Limited Run of 4GB iPod Nanos?

[derryquinn]

[Via Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/mysterious-new-4gb-ipod-nano-4gs-begin-appearing-on-store-shelve/)

According to two separate tipsters (with two sets of photos) Apple has released a third version of the new multi-hued iPod nano to the world -- a 4GB model. As there's been no announcement from the company, and there was certainly no mention of it at the 'Let's Rock' event, this is quite a head-scratcher. According to sources (and a Dutch retailer's site), the models are available in all nine colors and are priced at €119 (or about $168) -- though there seems to be some debate as to whether these lower capacity versions are limited editions or simply an incredible gaffe on Apple's part.

There is also an image of a pink one
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/09/nano4g_4gb.jpg

I think this is cool, but why would they bother? I mean 4gb is pretty small these days, and the price difference isn't that big. Maybe they're just getting rid of all the left over 4gb flash they had lying around :D

[millypede]

Would love to see what that serial number says.

Oh found it

5U835LC837H

Online support page, Apple.com/support see the serial number but our internal checker doesnt recognise it all.

how bizzare

[MacRumors]

http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com)


http://images.macrumors.com/article/2008/09/17/104448-nano4g_4gb_400.jpg

Engadget publishes (http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/mysterious-new-4gb-ipod-nano-4gs-begin-appearing-on-store-shelve/#comments) photos of what appears to be a 4GB iPod Nano available at a Dutch retailer (http://www.a-mac.nl/amac/component/page,shop.product_details/category_id,37/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,609/option,com_virtuemart/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=37&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=609&option=com_virtuemart&vmcchk=1) for €119. Additional photos have been posted to OneMoreThing.nl (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onemorething.nl%2F%3Fp%3Dshowarticle%26art_id%3D3556&sl=nl&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8).

The model is reportedly a limited run and no further inventory will be available. One report (http://translate.google.ch/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyberbloc.de%2Findex.php%3F%2Fsite%2Fv3_comments%2Fproduktionsfehlplanu ng_bei_cyberport_erhaeltlich%2F&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&sl=de&tl=en) claims that originally 4GB models were planned and that a limited number had already been produced.

Article Link (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/17/limited-run-of-4gb-ipod-nanos/)

[Zwhaler]

Multi-hued? Sounds interesting. But why wouldn't Apple just announce it on the 9th event?

[robotica]

its nice to know they havnt just chucked them .... good move

[bananas]

I'd be happy to have one of those. I guess they are quite rare.

[xix]

I'd like one of these, just as a collector's item.

[BryanLyle]

I'm glad that they didn't do 4gb ones. 8gb is a nice starting point.

[sreehemanth]

what's kinda weird is price point. 4GB iPod nano 119 Euros = 169 USD --> and the new 8GB iPod nano is 149 !??!

i think its a misprint of the price, if so i would guess it should be 99 USD. that would be so cooool! :)

however, this may well be a some graphic designer photoshoping the image to 4GB :p

what say?

[pagansoul]

No, the Dutch site has 4GB for € 119,00 and 8GB for € 139,00. I believe the EURO has an exchange rate around .71 to USD which may be different with US bank problems today.

[Lesser Evets]

I felt Apple was going to lower Nanos to $99 for 4GB, but that didn't materialize. However it seems they might have had that concept in mind and rescinded the order.

I thought they would want iPTs starting at $199 to get more people into Apps. Too bad. My suspicion is that the price of materials is still too expensive to accommodate that price structuring.

[iParis]

There was another thread about someone seeing this on Amazon, the dutch one believe.
And as other posters have said, this is probably very rare.

[sreehemanth]

No, the Dutch site has 4GB for € 119,00 and 8GB for € 139,00. I believe the EURO has an exchange rate around .75 to USD which may be different with US bank problems today.

agreed the dutch website has these numbers.

just for food of thought, i think it would make sense if Apple releases them in US for lower prices as per my suggested numbers. this will fill the gap between the 69$ iPod shuffle (2GB) and the 149$ (8GB) nano

[bananas]

what's kinda weird is price point. 4GB iPod nano 119 Euros = 169 USD --> and the new 8GB iPod nano is 149 !??!

i think its a misprint of the price, if so i would guess it should be 99 USD. that would be so cooool! :)

however, this may well be a some graphic designer photoshoping the image to 4GB :p

what say?

