You can get $500 in credit when you preorder Samsung's 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9

Samsung opened preorders on its 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor in September 2023 with a $500 bonus for early buyers, according to Laptop Mag and 9to5Toys. The monitor, model G95NC, carries a price of $2,499 and ships with what Laptop Mag called "bragging rights as the world's first dual 4K UHD monitor" — a single curved panel with the equivalent resolution of two 4K UHD screens side by side, at 7,680 by 2,160 pixels.

The promotion ran through October 1, 2023, with the monitor itself shipping October 3, 2023, per 9to5Toys. Buyers could get the $500 bonus through Samsung.com, Amazon or Best Buy, though the mechanics differed by retailer: on Samsung.com the credit could be "used to shop at Samsung Store immediately" or "sent to your email address for later use," per Laptop Mag, while on Amazon it applied as a discount code, "500NEOG9," toward future purchases at checkout, according to 9to5Toys.

What the monitor offers

The G95NC uses a 1000R curve and what Laptop Mag described as "Quantum Matrix Technology found in Samsung QLED TVs" — a Mini-LED backlight with roughly 2,392 local dimming zones. It runs at a 240Hz refresh rate with a 1ms response time, reaches up to 1,000 nits of peak brightness under HDR1000, and lists a contrast ratio around 1,000,000:1. Connectivity includes DisplayPort 2.1 and HDMI 2.1, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro support, a built-in USB hub, and Samsung's own Gaming Hub and SmartThings app integration built into the display.

A minor price discrepancy

Laptop Mag lists the price as $2,499, while 9to5Toys lists it as $2,499.99 — a rounding difference rather than a substantive disagreement between the two outlets' coverage. Both outlets agree on the core promotional terms: preorder before October 1, 2023, and the $500 bonus applies regardless of which of the three retailers — Samsung.com, Amazon or Best Buy — the order is placed through, even though the redemption mechanics differ by retailer.

Why the retailer you choose matters

On Samsung.com, the $500 shows up as store credit that can be spent immediately or emailed to the buyer for later use, per Laptop Mag's reporting. On Amazon, per 9to5Toys, the bonus instead takes the form of a discount code — "500NEOG9" — applied at checkout toward a future purchase rather than the monitor itself. Best Buy offered its version of the incentive as a gift card. None of the three routes discounted the $2,499 sticker price of the monitor directly; each routed the $500 back to the buyer as credit toward something else, which meant the actual out-of-pocket cost at checkout was the same regardless of retailer.

What it signals

A $500 preorder incentive on a $2,499 monitor is roughly a 20% discount dressed up as a bonus rather than a price cut — a common tactic for a flagship product Samsung wanted to avoid discounting outright before launch. Structuring the bonus differently by retailer (immediate Samsung Store credit versus a future-purchase code on Amazon) also let Samsung control how much of that value flowed back into its own storefront versus a competitor's marketplace, while still letting Amazon and Best Buy advertise the same headline $500 figure to their own shoppers.

US In News compiled this archived account from contemporaneous coverage by Laptop Mag and 9to5Toys. It restores a story originally published on this site in September 2023; figures are as reported at the time.