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Friday December 26, 2008
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 Looking for the best price on a new iPhone? You might want to swing by your local Wal-Mart starting December 28th, when they'll begin to offer Apple's hot phone at $2 less than Apple's own price: $197 for an 8GB model or $297 for a 16GB model.
Hopefully this will put to rest all of the "$99 iPhone" rumors, but it's still a big deal from Apple's perspective. For one thing, Apple doesn't usually let retailers offer products at less than their own prices; Wal-Mart is probably kicking in the extra $2 on their own. Apple also tries to make sure their products are only sold by folks trained to sell Apple products, something Wal-Mart senior VP Gary Severson said the retail chain was glad to do. "Our electronics associates have been preparing for many weeks for the arrival of iPhone 3G," he said in a press release.
Hopefully they still got some time off for the holidays!
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December 29, 2008 10:42 AM
Another point on the board for Sascha! You've been saying all along that Walmart will be selling iPhones, they just wouldn't be $99. I wonder how this will change the whole home-activation thing; I remember back on launch day for the 3G people were complaining of issues with activating from home, but I imagine things have settled quite a bit since those days.