Rumor: Apple to Shake up US iPhone 3G Distribution
It’s Friday afternoon, it’s Summer and you’re itching to get home. We know, we know; it can be hard to keep focused. Since you’re spending your time this afternoon on BGR instead of working – as well you should – we figured we’d give you a nice little tidbit to take home with you this weekend. As if a sweet Nokia N78 NAM giveaway isn’t enough! How about a little something from one of our Apple ninjas? Would that do the trick? We just received unconfirmed word that Apple is going to be shaking things up a bit when it comes to iPhone 3G distribution here in the US. By shake up, we mean that Apple has supposedly secured deals with both Best Buy and Radio Shack to sell the iPhone 3G in their stores. Best Buy already offers other Apple products so this would hardly be a stretch. Again, this is definitely still tagged with “rumor status” but it comes from a ninja who has definitely done well for us in the past. No word if this will start from the July 11th launch date, or possible be a couple weeks / months out. Unlike you, our ninja can now go home and start enjoying his weekend a bit early.
On Jun 27, 2008 @ 8:25 pm, rob v Said:
Y’all know Tandy owns both RS & BB, right?
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do some research tard…..BB is owned by no one…..
LOL tandy doesnt own BB. Circuit City bought out some radio shack stores owned by tandy in canada, but thats the closest relationship tandy ever had with bb. was being a direct competitor with CC… but in any case tandy never owned either .. soo … wtf man
This would be good look for Radio Shack, considering we constanly have customers asking if we sell the current iPhone or going to be carrying the 3G version.
AT&T still has US exclusivity, and would be the one who negotiates a reseller agreement with these two companies to sell the iPhone, not Apple. At this time, AT&T still has no plans to distribute the iPhone through Indirect channels.
I work at a BBY Mobile store (…SWAS, same diff.) Management says we will get iPhone 3G yet Apple & AT&T reps have said they don’t see that happening but it could be possible…
I THE EARTHLY FATHER TO THE JESUS PHONE DECLARE THAT I WILL NOT SELL THIS AT RADIOSHACK OR BESTBUY.
Ditto, I’ve heard the exact same thing. I think there was a mention of it in the last TagTV/Best Buy propaganda video thing, too.
I doubt Apple will hit 10mil iphones, that means there will be 10mil people locked into At&t’s two-year contract. I will not be one captured by the AT&T Deathstar.
Mr Q:
You DO realize that Apple is releasing the iPhone in 70 countries (and counting) this year, right? There will be 22 countries involved in next week’s release, and the total subscriber base of all of the carriers is at least 4x greater than the current iPhone base. Also, Steve Jobs has claimed that he believes a deal will be struck with China and Russia sometime this year (which are not included in the announced 70). China Mobile has more subscribers than the USA and Great Britain have people.
Guess how much of that will be AT&T? Only the good ole US of A. So I wouldn’t use that particular logic to support your conclusion. The world is a large place… even the non-AT&T iPhone world.
Thompson
Tandy no longer exists. Tandy changed its name to RadioShack several years ago. Tandy IS RadioShack.
tandy is still the owner of RS. and The battery outlet places in canada. They are usually referred to as RS but tandy is still the parent company. i dont even know why im commenting on here?!
Hey guys…i work at the shack and i just go word that WE WILL BE CARRYING THE IPHONE!
quiero comprar uno por favor comuniquense a i mesenller la_bebe12_6@hotmail.com para informacion lo compro a cualquier precio
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