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Wow, that additional $50 off the $149 is a really good deal. I got the $50 on my iPhone 5 from Best Buy in early January and thought I was getting a steal 😛
 
It's a $50 gift card not $50 off

"If you plan to purchase and activate your mobile phone at a Best Buy or Best Buy Mobile™ specialty store using your registered phone number, you will receive a $50 Best Buy gift card after handset activation during checkout. It may be used toward your mobile phone purchase or any other future purchases in store or online with no expiration date."
 
Late last year Best Buy was offering a straight $50 off iPhone 5's--no intermediate steps with gift cards. Still, not bad.
 
Surprising this isn't really being discussed that much. Seems like a pretty good offer, even/especially for those that might not be upgrading until later in the year and can "lock in" the discount.
 
Too bad best buy does not keep a decent stock of phones. I went yesterday to enquire if they had any 64gig verizon iPhones in stock and our local stores had zero in stock and none to order from in fact they told me it was discontinued. Luckily one store is getting more but not for another week at least.
 
I would like to update that if you take part of this deal and are planning on getting using it for a iPhone 5 and are looking for a 64gig model the stores from now on are not going to stock that size it must be ordered in the store and shipped to the store according to the best buy mobile manager at my near by store.
 
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