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Apple Announces 16GB iPhone and 32GB iPod Touch

rest of the world....

hhaeschen said:
Valid point! Probably it's just me & myself that have forgotten about Super Tuesday due to the mysterious Apple Store closing... The rest of the western world is discussing politics today.
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I think that you will find that only one country is discussing politics, and to be fair that discussion is "who has the most money to buy the top job".

The new motto of the US government.

Think Local. Act Global.
 
Now I'm beginning to see what Steve meant in his keynote when he mentioned that they were 2 weeks in and 50 to go.

Not a Tuesday has gone by without an announcement this year so far. Good times indeed.
 
At first I thought they just bumped up the storage but after reading I see that they just gave us a new model for the iPod Touch. Still makes we want to get one though, 32GB of flash storage is sweet.

I like the current Zunes and the other music stores but with movie rentals and a 32GB touch screen music player Apple's stuff is still on top IMHO. Now if they only did this kinda thing with their other hardware.... like the MacBook Pro and iMac. How about that mini tower Apple?
 
Okay.. several things...

1. I got my iPhone 8GB in September after the price drop, and I'm loving it. I'm sorta mad now that the 16 GB came out, but it's awesome at the same time. For a video of my iPhone unboxing go to YouTube and search up ShiggityShigg and you should see my iPhone unboxing video. I can't post a link because I'm on a Staples computer and they've retardedly blocked youtube.com

2. The iPod Touch 32 GB is a welcome addition to the iPod/iPhone family. I too agree that $100 extra for twice the storage is sorta steep, but fair at the same time. Also, why would you want a physical, moving parts HDD in the iTouch? I mean, I know HDD based devices have more storage, but they're much more breakable with constant use.

3. To those of you whining about no new displays or no new MacBook Pros, give it a break. There's a time for everything. They'll be released when they're ready. I'm not in the market for an MBP since I got an MB White a few months ago, but even if I was I'd wait it out, especially since I only make $8/hr.

With all that said, I should get across the shopping center to work to see if the assistant manager has arrived yet to open shop.

C ya later!
 
jaison13 said:
glad they upped the memory, but as a current iphone owner, i'll be waiting for iphone 2. wish i had the 16g, especially with apps on the horizon.
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Agreed. I bought my iPhone months ago, in the hopes that a 16 GB iPhone would have been released long ago. So, like you, I'll just upgrade once the second generation comes out. By then, I'm sure 32 GB will be standard, with options up to 64 or even 128 GB.
 
ant_s said:
Now I'm beginning to see what Steve meant in his keynote when he mentioned that they were 2 weeks in and 50 to go.

Not a Tuesday has gone by without an announcement this year so far. Good times indeed.
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What was released and/or announced on January 22 and 29?
 
Evangelion said:
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.
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Um, I've been able to do all these things on my PDA for years. And don't get me started about "mapping tools"! I don't mean to be rude, but get lost! Get lost in a place that doesn't have three Starbucks within a quarter mile radius of where you just got lost, that is :D
 
This covers off one of the two things I was going to buy in february. the other is a MacBook Pro. Don't hurt me.

Markleshark said:
Always good. US only though, strange.
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Canada too, $519 for the iPod Touch. The $20 "not-american" tax is not high enough to justify a drive to Buffalo or Detroit for me. An iPhone, however, still involves smuggling and unlocking, or paying big bucks to shady guys on eBay.

Grimace said:
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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It says that Apple is missing the boat on marketing to the lucrative Craptop market. But then of course, they'd have to deal with complaints like "The new Craptop Pro is too heavy, and now my legs are asleep and I can't get down the stairs!"
 
olternaut said:
Cause of the same reason as before.....price man. It would be too much for the 32GB plus the cell phone hardware. I suppose they could give consumers the choice but I don't think a $800.00 or $850.00 iphone would sell very well. And that would still be before the AT&T contract.

On a side note...lol I'm typing this from work right now and I've got a window right on broadway near battery park. The Giants parade is going to start at 11am and its already getting noisy. :D
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I'm at Liberty Plaza and I'm going to head down about 10:30ish! Go Giants!

I'm also going to wait for newer features before buying another iPhone. 16GB is cool, but I can live with 8GB for now. :)
 
Quillz said:
Agreed. I bought my iPhone months ago, in the hopes that a 16 GB iPhone would have been released long ago. So, like you, I'll just upgrade once the second generation comes out. By then, I'm sure 32 GB will be standard, with options up to 64 or even 128 GB.
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I doubt that they will make it to 128 or 64 by the time the iPhone 2 comes out, unless you expect it to come by some time in mid 2009. I hope that the iPhone gets unleashed from the AT&T network by the time they make a 32GB version, or a new phone all together that isn't tied down to such a bad network.

