T-Mobile G1: $148.88 at Wal-Mart???
| by Rob Jackson on October 27th, 2008 |
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What did the bird say when it flew into Wal-Mart looking for a T-Mobile G1? Cheap, cheap, cheap! Rumor has it that starting on November 24th, Wal-Mart will be offering the T-Mobile G1 for over $30 dollars off the price you’ll find at T-Mobile stores. That’s right… $179.99 at Magenta and $148.88 at Wallies… for a savings of $31.11.
That would be an interesting scenario, but how legit are the rumors? You’ll have to ask EngadgetMobile who got the news by way of anonymous tipster. The only evidence – if its supposed to be evidence – is the photograph that comes with the story:
Wal-Mart clipboards on one side and T-Mobile G1 stuff on the other. I’m not sure how strong this evidence is… if I stuck some Taco Bell clipboards besides a Mercedes Benz does it mean that…
Alright, alright… terrible example. Point being, file it in the rumors-only category for now. We wouldn’t be surprised if it wound up true but lets not jump to any conclusions, afterall, $30+ does sound like a pretty deep discount for an almost brand new phone.
[Via Engadget]
1. Jon wrote on October 27, 2008
Bullshit… unless there’s a 10 year contract in the fine print.
2. Vinc wrote on October 27, 2008
The guy who runs the little cellular kiosk at the local Costo thinks he’ll have G1’s for $149.99 in a couple weeks.
3. Michael Martin wrote on October 27, 2008
Its $154 now at T-Mobile stores.
November 10th is when the next shipment of G1s hit stores in general.
The white model could be in the 10th or 24th shipment.
,Michael Martin
http://www.googleandblog.com/
4. Ordan wrote on October 27, 2008
We are supposed to get a shipment of the G1’s on tomorrow or wednesday. At least thats what our Tmobile corporate reps keep telling us.
5. Michael Martin wrote on October 29, 2008
I spoke to Walmart in San Diego today and he said they wont in fact get the G1 til around November 10th which I believe is the case for all Walmarts – counter to what their spokesperson said yesterday.
If you want to save around 50% off the current G1 price I layed the procedure out at http://www.googleandblog.com/tmobile-g1-cheap/3221/
,Michael Martin
6. steve wrote on November 5, 2008
at the store…not discounted yet: people at store had no idea what i was talking about when i asked about the sale
7. najam wrote on November 29, 2008
what are you guys talking about? i checked at walmart they do not have the G1. today is 11-29-08 and you guys are talking about how it should be instore on the 10th of Nov. i checked with people at walmart who do not know what G1 is lol. seriously is this a joke?
8. pete wrote on February 18, 2009
bullcrap, iphones are better
9. Crystal wrote on May 31, 2009
Pete you are an idiot, G1 rocks the hell out of iphone, and you don’t have to deal with crappy AT&T to boot!