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Cheaper iPods at MWSF?

$99 and I'm in!

Show me a 5GB iPod for $99 and I'll buy it today!

I would love to have it just as a portable hard drive for large graphics files and DV clips < 1 hour, if nothing else. I don't need it to play MP3s, but that would be nice!
 
Re: iPepsiPod?

Originally posted by ddbean
I'm guessing it will have a tie in with Pepsi ITMS giveaway, like 5 Gig for $199, but Pepsi-Blue in color or white with the pepsi logo on circle control wheel.
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Now there's an interesting idea...
 
Re: xmas?

Originally posted by shen
and if you buy a 5 gig, and a few free songs, and then hey, ITMS is easy and you don't want that whole album anyway, so why not a few songs, and a year later you have spent $300 on ITMS and it is about time to get a new iPod now (i can give my brother the old one, right? he will be so happy!)
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It's open knowledge that Apple doesn't make any money off the iTMS--its purpose is to drive iPod sales which I assume has a pretty sweet margin.

Now, if buying a cheapie iPod gets consumers locked into this vertical market and consumers graduate into buying higher- and higher-margin products, I can see some argument for cheap iPods as a loss leader.

I am skeptical of the argument that PC iPod users end up switching. That's just wishful thinking, as far as I'm concerned, until someone can show me some credible market data. There are lot more issues involved in getting a PC.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a cheap iPods. But I'm also concerned about Apple making money. Apple shouldn't go for market share just for the sake of market share. It's not like Apple has to attract developers to the iPod. It's just one product, and it's just a bloody music player--it has less functionality than my Sony-Ericsson phone.
 
Re: Re: xmas?

Originally posted by dongmin
But I'm also concerned about Apple making money.
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As I'm sure they are about you making money! :eek:

Apple makes TONS of money and has the largest profit-margin in the business. They don't need worry, they need users if they want developers to make software for their platform. Be concerned for developers making money, because if they don't, they'll ditch their Apple efforts before anything else.
 
I think a 5 gig would be too small. Most Peoples collection are much more than 5 gig. I say keep the 10 gig as the lowest capacity and drop the price to a even$200 and throw in a dock so
you dont have to shell another $40.
 
Originally posted by SiliconAddict
Don't make a liar out of me Apple.

I've successfully convinced a hand full of people in the office I work NOT to get a Dell Jukeboxes and wait for January because of the possibility for a 5GB iPod. If this is true it's going to be huge but in reality this should have been done this summer. Apple was/is just being greedy. There hasn't been any massive change in tech that just now allowed the iPod to drop in price.
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Yeah, Apple's pricing is messed up sometimes. They left a lot of vendors with 30 GB iPods in stock when they upped the line to 40 GB and dumped the 30s. Even now, you can get a brand new 30 GB iPod from Amazon for the same price you can get a 20 GB iPod from Apple.com.

I was running out of space on my 10 GB iPod. All I really needed was a 20 GB, but do you think that I'm going to waste the oppurtunity to pick up an additional 10 GB for free? So now I've got an extra hard drive...
 
5GB as the entry level sounds about right. It'd be nice to have it so at $149.99 but I highly doubt that. It'd most likely be priced at $199.99 while the current line up's prices remain unchanged. To those complaining about 5GB being too small, go put in a few hours of overtime and opt for a larger model then.
 
Originally posted by Gymnut
... To those complaining about 5GB being too small, go put in a few hours of overtime and opt for a larger model then.
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Or take a few minutes and make your own playlist instead of dumping your whole library.
 
Originally posted by ddbean
Or take a few minutes and make your own playlist instead of dumping your whole library.
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Yeah, it's pretty clear that there are a lot of people who don't know how to make smart playlists and are simply dumping everything to their iPod.

Perhaps Apple should default iTunes to some generic Rock/Pop type smart playlist so people clue in to how to use iTunes and their iPod together.
 
three things

I agree with previous posters that AtAT rarely initiates rumors and when they do they tend to be on the money.

We'll have to believe that the people in Apple Marketing crunched numbers that said it wasn't worth cannibalizing 10G ipod sales during the Christmas season with a cheaper model. A $199 5G model in the New Year doesn't seem that far-fetched to me.

And finally, there's the kick off of the Pepsi promotion, sure, but what if there's a brewing McDonald's promotion in the works too? A relatively cheap ipod for the masses at the same time as a massive McDonald's promotion? Would that not drive ipod sales and mac mindshare through the roof?

(Gotta wonder about the integrity of a vegan doing a marketing deal with McD's, but business is business, I guess.)
 
Originally posted by Tuttle
Yeah, it's pretty clear that there are a lot of people who don't know how to make smart playlists and are simply dumping everything to their iPod.
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It's also pretty clear that some people think they way THEY use their iPods is the way everyone should. :rolleyes:

I keep my whole library on because I can't predict what occasion or mood or just odd craving for a particular song/album/artist will crop up that day, while I am away from my computer.
 