Right now my HTC Touch has been far more capable than the iPhones I have used, but of course, as is typical for Windows software, it's plagued by random freezes.

And for those whining about MBP users whining... stop it! We have cash for it, and the need for it, so if you don't have the cash, or the need, why are you commenting on our complaining? Just be happy with whatever book you're using and let us keep whining.

WHERE'S MY MBP AND NEW CINEMA DISPLAYS APPLE? :mad:

p.s. AND WHERE'S APERTURE 2.0! :mad:
 
"For some users, there's never enough memory"

AquaVita said:
499? Ugh. Why not keep the same price with better features?
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Project said:
Because the morons will flock to Mac Rumors to moan about JUST buying a 8GB model for that price.
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Cue the sound of a nail being hit squarely on the head. :D Let's be honest, is this upping of the capacity absolutely necessary? It's heavily desired by some for sure, however not a necessity. (Nor is my iPhone, but that's a whole other thread.) Criticism is going to come, no matter what decision Apple makes; this path is as safe as any.

The extra capacity for the iPhone is great to see as an option, but "only" having the availability of 8GB prior to today shouldn't have been a deal breaker for prospective iPhone owners. Sure, it would be great to have more of my iTunes library on my iPhone (8GB), but this limitation hasn't detracted from my experience. Perhaps the SDK will bring us some USEFUL apps to fill the capacity; only time will tell
 
Need 160 GB

QCassidy352 said:
now that the touch has reached the capacity of the smaller ipod 5.5G, the question is, how much longer does the ipod classic last? IMO it will not see another update. They'll keep it around until the big ipod event in the fall at which time we'll see the touch go to 64 GB and the classic disappear. People will complain for a while because the high-end capacity is gone, but 64 GB will be enough for most people, and 128 will follow by '09. I've yet to see a single ipod classic in the wild - I think it's only a matter of time until the touch becomes the only full-sized ipod.
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I just got a classic 160 and I'll need all the room for lossless music. I hope to get 5000-6000 tracks on there.

Ray
 
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Digital Skunk said:
I doubt that they will make it to 128 or 64 by the time the iPhone 2 comes out, unless you expect it to come by some time in mid 2009. I hope that the iPhone gets unleashed from the AT&T network by the time they make a 32GB version, or a new phone all together that isn't tied down to such a bad network.

Right now my HTC Touch has been far more capable than the iPhones I have used, but of course, as is typical for Windows software, it's plagued by random freezes.

And for those whining about MBP users whining... stop it! We have cash for it, and the need for it, so if you don't have the cash, or the need, why are you commenting on our complaining? Just be happy with whatever book you're using and let us keep whining.

WHERE'S MY MBP AND NEW CINEMA DISPLAYS APPLE? :mad:

p.s. AND WHERE'S APERTURE 2.0! :mad:
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Your new MBP and Cinema Displays? Dangling from a stick like a cat toy, bobbing just out of reach to torment us. :)
 
angelodmhl said:
$299 32GB & $399 64GB iPod touch in september update, pleeeeaase!!!!!
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shen said:
can't wait for the memory prices to drop enough to make a 64G flash based model come in under 300.... :D
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I'll hear that. I could really go for the 32GB, but $499 is a bit much. I'll wait till it goes down to $399 (like 2 months) heh heh, or wait for the 64GB.
Was really hoping for an MBP update though!
 
wow

As soon as i sat at my desk, i looked at the TV (i work for a tv station) i saw "Apple introduces memory updates to the iPhone and iPod Touch." I screamed!! HA! I guess because i had NO CLUE it was coming. I'm more than content with my 16G Touch. I'm happy because this is the turning point now where the next iPhone update will be the next version. Then it's time i make my move to the iPhone. :D
 
Not ot bothered in all fairness. I have a 8gb iphone and 8GB is more than enough, You can't listen to all your music at once, neither can you watched all the films at once and it's not like it's hard putting and taking off some songs you listen to once a year is it?

BTW I only use about 5gb on my iphone now.
 
noservice2001 said:
of course... the rumors were true.... and immediately... looks like apple shaping up again after the air incident... but why not 32gb phones?
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flash footprint for 32gb might be too big with all the additional hardware to make it a phone and not an iPod.
 
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