[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] ChazzMatt:
[MENTION=2839177]schwinn8[/MENTION], thanks again for the Wal-Mart link. Used it last night to order GUARANTEED new open market/carrier unlocked 128GB V30+ US998.

All the other "new" US998 V30+ on EBay seem to be Chinese sellers pretending to look like U.S. dealers, and they are selling refurbished models with inaccurate descriptions. In their pictures, they all have red flag stuff like "B&O" branded backs (which LG does not have rights to in North America) or "V30" logos on the back on what is supposedly a V30+. :rolleyes: The one that I ordered -- which LOOKED legitimate -- when delivered turned out to be a 64GB V30 in a 128GB V30+ sealed box and came with B&O earbuds -- which was another dead giveaway it was NOT new. (North America V30/V30+ came with LG-branded earbuds.) Plus, the phone had 128GB microSD card already inserted. Besides again confirming the phone was NOT new, 128GB microSD card does NOT make up for me paying for (and not getting) 128GB internal storage! I already have a 256GB microSD card, thank you. Got a refund, and they gave me extra $25 for not giving them a negative review. I still said they shipped me "wrong item" but they refunded the money and communicated well. So, I am getting this NEW Wal-mart US998 V30+ for basically same price, once you consider I got paid $25 to receive and ship back a phone.

I have ordered many times from eBay dealers with satisfaction, but in this case trying to get an actual new-in-box 128GB US998 V30+ is a challenge.

So, since this LG V30 series phone has been on the market for a year now, I'm afraid of it disappearing -- with only worse-for-wear used models showing up in the future. I gave my mom my backup V30 US998 phone (the one I was forced to waive 2-year warranty on which has the now unnecessary LG "official" bootloader unlock -- since now ANY V30/V30+/V30S can bee bootloader unlocked and rooted without LG's permission), and my wife has the other 64GB V30 US998 phone. But I have a V30+, and I want another as backup. I gave both my eBay "mint" LS998 V30+ > US998 V30+ to relatives who desperately needed new phones. I even locked the bootloader back and restored full US998 20E KDZ...

But I feel naked without a backup phone. Even for Quark, I owned THREE Moto XT1225 -- one for me, one for wife, and one still new in the box. I sold that one last year in preparation for buying the V30. Never used it, still had Kitkat 4.4.4 :cool: But it gave me comfort that if my daily phone was lost or stolen, I could easily be up and running again with EXACTLY the same beloved phone.

So, I have ordered this new US998 V30+ from Wal-mart, and will be arriving next week.

If I wasn't insisting upon brand new V30+ US998 this time, I could get basically the same thing for much less...

LG V30 LS998- 128GB - Titan Black (Sprint) Smartphone A Mint - $285

LS998 V30+ easily/fully converted to US998 V30+ in 10 minutes... I have already-activated AT&T SIM card, so just slap it in. I've done it twice before, so I don't know why I'm wasting money this time.

Here's another seller below. Looks like he's already converted them to US998 or possibly AS998? He doesn't say the model, but says they are "GSM Unlocked" -- but both US998 and AS998 ARE GSM/unlocked while still having Verizon CDMA bands.

*Mint* LG V30+ V30 Plus - 128GB - Black (GSM UNLOCKED) Smartphone! - $295