How about $1419 for a low end MacBook?
That's what we pay for them in Europe (999 euros including VAT).

so 119 euros would actually be quite cheap for 4 GB nano

[stevodotorg]

Engadget also publishes this: http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/new-macbook-pros-leaked-on-german-site/

Hop to it guys-- although I'm sure it will be posted as soon as I hit the Submit Reply button.

[windywalks]

No, the Dutch site has 4GB for € 119,00 and 8GB for € 139,00. I believe the EURO has an exchange rate around .71 to USD which may be different with US bank problems today.

This has very little to do with the US economy or anything else other than the fact that Apple equipment is inherently more expensive in Europe. No matter where you go. The 8GB Nano here in Poland is $224 and we are one the most expensive places to go shopping for Apple stuff.

Nevertheless I woulnd't mind having one of those babies just for the special feeling of having the iPod with the lowest occurence in the iPod world.

Cheers!

[deannnnn]

You guys can't focus on the exchange rates.
Apple products tend to be cheaper in the United States than internationally.

[amac4me]

Interesting. Now why wouldn't they want to sell 4GB models in the US?

[dwman]

Probably just getting rid of the last of the 4gb flash drives. I guess it does make for a nice collectors item in the process.

[Pixellated]

Would love to see what that serial number says.

Oh found it

5U835LC837H

Online support page, Apple.com/support see the serial number but our internal checker doesnt recognise it all.

how bizzare

What Internal checker? Are you a reseller?

[Fuchal]

I am still thinking they will be running 4gb nanos closer to the christmas shopping season. $99 nanos would sell like hotcakes. everyone loves hotcakes.

[Mal]

Would love to see what that serial number says.

Oh found it

5U835LC837H

Online support page, Apple.com/support see the serial number but our internal checker doesnt recognise it all.

how bizzare

Don't know what "internal checker" you're using, but apple.com/support shows it's in warranty until October 15, 2009 (more than a year away) so they weren't expecting these to be sold until October this year, or that's not the right serial number and the iPod it references has AppleCare.

jW

[twoodcc]

i think this is kinda weird. i don't think i would buy this one though anyways

[MrCrowbar]

what's kinda weird is price point. 4GB iPod nano 119 Euros = 169 USD --> and the new 8GB iPod nano is 149 !??!

i think its a misprint of the price, if so i would guess it should be 99 USD. that would be so cooool! :)

however, this may well be a some graphic designer photoshoping the image to 4GB :p

what say?

On "cheap" items, to Apple it's $1 = 1 EUR. They only recently started to adapt the pricing on computers.

The german sotre has the 8 GB nano for 149 EUR and the 16 GB for 199 EUR, including the 19% sales tax which is not included in the US online store.

[JayMan8081]

I would believe that they were either using up the leftover 4GB flash ram or they started ramping up production for 4GB and decided against it so they're selling off what little where produced. Either way it would be cool to have one of these as a collectible.

[rehingd]

The 4GB Nano is listed at Amazon.de. http://tinyurl.com/4GBNanoAmazonDE

I just tried to buy one, but can't ship to U.S. Oh well, I guess I'll need to look for other investment opportunities.

[SirOmega]

I felt Apple was going to lower Nanos to $99 for 4GB, but that didn't materialize. However it seems they might have had that concept in mind and rescinded the order.

Exactly what I expected as well - a 4GB nano for between $99 and $129.

Maybe Apple couldn't manage to get the margins up to suitable levels after the first few manufacturing runs. Maybe it saw the demand for the 4GB limited in the face of the 8/16GB models, or the flip side, the demand for the 4GB nano destroyed the demand for the 8GB model and they'd rather have slightly fewer sales at higher margins (given the crappy economy).

[derryquinn]

What are you, 12? Hope you get banned for that.

No, actually 14, but I feel like an idiot for posting it, I'm sorry, and I removed the original comment

[The Tall One]

Precious gigabytes I tell you!

[BRLawyer]

Switzerland's online Apple store shows ONLY the 8 and 16Gb models...

[SBik2]

gizmodo said apple confirmed they are real
http://gizmodo.com/5051221/apple-confirms-4gb-nano

[.Chris]

Interesting. Now why wouldn't they want to sell 4GB models in the US?

because they dont want to :rolleyes:

4Gb cant hold much. so 8Gb is a nice starting point

[kornyboy]

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what's kinda weird is price point. 4GB iPod nano 119 Euros = 169 USD --> and the new 8GB iPod nano is 149 !??!

i think its a misprint of the price, if so i would guess it should be 99 USD. that would be so cooool! :)

however, this may well be a some graphic designer photoshoping the image to 4GB :p

what say?

