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Best Buy Knocks $50 Off iPhone 5c Pricing Just Two Weeks After Launch [Update: RadioShack Too]

Still has to be on stupid contracts...

Meanwhile, ebay's deal of the day is having unlocked 16GB at $15 off...(And you have to file the sales tax if you are honest...)
 
WilliamLondon said:
You think they're trying to sell phones? I think it shows they're willing to give (rather valuable) phones away so they can sell contracts.
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I'm not sure. Do RadioShack/Wal-Mart/BB get kickbacks from the carriers for selling contracts? Otherwise, it's the carrier who's getting the signed contract, not the 3rd party who sold the phone. And if they did indeed get kickbacks, wouldn't it be easier to gain these from other phones, such as a free Android phone?

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trainwrecka said:
Do people really think these are not selling? They sold 9 million iPhones a couple weeks ago between the 5s & 5c.
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Considering an estimated 75% of those were 5s's, mostly phones that in all likelihood weren't even produced at the time Apple released that number, it really isn't looking good for the 5c.

Look at the situation now; shipment times for a 5s are about 1 month, but you can walk into any Apple this minute and walk out with a 5c in hand.

So, to answer your question, yes, people still think these aren't selling. In fact, there's a really great chance most of these phones that were actually made are sitting in some wear house in China.
 
kas23 said:
I'm not sure. Do RadioShack/Wal-Mart/BB get kickbacks from the carriers for selling contracts?
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Two possibilities: 1) they get these "kickbacks" from the carriers or 2) this promotion is a great reason to get the dupes, er I mean consumers, into the stores so they can sell them other items where they make a profit (or both). Regardless, the actual device that's included is irrelevant, Android or otherwise, whether it's a contract they're trying to sell or other products these people buy once in-store, not the "this is the only way they can sell these phones, by discounting them" situation you suggest.
 
KPOM said:
But if it's mostly the 5s and not the 5c, they need to find a way to sell through all the 5cs that they have.
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kas23 said:
Considering an estimated 75% of those were 5s's, mostly phones that in all likelihood weren't even produced at the time Apple released that number, it really isn't looking good for the 5c.

Look at the situation now; shipment times for a 5s are about 1 month, but you can walk into any Apple this minute and walk out with a 5c in hand.
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I'm curious where people have this number that "most" of the 9 million sold in the first weekend were the S rather than the C... Apple certainly didn't break down sales numbers by model. There are only vague uninformed estimates.

And since the 5C is based on the 5, ramping it up for production was likely much easier than the "many new technologies" 5S.
 
Anonymous Freak said:
I'm curious where people have this number that "most" of the 9 million sold in the first weekend were the S rather than the C... Apple certainly didn't break down sales numbers by model. There are only vague uninformed estimates.

And since the 5C is based on the 5, ramping it up for production was likely much easier than the "many new technologies" 5S.
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I think it's mostly from usage statistics. Phones identify themselves to servers, so you can get a sense of how many people are out there accessing the web on an iPhone 5s vs. a 5c. It isn't exact, but it should be close.
 
KPOM said:
I think it's mostly from usage statistics. Phones identify themselves to servers, so you can get a sense of how many people are out there accessing the web on an iPhone 5s vs. a 5c. It isn't exact, but it should be close.
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It's also from the apparent supply. Anyone can go to an Apple store, or any 3rd party store, and walk out with a 5c. Not even remotely the same experience as the 5s.
 
Anonymous Freak said:
I'm curious where people have this number that "most" of the 9 million sold in the first weekend were the S rather than the C... Apple certainly didn't break down sales numbers by model. There are only vague uninformed estimates.

And since the 5C is based on the 5, ramping it up for production was likely much easier than the "many new technologies" 5S.
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Here:

http://static.knowyourmobile.com/sites/knowyourmobilecom/files/styles/gallery_wide/public/all-active-iphones-by-u.s.-city2-1024x472.png

http://static.knowyourmobile.com/sites/knowyourmobilecom/files/styles/gallery_wide/public/carriers-stacked-1024x530.png
 
applesnacks said:
This won't last long.
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I think it will, I'm hearing from AT&T managers demand is almost non existent. For just one hundred more the 5S is what's selling. Yet it's mostly to first time buyers. I'm sure demand is better in other areas. But it seems the local market favors other brands
 
WilliamLondon said:
You think people's choosing the "inferior" (rolls eyes) 5c is the most ludicrous thing in that example, while others might question the sanity of spending $100/month (for 2 years) for *any* cell phone.

