64GB iPhone and 128GB iPod Touch Possible in 1st Quarter 2010?

[slu]

I don't remember many people thinking the classic was going to die this year. Many knew that a 160 GB single-platter drive would be coming out and we knew the biggest the iPod touch was going to get was 64 GBs. Large, but nowhere near 160GBs and not large enough for a fairly sizeable proportion of the market.

However, come summer 2010, it's likely we'll have a 128 GB iPod touch priced at ~$400. 128 GBs is the tipping point for many people. Even if Toshiba comes forward with a 200 GB single-platter drive going from 160 -> 200 GBs would only impress a miniscule section of the market.

If you look at Amazon's sales, you can see the top 9 iPods are 32 GBs and less, the classic sits at number 10. With larger nanos and touches coming next year, it's hard to see the classic being able to make enough room for itself.

I remember several posts predicting the demise of the classic, but my anecdotal evidence is no more valuable than yours.

Amazon's sales numbers don't mean anything. And I never suggested the classic is the best selling iPod, only that Apple makes enough money to keep selling it.

A max capacity touch goes for $400. A classic goes for $250. This is the issue. Unless you can provide > 100 GB of storage for the price point of the current classic, there will be a classic.

There is a market for a large capacity iPod that does not cost the same as netbook.

 

[Jayomat]

, the problem (FOR ME) with the iphone/touch as a music player is that you cannot skip a song while it's in your pocket. solution: pressing and holding the vol-up/down buttons bring up the next song. or the other way around. press to skip, hold to adjust volume! tooooooo confusing for the average user? there's an optionmenu for that THX!

btw.. I own a iphone2G with 8gb.. although I have a huge amount of mp3s, I don't see the need to carry all of them around with me.. just sync it with different playlists or create playlistts with random songs.. works great for me

 

[snallygaster]

"I've got an iPod like a pirate ship
I'll sail the seas with fifty thousand songs I've never heard"

 

[mrblog47]

I think it would be interesting if apple included a camera or some other technology currently not in the iPod in place of the second memory slot and kept the ipod touch at 64gb capacity or else give the consumer the choice of having a 128GB iPod maxed out for media storage or a normal 64GB one with some other extra in it like a higher quality vid camera.
Wondering if I should sell my iPod touch 64GB coming up to Christmas in the hope that Apple release a 128GB in early 2010. The thing is, they never seem to release iPod outside of September event. What's the likelyhood of this happening? Should I sell?...

 

[Littlewizkid]

Makes you wonder when we're getting a Mass storage mode or a finder for iPhone OS. That's really the only advantage of the iPod classic. It just seems to make sense with this much space.


What are you going to fill 128 GB with? Music?

Fill it with movies, music and lots of apps.

Ever ripped a DVD?

 

[chris200x9]

[HTML][CODE]I doubt it

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[Marcusjlang]

I bet out of all the people here who claim it's outlandish to fill 64GBs or 128GBs on a portable media player or a phone are younger 21.

 

[TheSVD]

so... i was thinking of getting an iphone 3GS this xmas, do you think i should wait? cause surely the 32GB would drop in price if this happened? No? Could i get some thoughts please? thanks

 

[Dwalls90]

so... i was thinking of getting an iphone 3GS this xmas, do you think i should wait? cause surely the 32GB would drop in price if this happened? No? Could i get some thoughts please? thanks

I wouldn't. Apple has refreshed the iPhone in January usually, so this is right on schedule. That said, it doesn't hurt to wait a month. You're stuck in a 2 year contract, you might as well get the most of it.

 

[TheSVD]

do you mean june? thought they refreshed them in the summerr....
and nah im getting it on pay as you go, dont wanna fork out a load for one just to get a price drop, aha! thanks though anyone else?

 

[SactoGuy18]

If Apple offers a 128 GB iPod touch within the next few months, I'm so in line to buy one.

 

[LoganT]

Well if I have a 64 GB iPhone, or hell a 128 GB iPhone I guess I'll start using Apple Lossless just to fill it up.

 

[twoodcc]

now this would be sweet! i would love to see these volume sizes in these devices. wouldn't mind a bigger ipod touch either (bigger screen)

 

[McGiord]

well now it seems highly possible...

http://www.hardmac.com/news/2010/06/18/there-could-be-an-128-gb-iphone-or-ipod-touch

 

[tempusfugit]

It's too bad the iPhone doesn't have a hidden SDHC slot or two.

Just buy a 32GB card for $75 and pop it in. 64GB cards are due for mass production early next year.

Problem 1: poor performance by comparison.

Problem 2: takes too much space to house the hardware needed to microSD. You'd have to sacrifice battery size to fit the same form factor. Thats a deal breaker for Apple, and deservingly so.

Problem 3: Phones I've had with microSD (Multiple samsung flip phones) tend to lose connection to the card sometimes when the phone gets bumped, requiring me to take it out and put it back in to get working again. No thanks.