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Apple Announces 16GB iPhone and 32GB iPod Touch

It always amazes whent the rumor sites are so confident in something and it doesn't show up. And then something huge like this happens without so much as a whisper. Where was the Apple intel this time?

I lose faith in the mac rumor community's ability to keep us one step ahead of Apple's home page.
 
AidenShaw said:
Apple has a return policy that allows returns if there's an upgrade within a certain window.

One day qualifies.

Don't open it if you ordered from Apple.

If you got it from a store, check the store's policies.
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yeah, but now i'm trying to figure out if i want to spend $530 after tax at the apple store, instead of the $360 I bought the 16gb touch for... argh. i mean, i can get away with 16gb, but i could load the 32gb up with movies... it would be amazing. with the 16gb i guess i could just load a couple movies on while i'm home and switch them on an off as i need them... but damn that 32gb is so tempting.... argh.... so much money...
 
krye said:
It always amazes whent the rumor sites are so confident in something and it doesn't show up. And then something huge like this happens without so much as a whisper. Where was the Apple intel this time?

I lose faith in the mac rumor community's ability to keep us one step ahead of Apple's home page.
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I knew all about this hours before it happened, engadget have been raving about it since this morning.
 
At the risk of sounding like a moron asking the obvious: can you just get a new 16 iPhone and swap the sim? Is it as easy as that?
 
I hope the next iPhone is 32GB. Size is the only reason I've held off this long. I'd say 32GB is the minimum to be considered a true iPod today. I don't like the idea of having to add/delete my music all the time. I don't think I'd want to store all my movies/TV shows on an iPhone so adding and deleting them is fine...I just want to be able to store all my music and still have room for a movie or two and have room for the e-mails/voice mails. I keep all my music in 256kbps format and currently am over 22GB. I still have a ways to go before I complete my collection. I anticipate having 3,500 songs and be pushing 32MB in the next few months. Sucks though that the touch will always be ahead of the iPhone in size. Seems the iPhone needs the bigger drive or at least make them the same size and price accordingly for the phone feature :mad:
 
Well, at least they didn't lower the price of the 16GB model because that would mean that my model still isn't obsolete. WOOHOO!
 
Sweet! I was waiting for a 32GB iPod Touch. Didn't think it would come out so soon. Though I also didn't think it would cost a hundred bucks more. Still, once I get my tax return, it's mine!
 
Cool. But meh, I still have 2gb free in my iPhone (no vids) and the 16gb-er can't hold my whole library yet (18GB) and ooh well I have mine since September and Im happy with it, if they dropped the price of the 8gb-er now I would be pissed...:p And WOW 32GB touch :eek::eek: I believe this is gonna fly out the shelves even tough is a tad pricey.

-Victor
 
iPhelim said:
I knew all about this hours before it happened, engadget have been raving about it since this morning.
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I like your quote.... What could Microsoft do with a decade? Try Win98 --> Vista. Enough said right?
 
iPhone Memory Increase

Nice. But I think I'll wait to update until the expected iPhone 2.0 comes out sometime later this year. Then I'll hand my 8gb iPhone down to my kids and trade up.
 
akadmon said:
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Yeah, those $499 iTouches are really going to be flying off the shelves :rolleyes:

Screw the gadgets -- give us the new MBP, Apple!

P.S.

If I sound like a little brat who didn't get the toy he wanted, well, that's because I didn't get the toy I watned :mad:
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If I'm right that's £250 in the UK? Well, tbh, our 16GB's are £270, which is around $540, and our new, 32GB's are £329, which is around $660. You're lucky :/

Ish said:
No 32GB iPt in the UK store yet. Wonder how much it'll be? Don't need that much memory myself but quite a few people here have been hoping for it so great!!
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£329
 
Grimace said:
There have been multiple $499 iPods...but you're right, not for a while.

I have definitely browsed on my iPhone while on the toilet. 'Not sure what that says, but it's the truth! :p
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The iPhone eliminates the need to keep magazines next to the toilet...what a great invention.
 
Victor ch said:
Cool. But meh, I still have 2gb free in my iPhone (no vids) and the 16gb-er can't hold my whole library yet (18GB) and ooh well I have mine since September and Im happy with it, if they dropped the price of the 8gb-er now I would be pissed...:p And WOW 32GB touch :eek::eek: I believe this is gonna fly out the shelves even tough is a tad pricey.

-Victor
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32GB Touch, a tad pricey? It is cheaper than we pay for the 16GB here in the UK. I know, enough moaning, our economy is look pretty good compared to the US.
 
Exxxsssellent.......this is what I was hoping for. Twas the only thing holding me off an iPhone. Its now quite beyond what I was hoping to spend (after discounts & gift cards - $220) but hey ideally iPhones would all be given out free and there would be peace on earth. :rolleyes: I'll have to come up with some extra dough.

And to those people who are telling others what they do and don't need in terms of capacity, please just don't bother. How do you know what my needs are. Its great that you're okay switching out music etc. to accomodate your 8gb iPhone. But for me, thats an huge inconvenience, I'm not about to plan ahead to what I want to listen to that day or the next. It might be easier with videos but with about 10 gigs of music, I'd rather not spend the time in sifting through it every week or day or whatever. If I was okay with that I would have gotten the 1 gig shuffle ages ago and still be using it.
 
I have every reason to be bitter. I just got my wife and I, each an iPhone, last weekend! Bitter.....
 
bluefido said:
Whine, whine, whine...

If only Apple:

(1) announced MacBook Pros today and not two weeks from now;
(2) added 3G and cut the price of a iPhone by $150;
(3) added a "real" graphics card to the MacBook;
(4) added "X" feature to the MacBook Air;
(5) timed its updates to coincide with my schedule because I am the most important person in the entire universe; and
(6) provided "Y" hardware/software/gadget for "Z" dollars.

How the news of the option of additional hard drive space is considered a negative is beyond me. The gripes are becoming annoying enough (like that Mac guy in the telly ads) that I may have to unswitch to gain back my sanity. Just kidding...I love my MacBook despite not having a "real" graphics card and not costing $300 less.
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Someone's got a lot of time on his hands. :rolleyes:
 
OK,


I have called the local Apple store here (Bethesda Row) and they said I can take back my 16GB that I bought yesterday for store credit and get the 32GB.

They did mention the re-stocking fee...hopefully I can get it waived when I get there.
 
The problem with apple updates is this.

Its not a pleasant surprise when they come out with something because usually people have been pissed off for months that its not been released yet so when it finally does come out everyone is like FINALLY but then the price goes UP and they are pissed off anyways, and rightfully so in my opinion. Apple is VERY slow with updates and when they come they are usually months too late.
 
DisturbedLen said:
From the iPhone page on the Apple Store:

"Charges for international messages sent from the U.S. are 20¢ for Text Messages and 50¢ for Picture/Video Messages. Additional charges for premium messages and content apply. Messages over 300KB billed at additional 50¢ per message."

Since when does the iPhone send picture or video messages?? Could this be something new that's planning to be released with the SDK???
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Is the current iPhone hardware capable of video (meaning it's just a software limitation at present)?

I was expecting photo messaging to be an imminent upgrade, but video would be fantastic!
 
Even though I'm one of those suckers desperately waiting for the new MBP, I think it's pretty cool Apple came up with this update today. Didn't see it coming...

Now that has been said... I hope it's our (the MBPwaiters) turn soon... :D
 
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