(Credit: Best Buy)
SpaceX has expanded sales of its newest Starlink dish to Best Buy, giving interested consumers another way to obtain the latest hardware.
A Reddit user spotted a Best Buy listing for the next-generation product, which SpaceX has dubbed the new “Standard” Starlink dish. (SpaceX CEO Elon Musk also calls it Version 4 or the V4 dish.)
In addition, Best Buy is also selling the new dish for $599, the same price found on the official Starlink store. If you order today, expect it to arrive as soon as the next day.
(Credit: Best Buy)The retail listing could help SpaceX sell more Starlink units to consumers. Currently, the official Starlink website is only offering the V4 dish to residential subscribers in a “few areas” of the US. All other interested customers have to switch over to the Business or Roaming tiers to buy the dish from Starlink site.
Officially, SpaceX has indicated the new dish provides the “the same reliable, high-speed internet you can expect from Starlink.” But according to early users, the V4 dish offers more consistent higher download speeds, and better uploads compared to the older models. The new dish also comes with a Wi-Fi 6 router for better wireless coverage.
Along with the new dish, Best Buy has also been quietly selling accessories for Starlink kits, including replacement cables, Ethernet adapters, and mounts. This means subscribers no longer need to rely solely on the official Starlink store to buy their peripherals.
(Credit: Best Buy)If you do buy the V4 dish from Best Buy, there is a caveat: The listing mentions that residential plans for the dish “may not be available in all areas,” although the pricier Starlink Roam plan will be immediately available.
This suggests if you buy the V4 dish from Best Buy, but live in an area where the official Starlink site has yet to offer the product, you’ll be forced to use a Roam or Business plan. To find out, submit your address into the official Starlink site and check whether there's an option to buy the new dish. For example, in San Francisco, California, the site continues to offer only the older second-generation dish.