Best Buy to Sell iPhone 3G Nationwide

Best Buy is expected to announce as early as Wednesday plans to begin selling the iPhone 3G next month, according to an AppleInsider report.

People familiar with the matter say the electronics retailer has reached an agreement with Cupertino-based Apple that will see the iPhone sold at 970 Best Buy stores in addition to 16 Best Buy Mobile specialty outlets beginning September 7th.

Word of the move comes just one week after Best Buy announced that it has completed upgrading its Best Buy Mobile departments inside each of the company's U.S.-based stores -- a factor which may have been instrumental to the iPhone deal.


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