# Should I get an no trade in unlocked Galaxy Samsung S21 5G 256gb for $807.49? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783 "2022-01-14T15:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/1 "2022-01-14T15:42:10Z")
should I get an no trade in unlocked Galaxy Samsung S21 5G 256gb for $807.49? ---
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/2 "2022-01-14T15:45:27Z")
I’m not selling anything. I have decided I need to get a gat danged smart phone and this is available NOW. If I could get some confirmation that I’m doing the right thing then I’ll buy it. What say U? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/3 "2022-01-14T16:11:26Z")
I’d go all in and get the Galaxy Fold3 for $1949.99. ---
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/4 "2022-01-14T16:27:23Z")
It’s taking longer than we thought. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/5 "2022-01-14T16:30:45Z")
I’m leaning towards the Galaxy Flip 3. I would have one, but the battery life isn’t that great. It’s about the same price. ---
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/6 "2022-01-14T17:17:32Z")
I don’t wanna ‘go all in’ and reading about the flip 3 kinda scares me with it’s screen issues and especially the battery complaints. ---
**Author:** ![Plumbkrazy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Plumbkrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumbkrazy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/7 "2022-01-14T17:25:18Z")
If it’s the “Ultra”, sure. Otherwise, nope. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/8 "2022-01-14T17:37:02Z")
I will always say no to these questions. Search online for refurbished or re-built and you can get a much better deal. You may get a bit older phone but hell, the 3 year old models are almost laptops now. ---
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/9 "2022-01-14T17:38:34Z")
they had unlocked Galaxy S21 Ultra 5g’s with 256mb for $799 before I got to their website. All gone. ---
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/10 "2022-01-14T17:40:43Z")
Chargers? That’s another story. ---
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/11 "2022-01-14T17:41:57Z")
256 GB not mb. oops. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/12 "2022-01-14T17:44:18Z")
> [@bodangus](#): > > should I get an no trade in unlocked Galaxy Samsung S21 5G 256gb for $807.49? What syntactical hell is “an no trade in”? Just asking because it hurts when I read that thread title. ---
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/13 "2022-01-14T17:52:41Z")
‘an’ should have been just the letter ‘a’. I suppose I could have replaced ‘no trade in’ with no-trade-in. I should have written 256GB instead of 256gb. I was in a hurry. Hardly matters anymore, as these deals are likely all gone by now. Sorry, I didn’t realize how easy it was to hurt you. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/14 "2022-01-14T18:07:24Z")
I’m pretty sure that it means that’s the price without having to trade in a phone to get it. At least, that’s how I read it. ---
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-an-no-trade-in-unlocked-galaxy-samsung-s21-5g-256gb-for-807-49/957783/15 "2022-01-14T18:33:08Z")
The deal I wanted is gone. No more of these phones unlocked. No more than 128GB available. The price went up about $350 for a less optioned phone too. Free market and all that. I snoozed. I loozed.