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Do people here buy iPhones or another kind of cellphone at Walmart or do you buy smartphones at Best Buy?

I want to buy a new iPhone now, but I'm saving my money.

no word on walmart, i've only been there thrice in my whole life, but some people get their phones at best buy, yes. our nearest best buy has a display table with various models, first thing when you walk in the door.

my cell carrier is sprint. i've always just gotten my phones at their local store here, we sign a contract (three year usually) pay some fees up front and then pay a monthly fee until it's time to renew, or until the device has been paid off in full. we pay as a unit.

this is the way i understand it - i haven't paid a great deal of attention, honestly.

You can get iphones at Bestbuy as well as androids and other types of phones. You can also get unlocked phones there which is really good!

For phones, i'd go for bestbuy, they have a decent care and repair policy (trough the geeksquad), and when you need them, you'll kick yourself for going cheap with walmart

I've had iPhones for years. Always bought them used either from someone else or off of a site like Swappa.

I never want the "cheap" model with the minimum amount of storage. My iPhone7 is top of the line because the massive memory forced Apple to use a faster processor. So, it works better than a version with less memory storage.

I would go with BestBuy over CrapMart but I buy phones from the company I have phone service with.

You don't have to get an iPhone check other brands and see what best meets your needs. I have a one plus 3t and the battery us great gets me through a full day 6am to 10pm with 30 percent left. Any other phone I've had I'd be charging at 2 in the afternoon.

There's a website called hotukdeals I use to get the best deals I check it like I do Facebook etc. Must be a similar site in the US

I might be getting a new phone soon, but I don't want iPhone 7, I need a phone with a headphone jack. I think it would be more wasted money if I buy a separate music player, I don't know. If you buy phones at Walmart, will It really be cheaply made? I brought 2 phones from Best Buy & one phone from Spint.

I wonder how much you "spint" for the phones. Sorry, I just had to make a pun out of that typo.
Quality depends on the brand, not the place where you bought it.

What's wrong with Walmart?

Take it from someone who bought an iPad from WalMart and worked support for Apple a few years ago, you're on your own purchasing from there. The clerks at WalMart know next to nothing. It's pretty bad when you know more about the product than the sales clerk.

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WalMart keeps things like phones locked up & your lucky if you can find someone to get it for you. WalMart also doesn't have much selection of things like that. You get much better customer service at Best Buy & you can get protection plans if you want one.

i dont get why people prefer iphones in this day and age . high end android phones eg s8 one plus 3t etc are much better than an iphone will ever be

First off, I used to work for Apple, so I'm biased. Every Android I have ever had to recover from a Trojan or a lockup has given me fits on having to do a factory reset. Further, Android is the new Microsoft Windows: it is customized for that particular handset. Although you can add a Micro SD card (which is the major b***h I have with the iPhone/iPad), try convincing a client to install one of those cards. They'll raise all sorts of hell when their phone locks up, because the main logic board only has 8 GB of memory, which fills rather quickly, especially when the operating systems chews up half of that memory.

I just got an iPhone 7 a few weeks ago and I went directly to the carrier (a Verizon store). I think that if that is possible for you, that is what I would do.

I would recommend Best Buy over Walmart however when it comes to buying things like phones.The employees there in the mobile department typically have more experience with phones. This is just my opinion, however. I'm no expert.