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BestBuy Offers iPhone 3Gs for Free To Make Way For iPhone 5

Best Buy’s new promotion today for the iPhone 3Gs joins a cavalcade of other sales and promotions in an effort to clear out legacy iPhone stocks in anticipation of the iPhone 5.
Retailers worldwide are beginning to push hard to get rid of the old iPhone 3Gs in anticipation of the iPhone 5. The most recent bit of evidence came from iPhone 5 News Blog reader Scott P., who tipped us off to a one-day promotion today that Best Buy is running on the iPhone 3Gs. Today only, folks can pick up the iPhone 3Gs for free, along with a 2-year contract upgrade on AT&T. Click here to check out their promotional flyer.
This sale represents the most extreme promo for the iPhone 3Gs we have seen to date, with other promotions, such as the $9.00 refurbished iPhone 3Gs and reduced prices at Target and Radio Shack on both the iPhone 3Gs and iPhone 4 now playing second fiddle to this big deal.
Best Buy clearly hopes to clear out a massive amount of iPhone 3Gs units today to make way for the iPhone 5, in a sort of indirect way. Since the iPhone 5 will undoubtedly be premium priced, the iPhone 4 is bound to become the value-priced alternative, clearing out 3Gs models is a primary objective: although initial claims were that iOs 5 ran satisfactorally on the old iPhone 3Gs, more anecdotal evidence has rolled in over the past few months indicating that it is indeed too high-performance for the old hardware.
While it may seem unlikely that Best Buy would sell many iPhone 3Gss at this late juncture in the iPhone 5 rumor mill, there are plenty of current iPhone users who will capitalize on a great like this for their family members or employees. Regardless, one would assume that this is yet another piece of evidence that the iPhone 5 is well on its way.

This post was written by: Irfan Jam

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