[Unobtainable Deal] LG G7 ThinQ $499 @ JB Hi-Fi

LJericho210 on 16/06/2019 - 15:28
Last edited 18/06/2019 - 12:37 by 2 other users

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Went to jbhifi at south bank, Melbourne. I went to get the $45 12 month port to Telstra, and the $200 gift card. After research I had assessed this deal as better than the $59 24 month pixel 3 or $69 24 month s10e from Optus. I was going to sit on the gift card until a phone I wanted hit right price.
Instead, I walked out with a LG g7 for $0 up front.
The g7 is marked for clearance at $499 ( not advertised anywhere). Also, jb is still running the $65 12 month port to Telstra with a $500 gift card. Boom. Sold.
Not necessarily the phone I wanted, but extremely comparable to the v30+ and other tier 2 flagship phones.
Not here to spruik the phone, but that deal is pretty good.
Apologies for the different style of post. Phone specs here: https://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/g7-thinq/specs

Mod: From information received, this deal is a single store only clearance or discount applied by staff members and remaining stock is insufficient/nil. Moved to forums so discussion can continue.

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  • abc12345 on 16/06/2019 - 15:33
    -2

    So you got the phone for free plus a $500 gift card?

    • T-man on 16/06/2019 - 21:28
      +2

      He used $500 gift card to buy the phone

  • Slut on 16/06/2019 - 15:36
    +1

    This is only a deal if you got a phone and the $0 gift card, otherwise this is a duplicate.

    • Jericho210 on 16/06/2019 - 17:54
      +2

      It could be considered a duplicate post. Apologies for that. I was unaware that JB was still running that deal, the other posts I've seen had some restrictions to it, this one didnt. The "bargain" is the G7. I've never seen it at that price.

    • Bryanalves on 17/06/2019 - 00:05

      How is this a dupe? JB is selling this phone for $499. Where has this been posted?

      OP also needed a plan so he joined one with a 500 gift card which he bought the phone for. OP decided to just tell a story.

      The deal is that this phone is on clearance for $499.

      Please explain how its a dupe?

      • Slut on 17/06/2019 - 12:01

        The title was previously different and it was not clear what the “deal” was.

        Not to mention no one else is currently able to replicate this deal it seems at any other store.

  • josh676 on 16/06/2019 - 15:49
    +3

    Yeah I'm going to have to downvote this if its a duplicate, we don't have a new thread for 'what I bought with my voucher' do we?

    • Bryanalves on 17/06/2019 - 00:06
      +1

      I dont see your downvote, where is it?

      • josh676 on 17/06/2019 - 10:54
        +1

        The new title has rectified the situation, no need for 'drastic' measures.

  • alwaysupforabargain on 16/06/2019 - 16:00
    +12

    Guys, I reckon the deal here is that the G7 is being sold at $499 at JB Hi Fi (I don't think anyone has posted this yet?) Unfortunately for the OP, it's not advertised on the website. And yeah I'd say that the Telstra port and gift card use is irrelevant for this post since that is already covered in other posts.

    • paloverde88 on 16/06/2019 - 22:13

      said somewhere this is a mysterious deal, not advertised.

  • xyron on 16/06/2019 - 16:02
    +27

    G7 is an absolute bargain for $499. just moved on to an S10 and only because i am a slut for the latest and greatest.

    • grunge on 16/06/2019 - 16:23
      +1

      +1 on this I'm gonna try to get it.

      • Kangal on 16/06/2019 - 17:50
        +4

        The LG G7's good, it has a great monospeaker, headphone jack, microSD slot. Definitely a great buy at $499.
        But its one of the slowest/bloated QSD 845 phones. And it has no root/custom roms.

        Unfortunately, we're not getting the LG G8 in Australia (we might get the G8s-ThinQ), and LG has shut its bootloader unlock tool, so again no root/custom roms. The G8 is last phone which has a flat front display, and no camera hump. Not to mention having a microSD slot, headphone jack and IP68 waterproofing.

        Choosing a great phone is getting harder and harder each year, as companies converge into:
        - selling high-priced phones with increased repair cost,
        - multiple mediocre cameras with an asymmetric hump,
        - very slippery and smudge-magnet glass construction,
        - worse speakers despite larger phone size,
        - no headphone jack (or even dongle in the box),
        - which have sealed-in batteries but poor water resistance,
        - less software support and harder restrictions to bootloader

        • cortex21 on 16/06/2019 - 18:14

          You are correct, we will be getting the G8s here, comes out in July. It still has the headphone jack, microSD slot, Ip68 rating. The camera bump isn't as thick as you think it would be.

          • giventofly on 16/06/2019 - 22:38

            @cortex21: No quad DAC on the His

            I've decided to go the USB OTG and a USB DAC route. Better than any internal headphone jack I figure

        • grunge on 16/06/2019 - 18:23

          Can you elaborate on bloaded QSD?

          I had a G7 but only used it for a month before passing it to the mrs…. seem good so wanted similar, but you're spot on about choosing a phone, every company wants to wallgarden their phone.

        • rygle on 17/06/2019 - 21:28

          Bootloader unlock still possible on the v30+ at least

          https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76584629&pos…

    • sssbp on 16/06/2019 - 17:42
      +1

      Well said

    • NuclearWessels on 16/06/2019 - 17:42
      +1

      I have the V30 plus and the camera is a real disappointment. Is the G7 any better?

