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Wal-Mart selling the T-Mobile G1 for cheaper?

27 October 2008 by Staff Editor


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Somewhat believable rumors about Wal-Mart are flying around again, this one is about the arrival of the G1 at a cheaper price. The top ten Wal-Mart locations in each market will be getting the T-Mobile G1 on the 24th of November just in time for Christmas.

It comes as no surprise because big box stores such as Costco are already selling the G1 in many of their stores. Wireless sales in these stores have proven to be a good market for these companies. It is no doubt that Wal-Mart, who boasts low prices, will offer some sort of discount on the device, luring customers to their stores rather than the T-mobile retail locations. Rumors say that the price will be $148.88 with activation and a two-year contract.

For many the $31 dollar discount is not worth waiting a month to get this phone. Those who are interested in the G1 are more likely to want it sooner rather than later. The price will help with Christmas shopping this year for those effected by our economy. With so many T-Mobile stores outside of the 3G area, T-Mobile is wise to be allowing the overflow of G1 handsets to be sold in other stores as well bringing the market to those who would have otherwise missed.

Photo courtesy of Android Community member heyitsnan.

[Via EngadgetMobile]

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  1. Thats it.. I'm returning my G1.. I can't have people thinking that I shop at Wal*mart now!!!!
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GrimShadows View Post
    Thats it.. I'm returning my G1.. I can't have people thinking that I shop at Wal*mart now!!!!

    LMFAO LMFAO That is too funny
  3. look at the font of the prices on the 2 item... completely different... someone "photoshop'd" it.
  4. I kinda feel violated over the extra $$....
  5. apple people musta created that. lets make one and post it on a iphone forum!
  6. It's photoshopped!
  7. Just got off the phone with a WM rep and found out the G1 will be available at a discounted price and with a 1 year contract.













    Yeah, right
  8. is that price gonna be with the infamous 2yr contract?
  9. I would pay extra just so I dont have to go to Wal Mart.
  10. Even the G1 in the picture looks cropped. It's a bad photoshop. I could get those results out of "paint".

    This one is busted.

    Edit: My bad! obviously the picture was meant to be a representation of the story and not an original artifact. No offense to heyitsnan.
  11. No offense taken - it was just a 'quickie' for the story (of course its not an actual ad)
  12. I for one am happy if this turns out to be true. If it goes to Wal-mart and is that cheap with a two-year plan, then we'll see this phone get into a lot of people's hands. When that happens, you'll only see more and more people developing for it. Better and Better apps will result.

    Go ahead with yourself, wal-mart.
  13. if someone who shops at wal-mart (im referring to the overly ghetto, shoeless, shirtless, snaggletooth, etc) starts developing apps for the G1, I will go back to my high school and college professors and slap them cuz I'd be ashamed and feel retarded if one of those Wal-Martie's is smarter than me in being capable of creating apps.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ariesboy View Post
    look at the font of the prices on the 2 item... completely different... someone "photoshop'd" it.
    Its just suppose to be funny!
  15. there was a guy at the swapmeet yesterday selling 5 G1s, new in box, no contract for $250 each.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MartinMtz702 View Post
    there was a guy at the swapmeet yesterday selling 5 G1s, new in box, no contract for $250 each.
    sounds stolen to me.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MartinMtz702 View Post
    if someone who shops at wal-mart (im referring to the overly ghetto, shoeless, shirtless, snaggletooth, etc) starts developing apps for the G1, I will go back to my high school and college professors and slap them cuz I'd be ashamed and feel retarded if one of those Wal-Martie's is smarter than me in being capable of creating apps.
    lol, I didn't say that wal-mart shoppers should build apps for us... I said that the more snaggletoothed people that have the G1, the more apps will be built by developers. Granted, they may be apps that incorporate trailer home locations with tornado warnings on google maps, but that is beside the point.
  18. looks more like a ms paint job to me.
  19. I think "Do not Photoshop" needs to be added as 11th commandment...

    Technology is such a tool!
  20. Honestly this can only be good for the G1 and the Android OS. The more people who have the phone the more bigger developers will want to develop it. Only good things can come from having the G1 in more markets and to more people outside 3G areas.
  21. Lmao... I don't believe people actually think this ad is real lol.. Very funny though...
  22. Where's all this Walmart hate coming from? Where else am I supposed to get lighter fluid, duct tape, garbage bags and a shovel at at 3 o'clock in the morning?!?
  23. ^^^ the makings of another Dateline episode.
  24. Lame. I'd rather buy it straight from T-Mo for 179. I absolutely hate Wal-Mart.
  25. Wil that low price be for people that aren't ready to upgrade yet also.
  26. If anything, this phone is only going to get more "expensive"... From experience, electronics get more expensive with additional features and newer versions... But I dont know! If ever retailers sell the phones, they will probably have a combo deal (accessories and so on).

    Who cares! I have my G1 already... the rest can come in any order....
  27. I would've thought it was a fake too if I didn't know better. A good friend of mine works as a T-Mobile account rep and told me that Wal-Mart is taking a $20 hit on every G1 they're selling because of the $150 price tag. It's a matter of buying them at Wal-Mart or Sam's Club (old employer) in terms of price. At Sam's they sell for $179 but they put an activation fee credit on the account.
  28. COMPLETE FAKE! First the photoshop looks bad enough but guys look at the font! Especially the $$ sign. No advertisment uses different two different $ signs. COMPLETE FAKE.
  29. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JUSTINB View Post
    Lame. I'd rather buy it straight from T-Mo for 179. I absolutely hate Wal-Mart.
    I think I have a picture of you wearing a Wal-Mart vest.
  30. It's not real, look at the price's color and font, they are not consistent with everything else.

    ~DtD
  31. Newest app(s) to arrive in Android marketplace...
    *Walmart item location GPS
    *Electric scooter Gtrak
    *Walmart Go-Cart
    *Walmart Add Pdf viewer
    *Breathalyzer
    *Auto bread crumbs for local Thrift shop/Gun shop/liquor stores
    hehe
  32. Wow, you guys are a bunch of condescending, elitist, stuck up jerks. Shoeless? Shirtless?

    God forbid if somebody who makes less money than you superior examples of the human condition should want something that you've judged them to be too stupid or poor to have.

    So while you're passing judgment on the photoshopping of this image, and expressing your superior intelligence and taste, here's your link:

    http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/...9_FORTUNE5.htm

    This is my first post here and I'm almost ashamed to be here.
  33. Them giving the phones to walmart makes me feel violated.
  34. Just got off the phone, Walmart in Secaucus, NJ is selling them for $179!?
  35. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ACTPOHABT View Post
    Just got off the phone, Walmart in Secaucus, NJ is selling them for $179!?
    is this with the 2 yr contract?
  36. Quote:
    Originally Posted by fresh_prince86 View Post
    is this with the 2 yr contract?
    Yes it is.
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