Simple economic theory states that buying and selling in volume is the key to lower prices and nowhere is this principle more clearly realized than in a recent announcement by Wal-Mart to start selling the T-Mobile G1 (Google phone) for $148.88 on Wednesday October 29 in roughly 550 of its stores for consumers who sign up for a two-year T-Mobile contract.
This is significant because T-Mobile itself is slated to drop the phone for $179 with the same contract.
Released for T-Mobile, the G1 is the first mobile device powered by Google's open-source Android software. It embeds a large touch screen similar, integrates a 3.0-megapixel camera with photo-sharing capability, and builds in a trackball and slide-out keyboard.
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October 30th, 2008 at 8:59 am
What about buying the Gpone without contract ? is it possible ? for how much ?
October 31st, 2008 at 8:45 am
Leave it to Wal-Mart to come up with the best price. How do they manage to do that? The worst part of it for me is I hate to go to Wal-Mart for anything unless I absolutely have to.