Is the iPhone still as desirable if it's sold at Wal-Mart?

by L.A. Times Posted 2013/01/11 17:55:10

Related Topics: Finance, iPhone, Walmart, Text, Work, smartphone, Phones, Contract, iPhone 5, Image, Phone, Wal-mart, Store

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As Wal-Mart wraps up its sale on the iPhone 5, it is also announcing that the popular smartphone will now be carried by Straight Talk, the no-contract network that is available only at Wal-Mart.

Straight Talk will offer the 16 GB version of the phone for $650. It will work with a monthly $45 plan that includes unlimited talk, text and data. The 8 GB iPhone 4 will also be available for $450. Customers who purchase either of the phones in the store can finance it and pay an additional $25 per month for their device. For the iPhone 5, those payments would last 26 months.

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adrianna2898 2013/01/13 04:38:34

Yes

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It is still an iPhone , no matter where you get it , it will be over priced .
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mm61675 2013/01/18 21:05:03

Yes

if anything more desirable

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jmc07806-PWCM-JLA 2013/01/15 15:03:14

Yes

I don't want one but I know a lot of people that still do.

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Prophet 2013/01/15 07:23:58

Yes

Can see why it would not.

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dina.kamara.7 2013/01/15 06:43:17

No

I meant to click yes cause let face it...cheapier is always better

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Drue-AFCL 2013/01/14 21:37:58

Yes

Of course. What a lame question. Oh wait. . . . . . consider the source. . . . THE L.A. Times. What a Liberal Rag.

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JOMO 2013/01/14 18:11:14

Yes

Why hell to the yeah....if it was sold at a toiled paper factory it would still be just as appealing....LOL.....JOMO

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Boo<3 2013/01/14 06:26:29

Yes

Who cares. A phone is a phone regardless of where it's sold. I already have one so it isn't "desirable" to me.

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HailScience 2013/01/14 03:35:01
Drue-AFCL to HailSci... 2013/01/14 21:39:12

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You don't spell it right either. LOL

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HailSci... to Drue-AFCL 2013/01/15 00:31:03

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LOL like OMG i added an extra L to name "walmart." you SURE showed me by pointing out a typo.

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Drue-AFCL to HailSci... 2013/01/15 01:04:33

You did spell Bullsh*t right though. LOL

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HailSci... to Drue-AFCL 2013/01/15 03:21:07

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LOL like WOW! you just, like, TOTALLY self censored yourself! that's like, SO thoughtful of you. Think of the children, you know . :D

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Drue-AFCL to HailSci... 2013/01/15 03:43:51

Whatever Valley Girl

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HailSci... to Drue-AFCL 2013/01/15 04:23:00

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THANK YOU ! BYEEE

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Drue-AFCL to HailSci... 2013/01/15 04:32:31

See ya!

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rasputan 2013/01/14 03:22:35

Yes

As desirable as it is anywhere else.

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Wrinkleranch 2013/01/14 03:01:52

Yes

Why not?

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MK 2013/01/14 02:16:49

Yes

It's not a game changer, but I would still rather get it from the Apple Store (even though it would be more expensive) because they would hook it up and you can buy a protection plan for it. I don't really think it otherwise matters.

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NINsanity! (Auflösung) 2013/01/14 01:03:53

Yes

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Pretty much everything can be bought at Walmart.

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Nathan 2013/01/13 22:59:47 (edited)

Yes

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Of course. I don't see how the value of an iPhone would change just because it was bought at Wal-Mart instead of a phone store. It's the same exact product.

I wish I could get one of these, the only issue is that it's $650 for the phone itself because there is no contract. I have an iPhone 3GS but it no longer has service because my parents couldn't afford the AT&T; bill ($80 something/month).

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Michael 2013/01/13 21:46:44

Yes

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Everyone likes a bargain that makes something of value affordable to them.

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Mike 2013/01/13 21:37:22

No

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At least not to me.... Don't own a cell phone, don't want one, never wanted one. I've got enough bills........

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JOMO to Mike 2013/01/14 18:14:31

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Ok Mike it's time for you to give up your two can and a string and get with the program....LOL...JOMO

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Mike to JOMO 2013/01/15 03:08:43

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That's to modern for me. I'm still using smoke signals.

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JOMO to Mike 2013/01/15 05:29:41

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I aint mad at cha Mike.....But I am ROTFLMAO....And just in case text and computer acronym's are to modern for ya...That mean Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off....JOMO

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FanOreilly 2013/01/13 21:15:29

Yes

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I love iPhones and I love Walmart.

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HailSci... to FanOreilly 2013/01/14 03:30:09

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you would

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FanOreilly to HailSci... 2013/01/14 21:34:36

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Definitely not gay.

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Bibliop... to FanOreilly 2013/01/15 04:34:16

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Gays don't like iphones or walmart?

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Cunning... to Bibliop... 2013/01/15 07:51:47

You tell him Steve Dave!

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FanOreilly to Bibliop... 2013/01/15 16:48:11

You missed my point.

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Bibliop... to FanOreilly 2013/01/16 20:54:20

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Sorry, I don't get it.

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Jenna to FanOreilly 2013/01/14 21:44:27

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What is with all the hate for Walmart? o_O

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FanOreilly to Jenna 2013/01/14 22:40:39

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Liberals hate Walmart because they are not union.

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Jenna to FanOreilly 2013/01/16 00:57:10

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Hmph.... With how awful unions have been acting that seems like more of a plus to me. But then again it is democrats, nothing is to idiotic for them.

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Domenica DiNino 2013/01/13 18:36:06

No

screw walmart

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kelly johnson 2013/01/13 17:41:02

Yes

I did well aleast I got one to keep my life occupied till I get out of foster care with my 2 yr sis

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QC 2013/01/13 15:57:46

No

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No. Wal-Mart is owned by the Waltons: one of the scummiest family of people on this planet.

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Sameasalways 2013/01/13 15:09:52 (edited)

No

People either love the iPhone or have some inherent dislike or even hate for it. I am not a technology person but the iPhone makes it easy, therefore I love it. The majority of people I know own iPhones. They are great. Walmart selling them does bring down the image of the iPhone. So does walmart selling them make them less desirable? Well it make them less exclusive. But until something comes out as simple and easy to use as the iPhone that isn't equally overpriced then I am sticking with it. iPhone is intuitive... A 5 year old can use it with no training. I have no desire to spend my time having to learn how to use a phone. Better things to do.

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JeffDeWitt 2013/01/13 14:38:56 (edited)

Yes

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But...

It makes no difference at all to me that Wal-Mart sells iPhones.

I don't do iJunk. Apple makes neat gadgets but that company is so insular it makes Microsoft look like a champion of open source.

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