Comments on: Mobile Providers Are Increasingly Selling Devices in Strange Places

By: Elle

Elle — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:27:00 +0000

I bought my first phone from a Mac’s convenience store when I was 17. It was an old Nokia paperweight that was pay-as-you-go through Virgin Mobile.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:37:00 +0000

7-11′s have been selling contract-free phones for years, including their own 7-11 branded service! Mobilicity is just one more provider that 7-11 now sells. I highly doubt I’ll see a $300-$450 Blackberry at a 7-11, but Mobilicity has at least 4 sub-$100 phones which 7-11 can stock.

Same thing with the Loblaws grocery store selling phones – they’re just the prepaid dumbphones, nothing special.

At least Wind Mobile has real kiosks inside various Blockbusters which are staffed by Wind employees. Basically like a kiosk in a mall, but inside an underused video store. It’s not like it’s unheard of – Blockbuster’s main competitor in Canada is Rogers Video, which also sells cellphones right next to the video rentals.

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:25:00 +0000

Or a grocery store. “Hmmm…milk, lettuce, eggs, and…oh yeah a $600 smartphone”.

By: Cellularguy

Cellularguy — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:23:00 +0000

Are these providers nuts? I wouldn’t buy a PDA or Blackberry in a Walmart or Amazon let alone a 7-Eleven! Who is going to provide me support? the cashier?

Cellularguy