iPhone 3G may be coming to a Walmart near you
Back in June we broke the news that Apple would be mixing things up a bit by moving away from its prior iPhone distribution model and getting a couple of nation-wide retailers in on the action. A little more than two months later, Best Buy indeed began carrying the iPhone 3G as we reported. The other retailer we mentioned however, Radio Shack, did not. We’re not sure if the Apple and the Shack hit a wall during negotiations or if we still may see the iPhone 3G pop up there but in the meantime, it looks like another major retailer has swooped down and stolen Radio Shack’s thunder. One of our ninjas has it on good authority that Wal-Mart will begin selling the iPhone 3G next month - on November 15th to be exact. If Wal-Mart is indeed getting the iPhone 3G, the timing makes sense with Black Friday coming just under two weeks later. Bringing the iPhone 3G to Walton’s wonder would definitely help ease the congestion a bit for those heading out to snag an iPhone 3G as a gift. Then again, considering you can’t leave a store without activating the handset first, we doubt the iPhone 3G will sell anywhere near as well as the iPhone did under the previous activation model here in the US. Well, that and the little problem we seem to be having with the economy…
Something Wallmart this way comes…
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Wal-Mart is absolutely essential to reaching your typical redneck demographic. It’s the only store that will allow shoppers to purchase products with “coon-skins” and empty cans of tobacco dip.
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Hahah, ain’t it the truth. Wal-Mart is filthy.
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Sell it while it’s hot! Here comes some serious competitors. LG, Samsung, Blackberry, and Nokia are about to seriously slow down sales. Thanks AT&T for holding them back, so that Apple could get as many sales in as possible.
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I think this new policy is meant to lesson the amount of hacked IPhone 3G you have on eBay.
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Well the one thing Apple & AT&T should start doing is start selling iPhone gift cards, Sounds dumb cause a regular gift card buys you almost anything but but hey if you want to give someone a iphone, i gift card that says iphone might be a good idea
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@Baber, Not true, AT&T doesn’t give a shit about Apple, they’re in it to make money. Well one thing they’re trying to do is make people addicted to data packages and that’s were the iphone comes in, you can’t buy a iphone without it plain and simple then even if you hate the device your going to want data on your next device
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Well, its official, the iphone is no longer cool.
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ok, this is getting ridiculous. If wal-mart can do the f-ing iPhone, it’s got to be available to third party dealers SOME time in the near future right? I mean, Wal-mart employess aren’t exactly experts at their job, you know what I mean?
Jesus Tits Apple/at&t, let’s help me, help you!
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So how does Wal-Mart spin this to make it seem like their price is lower if Apple makes everyone sell the phone at the same price? Maybe it comes with a free cross-bow or something.
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Is this phone still relevant?
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if ther selling it at slave mart then no
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Wonder if this foreshadows a 3G price cut by Apple? With the economy tanking rapidly, I reckon Apple and AT&T are going to have to offer price cuts.
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well for one i worked at a walmart in college and the comment about all of us being stupid is bogus. your probably an apple fan boy who always gets the id 10 t error on his computer or iphone LOLz
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What a bunch of iPhone snobs. What difference does it make where it is sold? Walmart brings a log of products to a lot of people and at good prices. Most people on this posting seem to think they belong to some special class of people who are just a little better than the rest of us. Give me a break. God created us all equal and we are supposed to love one another. Apple folks need to get over themselves. EgomaniMACs.
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Someone told me that the 3G is already being sold in Walmart… I’m not so sure about that cause other than him nowhere else is saying that.
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Columbus, Indiana to be precise
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hey BG !
do you think auth dealers are going to get the iphone?
thanks
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Who is going to Activate iphone 3G at walmart?
Are they going to start selling iphone 3G at like 199.97 dollars and say like “WE ALWAYS HAVE THE LOWEST PRICE!
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I wouldn’t say att don’t care about apple but your definitely right about the data part…
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I like going into Walmart and start having light saber fights with my brother-in-law in the isles with the toy light sabers. Sad part is, both of us are in our late 30’s.
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It is SO tacky that WalMart is selling the iPhone…i mean seriously…come on now!
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tacky? stfu
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Tacky? Are you a girl? It’s a damn phone not an ugly ass dress that you see on a chic-flick. A phone that people buy in droves and stood on-line for hours on end to get. OF COURSE WalMart is going to sell it. to MAKE MONEY! MONEY, MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY! The Waltons need to be able to afford to eat, you know.
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What a bunch of dweebs! What’s wrong with Walmart selling iPhones. iPhone is not the same as Walmart selling Armani. Not even close! Get over it already!
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