Walmart (NYSE: WMT) just slashed the price of the iPhone 5 down to $98 with a two year contract from $129. With Apple set to announce its new iPhone 5s, sometime next month it was expected that the price for the iPhone 5 to drop, but this is weeks in advance. On the up side the discounted phones should boost sales for Apple which sale, the number of units that were moved for their phone slow down during this year.