How much will the Apple iPhone cost at Wal-Mart?
The Internet is all abuzz with conflicting reports on how much Wal-Mart will be charging when it begins offering the iPhone later in December. Will it be $99 for a 4GB iPhone, as Bloomberg's analysts say, or $197 for the 8GB iPhone model (as MacRumors posted), which is just two dollars cheaper than AT&T has been charging?
And if it's 4GB, will it be one of the discontinued models that Apple stores were selling at a discount back when they rolled out the 8GB versions?
Also up in the air is ...
... when these phones --- at whatever configuration, and at whatever price point --- would be available. Will it be Dec. 15, in time for stocking-stuffing, or not until Dec. 28, when people will hit the big-box retailer flush with holiday cash?
Apple Insider linked to stories about both possibilities.
I don't know --- I bought my 4GB iPhone when they were discounted, because I wasn't expecting to use it as an MP3 player anyway. But if I remember correctly, supplies were limited. And according to PC World, the iPhone already has a 30 percent lock on the smartphone market as it is, so how many more people out there would be interested in the older model that doesn't have 3G?
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