Walmart to start selling iPhone 5c for $27, 5s for $127 this Friday

The Los Angeles Times is reporting this evening that, as part of a holiday sale, Walmart plans to begin offering the iPhone 5c for $27 and iPhone 5s for $127 with a two-year contract from AT&T or Verizon this Friday.

Now, we’ve seen several deals on these two handsets over the past couple of weeks, but many of those were Black Friday specials that have since expired. So if you’re in the market right now, this may be your best bet…

Salvador Rodriguez reports:

“As part of a holiday sale starting Friday, Wal-Mart plans to offer the iPhone 5c for $27 with a two-year contract from AT&T or Verizon. That’s a huge discount on the iPhone 5c, a $99 model that Apple introduced just three months ago.

The iPhone 5c has struggled to sell and Wal-Mart has been discounting it since it was released in September. Friday’s sale price won’t be as good at what Wal-Mart offered on Black Friday — $45 for an iPhone 5c with a $75 gift card thrown in — but you’ll be hard pressed to find the iPhone 5c for cheaper than $27.”

Rodriguez doesn’t mention a specific model for either of the two iPhones, but we’re guessing that the deal applies to the 16GB versions of both. Also, it’s worth repeating again that these prices include a 2-year contract.

Walmart’s Friday sale also includes other electronics, video games, toys and clothing. The event is set to kick-off Friday morning at 8 am local time and sale prices are good through December 24, or while supplies last.

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Whether you’re planning on getting a new Mac for the holidays, or you’re just looking for some new apps to increase productivity on your current one, you’ll want to check out this big Mac software bundle from Stack Social.

The deal site is currently offering a suite of 10 Apple computer applications, which includes AfterShot Pro, Vitamin-R, skEdit and Compartments, at a steep discount. More details and a full rundown of the apps after the fold…

The following apps are included in the bundle:

• AfterShot Pro ($100) – A fast, flexible photo workflow solution that combines robust photo management, advanced non-destructive adjustments and complete RAWprocessing.
• ColorSchemer Studio 2 ($50) – A professional color-matching application for your Mac that will help you build beautiful color schemes quickly and easily.
• Vitamin-R ($30) – Creates the optimal conditions for your brain by structuring your work into short bursts of distraction-free, highly focused activity alternating with opportunities for renewal, reflection and intuition.
• xTeam 4 ($134) – An elegant & easy resource management application for teams.
• Scrutiny ($55) – Improve your website’s quality, SEO and user experience.
• skEdit ($30) – An HTML Editor that makes creating and maintaining your website easy, or just editing files like Ruby, SQL, Cold Fusion, PHP, HTML and CSS.
• Compartments ($15) – A brand new, gorgeous, fast, easy-to-use home inventory application for Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard.
• Smaller ($20) – A powerful HTML, PHP, CSS and JavaScript compressor on Mac OS X which also has the ability to combine several files into one. CSS and JavaScript compression is powered by YUI Compressor while for HTML and PHP compression it uses htmlcompressor.
• Periscope Pro ($20) -­ Periscope Pro turns your Mac into a surveillance system that records video clips with sound.
• CollageFactory Pro ($30) – A powerful combination of photo collage maker and greeting card creator. With CollageFactory, you can make photo collages and holiday e-greeting cards effortlessly.

If purchased separately, these apps would run you nearly $500 ($484). In fact, there are 5 software titles in the bundle that would cost you more than the purchase price. Stack Socialis offering you all 10 of these apps for just $39.

All of the apps are downloadable, and come with the same support and upgrade options as full retail versions. It looks like (as of 12/7/2013) there are only 3 days left in this promotion, so act fast! For more information, click here.