I agree that price sounds wrong for a 4GB. Photoshop has my vote on what happened here. It would definitely be nice to have the 4GB option.

[derryquinn]

things don't translate to euro, a 8gb nano is 149 euro.

[puckhead193]

if this is a true i'll be at apple ASAP!

[milatchi]

The more rare something is the more valuable it becomes, oh economics.
Apple is great and this is fantastic! Way to go Apple!

Steve Jobs = Genius

[sreehemanth]

On "cheap" items, to Apple it's $1 = 1 EUR. They only recently started to adapt the pricing on computers.

The german sotre has the 8 GB nano for 149 EUR and the 16 GB for 199 EUR, including the 19% sales tax which is not included in the US online store.

cheap or not-cheap, any item(s) sold on the Apple online store does include a sales tax when you completely go through the process of purchasing the item(s). the tax rate depends on the state that we are purchasing the item(s) from.

[OS X Dude]

years down the line, these will be a collectible on eBay, knowing vintage Apple gear and especially rare pieces fetch a good price.

A sound investment. Any in the UK I wonder? Maybe they wouldn't bother exporting them as they're a one-off.

[iphonesarecool]

Ipod Nano's 4th Gen, 4GB on amazon.de

I found this link: http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_ss_w?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ipod+nano+4+gb

Go down to the bottom of the link and you can get the new nano but with 4GB's.

[iphonesarecool]

years down the line, these will be a collectible on eBay, knowing vintage Apple gear and especially rare pieces fetch a good price.

A sound investment. Any in the UK I wonder? Maybe they wouldn't bother exporting them as they're a one-off.


Hi I am wondering about getting an iphone on pay as you go, like you, is it any good and do you think it's money well spent??

[marcel48]

what's kinda weird is price point. 4GB iPod nano 119 Euros = 169 USD --> and the new 8GB iPod nano is 149 !??!

i think its a misprint of the price, if so i would guess it should be 99 USD. that would be so cooool! :)

however, this may well be a some graphic designer photoshoping the image to 4GB :p

what say?

I am quite sure it isn't a misprint. For example: A 40 GB apple tv costs € 251,26 excl. VAT. in the Netherlands. In the USA it costs $229.00 excl. VAT.

Don't believe me?
Dutch apple store: http://store.apple.com/nl/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/apple_tv?mco=MTE3MjA
American apple store: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/apple_tv?mco=MTE2NTk

[donga]

this could be a cool collector's item worth thousands in a few years... maybe.

[Chundles]

These are also available in Australia at he A$169 price point. An 8GB is $199 and a 16GB is $279.

It's real, I've held one in my hand.

[dopeydog25]

I would buy a 4GB. 8GB for a nano for me is too big!:D

[Erwin-Br]

You guys can't focus on the exchange rates.
Apple products tend to be cheaper in the United States than internationally.

Correct. I know people who return from holiday and business trips, their pockets filled with iPods and iPhones. The Dutch customs officials at the airport are checking extra careful now, especially for Apple products.

[matthutch]

The 4Gb 4th Gen Nano's are being sold in Australia as well.

JB HiFi have them marketed as a Limited Edition 4Gb 4th Gen Nano, and have them for $166 AUD

http://www.digitalhome.com.au/iPod_MP3_and_Portables/Apple_iPods_New_Releases Just scroll down a bit and you'll see them

EDIT: Damn beaten by Chundles ;)

[iParis]

Correct. I know people who return from holiday and business trips, their pockets filled with iPods and iPhones. The Dutch customs officials at the airport are checking extra careful now, especially for Apple products.

Sorry for being off topic, but what do you mean by checking for iPods/iPhones?
And why especially for Apple products?
Is it the thing where you can get your iPod/iPhone/Notebook confiscated if you have it when flying into the US?
I thought that was only in Austrailia and thought it wasn't being greatly enforced.

[kyle6477]

Gizmodo is running article claiming that a source from Apple has confirmed:

http://gizmodo.com/5051221/apple-confirms-4gb-nano

Following the appearance of mysterious images this morning, Apple has apparently confirmed the existence of a new 4GB nano. Speaking with an Apple spokeswoman, Reg Hardware discovered that the company made a “limited number of 4GB iPod nanos for some international markets." Just how many were shipped out and to what countries specifically remains a mystery. Whether this is some sort of test market for a wider launch is also unknown at this time.

[BlackMR2]

The 4Gb 4th Gen Nano's are being sold in Australia as well.

