Comments on: iPod Price Drop Ahead of Apple Event

By: Apple reduces iPod prices -> TamsIJungle

Apple reduces iPod prices -> TamsIJungle — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:58:18 +0000

[...] TheAppleBlog has summed up the prices as follows: The 8GB iPod touch now costs $189, a $40 discount, while the 16GB model is now $249, a $50 reduction. However, big savings are to be had for the 32GB model, now $279, a whopping $120 price cut. Other iPods saw cuts, too. The 8GB iPod nano has dropped to $129, down from $149, and the 16GB model is now $149, previously $199. The iPod Classic, rumored to be phased out today, is now $229, down from $249. The price of the iPod shuffle remains unchanged. [...]

By: gary

gary — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:49:10 +0000

If you own a Mac, there’s no comparison. “the whole widget” functionality of the touch is unmatched.

By: David B

David B — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:52:23 +0000

I guess Microsoft people get up earlier than we do.

I just had to comment because I love what you’ve done with that photo.

By: Charles Jade

Charles Jade — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:33:58 +0000

Regardless of personal preference, until this morning Microsoft had a solid argument against the iPod touch based upon price. Not so much now.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:19:40 +0000

I just want a new, possibly cheaper Classic, or a high capacity nano. My guess, though, is that a new nano will only increase to 32GB, and that’s just not enough. I need an iPod to supplement my iPhone as a source for my car stereo, and 32GB just won’t hold all of my music.

By: Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:19:33 +0000

You’re certainly free to like a Zune over an iPod…but to suggest that an iPod touch with a camera and mic is the same as an iPhone, from a cost perspective, is just plain silly.

Maybe you forgot that an iPhone costs, at minimum, $1500 over the course of the two-year contract you sign up for?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:15:42 +0000

Uh, Zune HD = pretty damn good. I will be getting one over a second gen ipod touch. And who wants to pay for an ipod touch with a camera and mic when they can just get an iphone?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:11:44 +0000

The is no empirical evidence to show that one is superior to the other. It is a matter of preference, much like anything that requires the input of opinion.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:52:01 +0000

Zune is not better. They are not even in the same class. Zune is the top kid in the remedial special ed class.

By: Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:40:19 +0000

Microsoft fanboi.

I kid, I kid. :)

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:32:53 +0000

I’m sorry, but a $10 difference isn’t going to sway me to pick up an iPod. The Zune is far better, and has been since it’s release. I’ll part with $10 to get a far better product.