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$100 Price Drop on iPhone and iPod Touch?

Disclaimer: I don't know too much about this subject.

Now, on to my idea. What if Apple incorporated two flash drives that are partitioned for ZFS? From my understanding, ZFS is a pooled storage scheme so the computer would see 2 32gb flash drives as a single 64gb flash drive. It would take up more space inside the iPod/iPhone, but it would be a much cheaper way to go than a single 64gb SSD. I understand that ZFS write is not enabled in Leopard (yet) and I'm pretty sure Windows can't read/write it.

However, I could see this as an option that has at least passed through the minds of Apple engineers. Thoughts?
 
charles4515 said:
I read somewhere that the iPhone has one memory slot because the space is used for the phone internals and the iTouch has two memory slots.
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Yes that's true. This is the reason the Touch will always have more memory than the iPhone. Also from the photos I have seen, the memory used in the Touch and the iPhone are different as in manufacturer and they didn't appear to be the same dimensions.
 
smitty078 said:
This is all fine and dandy but I personally won't buy any Touch device if it doesn't have GPS. I'd buy an iPhone with GPS, iPod Touch with GPS or iGPS (either of these would basically be iPod touch with GPS but no phone) even if it cost $699 but I can tell apple I won't buy until there's a touch with GPS. Anyone else with me on this?
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I already have a full function Garmin Nuvi GPS. I don't need one in my phone as well. Plus, the Garmin pairs up to my iPhones handsfree so I don't even have to pull out my iPhone to take and make calls. It's already as convenient as it can get.
 
As much as I'd like to see the iphone and ipod touch drop in price, I know it would be unfair to the people who bought the larger versions as soon as they were released.

Oh, who am I kidding. The sooner the price drops the sooner I can get one!
 
This new is just brilliant considering I just upgraded my iPhone 2 hours ago to the 16gig. I love the iPhone but why punish the early adopter so much. Aren't they jsut shooting themselves in the foot?
 
La Porta said:
Whatever. I bought my 16 GB iPod Touch in advance and received it in September. It is now February. I have been loving it ever since. Sure, the $20 upgrade was kind of bogus, but it's made me use the thing a lot more. Fact is: I was willing to pay $399 for it when it came out. That's it folks, you pay for something at one point in time when that is it's price. If you buy a new car, and then suddenly when next year's new and improved model comes out yours is worth less just because it isn't as flashy, you didn't get screwed. It was what it was when you bought it. Now it isn't. As for me, they can drop the price on the 32 GB...hell, make a 64! I'm still happy with my 16 and think it is worth just what I paid for it, when I paid for it.
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One of the most sensible attitudes I've read in here.
 
that would really be amazing, but it'll be a big upset for many who have already made purchases....
 
obeygiant said:
This new is just brilliant considering I just upgraded my iPhone 2 hours ago to the 16gig. I love the iPhone but why punish the early adopter so much. Aren't they jsut shooting themselves in the foot?
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It happens with anything you buy, it's not punishing you, it's just the way things are.

Last February, Garmin released the Nuvi 680 GPS. I bought two of them the day they went on sale and BestBuy was the exclusive seller for that model for a few months. Price = $1000. Go look up the price now for that model. A few days ago, I saw it listed for $599. Should I get upset? No, I could have saved $800 since I bought two but I don't care, I got to use it from day one.

Your cars price probably dropped a great deal a few months after you bought it as well. I know mine did, heck they didn't even make my cars model this year but it's being improved on and will be better than what I bought for the next year. Not mad at all. I bought it for what it had in it at the time and that's what I paid for.

Price drops and new models are a way of life. Don't like it, just don't buy anything anymore.
 
no price drop

If you REALLY believe that Apple with drop the price - then I have some land that I'd like to sell you.

I am still amazed at some of the people who post here.
Just because you REALLY want it - doesn't mean that it's gonna happen.

I did find one post interesting - if Apple is bringing in a 3G phone for June/July - then it does make sense to lower their orders for the current version iPhone.
I'm looking forward to seeing when the 3G version is released - and seeing if it will have as much impact as some people seem to think it will.
 
I can see this happening. 3G iPhone appears and bumps down iPhone line, and touch like moves as well maybe with its own formfactor/feature update to match whatever they add to the 3G iPhone.

Maybe GPS. Maybe they put the camera, blue tooth and speaker back into the new touch.
 
A measly $100 price drop? Is this a joke? I have come to expect more than that from Apple. I expect such an innovative company to be pushing the boundaries of creative marketing like they did last year with a $200 price drop two months after initial release! Come on, where is the gusto from last year?!
 
Pukey said:
A measly $100 price drop? Is this a joke? I have come to expect more than that from Apple. I expect such an innovative company to be pushing the boundaries of creative marketing like they did last year with a $200 price drop two months after initial release! Come on, where is the gusto from last year?!
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At first I thought this price drop thing was a joke, but now I realize it's the consumers pressing Apple into giving them what they want--BRILLIANT!!!

Now all we need is public pressure saying the price drop is coming SOON so that iPod/phone sales drop and the price drop WILL actually happen.
Spread the word: Nobody buy any Apple products:rolleyes:
 
I can see a price drop based on their last earnings conference call. Apple is first and foremost the company which sells ipods. In their last conference call they said that ipod sales were slowing. It makes sense when you figure that most people who want an ipod probably have one by now. So, they have get to people who already have an ipod to be willing to buy a touch. They are in effect their biggest competitor. Lowering the price will get people who are happy with their current ipod to take another look at replacing it with a touch.
 
eastcoastsurfer said:
I can see a price drop based on their last earnings conference call. Apple is first and foremost the company which sells ipods. In their last conference call they said that ipod sales were slowing. It makes sense when you figure that most people who want an ipod probably have one by now. So, they have get to people who already have an ipod to be willing to buy a touch. They are in effect their biggest competitor. Lowering the price will get people who are happy with their current ipod to take another look at replacing it with a touch.
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Thats exactly what I'm thinking-- Ive had my ipod video for about 2 years and while it's been decent, I would like to be able to do more things, like with the touch.
 
