Wal-Mart slashes iPhone 5s, 5c pricing ahead of new flagship rollout

[Shawn Knight]

Wal-Mart has slashed the price of current-model iPhones as new handsets from Apple loom on the horizon. An entry-level iPhone 5s with 16GB of storage can now be had for just $99 with a two-year contract from AT&T, Sprint, US Cellular or Verizon while the same capacity iPhone 5c will set you back $29 with a 24-month commitment.

It’s a promotion that Wal-Mart has run in the past but this time, the offer is permanent.

The discounts come as we inch closer to the inevitable launch of the iPhone 6, a handset that’ll likely arrive with screen sizes of 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches. If rumors and analyst speculation pan out, this will be the first major screen size increase since the iPhone 5 in 2012 and only the second ever from Apple. By all accounts, it’d put the iPhone on par with the rest of the smartphone industry in terms of screen size.

It’s pretty common for companies to put current handsets on sale as they reach the end of their flagship run. The deals are a good opportunity for customers to pick up high-end smartphones for cheap while at the same time allowing retailers to clear out inventory for next generation devices.

Such deals can sometimes seem unfair as some customers may not realize they’re purchasing a device that won’t be top-of-the-line for much longer, but such is the case in the cutthroat world of consumer electronics. Research beforehand is key!

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[Guest17]

What is a two-year contract, anyway?

 

[learninmypc]

What is a two-year contract, anyway?

I think a 2 year contract is where you MUST stay with a certain carrier for that period of time. Once its expired, I guess you can change the carrier.
If I'm not correct, others will correct me.
I have an iPhone but not for phone purposes. Just web ,camera & video.

 

[cliffordcooley]

2-year contract is becoming the carrier ***** for two years. That is unless you are willing to pay an early termination fee, for canceling services before the contract is finished.

 

[captaincranky]

Apple should put up a store next to every Walmart, and put them out of business for wh*ring down the price of their phones!

 

[learninmypc]

Apple should put up a store next to every Walmart, and put them out of business for wh*ring down the price of their phones!

I don't understand, unless you're just being you?
Doesn't Apple get their $$$ regardless of what other stores sell it for?

 

[captaincranky]

I don't understand, unless you're just being you?
Doesn't Apple get their $$$ regardless of what other stores sell it for?

I'm being me.

Well, I think if you walked into an Apple store to buy the phone, you would pay list price. (Didn't research this, just a guess).

Now, the amortized price of the phone is included in the contract charges. But I doubt if you could explain that to the average Walmart customer. They would swear up and down they got the, "best deal ever". Hence my irony.

 

[cliffordcooley]

Doesn't Apple get their $$$ regardless of what other stores sell it for?

Here I was thinking Apple would sue to make sure prices stay high regardless of whether it effected them directly.

 

[learninmypc]

OK

 

[captaincranky]

Here I was thinking Apple would sue to make sure prices stay high regardless of whether it effected them directly.

Apple has sued many, many people for much less.

I still like my idea of putting an Apple store next to every Walmart. They could rent the Walmart rednecks ascots and dinner jackets when they entered. Then explain how buying the iPhone from them at list price, would work wonders for their self esteem.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

And here I was under the impression that if you wanted to sell your iPhone privately you were under obligation to let Apple know so they could get a chop on your take. You know, like the taxman operates.

 

[captaincranky]

And here I was under the impression that if you wanted to sell your iPhone privately you were under obligation to let Apple know so they could get a chop on your take. You know, like the taxman operates.

With all the crap about unlocking phones being a crime, I suppose it could be compared to software, where you NEVER really own your phone, Apple just licenses it to you. So you're not really allowed to sell it, you have to give it a ritual burial, (hashtag, "21 gun salute"), kneeling in front of its tiny apple shaped coffin, while praying toward Cupertino California.

In the early days of the iPhone, warriors would eat their fallen companion, believing they could acquire Siri's wisdom.

 

[oldikes]

What is a two-year contract, anyway?

I think a 2 year contract is where you MUST stay with a certain carrier for that period of time. Once its expired, I guess you can change the carrier.
If I'm not correct, others will correct me.
I have an iPhone but not for phone purposes. Just web ,camera & video.

pretty much. you can buy your way out of the contract but its expensive.

 

[Jad Chaar]

2-year contract is becoming the carrier ***** for two years. That is unless you are willing to pay an early termination fee, for canceling services before the contract is finished.

You should get in touch with the carriers about making this the new explanation for 2-year contact: "You become our b***h for 2 years dawg!"

 

[tipstir]

Contracts were the way the Wireless Companies took a hold of your earnings. Now you don't have to be on a lock down and go non-contract way. In the end no matter what the extra cellular nodes that are not used by the contracts are what they have for non-contracts. Same line etc. The racket has gone out of control. No matter what the phones you get for free to very low you're still paying for them during the 2 year agreement. What happen to SAT Phones never available or just cost too high to have everyone on system.