Kane Adams Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Which hardly seems believable, but you never know. Yes, Walmart, that bastion of crass commercialism, is going to be carrying the iPhone, that symbol of elegant commercialism, and what we're going to get is a whole lot of commercialism. Analyst Gene Munster (our favorite prognosticator other than the Groundhog himself) says that not only will Apple sell a whopping 45 million iPhones next year, but a tenth of them will be sold right here in America at good ol' Walmart. Apparently he didn't change his numbers from before the announcement of the Walmart deal, since he had already planned on Apple finding other ways to sell the iPhone. But man, that's a lot of iPhones – enough to give everyone in my current city of Chicago an iPhone, and then some to spare (we'd send them to St. Louis, if we actually had a Walmart here to buy them from). But no one's ever been proven wrong overestimating Apple sales we guess. If you think iPhones are commonplace now, wait until you see them at Walmart. [via MacBytes] [via TUAW] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141000-analyst-walmart-will-sell-45-million-iphones-in-2009/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I heard about this, I work in The Electronics/Connect Centre in our Walmart, and we will be carrying them soon. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141000-analyst-walmart-will-sell-45-million-iphones-in-2009/#findComment-998887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I am not sure that this is going to work. Apple's core purchasers are not usually in the target group of those who shop at Wal-Mart. Unless if is a very, very cheap iPhone, common sense would dictate that it will not sell. I can see Apple hurting from this move; I can see Apple's image tarnished. Wal-Mart is not the place where you get quality goods, and this is well known, it is a place for cheap {censored} that breaks in a month. Does Apple really want to be placed in the likes of that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141000-analyst-walmart-will-sell-45-million-iphones-in-2009/#findComment-998915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 on the contrary q64ceo, Not everything there is {censored} (the clothes is) and I love my Associates discount. And there is not even a single Apple store in the State of Kansas but We have an AT&T booth at the Connect Center so this might be a good move. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141000-analyst-walmart-will-sell-45-million-iphones-in-2009/#findComment-998937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 I believe they sale ipods now right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141000-analyst-walmart-will-sell-45-million-iphones-in-2009/#findComment-999362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I believe they sale ipods now right? Correct, it varys on store-to-store, We only carry 8GB iPod Touch at our walmart. Use to carry the 16GB at one time but not any more. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141000-analyst-walmart-will-sell-45-million-iphones-in-2009/#findComment-999398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 And Bestbuy sales then so nothing different there. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141000-analyst-walmart-will-sell-45-million-iphones-in-2009/#findComment-999430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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