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50 after rebate?

Menno

Jun 25, 2009, 11:01 AM
a WM phone with global roaming and Wifi... was that a typo?
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donebrasko

Jun 25, 2009, 11:51 AM
Go to Walmart and they are selling the Jack and the new Nokia E97 for around 60. My question is since quality WM Standard phones are getting cheaper, shouldn't the same apply for WM professional?
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Menno

Jun 25, 2009, 12:08 PM
I don't care about walmart pricing. They don't have agents they have to pay commission, and a couple of other factors make their phone prices what they are.

I am concerned about VZW pricing. Walmart offers the curve for $20 or so. at Verizon Wireless it is 120 with a 70 (so 50), and that is after several months of price drops.

A smartphone launching at $50 would really surprise me because it's going to kill pricing on our high end dumbphones.
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evrodude

Jun 25, 2009, 12:18 PM
Who in their right mind buys electronics at Walmart?
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Menno

Jun 25, 2009, 12:51 PM
People who only see purchase price and don't see the headaches that come with it?
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donebrasko

Jun 25, 2009, 2:13 PM
I didnt say I bought one from them.All I stated is prices that I saw and I was expecting a comment concerning hopefully reducing the prices of the WM professional phones. These phones are coming with WiFi now. My next phone is going to be a WM prof. Touchscreen and I am just hoping that the prices become more sensible in the near future.
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Menno

Jun 25, 2009, 2:48 PM
Touchscreen is still a new technology. It's going to be expensive. And WMP is expensive to license. Prices might come down, but launching a new phone at $50 still seems far to cheap to me.
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Versed

Jun 25, 2009, 7:24 PM
evrodude said:
Who in their right mind buys electronics at Walmart?


I would if I could save money on the same item (and I'm not talking about a few dollar savings), not a big fan of Wally World, the place drives me nuts, but would go in get what I need and leave. Besides their return policies are better then other places.
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Phoner

Jun 26, 2009, 9:10 AM
Menno said:
I don't care about walmart pricing. They don't have agents they have to pay commission, and a couple of other factors make their phone prices what they are.


You don't have to work very hard to beat Walmart.

Their up-front prices may be low, but they have ways to make up for it. Walmart sells phones through Letstalk, who invented their own version of early termination fees (if the user modifies, say, the data plan they used to get a discount, their credit card suddenly gets charged the full amount). And their customer service is horrid:
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Let_s_Talk »
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Menno

Jun 26, 2009, 10:43 AM
Really?

I don't understand how people can still use that company after all the issues surrounding it.
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Versed

Jun 27, 2009, 9:36 AM
Menno said:
Really?

I don't understand how people can still use that company after all the issues surrounding it.


Whom Walmart? I have to give them credit, they get 8 and 8 year olds working for 60-70hr per week! I can't get my teenagers off the coach!
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Menno

Jun 27, 2009, 12:20 PM
Let's Talk/Wirefly etc. Companies that advertise "Free" phones but have you paying out the Wazzoo for them in additional per month charges.

If walmart actually uses "Let's Talk" to set up phones, then yes, I can't believe people buy phones from them either.
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GraGG

Jun 25, 2009, 7:58 PM
vzw will have it for 50, but it does look like a lower end winmo phone, plus its not as small as it looks
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