Wow, the telcos have done an amazing job convincing people that extortion is nothing more than today's "best buy" for discerning consumers.
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We pay $140 monthly for 2 Iphones, including taxes, with Verizon. The key is to get the data usage down to a minimum and use WIFI whenever possible. We share 1 gb and that's been plenty.
 
senseless said:
We pay $140 monthly for 2 Iphones, including taxes, with Verizon. The key is to get the data usage down to a minimum and use WIFI whenever possible. We share 1 gb and that's been plenty.
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That still sounds exorbitant. With my carrier here in the UK you can get 1200 minutes per month, unlimited texts, and unlimited internet for £20, and it doesn't require a contract of any sort (if you cap your internet at 1GB per month you pay £10/month). I don't need that many minutes so I pay even less than that each month. My phone is an iPhone 5, which I bought myself so I wouldn't have to pay finance fees to a cellular carrier and sign a service contract which provided more of anything I neither wanted nor needed.
 
WilliamLondon said:
That still sounds exorbitant. With my carrier here in the UK you can get 1200 minutes per month, unlimited texts, and unlimited internet for £20, and it doesn't require a contract of any sort (if you cap your internet at 1GB per month you pay £10/month). I don't need that many minutes so I pay even less than that each month. My phone is an iPhone 5, which I bought myself so I wouldn't have to pay finance fees to a cellular carrier and sign a service contract which provided more of anything I neither wanted nor needed.
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Wow, that sounds like a great deal. The free upgrades we get aren't so free.
 
There are better deals but the service isn't as good as Verizon or AT&T for some markets.

I pay 30/month for T-Mobile prepaid and get unlimited data (though only first 2.5gb is high speed), texts, and 650 voice minutes. I have to pay full price on the phone of course so if I choose an iPhone so it takes about 6-8 months to break even give or take.

My wife has to have Verizon as her school has poor cel coverage for everyone else. Thankfully she is grandfathered into an earlier plan and not the horrible plans they have now.

WilliamLondon said:
That still sounds exorbitant. With my carrier here in the UK you can get 1200 minutes per month, unlimited texts, and unlimited internet for £20, and it doesn't require a contract of any sort (if you cap your internet at 1GB per month you pay £10/month). I don't need that many minutes so I pay even less than that each month. My phone is an iPhone 5, which I bought myself so I wouldn't have to pay finance fees to a cellular carrier and sign a service contract which provided more of anything I neither wanted nor needed.
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kas23 said:
It's also from the apparent supply. Anyone can go to an Apple store, or any 3rd party store, and walk out with a 5c. Not even remotely the same experience as the 5s.
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I walked into an apple store last week and walked out with a 5S 32GB slate no problem. the 5c's also seemed to be flying out pretty well. i've even seen several 5c's out in public this week.
 
NeroAZ said:
I walked into an apple store last week and walked out with a 5S 32GB slate no problem. the 5c's also seemed to be flying out pretty well. i've even seen several 5c's out in public this week.
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I live in the DC Metro area and I went to 2 of our 10(!) local Apple stores twice in the last 4 days at 6am to get in line and left empty handed both times. I will admit though many Chinese "families" ahead in line were involved both times. There were plenty of 5c's though.
 
kas23 said:
I will admit though many Chinese "families" ahead in line were involved both times.
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Well, there you have it. To be honest I'm not sure what you have, but obviously you have something, otherwise it wouldn't have warranted inclusion in your post.
 
WilliamLondon said:
Well, there you have it. To be honest I'm not sure what you have, but obviously you have something, otherwise it wouldn't have warranted inclusion in your post.
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I don't get it. What do I have? My wife and I do have broken iPhone 5's (my camera no longer focuses and her screen flashes in and out randomly) and are looking to upgrade. Otherwise, I really don't know what you're getting at. Explain?

As for that inclusion, it was to point out that scalpers got me each time. There's no way 3 generations (Grandparents, parents, Grandchildren) are showing up at 5:45am to legitimately buy phones 2 days in a row. Funny thing, mall security was called each time on them. They still got the phones.

But, anyways, my wife's Chinese and heard them talking. They were scalpers.
 
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NeroAZ said:
I walked into an apple store last week and walked out with a 5S 32GB slate no problem. the 5c's also seemed to be flying out pretty well. i've even seen several 5c's out in public this week.
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The Best Buy near me always has 5s's, just never the one I want (64GB). It would be easier to order from Apple and wait, but I've yet to convince myself I really need it. I look at it as karma protecting my money.
 
Figures, just days after I buy my kid a 5C, BEst Buy does this.

I thought about returning the phone to AT&T store and buying from Best Buy once the upgrade was reinstated on my account. But I bet it would be a major hassle.
 
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