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Wal-Mart now selling iPhone 3G
By Charles Starrett
Contributing Editor
Published: Monday, December 29, 2008
News Categories: iPhone
As expected, Wal-Mart began selling iPhone 3Gs yesterday. The retailer is now offering the handset in roughly 2,500 stores, at prices of $197 for the 8GB model and $297 for 16GB versions. Wal-Mart is the second independent retailer and fourth overall to sell the iPhone 3G, following Best Buy, AT&T, and Apple.
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With Wal-Mart and its large base of customers along with the iPhone being a household name, I think this is a win for all sides. However I feel there could be a downside to this and it is due to the 3G service. For example, in North Carolina (were I live) 3G is only available in the Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte, Jacksonville, and Fayetteville areas, leaving lots of non-3G area in between. Why would you want to pay for an iPhone if the 3G service isn’t in your area?
Posted by hoshieBIOTpod in Havelock, NC USA on December 29, 2008 at 12:31 PM (PST)