(Home Depot)
Home Depot is the latest big box retailer in the US to start sales of SpaceX’s newest Starlink dish, the V4 model.
On homedepot.com, the retailer added a product listing for the new Standard model Starlink dish, giving consumers another way to acquire the recently released product.
The dish was previously only available to select customers on Starlink.com. But this week, SpaceX expanded the product’s sales to all interested consumers in the US. In addition, Best Buy began selling the new dish, along with Starlink accessories, on its own website.
The retail sales could help boost adoption of Starlink when SpaceX is trying to increase the revenues from the satellite internet system, which currently has over 2.3 million users across the globe. Along with Best Buy and Home Depot, the company has also partnered with Costco, Bass Pro Shops, and other retailers in Europe to help push the Starlink sales.
Like the official Starlink site, Home Depot is charging $599 for the new Starlink dish. Depending on the location, interested customers can expect to receive the dish from Home Depot as soon as next week. Home Depot also has a more generous return policy, and will let customers send back the item for a full refund within 90 days, instead of a mere 30 days offered by Starlink.com.
According to early users, the new V4 model offers more consistent higher speeds and better upload rates than the older standard dish model. It also bundles in a Wi-Fi 6 router for better wireless coverage inside a home.
The release of the V4 model led SpaceX to retire the older standard dish model. This week, the company stopped sales of the older dish on Starlink.com in the US. But the product remains available via retailers including Best Buy, although it appears Home Depot has phased out the sales.