AppleInsider Staff
The one week sale, which began Saturday morning and runs through December 11th, lops $50 off all current iPhone models, meaning customers new to AT&T or eligible for upgrade pricing can take home an iPhone 3GS for $50, a 16GB iPhone 4 for $150, or a 32GB iPhone 4 for $250.
What's more, the specialty electronics retailer is also upping the value proposition of its Trade & Save program, offering customers a $75 credit towards the purchase of a new phone when they trade in a working iPhone 3G or a $125 credit when they trade in a working iPhone 3GS.
Those credits can be combined with the retailer's instant $50 savings, meaning customers who trade in an iPhone 3GS can save $175 off the cost of a new Apple handset, bringing the cost of a the $299 32GB iPhone 4 down to $125 and cutting the price of the $199 16GB iPhone 4 to just $25, before taxes and standard activation fees.
The deals are exclusive to Radio Shack's brick-and-mortar retail stores and are not available online. Existing AT&T customers looking to take advantage of the offers are encouraged to use the retailer's Eligibility Checker to pre-determine whether they qualify for upgrade pricing.
It should be noted that as part of the promotion, Radio Shack is taking a more lenient approach on iPhone trade-ins. Instead of assessing the value of the used handsets based on their physical condition, the company is expected to extend $75 credits on iPhone 3Gs and $125 credits on iPhone 3GSs as long as they are fully functional and don't have a cracked screen.
A Radio Shack at 78 Brookside Ave in Chester, NY, one of the retailer's more than 4,600 storefronts worldwide.
Credits extended to customers through the Trade & Save program are provided in the form of Radio Shack gift cards. Therefore, a customer trading in an iPhone 3G ($75 credit) for a new iPhone 3GS ($50 during the sale) should be able to walk away with a new iPhone 3GS and $25 gift card at no cost.
Readers can use Radio Shack's store locator to find their nearest location.
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How odd. I didn't know Radio Shack was an Apple reseller. I always thought of it as a place to find obscure adapters and connectors. Now they want to be Mini-Fry's?
Possibly, the new IPhone 5 for Verizon, and AT&T, is ready to be sold early next year.
Here I was thinking maybe it was time to upgrade my 3G. Until I saw the "gift card" part. I don't want a gift card, let alone one to Radio Shack. Sure, I could probably use it eventually, but my out of pocket cost didn't go down.
I guess I'll stick with my 3G a while longer.
How odd. I didn't know Radio Shack was an Apple reseller. I always thought of it as a place to find obscure adapters and connectors. Now they want to be Mini-Fry's?
RadioShack sees a 9% rise in profits & plans to expand
Despite seeing a decline in sales for other popular electronic gadgets, they witnessed a 61 percent climb in wireless sales ? aided by handset sales from tbeir Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T offerings. Since there is a profitable business to be found in wireless, RadioShack is in the process of expanding the roll out
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How odd. I didn't know Radio Shack was an Apple reseller. I always thought of it as a place to find obscure adapters and connectors. Now they want to be Mini-Fry's?
That's where I got my iPhone 4. After trying AT&T a couple times(to no avail) I thought I remembered hearing about radio shack selling em. They did, not a lot of stock though. In fact I waited about half an hour for the ups truck and there where 2 delivered that day.
No other apple products except iPhone and a few accessories. Seemed to have a fairly large
selection of other phones so maybe they're trying to be a cell phone store with obscure adapters and connectors(still have a good selection of those).