Apple Announces 16GB iPhone and 32GB iPod Touch

[quantumbits]

$499? Ouch. That's out of my price range.

I may have been swayed if it came with 802.1x support. In any case, I like how they're developing the Touch, so I'll likely get my dirty, little hands on one within the next year.

 

[davidjearly]

What's the component cost difference between 8 and 16GB flash? 10 bucks?

No, it's double the price of what they pay for the 8GB, since the 16GB iPod touch uses two 8GB chips, not one 16GB chip.

 

[iAurel]

i think now i start to hate 2 years contract with t-mobile. What if I already wanna upgrade my 8gb iPhone, so I in fact miss this opportunity.

With iPods you can buy all the existent models if you want( which i did), but know i can only buy hacked iphone??? i don't need hacked one. So apple, you may wanna re-think your selling model? do you ?

 

[drchipinski]

A very ho-hum release if you ask me....

 

[tMac85]

wow this came out of no where.

and $500 bucks for the ipod? they should have just dropped the 8gb and shifted down on the prices. cool apple. reallllll cool.

 

[MarcelV]

"Wahhhh, no 3G"

"Waaahhhh, no MBP"


You people just can't be satisfied.

No Powerbook G5 either.....

Seriously, 16GB is nice, 1 and a half times the capacity of my 3Gen iPod that I still use and that is still working after all those years. Not even a battery update, however it's now losing some of the battery capacity. The memory upgrade was where I was waiting for.... Will get one, soon!

 

[aurala]

iPod Touch + Nokia phone

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[dudeman123]

why no 32gb iphone?

if there's never enough, why do we have to wait and wait and wait....

 

[guzhogi]

Meh. I already have an 8 GB iPhone so I think I'll wait until it comes w/ 3G & built-in radio or something.

As for the election, I'm torn between Obama & Monica Lewinski's ex-boyfriend's wife.

 

[notsofatjames]

Just as I thought. This was just the minor upgrade that was supposed to be announced at macworld to hold us over until iphone 2.0 is introduced. That phone is not coming out until later in the year. A lot of stuff in fact didn't get debuted at macworld like they were supposed to.
So you have a choice now. Buy the upgraded capacity version of the iphone 1.0 or touch now or wait til later in year for version 2 of the iphone.

On what basis can you say that Apple were "supposed to" debut things at macworld. There is absolutely no reason that apple could not introduce new products at macworld...

Always good. US only though, strange.

I also spotted that. How odd.

No MacBook Pro. What gives! This is insane. I have been waiting for months. This is insane!!

If you've been waiting for months, you should have got one months ago. Or now, if you need it so badly your going insane.

According to Apple, its not happening in the UK yet. This seems strange, but they said the Touch and the iPhone had not yet been confirmed for the UK.

On engadget i read that they had a source in O2 who knew the 16GB iPhone was coming out today, and the price. Seems odd that it just hasnt. Maybe it wont be until 6.02pm...

 

[Mal]

i think now i start to hate 2 years contract with t-mobile. What if I already wanna upgrade my 8gb iPhone, so I in fact miss this opportunity.

With iPods you can buy all the existent models if you want( which i did), but know i can only buy hacked iphone??? i don't need hacked one. So apple, you may wanna re-think your selling model? do you ?

WTF???

First off, it makes no difference in you're under contract, the iPhone is not subsidized so it costs the same regardless.

Secondly, Apple has zero obligation to make this process easy for you, who is hacking their phones to work in a way they did not intend. They amazingly enough are making them reasonably easy to do that to, but they certainly don't need to rethink their selling model, it's working out more than perfectly now.

jW

 

[Evangelion]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there hasn't been a 500 dollar iPod ever, or at least in a long while.

Original 10GB iPod ws $499. iPod photo was $599. And if you adjust the price for inflation, it makes those model significantly more expensive than 32GB touch is. And the touch is the top-of-the-line iPod at the moment.

It's a bit much to pay for an mp3 player and a browser that works at Starbucs and while your sitting on the toilet in your own house.

Is it? The touch is a videoplayer. A musicplayer. Web-terminal. Email-client. Application-platform. Mapping-tool.... And there's free WiFi in lots of places. The price they are asking is more than reasonable.

But hey, if you feel it's overpriced, then don't buy it.

 

[bigandy]

The 16Gb iPhone may push me over to the O2 contract now. With the contract improvements, it's a good deal.

I just bought an iPhone last Wednesday from an Apple Retail Store and activated it on Friday 1st February... can i return the 8GB iPhone and pay the difference for the 16GB model instead?

