September 7, will be available in the Best Buy Mobile stores, a joint venture comprised of Best Buy and CarPhone Waarehouse, made up of 970 stores-in-a-store and more than a dozen standalone shops.
Adding Best Buy Mobile to the mix could goose sales even more. “We get many customers a day asking about [the iPhone],” says President Shawn Score. Score says the two companies have been working on an alliance for “many months,” but didn’t sign a deal until last week. Best Buy Mobile will sell the phone for the same prices Apple and AT&T (nyse: T – news – people ) offer: $199 for an 8-gigabyte model and $299 for a 16-gigabyte version. As in their stores, the phones will be locked to AT&T’s network and require a two-year contract. Forbes