galaxy S2 has the best hardware in the world still, and it'll catch up within a few months on the software side.

hoangtri1 said:   Target has it for $99 on sale this week - both new and upgrade lines. Check out their weekly ad at www.target.com.they almost always do (and other places even cheaper right now!) which makes this deal lousy at best (especially when you count the $50 membership), unless their is some costco return policy potential in a year or two time.

TheSaint said:   Muamin said:   Well, the best phone must be Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Depends if you weigh more heavily on certain aspects of hardware quality.

T-Mobile Galaxy S2 has a better processor/GPU, better camera quality, and a microSD slot.

Galaxy Nexus' main advantage is that it's got ICS, but that advantage is not going to last forever. It's other advantages are that it's got a better screen and faster camera.

In my opinion, the T-Mobile Galaxy S2 has the best hardware in the world still, and it'll catch up within a few months on the software side.

Better camera quality is negligible when they both have low quality sensors. Megapixel doesn't mean much in the realm of smartphones these days. I would say the 'better screen' is a HUGE advantage of the s2 as Samsung was finally able to overcome the god awful resolution on the s2 super amoled screen. The next advantage is no touchwiz for those of use that prefer Android in its native form. ICS needs NO window dressing.

There's no catch up to the S2. It's a 2010 phone that has already been surpassed by the Nexus Prime and many more should surpass both in June... quad core, quad core, quad core!

Where are you getting the $50 off coupon for Staples?

Sams Club has it for $99 and no rebate.

wkirschman said:   Sams Club has it for $99 and no rebate.

Their website is showing $188 for new lines and $218 for upgrades. Must be in-store only.. I'll have to check that out.