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Now that O2 has lost exclusivity, everyone’s getting in on the iPhone action in the UK. First it was Orange, now Vodafone has inked a deal said to have been signed only last night as a defensive move to stave subscriber defections. The new agreement sees Vodafone selling the iPhone 3G and 3GS to the UK and Ireland in early 2010, a bit later than the Orange Apple expected before Christmas.

Update: Official Vodafone UK statement now live.

[Via Randomly Accessed and The Telegraph]

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Vodafone nabs iPhone in prelude to UK price war originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After being stuck so long at $249, we can hardly believe the Wii is “pulling a PS3” and going down in price at last — outside of the insurmountable mountains of evidence we had of the price drop before Nintendo could get around to confirming it, of course. The console will begin retailing for $199.99 (~$200 for us math types) on September 27, which is this Sunday.

Update: The Wii will fall to ¥20,000 in Japan, which represents a 20 percent drop.

Update 2: Looks like those of you getting paid in Euros will be asked to shell out €199.99.

[Via Joystiq]

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Nintendo finally confirms new $199 Wii price originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It might sound confusing at first, but it all makes sense, we promise. The folks at Nintendojo were apparently on a retailer conference call where Nintendo “confirmed” the new $199 Wii price, which will supposedly go into effect on Sunday September 27. Only problem is that we have to take Nintendojo’s word for it — not that we have any reason not to, but for now we’ll have to just call this an “unconfirmed confirmation” until Nintendo can summon the courage to fess up to the $50 price cut to a couple of corroborating sources. It’s not like those multiple flyer price leaks are knocking anybody off the trail, but we usually to hear these things from the horse’s mouth — or at least from a retailer’s shelf — before we go into all-out celebration mode.

[Via GoNintendo]

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Nintendo confirms $199 Wii for September 27? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ll caution you — this could all just be one big misunderstanding (or a case of the fat fingered admin), but Motorola’s newly launched CLIQ is currently listed for $0.00 on contract over at T-Mobile (and $399.99 with no strings attached). Available in both Winter White and Midnight Titanium, the outfit’s first-ever Android phone can’t actually be added to one’s cart (trust us, we tried… repeatedly), but if these figures are right, we can surely say that the barrier to entry on higher-end smartphones will soon be demolished. Giddy yet?

Update: Aw, seems like someone on the other end already caught wind of the slip-up and yanked it. So, can we take that as confirmation?

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Motorola CLIQ listed for free on contract at T-Mobile, $400 straight-up originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We were expecting a Pre price cut today, but it looks like Sprint has slightly different plans — instead of lowering the outright price of the handset, the carrier is offering new Pre customers a $100 service credit if they port a number from a different carrier. Yeah, that’s a little odd — especially since the credit is spread out over three months, instead of applied all in one go. We’re guessing Sprint and Palm are just trying to lure new sales without having to openly cut prices on the Pre and undo its “premium” image, but as far as psychological marketing tricks go, parceling out a discount over 12 weeks might be the least effective one we can think of — we’re pretty sure most people would rather take a $100 price cut at the top end of the deal. Still, the end result is that the Pre is now $100 cheaper for switchers — anyone running out to buy one?

[Via Everything Pre]

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Sprint now offering $100 service credit to Pre buyers who port a number originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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