    • [Deactivated] on 16/06/2019 - 18:42

      I am always late and quite great. What are you saying?

  • ChillBro on 16/06/2019 - 16:54
    +48

    I could buy 49900 razer phones instead.

    • salamandersushi on 16/06/2019 - 17:49
      +2

      Goddamnit here - take my upgoat…

      • corbz on 16/06/2019 - 20:07
        +1

        Har har reddit joke, good one

    • sushimaster on 16/06/2019 - 18:58
      +1

      and then complain about how you didnt get the confirmation email about a $0.01 phones

  • goldiep on 16/06/2019 - 17:56

    What version of the g7 is it? 128gb storage with 6gb RAM?

    • xyron on 16/06/2019 - 19:18
      +1

      That's the Plus version which was never officially released in Australia. This will be the 4gb/64gb model.

      • paloverde88 on 16/06/2019 - 22:14
        -6

        that's why it is 499 trash 64 gigs yucks and only 4 gigs ram

        • 2023 on 16/06/2019 - 23:05

          First world problems.

  • subywagon on 16/06/2019 - 17:56
    -1

    I'm a bit confused. So you paid $65 and ported to Telstra through JB and were given the G7 for $0 due to porting to Telstra? And then you received a $500 gift card as part of the porting deal?

    • steven231 on 16/06/2019 - 18:15
      +4

      He used the 500 gift card to get the phone.

    • jayz on 16/06/2019 - 18:15
      +3

      I think he ports to Telstra, gets the $500 gift card and uses it to purchase a G7.

      • subywagon on 16/06/2019 - 18:24
        +1

        I see. Thanks for the clarity.

    • ozhunter68 on 16/06/2019 - 19:35

      Dupe.

      • Zarlia on 17/06/2019 - 08:07

        Its a deal about the phone he just told his story and brought up you could use the $500 voucher on this

  • nitroz on 16/06/2019 - 19:16

    Is this dual SIM?

    • grunge on 16/06/2019 - 19:19

      Yes.

  • DangerNoodle on 16/06/2019 - 19:34
    +1

    Called around in South Australia, it's $599 here still.

  • ninnypoop on 16/06/2019 - 19:43
    +1

    Why not take the LG v30 plus for the same price? Its also on clearance at $499.

    • xyron on 16/06/2019 - 19:49
      +2

      G7 has the Snapdragon 845 and will likely get more updates than the V30 which is a 2 year old phone by this stage.

      G7 also has better front and rear cameras.

      V30 does have a superior AMOLED screen and slightly larger battery though (likely offset by the efficiency gains in the G7 though).

      • butterbuts on 16/06/2019 - 20:21
        +5

        Yeah good luck with the updates. I've had the G7 since November last year and that's when I received my last update of any kind

        • Toughcookie on 16/06/2019 - 20:30

          Our last update would probs be pie in a few months even then it’s still behind lg v30 for updates

          • xyron on 16/06/2019 - 20:53

            @Toughcookie: V30 hasn't been given pie yet…at least not any model sold outside South Korea.

            • Toughcookie on 16/06/2019 - 21:39

              @xyron: Was referring to security update soz, were at sept while v30 is like at april or something

  • Aerith-Waifu on 16/06/2019 - 22:15

    So total cost is $65 x 12 - $500 = $280 For the year?

    • alwaysupforabargain on 16/06/2019 - 22:41

      Nope, the $500 was used to buy the phone. So it's still $780 for the phone plan over the year but the OP got a new phone to go with it.

    • xyron on 17/06/2019 - 12:39

      How is this so hard for people to understand? Are there users really expecting Telstra to be handing out their $65 plan with a $500 phone for $280 for 12 months?

  • Gunther on 17/06/2019 - 08:55
    +1

    Post copy of receipt please :)

  • megaclix on 17/06/2019 - 09:14
    +1

    It looks like these deal is not on in QLD (i.e. phone at 499). Maybe the Telstra port allowed extra wiggle room.

  • cheapismymiddlename on 17/06/2019 - 11:06
    +1

    Just checked with JB HiFi in Canberra. It's $599.

  • nitroz on 17/06/2019 - 12:31
    +1

    Anyone bought this deal or confirmed the price? It seems all the comments are about the features or that the price is not valid (QLD/SA/ACT).

    • nitroz on 17/06/2019 - 14:36
      +1

      Called 3 stores - found one with just one in stock for $599. This is a dead deal.
      Edit: Melbourne Stores

      • grunge on 17/06/2019 - 19:31
        +1

        Hmmm…

        Maybe posting copy of receipt would be a good idea as suggested by @Gunther above.

        • Jericho210 on 18/06/2019 - 07:53

          Happy to post the receipt, if I can figure out how… I bought from the Southbank DFO store. There were three prices for the phone, the lowest price advertised was on the clearance wall.

          • grunge on 18/06/2019 - 10:56

            @Jericho210: It would probably help, was there any more stock at the DFO though?

  • Dr-Krieger on 18/06/2019 - 14:54

    Just curious as why there is such little mention of the lack of updates being rolled out by lg even after they announced the update centre before announcement of the g7?

    G7 still stuck on Android 8, while android update is not a real issue for me personally the lack of security updates was, only received the first update in May where previous update dates back to December last year.

    Not the place for this discussion??

  • otaku on 13/07/2019 - 17:58

    Could you please upload the receipt?

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