“We have a letter that we believe to be authentic from a source within Walmart that says the iPhone will launch in the house that Sam built at 9am December 28th. At launch, only the 8GB ($197) and 16GB ($297) iPhone 3Gs will be available with a required signature on a 2-year AT&T contract. An internal pilot program kicks off today at 488 stores across the nation,” Thomas Ricker reports for Engadget.
Full article, with a scan of the memo, here.
Direct link to video via YouTube here.
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wow. You can save a whole 3 dollars when shopping at their crappy store.
in case you decide to buy an iphone while picking up a years supply of toilet paper.
Wal-Mart = SHITE
I’ve never left Wal*Mart thinking “That was a good decision. I’m glad I went there.”
That chick is pretty hot.
Wal-Mart has pretty good deals on dishwasher detergent, but Meijer is closer.
God, you people are snobs. I love Walmart.
@Wish I Was Here
“Snobs” — No sh*t!
I understand not shopping Walmart because you disagree with their business practices that put Mom & Pop stores out of business. But ragging on Walmart based on the stereotyped customer base is plain snobbery.
Bottom line is that Walmart, for a huge portion of the population, is the only big store for 50 or more miles. It makes good business sense for Apple and ATT to get the iPhone sold there. Remember, the iPhone is NOT sold online. You’ve got to go to a brick and mortar store for a purchase. It would be BAD management at Apple NOT to take advantage of Walmart’s distribution reach.
only the 8GB ($197) and 16GB ($297) iPhone 3Gs will be available
What other versions are there that won’t be available at Wal-Mart (if we disregard for the moment the one announced by the SNL clip)?
@ Ugh..
Yeah, and you would never guess she just had a baby 3 weeks ago.
Her name is Amy Poehler
The Dude abides.
Good for Apple. Though I don’t shop there often, I like the idea of Walmart (inexpensive products for the “working class”).
As for the snobs, go take a flying leap…
Wal-mart lacks social consciousness or any type of regard for the poor; they merely exploit others for their gain. If you shop there you should be ashamed of yourself. Mom and Pop all the way, or suffer at the hands of the toxic products you buy. It is like shopping at the Dollar Store. I’m not a snob, just socially conscious.
@whatever
exactly.
anyways, i consider myself more of an asshole than a snob. i snob thinks he is better, i just piss people off for fun.
Is that chick the one who does Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live?
Walmart’s practice of not employing anyone full time to avoid insurance benefits is absolutely horrible.
Their one redeeming factor is that they allow truck drivers to park their rigs in their parking lots overnight or at anytime. I’ve got friends who haul freight cross country and this is a big deal for them.
I find quite disgusting on the few occasions that I’ve been forcibly required to enter this “Walmart” store that the common folk speak of. Imagine the horror to discover that this establishment does not offer valet parking! I was most fortunate that there were many blue outlined spots, near the front doors, which I assumed were for exclusively for persons driving a proper luxury sedan, such as my Bentley Arnage. Once inside, I was blinded by the glaring lighting and garish color scheme. Worse yet, was the lack of a personal shopper to assist me with my purchases. The store was gloomy, and filled with persons that appears to be of the working class. Disgusting!
Imagine my horror when I discovered that they did not carry such staples as cashmere sweaters, silk stockings, nor mink coats. The girthy woman who assumed the title of “assistant manager” rudely the seriousness of my product inquiries, and told me to visit some unknown retailer called “Hell.”
The only salvation, was finding a charging cord for my iPhone, as I had previously thrown my old one at some likely homeless man driving a Mercedes E-series economy car. However, that is a story for another day!
I do apollogize for being so verbose, but I did feel this article related to me as I had once visited one of the “Walmart” establishments that plebeians seem to speak of.
I shop at Walmart as little as possible. Partly because of their policies toward their workers and the community, but mostly because Walmart is a sh*thole. I much prefer Target. A lot cleaner, and the store isn’t laid out by an epileptic monkey throwing feces at a floor plan.
——RM
@Ms. Beatrice Davenport of New Boddington
i feel your pain.. i too had to enter this store. but i find it becomes more fun when you stare and point at all the inbred poor people of lower class who think that they are getting their ‘money’s worth’. though, i must thank them, because their stupidity is what keeps the walmart stock well, and me rich.
my other hobbies include kicking puppies and pissing off the police.
oh and robbing your home.
Walmart is a zoo. No thanks.
The point of going Walmart is to put the iPhone in front of as many shoppers as possible; rich and poor shop at Walmart.
Anyone who canonizes Mom & Pop has never lived in a small town and been regularly sodomized by Pop while Mom watches from behind the register as she rings up your $35 garden hose. Cheaper goods and competition do not victimize the poor. They help the consumer.
That being said, I hate to go into Wal-Mart. The sight of a morbidly obese woman steering her motorized ass-hauler into the cookie aisle ruins my appetite for days.
It is said that 30% of all millionaires shop at WalMart…that is because they are the only ones with enough spare time to keep returning stuff. Wally world is the landfill once removed.
I go to Walmart for it’s entertainment value.
The people who shop there are fascinating.
The people who work there part time all have full time jobs at the Circus.
The food and clothing sold there is dirt cheap. It’s so cheap that it no longer makes sense to wash the stuff. Just wear it once, donate it to Value Village and buy new.
And, to top it all off, when you are worn out with all the fun and sightseeing you can dine in comfort at Mickey D’s.
If you have to go to Walmart you can always play Walmart bingo: http://bitsandpieces.us/2008/10/29/wal-mart-bingo/
Believe it or not, there are no WalMart stores close to where I live. This is “Target territory.” Coming soon, iPhone at Target for $195. Save $4 instead of only $2!
No doubt, this will be good for both Apple and ATT, since the only difference with buying an iPhone at WalMart is $2.
Lots of genuinely funny observations here. LOL!
Also lots of righteous indignation from people living in a country where the class system is obviously alive and kicking, where people are concerned about the effects on society of a shopping chain, yet there is no social welfare or health system to speak of.
Sorry, I just don’t get it.