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At the Apple web store I can get a 4S upgrade on my account for $99 but if I go to the Sprint site it's offered for $149. The iPhone 4 is free on Apple's site but it's $99 on Sprint.

 

Anyone have any idea on the reasons for that pricing discrepancy?

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Odell Member Level: eHRPD

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The prices probably won't change on Sprint's site until release day or maybe even tomorrow at the beginning of the pre-orders.

 

I thought that too, but the prices up now are $50 lower than they were before the iPhone 5 announcement so that's what is strange to me. Why would they drop $50 for one week and then drop another $50 after the release date.

 

Well I will wait until the 5 is actually released to pre-order and then if the prices are still higher I will buy my wife's 4S from the Apple store.

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I thought that too, but the prices up now are $50 lower than they were before the iPhone 5 announcement so that's what is strange to me. Why would they drop $50 for one week and then drop another $50 after the release date.

 

Well I will wait until the 5 is actually released to pre-order and then if the prices are still higher I will buy my wife's 4S from the Apple store.

 

Sprint has actually been selling the iPhone 4S for $149 for several weeks now, even prior to the announcement yesterday.

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Ok. I was just in a Sprint store at the end of August, just before labor day and it was still $199

 

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I'm not sure if it went down to $199 in the store, but via telesales and online it was $149, Apple stores were even price matching upon request.

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I'm not sure if it went down to $199 in the store, but via telesales and online it was $149, Apple stores were even price matching upon request.

Prices dropped in early august in the stores but some left the old pricetags out to use the $50 as a closing tool.

 

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Well it looks like the Apple store will be getting my business. Sprint is still showing $149 for the 4S and my local store said that there are no plans to match the Apple store offerings. I may tweet Sprint and see what kind of response I get.

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Well it looks like the Apple store will be getting my business. Sprint is still showing $149 for the 4S and my local store said that there are no plans to match the Apple store offerings. I may tweet Sprint and see what kind of response I get.

 

You could always wait till 9/21 to see if it drops first before racing off to the apple store. Unless there's a immediate need to have it now :P

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Doesn't matter now because the deal is done.

 

The Apple Store was packed yet this shopping experience was head and shoulders above anything I've ever had in a Sprint store. They blow Sprint away in the customer service department!

 

 

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