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Best Buy Offering iPhone 3GS Free Today on Contract

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The iPhone 3GS is still holding strong in the U.S. smartphone market, ranking as the second most popular handset during the second quarter. The device's success is clearly due to the low $49 price tag, even if the cost of the service contract greatly exceeds that of the iPhone itself over the two-year term.


Last week, we noted that we had received a tip that Best Buy would be offering an even better deal on the iPhone 3GS for today only, dropping the price to free with a two-year contract. That deal has indeed gone live today, with the free iPhone 3GS being selected as Best Buy's "Deal of the Day".

Best Buy offered an identical promotion last December.

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OriginalMacRat
120 months ago
Not Free

There's nothing free about a $1,800 contract.
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Doctor Q
120 months ago
Soon they'll be paying you to take the phone, as long as you sign up for the contract.
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Tastydirt
120 months ago
Tied into a two year contract with a phone that probably only has a reasonable life of one year before it stops receiving updates?

If I wanted that I'd buy an Android.
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Shrink
120 months ago
Not a bad deal if you don't need (want) the very latest. ;) :D
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bushido
120 months ago
awesome i got my iPhone 4 for 1$ on release date ;)

what i mean is, america i feel ba for ur mobile monopoly
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