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Wal - Mart to Sell G1 For $30 Less Than T - Mobile USA
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N> plans to sell the G1 cell phone, powered by Google Inc <GOOG.O>, for about $30 less than T-Mobile USA, the exclusive U.S. carrier for the device.
Wal-Mart said it would start selling the touch-screen phone for $148.88 on Wednesday October 29 in about 550 stores for consumers who sign up for a two-year T-Mobile USA contract, and as more phones become available it will expand further.
T-Mobile USA, the No. 4 U.S. mobile service, last week kicked off sales of the device, which is made by HTC Corp <2498.TW>, for $179.
Wal-Mart spokeswoman Melissa O'Brien said on Tuesday that the company wanted to offer its customers the "products they want at the very best value."
A spokesman for T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG <DTEGn.DE>. was not immediately available for comment.
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