How about the contract with O2? will the my 18-month contract be extended another 18 months (36 months / 3 years!) ?

um yeah, there's a 14 day return policy on any contract in teh uk

 

[0098386]

I actually just said "faaaark!" out loud! What a completely surprising update! I mean we knew it was coming but I imagined it being a long time off!

16gb iPhone! HOT DOG. Soon as I get paid I'm getting one this and the o2 minutes increase is exactly what I've been after.

Edit: Oh, US only. My money stays with me.

 

[jonny]

iPhone

Nice. Now please release a version of iPhone unlocked to canadian gsm carriers. Stop being so greedy apple. Bad Apple! We promise we won't use Rogers/Fidos crappy, overpriced EDGE network.

< sarcasm >
Oh, pretty soon I have 16gb iBricks for my iWall.
</ sarcasm >

 

[King James]

happy to see the iphone at 16 gigs but still will wait to get one until they are 3g. Sucks because I really want one

 

[wildmilne]

"Wahhhh, no 3G"

"Waaahhhh, no MBP"


You people just can't be satisfied.

well...no 3G makes a phone designed to browse the web nearly worthless. Can't reel me in yet.

 

[TheSpecialist]

• First, the thing that noticed me is that Apple now markets it as the "Wi-Fi Mobile Device", cleary from the earnings call.
  
• Second, on www.apple.com the word "Touch" is in a light font now, don't know if that has been before, but it may hint to the "Air" (Wireless) stuff. Light font is now the font for wireless I think!
  
• Third, don't think it will go any further then 32GB for a while, and that in the iPhone there is no 32GB because of space (radio hardware).
• OR maybe Apple doesn't want so much in their inventory, too many products they must keep track of and have to sell, when it doesn't sell they keep the stock which means loss!
  
• Fourth, I think the 3G iPhone will come later this year when Europe's full area has iPhones, or maybe earlier when the 3G chips come down in price, or earlier with the announcement of Italy, Spain and Switzerland.
  
• Think it will also come with 3.2MP camera because of the new Broadcom chip.
  
• Will definatly get a 3G version this year as the AT&T excecutive said.

 

[Scarpad]

32gb? we're getting closer to a reasonable amount of storage. lil pricey though.

I'm find I can carry a pretty good amount of Music, TV shows and Movies in 16gb, more than I could ever watch in a stiing or on a flight. I don't need to carry my whole library so its all good. Now if I found out the new 32gb touch's had more vivid, less washed out screens, then I'd be pissed

 

[soosy]

No, it's double the price of what they pay for the 8GB, since the 16GB iPod touch uses two 8GB chips, not one 16GB chip.

Really? that seems odd. I did a brief search and perhaps 16GB is significantly more expensive. I wasn't sure what exact type of memory to search for... anyone with hard data?

 

[surfsofa]

Great news, but why not announced at Macworld?

OK, technology never stands still and whatever you buy this week will be improved next.... Fair enough.

However, I think it's a bit mean of Apple to announce this so soon after Macworld. Like many, I see Macworld as an indicator of what's happening in the Apple product lineup, and purchasing decisions are often made around that time. In my case, I waited for Macworld before ordering my Touch to see if they'd bump the memory to 32GB. They didn't, I purchased, now they have.

I'll bet there are many others like me. Of course I'm still delighted with my Touch which still does the same today as yesterday, but this just serves as a reminder that Apple is a business first and foremost, and not one that rewards loyalty.

 

[dual64bit]

Original 10GB iPod ws $499. iPod photo was $599. And if you adjust the price for inflation, it makes those model significantly more expensive than 32GB touch is. And the touch is the top-of-the-line iPod at the moment.



Is it? The touch is a videoplayer. A musicplayer. Web-terminal. Email-client. Application-platform. Mapping-tool.... And there's free WiFi in lots of places. The price they are asking is more than reasonable.

But hey, if you feel it's overpriced, then don't buy it.

You are exactly right Evangelion, it's a wonderful device and worth the price, especially for 32Gb, that's a lot of flash storage!

 

[Macinva]

Goodbye.

Exactly what I was thinking...

 

[Scarpad]

I just picked up a 16GB touch about a month ago. Boourns. I would have dropped the extra $100 on the 32.

This was the first thing I read when I woke up this morning. I'm glad to see they haven't just put the 16 in the 8GB's spot and price, and added the 32 at the 16's spot and price. In this way, I am content.

16GB iPhone though... that's pretty sweet. But, being in Canada, I'd have to jailbreak it, which apparently has proven to be a royal pain with the new 1.1.3 firmware that ships with the new phones.

I think they realize that if they offered the higher size at the same price point immediately they'd have a riot on their hands. My guess is that it won't take long to get to those points thou.

 

[igazza]

awesome now the touch can replace the ipod video.

mbp might be next tuesday