At&t 3G iPhone Cases

[brn2ski00]

Does At&t brand Case-Mate iPhone Cases? When I was in the At&t store to buy my iPhone on 7/11, I noticed that they had a bunch of different cases that looked identical to that of Case-Mate brand cases.

Take a look here:
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...ies.jsp?q_filter=false&q_categoryid=cat980639

The link above is to At&t's website for iPhone Accessories and they are strikingly similar to that of Case-Mate's. In the actual store, the cases are not in Case-Mate boxes, but rather in At&t generic boxes.

However, I bought a Case-Mate signature series Leather case for my 1st generation iPhone at the At&t store and it was in the Case-Mate brand packaging. Just curious because the At&t branded cases are cheaper than Case-Mate.

Signature Series Leather:
At&t : http://www.case-mate.com/phones/apple3G/iphonesignaturecases_2
Case-Mate : http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...639&q_sku=sku2650233&q_manufacturer=&q_model=

See what I mean?

 

[brn2ski00]

Nobody else has noticed this?

 

[brn2ski00]

(bump)

 

[jblock]

Yes, I have noticed this. ATT is definitely using it's own boxes for 3G cases, but the cases themselves are the original manufacturers. I saw some Griffin and Case-Mate ones; the logos were plainly visible on the cases themselves so ATT is merely putting them into their own branded boxes (or the manufacturers are).

 

[brn2ski00]

Right, so do you think that this is why the cases are cheaper at the At&t Store than through the supplier (i.e. Case Mate, etc..) ????

 

[jblock]

Right, so do you think that this is why the cases are cheaper at the At&t Store than through the supplier (i.e. Case Mate, etc..) ????

Probably, although the Griffin cases don't seem any cheaper at ATT despite the ATT box.

 

[brn2ski00]

Cool, thanks for the response! I really just wanted to make sure that I wasn't seeing things

 

[Case-Mate]

Yep yep, those are our cases there. AT&T likes to keep a consistent store front so they omit a lot of names from the site, and depending on how they're purchased you'll either receive them with our packaging or AT&T's.

 

[brn2ski00]

Yep yep, those are our cases there. AT&T likes to keep a consistent store front so they omit a lot of names from the site, and depending on how they're purchased you'll either receive them with our packaging or AT&T's.

Nice! But I see that the prices are cheaper through At&t... is that really the case (no pun intended)?

 

[Ntombi]

Probably because they buy them wholesale, and without Case-Mate's packaging.

 

[Case-Mate]

Yes indeed, we provide an MSRP, but they're not contractually obligated to put their prices at any specific place.