There has been much of a rumor that Wal-Mart would soon be carrying the iPhone. The rumor that the mega-store would soon be selling the almighty iPhone will finally come true by the end of December. Employees at five different Wal-Marts in the cell phone department were contacted independently and each verified that training was occurring for the iPhone and that a likely timeline for end of December was expected. The idea of a $99.00 iPhone is still floating around but there has not been any announcement or confirmation that the iPhone will drop to that price. Many analysts believe it is inevitable that Apple will drop the price to $99.00 to help boost sales and expand its user base. It should be mentioned that the $99.00 price point has not been denounced by any party and is still a possibility considering Wal-Mart's budget friendly prices.
Apple currently only sells the iPhone at its retail stores and BestBuy. Wal-Mart will open up new sales avenues which will boost its already expansive user base. Keep an eye out at big blue and let us know if you spot any Apple iPhones at Wal-Mart.
So, its just a gossip propagated by bloomberg .
First: you can't trust in any economic analyst, all of them stink, or they are coin flipping or they are putting their wish as a analysis.
If you are a good economic analyst then your work for a company where your analysis usually are keep under a NDA, hence private.
Second:bloomberg s*ck.
And third :extrapolating the current price, a unlocked iphone cost over $300, no matter if its the low-end 4gb, $99 is lower the manufacturing price.
Last edited by Magallanes on 09 Dec 2008 - 12:05
Actually, it's not. Checked with some co-workers last night and the information just came through to our store, we will be carrying the iPhone. I had been off for a couple of days, which is why I hadn't gotten the word.
Until I do more research into this, I'm reserving my judgment about this.
Thanks for posting something that wasn't a bad read.
It was a HUGE mistake to bundle the iPhone with one company, especially one as universally despised as AT&T. Apple had an unprecedented window to snag a huge market share in one of the world's major ESTABLISHED consumer electronics markets (by comparison, they essentially created the iPod market, HUGE difference).
Those leapfrog opportunities don't come often with such major technology players already saturated a market space. And while it made sense short term, long term it will cost them billions.
It was a HUGE mistake to bundle the iPhone with one company, especially one as universally despised as AT&T. Apple had an unprecedented window to snag a huge market share in one of the world's major ESTABLISHED consumer electronics markets (by comparison, they essentially created the iPod market, HUGE difference).
Those leapfrog opportunities don't come often with such major technology players already saturated a market space. And while it made sense short term, long term it will cost them billions.
The iPhone, like the iPod, has a lock on the "cool" factor. Which in turn relegates everything else to the exact opposite in terms of mass appeal. If nothing else, the Apple name and reputation a la iPod will ensure that everyone else will fight an uphill battle. As of now, the competition is destined (for God knows how long), to work away in Apple's shadow. Good luck trying to break out of it.
This isn't to say that competitors won't be able to come up with a solid product. But overcoming the Apple name, in light of what the iPod has already done for it, will not be easy.
So is this the iPod, part 2? Looks like it for the time being.
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I think you mean "smug factor". Hell, if the iPhone was 99 bucks, I'd go get one... out of spite. I'd show it off to other iPhone users and ask, "Did you get yours for 99 bucks too?" I'm sure that would be a real bad day for smuggers everywhere.
/snark
/snark
Haha yeah, I'd probably do it too, all my friends who paid $600+ for one because they didn't want a contract...
Do you know what you are talking about????
AT&T has the highest rated customer satisfaction scores according to JD power and Associates between the top 4 (Verizon, AT&T, Nextel|Sprint, T-Mobile). Also the residual kickback apple makes on each iPhone sold is incredible. Forget the intial 250USD profit they make on ones sold outside of their store. They also get between 7 and 12 USD per month from AT&T for ever activated iPhone. This is free and clear profit as they dont have to deal with iPhone service once it is out of the box except for warrenty. You need to get your facts right dude, apple is laughing all the way to the bank with their at&t exclusive partnership.
I'll just assume you are either A) a spokesman for AT&T (since you keep repeating the same post here) or B) live on the East Coast where coverage is better, or both.
AT&T has the highest rated customer satisfaction scores according to JD power and Associates between the top 4 (Verizon, AT&T, Nextel|Sprint, T-Mobile). Also the residual kickback apple makes on each iPhone sold is incredible. Forget the intial 250USD profit they make on ones sold outside of their store. They also get between 7 and 12 USD per month from AT&T for ever activated iPhone. This is free and clear profit as they dont have to deal with iPhone service once it is out of the box except for warrenty. You need to get your facts right dude, apple is laughing all the way to the bank with their at&t exclusive partnership.
Umm... Do you know what you are talking about? T-Mobile is the highest ranked wireless carrier by JD Power as it has been for almost 10 years...
AT&T is tied at 3rd with only Sprint being lower.
http://www.jdpower.com/Telecom/ratings/wir...ings-(volume-1)
AT&T has the top rated cellular data network in the US and it has the best call service on east coast according to a major recent survey. You have to have cellular service on an iPhone or you may as well have an iPod Touch. I don't see AT&T service as a downside. If anything its a major upside. The Android G1 being on TMobile is a downside. Their network is worse then Nextel and thats saying something.
See my comment to the last time you spread this FUD... AT&T is NOT the highest ranked carrier by JD Power in the US... PERIOD.
Hense the reason AT&T has such steep writedowns this year.
Hense the reason AT&T has such steep writedowns this year.
Apple needs to fix the pricing? Blame your government and taxes.
Hense the reason AT&T has such steep writedowns this year.
Apple needs to fix the pricing? Blame your government and taxes.
Such a price diff is not due to taxes.
Secondly, your mobile phone might be much cheaper in Belgium ( I mean the total cost of ownership)
In the US you'd always pay for a telephone and then you have monthly subscription fees. However, in Europe, in many cases, you can get a free phone i you pay higher subscribtion fees.
The cheapest iPhone here is: $199 + $83/month + you pay $.20 for every text message you send and receive (yes, you pay even when you receive a text message!!)
Above all, in BE they cannot lock down a mobile Phone as the law prohibits it. So whatever you get over there in Belgium it is unlocked.
Maybe in a few years android will be a really big player after it's gone past it's 1st version. I'd consider switching if android significantly improves, or maybe even the next windows mobile (you never know lol) i'm no fan boi
Nice try.
One of the reasons the iPod achieved ubiquity was because anyone could buy an iPod (and accessories) anywhere.
Apple missed an unprecedented opportunity to grab marketshare commensurate with the mindshare they achieved by leapfrogging so many billion dollar companies.
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Seriously... I think that if/when Apple does this, other phone manufacturers are not going to idly sit by. I bet Blackberry phones will drop in price around iPhones Walmart debut
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