After the iPhone has already been out for a couple months now, Apple finally brings out a new iPod Touch and gives it a price drop. Last week you could buy a 32GB iPhone for $299 but the 32GB iPod Touch was $399. Stupid.
Differences between the 1g and 2g? Nothing big or worth upgrading for. Some Nike+iPod crap, a built-in speaker, and iTunes 8 compatibility. It’s also a little smaller and lighter with a longer battery life. Only and extra hour of video playtime but audio goes from 22 to 36 hours. I think I’ll be OK with a limited 22 hours.
The only other thing I can think of is that there’s a rumor that the 2G might be able to support a microphone.
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The money on the iPhone is in service….
…what?
They get you in monthly service charges. Cost point is low, so you can pay the phone bill. No monthly reoccurring revenue on an iTouch.
Yeah, its “half the price” ahahah. Ends up being more than the original iPhone within the span of the required 2 year contract. Since iPods have no service contract their price reflects reality rather than the BS “with contract” price.
Yea but, lets say you wanted an iPod Touch. It would had been cheaper to buy an iPhone 3G and not get the service plan than just buying a 32GB iPod Touch. Which was my original point.
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I want my own iPod Touch but I don’t think I’m going to go for the new and shiny. There have been people on Craigs List trying to sell “Jailbroke” iPods for like $425+. Or trying to recoup some of the cost of their shitty downloaded song selections by advertising that there iPod comes with “1000+ song”. 1000+ songs huh? I bet they’re all ready hard to find classics. If I wanna hear Journey, Eurythmics, or MC Hammer I’ll just turn on the radio. How about this, if you found that gem on iTunes, I don’t wanna listen to it. 40,000,000 other people found that gem, too.
It is impossible to buy the iPhone without a service plan, and twice as expensive to upgrade than advertised price if you are an existing customer and haven’t already served a two year contract. So without qualification the iPod is always cheaper. Even before.