JB HiFi have them marketed as a Limited Edition 4Gb 4th Gen Nano, and have them for $166 AUD

http://www.digitalhome.com.au/iPod_MP3_and_Portables/Apple_iPods_New_Releases Just scroll down a bit and you'll see them

EDIT: Damn beaten by Chundles ;)

Yep. I went to work today (JB hifi) and saw them there ticketed at $166 above the row of 8gb nano models. We had the whole range of colours in 4GB too.

[James17]

I had it confirmed also.

[puckhead193]

no news on the US?

[Erwin-Br]

Sorry for being off topic, but what do you mean by checking for iPods/iPhones?
And why especially for Apple products?
Is it the thing where you can get your iPod/iPhone/Notebook confiscated if you have it when flying into the US?
I thought that was only in Austrailia and thought it wasn't being greatly enforced.

No, no, I mean people buying Apple stuff for cheap because of the low Dollar against our Euro, and because Apple is selling their stuff relatively expensive here. That's not why they check your bags, of couse: it's because you have to declare items when they're over a 250 Euro's, to pay taxes. Of course nobody does that, hence the checks.

[bdude]

No, no, I mean people buying Apple stuff for cheap because of the low Dollar against our Euro, and because Apple is selling their stuff relatively expensive here. That's not why they check your bags, of couse: it's because you have to declare items when they're over a 250 Euro's, to pay taxes. Of course nobody does that, hence the checks.

Just take the iPod out of its box and say you bought it at home. Then maybe post the box back home if you really need it.

[Loge]

So Appleinsider are suggesting the spec was changed from 4/8 to 8/16 quite late in the day as a response to the new Zunes, explaining the delays to the 16GB and why the 4GB models are appearing only outside the US (where Zune isn't sold).

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/18/microsoft_may_have_thrown_apple_an_ipod_nano_headache.html

[iSamurai]

do you guys think that they're made for the Back to School promo? (Do they actually give this model in the first place?)

[mikey.f]

The 4 gigs are available also in Slovakia - for €159... Which is a really silly price, considering that the 8gigs go for €166. Also, the 4gigs are not available in black here. (Neither in red, but we can't buy any product red here anyway...)

[krnageskillz]

Rumor is 100% true. I have in my hot hands a 4Gb Blue iPod Nano 4Th generation. It was sold as a "limited edition" from Jb Hi Fi in Australia for AUD$166. It is still sealed am considering opening as I want to check out the new features but it might be worth big $$$$ very soon as its so rare that :apple: doesn't list its existence on their website.

[arjen92]

I saw this on the dutch dixons website. (the dixons is pretty big in the netherlands). I thought you might want to see it. http://www.dixons.nl/De_online_winkel/Homepage_Audio/Nieuwe+Apple+iPods/Apple+iPod+nano/default.aspx

[SactoGuy18]

I'm actually glad the USA won't get the 4 GB version of the 4G nano--it doesn't make sense considering that TV shows can hog hundreds of megabytes of on-player storage just for a single 42-minute episode! :eek: Besides, if you can get the Creative ZEN portable music player for US$179.99 for the 16 GB model, Apple needs to make sure they offer a 16 GB nano at a competitive price, too.

[iParis]

I'm actually glad the USA won't get the 4 GB version of the 4G nano--it doesn't make sense considering that TV shows can hog hundreds of megabytes of on-player storage just for a single 42-minute episode! :eek: Besides, if you can get the Creative ZEN portable music player for US$179.99 for the 16 GB model, Apple needs to make sure they offer a 16 GB nano at a competitive price, too.

Have you noticed when Apple had a 4GB nano for $149 Microsoft priced their 4GB Zune at $129.

[kyle6477]

I don't remember if it was here or not, but I saw it discussed somewhere that the 4GB model was originally planned but was dropped for the 16 GB so Apple could directly compete with Microsoft, who shipped new versions of its Zune players with 8GB at $149 and 16GB at $199. Sound familiar?

[Sulis]

This might have been muted elsewhere, but just noticed the pricepoint of the 4gb is £95 - exactly the Back to School UK rebate. Seems quite clear from that, as the offer has always been a free ipod, that dropping the 4gb was a genuinely late decision, with the UK promo originally going to be a free 4gb, rather than still leaving £14 to pay for an 8gb.

[markschell]

They exist here in Canada. I just got my shipment of 9 units. And there are Product Red Models as well.

Mark

[nowind]

I purchased the 4GB (product) red version last week... I'm satisfied with
the amount of storage, as well as the price: $130 on my nearby
military base.

couldn't be more pleased.