Walmart to sell iPhone for basically the same price as everywhere else
If you had asked Santa to make the rumors of a $99 iPhone come true, I'm sorry to disappoint you.
Beginning Sunday, more than 2,500 Walmart stores will begin selling iPhones, as anticipated, but at nearly the same price point as AT&T --- $197 for an 8-gigabyte phone, and $297 for a 16-gigabyte phone. Okay, you'll get a 1 percent discount on the Jesus phone, as other bloggers have pointed out.
Either purchases, both equipped with 3G, will still require a two-year contract with AT&T. Prices for individual iPhone 3g service plans start at $70 a month.
Will stocking the iPhone at Walmart get the phone into even more American hands?
I'm not sure that selling the phone at Apple stores and AT&T stores has been the limiting factor. More than a fifth of the country's smartphone owners carry iPhones, and two-fifths carry BlackBerry phones, according to a ChangeWave survey.
(photo: Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)
Categories: Cellular/Landline/Voice over Internet, Cheap/Frugal, Technology
Comments
I personally don't think that having it available at WalMart will guarantee more sales but I've learned not to bet against Apple, they seem to know what they're doing. Maybe some shoppers are intimidated by the polish of Apple stores and prefer the familiarity of a Walmart? I don't know the answer but I'm certain Apple does. :)
At the very least, it's an experiment Apple's willing to try. --- lfk
Posted by: jim | December 28, 2008 12:00 AM