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Walmart Offering No Interest Financing, $45 Contract For IPhone 5

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Walmart is now selling the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4 with Straight Talk’s $45 no contract unlimited talk, text and data plan. Walmart will also be offering customers who purchase the phone in the store, a no interest fixed-monthly payments special financing offer for only $25 a month with a Walmart Credit Card.

The Apple iPhones for Straight Talk will be available for purchase at $649 for the 16 GB iPhone 5. The iPhone 4 will be available in black and white for $449 for the 8GB model.

GE Capital Retail Bank is the issuer of the Walmart Credit Cards.

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