Originally posted by kryten2000
I think a 5 gig would be too small. Most Peoples collection are much more than 5 gig. I say keep the 10 gig as the lowest capacity and drop the price to a even$200 and throw in a dock so
you dont have to shell another $40.
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People need to think beyond collections. Not everyone cares about having all of their music with them. If you can get 6-8 hours that is enough for many people.
 
Christmas in January?

I know my fiancee wanted to get me an iPod for Christmas, but they remain a little out of our price range. So a smaller version and our a price drop on current models would have been perfect if it had come before December.
If Apple annouces cheaper iPods in January, I would assume they wanted to have them ready to ship for Christmas, but just could make it. No one wants a note under the tree saying your 5GB iPod is on the assembly in China you should have it in four to six weeks.
Maybe they will be announced in January, but not ready to ship for several weeks (I have been under the impression that Apple announcing something doesn't mean you can walk into your local Apple Store and get it that day necessarily).
On the other hand, maybe they are waiting for the Super Bowl and the Pepsi/McDonald's promotions to begin.
I guess we will just have to wait to find out.
 
Originally posted by Awimoway
It's also pretty clear that some people think they way THEY use their iPods is the way everyone should. :rolleyes:

I keep my whole library on because I can't predict what occasion or mood or just odd craving for a particular song/album/artist will crop up that day, while I am away from my computer.
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Bingo. I don't have an iPod yet (it's on my list for next summer). When I do get one, one of my requirements is that it fit my whole collection with lots of room to spare (about 9gb at this time, and growing regularly).

I'm unpredictable when it comes to music. I could be listening to a Pink Floyd album, and then suddenly decide part-way through that I really want to hear "This is Where I Came In" by the Bee Gees or "Kim" by Eminem.

For example ;-)

And I never know which song or style I'll crave at any given moment. Part of the purpose of an iPod for me would be to have my entire music collection with me at all times.

But I certainly am not saying this is the only way to do it. Some people like the "playlist method," more power to 'em! But there are certainly people who prefer the "entire collection method" as well :)
 
Re: personally..

Originally posted by g4pismo
I could care less about market trends and price wars with dells and such... I just know that this would be the price point that a lot of folks (read me, my brother, wife, etc) have been waiting for. I have wanted an ipod from the beginning, but my funds are tied up in the G5 fund. This is (would be) an easy to justify price. I think it would be a great move... It's not 'stooping', rather paying attention to the not so l33t Macintosh consumers. I want to sell the idea of the ipods to my co workers, but they are more into price to perceived punch... As Mac folks, we can preach the joys of Mac till we are blue in the face, but if dell under cuts apple, even by a few dollars, the PC camp reverts back to the "see... I told you mac was expensive" comments... Forget the fact that the other guys product is usually crap... anyway...just my .02
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Good point, I think Apple would blow the opposition out of the water with a 5GB iPod. I could even afford to get one for $400 NZ dollars- US $1 = NZ $ 1.90 or there abouts
 
Re: Re: personally..

Originally posted by winmacguy
Good point, I think Apple would blow the opposition out of the water with a 5GB iPod.
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I dont think they would blow anyone out of the water, lol. There are already 5 gig mp3 players out there for around $200
 
Originally posted by kryten2000
I think a 5 gig would be too small. Most Peoples collection are much more than 5 gig. I say keep the 10 gig as the lowest capacity and drop the price to a even$200 and throw in a dock so
you dont have to shell another $40.
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I would have to disagree with that statement, I am not "most People" but i do have a pretty good music collection which is 3+ gigs on my HD and a 5GB ipod would be ideal to capture the entry level end of the market. I know quite a lot of people who only own maybe 20 or less CDs which is probably because they enjoy their music as a passing interest.
 
Re: Re: Re: personally..

Originally posted by leet1
I dont think they would blow anyone out of the water, lol. There are already 5 gig mp3 players out there for around $200
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Quality product and good marketing = great sales.
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: personally..

Originally posted by winmacguy
Quality product and good marketing = great sales.
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Cheeper price at the best buy display > everything you just said. lol
 
Re: Re: Re: personally..

Originally posted by leet1
I dont think they would blow anyone out of the water, lol. There are already 5 gig mp3 players out there for around $200
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But would it for $100 or $150?
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: personally..

Originally posted by leet1
Cheeper price at the best buy display > everything you just said. lol
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That works to for a different portion of the PC market
(Lexus vs Toyota)
Either way Apple wins because they extend their customer base which is the whole plan behind the iTunes iPod combo
 
Originally posted by kryten2000
I think a 5 gig would be too small. Most Peoples collection are much more than 5 gig. I say keep the 10 gig as the lowest capacity and drop the price to a even$200 and throw in a dock so
you dont have to shell another $40.
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I've got 35 gigs of mp3s (95% from my own CDs) and 5 gigs would be perfect for me. If I go on an hour walk or a 3 hour drive or whatever, I'd just grab my favorite mix sets and go, probably never searching for a song once it starts playing, just set the mood and cruise...
 
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