Iphone 3G 09/07/08 at Bestbuy

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We mentioned it before but now it seems Bestbuy has started advertising it. Head on over to Bestbuy.com for details



Apple iPhone 3G - BestBuy

[Poseidon79]

I wonder what the incentive is for best buy? Apple gets profit from hardware sales... AT&T gets profit from service contracts... best buy gets?

[bdizzle]

Probably just to get people in the stores, buy accessories, push a best buy service plan, buy itunes cards, music, movies, etc.

[WillyDavidK]

Best buy gets to sell you an unnecessarily expensive bluetooth headset and a fancy leather case

I already have mine, but this still sounds like great news for the iPhone community to me.

EDIT: oh, and how could i forget, best buy can try to sell you their own warranty plan which costs more and covers less than Apple's mfg warranty.

[Muggz5]

Apple really screwed up here. When they created this phone and the compatible firmware, their thought obviously was to make it more secure so the folks in our community here would have a very tough if not impossible (as it looks so far) time figuring out how to unlock this phone. They would have even doubled their sales by now if they hadnt done this. I know about 50 people around dallas here that ive helped JB/Unlock their phones that call me at least twice a week to see if 3G is unlockable yet. Think of all the people I dont know that would/will buy this as soon as its possible. Instead by the time these simple minded folks have the ability, TMobile will have released their newest secret phone in the works, and these folks will just go to it. But hey now best buy carries it, wonderful, now lets drown the market and lose quality standards due to demand. At this point the way Apple, AT&T, and now Best Buy are playing the game, Im almost excited to see what google has to offer from this new phone coming.

[kevin36]

Yea Apple would make alot more money if they make it more easier to J/B the 3G but the
reason behind this is AT&T ,They make a deal and drop a butt load of money for Apple to
do this so the can get more service contract.I guess this deal with these 2 guys end soon.

[JAG2621]

I thought AT&T had exclusive rights to sell the iPhone in the U.S.? If that is true then how is BestBuy selling them? Does that not infringe on AT&T's contract? Could AT&T not sue them and apple? Can anyone make sense out of this? I went to the link and it goes to BestBuy's website. I just thought that AT&T had exclusive rights to sell the iPhone in the U.S.!

[Vaddy]

I work for Best Buy and the only incentive for bringing the 3G iPhone is too drive more customers into the store which would increase rev and use Geek Squad to push performance service plans which would drive margin. It makes damn good business sense.

[r1994augusto]

but there they're just gonna sell the phone without the contract ¿??

[WillyDavidK]

The reason the phone is locked to AT&T and all that is because AT&T is paying for 2/3 of the phone! People seem to be forgetting about Apple and AT&Ts plan to release a contract-free version in the future that sells for 599 and 699 but isn't locked. I haven't heard any news on this in ages, so it's possible it was canceled, or that they are just waiting for the market to be sufficiently saturated to reach out to the Tmobile and other non-AT&T customers out there. Perhaps we'll hear more at WWDC?

[Vaddy]

Originally Posted by r1994augusto

but there they're just gonna sell the phone without the contract ¿??

No they will sell it with the same two year AT&T contract with the subsidized prices for the 8GB and 16GB, Best Buy Mobile is contracted with AT&T so just look at Best Buy as another authorized reseller for the iPhone.

[JAG2621]

Originally Posted by Vaddy

No they will sell it with the same two year AT&T contract with the subsidized prices for the 8GB and 16GB, Best Buy Mobile is contracted with AT&T so just look at Best Buy as another authorized reseller for the iPhone.

Ok then. Thats how they are sellling the iPhone. AT&T is using Best Buy not apple using BestBuy.

[McGeeTM]

We are pushing for more opps on AT&T side, Where we dont have core locations theres a bestbuy. More opp for sales more revenue growth for AT&T, and since Bestbuy is doing well with its new mobile store why not?

[JAG2621]

Good! Then BestBuy should be stocking a lot more iPhone accessories than it does now (right now they do not have much).

[D.J.C.]

I would guess 95% of the people buying from Best Buy are PC users. Mac users wouldn't go to Best Buy unless they were just too far from an Apple store.