[lasteve]

This is apples way of cornering the smartphone market, then i think they should do the same with personal computers. Corner trhe market start selling $500 Macbook pros at supermarkets!!

[bruinsrme]

Wow I never knew the people here and over at Mac Rumors measure their status by the phone they carry.

As I said in Mac Rumors, The razr didn't really offer anything more than any other phone on the market other than a sleek form factor.

Maybe the phones offered at WalMart should be it own distinct color so those people can be readily spotted, taunted, insulted or whatever else is supposed to be done to them.

How many here started out on a 4Gb?
How much did you pay for your 4Gb? Bet is was a little more than $99

Just my thoughts

[Magnum]

Originally Posted by elr0y7

iphone, officially the new razr.

agreed

[Silenus]

Seeing as I listen to a lot of music and game a lot, I think 4gb is no future proof.
Heck I think 8gb is not enough for myself.

btw I heard that they are bringing it to the Dominican Republic soon.

[Dee$]

Its cool that wall-mart might sell for $100, it should be affordable for most people. However, people who pays premium should have better options than storage amount.

[D@D3CoUnTy]

this is going to be dumb i mean i understand hey its a 4 gig plus its cheap but apple went a little over there heads with this one >.>

[frankydabull]

Who cares? It opens the phone up to be bought by more people. I swear, now we got phone yuppies. These must be the same people who look at my 1st gen and think "Oh, you must have been too broke to get the 3G", not that I kept my 1st gen because im on TMobile.

I just bought my gf a 4GB because she can care less about a ton of apps and thousands of MP3s and Videos. She's jailbroken and unlocked, but the only time she wants a game is when she sees me playing something on my phone. She can care less about VNC, NES Roms, connecting via terminal, etc. She just likes having a touchscreen phone that has pink icons

Hell, i even started on a 4GB that I paid $400 for! When I could afford one with a larger HD after I decided I needed one, i saved and bought one. I dont see a problem with someone having the same phone that Ive already owned for more than 16 months

[football001170]

this would be my backup if i ever broke my white one if this actually happened but me personally i dont like the thought of apple (iphone )teaming up with walmart call me stuck but wateva

[howlett15]

My friend works in the electronics dept at walmart and he said that they were getting iphones and training would start soon. He also said they signed a contract with apple saying that there had to be a sales person there the whole time and if not they have to shut the whole phone section down lol. He didnt say anything about a 4gig though. But i understand what everyone is saying about everyone running around with iphones and that does kinda stink but oh well... im sure in a couple years another phone will come out that will be better than the iphone as much as i dont like to say it. One good side about the $99 iphone is that more developers can get thier hands on them to mod them without having to worry about bricking them.

[M4tt Dam0n]

Originally Posted by cash7c3

concur. If this rumor turned out to be true I'd expect a pay as you go plan to go along with it

What would be the benefit for apple? 99$ for an iPhone with no contract yeah my ***. Also what would be the point to get an iPhone without a data plan.

[BBryan]

I agree with all the posts about having a certain look to the Wal*iPhones.

Possibly a complete blue back plate with the (4GB Walmart) symbol?

Yes, that would be good.

I feel the exclusiveness going out the window on this one, too. I'm glad I have a 2G iPhone. At least there is still some exclusiveness to that model.

Laters...

Oh, and by the way, I will ask our phone guys about the iPhone tomorrow...

[Cody Overcash]

Originally Posted by M4tt Dam0n

What would be the benefit for apple? 99$ for an iPhone with no contract yeah my ***. Also what would be the point to get an iPhone without a data plan.

market dominance? like I know

I just don't think walmart is the venue to be slinging the super expensive contacts of course I know very little about the shopping habits of those that frequent walmart

edit: well I do know that I visit walmart specifically to not pay a lot of money so i figure high $ contracts is exactly the opposite

[LrdBane]

The way i see it it may be a good thing for app developers. If more people buy your .99 cent program then you got it made even with the "Apple tax" I got to learn how to make programs fast.

And what about the return policy. They better have a huge stock pile. These things are going to be dropped left and right and taken back to Walmart. But i'm sure they are addressing that issue too.

[wilson]

Originally Posted by bdizzle

umm....and why would that be a bad thing?



why does apple selling the iPhone for $99 suck? And what makes you think your iPhone would be any better than theirs? Outside of storage space it's 100% the exact same phone. You're acting like jailbreaking/unlocking the thing makes you super cool or some sort of elite member of the iPhone community.



again, why not?

You guys really sound like some elitist apple fanboys right now. Apple created the phone for it to 1) be profitable, and 2) eat up as much market share as they possibly can. I'm guessing maybe you think you're coolness will be threatened if it becomes a mass market device or something (which it pretty much already is)?

The more market share apple gets, the more competition there will be from RIM, Moto, LG, Google, Nokia, and every other handset maker to beat apple at it's own game and create the next sensation in mobile phones (much like Moto did with the RAZR and Apple has done with the iPhone).

I agree with you man. We are all just silly apply iphone geeks here. We all should get a life and put the iphone in its place as just a cellphone. Having an iphone does not make any of us more attractive or more desirable.

[nrowensby]

Damn... if I would've just waited. 4gigs is plenty of room for Pandora