Kinda off topic, but the 3G iPhone speculation leads me to believe...

...that if GPS is ever to make an appearance in an iPhone, we'll hear rumors or see leaked prototypes of a redesign. Any mobile device with GPS that I've seen has a plastic top or actual antenna. The top of the iPhone is metal, and the radio-transparent antenna cover is at the bottom. The redesign could be mild (antenna opening like the iPod touch) or pronounced (like my BlackBerry 8310, which has a radio-transparent strip across the top.
 
obeygiant said:
This new is just brilliant considering I just upgraded my iPhone 2 hours ago to the 16gig. I love the iPhone but why punish the early adopter so much. Aren't they jsut shooting themselves in the foot?
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Unless you've lived under a rock for the last eight months the price drop shouldn't come as a total shock. Not sure for the reason behind your upgrading, but I think that anyone who currently owns an 4-8GB iPhone and upgrades to the 16GB knowing full and well that a true v2.0 is probably not far off is more of the person "shooting themself in the foot".

wildmannz said:
If you REALLY believe that Apple with drop the price - then I have some land that I'd like to sell you.

I am still amazed at some of the people who post here.
Just because you REALLY want it - doesn't mean that it's gonna happen.
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So, the price drop when they 86'd the 4GB is a mass-hallucination? Why is it so far fetched that Apple would discontinue a superfluous model and drop the price on other subsequent models (especially in preparation for adding yet another higher model)??? :confused: Seems like a very common business model for pretty much any/all consumer product(s).

Pukey said:
A measly $100 price drop? Is this a joke? I have come to expect more than that from Apple. I expect such an innovative company to be pushing the boundaries of creative marketing like they did last year with a $200 price drop two months after initial release! Come on, where is the gusto from last year?!
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I am really hoping that you forgot to put a "[/sarcasm]" tag at the end of that post. The initial pricing of the iPhone was high enough to allow for such a drastic price cut. The fact that we won't see another $200 cut is not due to a lack of "creative marketing", but rather, its due to that fact that Apple wants to make money selling their products and succeed as a business. Perhaps they could give the iPhone away...:rolleyes:

Craig
 
Interesting news on a potential price drop. At least there is some forewarning. Those poor early adopters didn't get a whole lot of that :(.
 
diamond.g said:
Interesting news on a potential price drop. At least there is some forewarning. Those poor early adopters didn't get a whole lot of that :(.
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Early adopters always get hosed when it comes to price. It just is what it is, and even more so with electronics. I remember when I built my own computers through the 90s. I would order all the parts and then not look at prices again because I knew within weeks the prices would have fallen.

What makes Apples price drops so 'evil' (mainly on the computer side) is that they are sudden and sharp. The other computers makers like Dell have their prices drop almost continuously once they release a product. Apple on the other hand leaves the specs and prices the same for months until one day they do a huge upgrade or price change. This type of behavior from them means I'll always wait for the 'next' version before buying any Apple computer.
 
I know I may be echoing some of the comments out here, but even though a price drop will elicit scores of complaints from iPod touch early adopters, I think dropping the 8gb and leaving the 16gb and 32gb models at $299 and $399, respectfully, will be a good thing.

I was very surprised it didn't happen this last week, when they announced the new 32gb iPod touch. In fact, as much as I would love to have a 32gb touch, I'm willing to wait a bit to see if price drop rumors happen. At $499, it's a bit too rich for my needs and wants at this time.
 
eastcoastsurfer said:
I can see a price drop based on their last earnings conference call. Apple is first and foremost the company which sells ipods. In their last conference call they said that ipod sales were slowing. It makes sense when you figure that most people who want an ipod probably have one by now. So, they have get to people who already have an ipod to be willing to buy a touch. They are in effect their biggest competitor. Lowering the price will get people who are happy with their current ipod to take another look at replacing it with a touch.
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Well stated.
 
prediction

This time 9to5mac will be wrong because I think prices will not be dropped until the release of iPhone 2.0 (3G)

Sachin
 
iMpathetic said:
This would be a good idea. However, anyone who whines about it gets shot by a firing squad.
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HAHHAHAHA. sounds great!

There are many important things to be done in your short lifetime, and bitching about an essentially meaningless circumstance is not one of them...
 
macman2342 said:
Ok, I actually think this rumor is right. Two weeks lines up with the rumored apple event at the end of February. I predict that this event will be the launch of the iphone SDK and a new model of iphone, an iphone pro if you will. This will be more expensive, include 3g and GPS. Maybe some other surprises, portable iwork or something to make it more like a PDA. (and in my dreams, a built in isight for portable ichat, but that part is unlikely)

With the announcement of Garmin's Nuvifone with real GPS, Apple's under pressure to offer a device with that capability. Since not everyone needs GPS or a pda, why not have an iphone pro with pro-like features. This will be marketed as a handheld computer, not a phone.

Anyone agree?
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I think the 3G iPhone will be here Q3, and it will not be a "pro" model. There will be only one iPhone.
 
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