Walmart Drops iPhone 5c Pricing to $45 On Contract Through the Holidays

Following announcements from Best Buy and RadioShack that they will be offering $50 gift cards to iPhone 5c customers that will bring the prices down to $50 for a 16 GB model with a two-year contract, Walmart will be undercutting even those offers starting today by dropping its pricing to $45, reports MarketWatch.

While Best Buy's current offer is good only through next Monday and RadioShack's is scheduled to run for about a month, Walmart's pricing will be valid throughout the holiday shopping season. Walmart has been offering the iPhone 5c for $79 since launch, a $20 discount from standard pricing.

Price drops around the holidays are not terribly unusual for major iPhone retailers, but stores are being rather aggressive in announcing price drops on a brand-new iPhone model so soon after launch. iPhone 5c models have been in relatively good supply since their launch, while the more expensive iPhone 5s has seen significant shortages. The iPhone 5s has not seen any significant sale announcements, although Walmart has been offering the 16 GB model for $189, a $10 discount from normal pricing, since launch.

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Xenomorph

62 months ago

Not surprising.

It's literally identical to the 5, minus a change in lens and a tad longer battery.

It doesn't have the nicer materials.

So if the 5 is still $549 for a 16GB, then you cannot sell the 5c at the same price especially in a plastic shell.

$450 price is coming. Mark that down in pen.

Yes, the iPhone 5C is LITERALLY identical to the iPhone 5.

Except it doesn't bend when you sit on it.
And it doesn't scratch up as easily.
And it has a new front-facing camera with improved image capture.
And it has a new LTE radio that supports more frequencies on more carriers.
And it has a larger battery.
And it has a selection of uniquely-designed, official cases from Apple.
And it comes in 5 different colors.
And it has a rounded back that many find more pleasing to hold.

But other than that, the iPhone 5C is identical to the iPhone 5.

Literally.

Rating: 22 Votes

BC2009

62 months ago

Something that is selling well doesn't need discounts 2 weeks after launch.

#capitalism

Something that is selling well is selling well. #correlationVersusCausation

BTW, in capitalist systems you want to have the lowest price so folks buy from your store versus another. Retailers are competing with each other (including Apple Store) and they are also competing against the iPhone 5s (which they don't have in decent supply). Given the fact that the report I linked shows the iPhone 5c is selling well then it must simply be selling well directly through Apple or through carriers. These retailers want to make their numbers too, but until Apple starts shipping them quantities of iPhone 5s, they have to sell what they can get (iPhone 5c).

Rating: 12 Votes

BC2009

62 months ago

For those who are trying to say that the iPhone 5c is not selling well....

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/10/04/apples-iphone-5s-tops-sales-charts-at-big-4-us-carriers-iphone-5c-close-behind

It is the second-best or third-best selling phone in the USA on the major carriers and in the USA, the target market for iPhone 5c is teens and tweens who will be getting an iPhone 5c for Christmas (December should be a big month for iPhone 5c). If the iPhone 5c is doing this well in the USA, it must be doing even better in price-sensitive markets. The only phone that is outselling the iPhone 5c in September on some carriers was the Galaxy S4, and the iPhone 5c was only available for the last 10 days of September. In October, the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available all month long.

Just because supply of iPhone 5c is healthy, does not mean it is not selling.

Rating: 10 Votes

512ke

62 months ago

I love how people can post that the 5C isn't selling well when on the front page of A. I. There is a chart showing how it's the number two best selling phone for several of the largest U. S. Carriers. Classic. Prejudice trumps reality.

Rating: 8 Votes

Ryth

62 months ago

Just because supply of iPhone 5c is healthy, does not mean it is not selling.

Something that is selling well doesn't need discounts 2 weeks after launch.

#capitalism

Rating: 6 Votes

TWSS37

62 months ago

This will be free day after Thanksgiving, you can mark that down in pen.

Rating: 5 Votes

Blakjack

62 months ago

This phone will be the most popular phone in America by February.

Rating: 4 Votes

eternlgladiator

62 months ago

Seems like they can't give these away...

Rating: 4 Votes

BC2009

62 months ago

I don't appreciate your condescending response.

If the phone was selling so well they wouldn't offer a discount.

Hence the sales aren't doing well. Got that?

End thread. (Slams the door)

Best Buy is doing the same $50 discount on the Galaxy S4, S3 and Note 2 with a two-year contract. Best Buy's discount is in the form a gift card.

Walmart is offering the Galaxy S4 for $138 on contract PLUS you get a $40 gift card with it. This phone normally retails for $199.

So are sales bad on these phones?

According to this report (http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/10/04/apples-iphone-5s-tops-sales-charts-at-big-4-us-carriers-iphone-5c-close-behind) the iPhone 5c managed to nab the #2 spot at AT&T and Sprint in September and the #3 spot at Verizon and T-Mobile, despite only being for sale for 10 days during the month.

Hence the sales are doing pretty well. Got that?

End thread. (Slams the door)

Rating: 4 Votes

HenryDJP

62 months ago

Love this post! Thank U. I'm so sick of people downing the 5C, especially when they talk about the plastic. I can easily tell when someone hasn't even touched it. It's extremely solid and it doesn't plasticy at all. Very well built phone with nice upgrades over the iPhone 5. :)

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I don't appreciate your condescending response.

If the phone was selling so well they wouldn't offer a discount.

Hence the sales aren't doing well. Got that?

End thread. (Slams the door)

There wasn't anything condescending about his post. Not one thing.

Rating: 4 Votes

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