[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bnevets27:
Money always solves all. No mystery there. But seeing as I've never had to pay more to be able to root my phone it is a bit foreign to me to pay more for something that used to be "included" at one point. Pixel has root at no extra cost as well as many other phones.

I will take ownership of the fact I didn't research about root/unlocked before hand. I used to be up on mobile tech and still am. But I didn't dive in deep after comparing phones specs reviews etc. I knew google of course is better supported for playing/root but I didn't realize being able to root phones had completely removed from some. Last phone I had was a Note 3 which was rooted. So I'll take the blame for that.

If it gets to a point that most phones or users of phones for either a fault of their own like not buying the more expensive rootable version or that a rootable version doesn't exist well xda won't be around for much longer.

Reselling a phone to buy another doesn't work that smoothly either. Not much reason for people to buy the crappy locked version at full price when carriers give them away for free. (Yes I know they aren't really free but try explaining that to everyone)

Either way a valuable lesson to learn and I'll either buy the 998 and blow some money on it when I have excess funds which is likely not going to happen or make a smarter decision next time I buy a phone. I had already told myself I was going to get a google phone (nexus or pixel) after having samsung phones due to how annoying it was (developer support, functioning, etc) but I had got used to some of the features of my note, features that google refuses to add (sdcard and wireless charging) and with the addition of the wide angle camera, LG sold me on the V30 even knowing I couldn't "play" as much. I didn't realize "as much" would = not at all.

Hopefully google adds wireless charging to the next pixel, would be really dumb if they didn't. At that point and from this lesson I'll likely listen to myself and get a pixel and not have to deal with this locked crap.

---------- Post added at 06:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:26 PM ----------

Still missing the "Shipping starting from $9.20" add it to cart and pick a province, not to argue over $9 just for completeness because the banner or free shipping clearly isn't true.

It's too late now not that I would trust any "warranty" anyone in the pacific mall would give you.

I don't understand this statement though

Isn't the US988 very similar to the models sold in the USA also??

Not going to bring up politics about anti importation....we aren't trying to kill free trade.... The $89 dollars is actually just the tax which we would have to pay here anyway. I'm guessing the $9.20 is duty due to the phone being manufactured outside the USA, if it was made in the USA then no duty (see not anti-import)

---------- Post added at 06:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:37 PM ----------

I don't get why you don't see this isn't feasible. Its like saying you can have a 100,000 car for 75,000. Just buy 3 and give one to you wife and sell the other to your friend. It's easy, why didn't you do that when you bought your car or house.

Even if funds were no discussion, I don't have 3 people would would want a V30. No wife, GF likes her new iphone and anyone else I know has no interest in the v30, even less would would care if its unlocked and pay full price up front. I'm happy for you that you were able to take advantage of that promo but $650 is not the cost of the phone just because you were able to get it for that price.

Not to mention I think the rebate was limited to the USA anyway so /discussion (if true)

Like anythings else just because you got something for a certain price does not mean anyone/everyone can get it for the same price...its how the world works.

I know one thing, when I want a new phone I guess my new friend will be getting a PM :p

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You don't think that's kind of wrong? Its not different hardware so its not regionalized for any good reason.