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Sprint Offers Rare iPhone Price Drop

Aug 7, 2012, 8:16 AM by Rich Brome

Sprint this week lowered the price of its Apple iPhone 4S by $50. Price cuts on current models are usually restricted by Apple.

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WhySoBluePandaBear

Aug 7, 2012, 12:07 PM

Well this isn't Radio Shack or Target

It's one of the largest wireless carriers in the states. It doesn't matter what other store had going on - It's solely up to that store if they want to further subsidize it and take even more of an initial hit.

This is Sprint officially dropping the price.

Rich Brome

Exactly.

ajac09

makes me wonder if this is a sign that sprint needs to sell ALOT more iphones ALOT quicker. 20 billion is going to be hard to make back

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loco503

This is the reason why
https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=10839 »

wstolicny

Aug 7, 2012, 11:43 AM

RadioShack not Rare

RadioShack has been running instant savings like this all summer long on Sprint and other carrier's iPhones almost all summer long.

raulr

Aug 7, 2012, 9:29 AM

"Rare"

Is it really rare that about a month before the launch of a new iPhone, carriers start offering discounted prices on the current model? Seems to me they do this every year for the iPhones.

Haggard

It's all random, last year a few months before the iPhone 4S came out, Best Buy was offering a buy one get one free special.

Rich Brome

Radio Shack and similar retailers sometimes find ways to offer special deals, but carriers usually have tighter contracts with Apple and/or they usually only adjust iPhone pricing when a new model comes out.

Nesta Marley

Aug 7, 2012, 9:30 AM

oooh

Phone still sucks.

Haggard

u mad bro?

Tofuchong

good story, bro

jhr2112

Aug 7, 2012, 8:33 AM

Target

Target stores have been selling the Sprint iPhone 4s 16g for $150 and the 4 8g for 3 months now..

ChrisSmith2002

I don't know how much truth there is to it, but.... When I bought my iphone at Target the salesman indicated that Target was subsidizing the price themselves and it was a special agreement between Apple and Target.

middlekid3058

When Apple sold the 4S to the regional carriers like Ntelos and others, they agreed to the $149 price point so this is nothing new, the 4S is obviously getting long in the tooth and Apple is trying to maximize sales to all channels that can take it, h...
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