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Limited Run of 4GB iPod Nanos?

Lesser Evets said:
I felt Apple was going to lower Nanos to $99 for 4GB, but that didn't materialize. However it seems they might have had that concept in mind and rescinded the order.
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Exactly what I expected as well - a 4GB nano for between $99 and $129.

Maybe Apple couldn't manage to get the margins up to suitable levels after the first few manufacturing runs. Maybe it saw the demand for the 4GB limited in the face of the 8/16GB models, or the flip side, the demand for the 4GB nano destroyed the demand for the 8GB model and they'd rather have slightly fewer sales at higher margins (given the crappy economy).
 
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sreehemanth said:
what's kinda weird is price point. 4GB iPod nano 119 Euros = 169 USD --> and the new 8GB iPod nano is 149 !??!

i think its a misprint of the price, if so i would guess it should be 99 USD. that would be so cooool! :)

however, this may well be a some graphic designer photoshoping the image to 4GB :p

what say?
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I agree that price sounds wrong for a 4GB. Photoshop has my vote on what happened here. It would definitely be nice to have the 4GB option.
 
The more rare something is the more valuable it becomes, oh economics.
Apple is great and this is fantastic! Way to go Apple!

Steve Jobs = Genius
 
MrCrowbar said:
On "cheap" items, to Apple it's $1 = 1 EUR. They only recently started to adapt the pricing on computers.

The german sotre has the 8 GB nano for 149 EUR and the 16 GB for 199 EUR, including the 19% sales tax which is not included in the US online store.
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cheap or not-cheap, any item(s) sold on the Apple online store does include a sales tax when you completely go through the process of purchasing the item(s). the tax rate depends on the state that we are purchasing the item(s) from.
 
years down the line, these will be a collectible on eBay, knowing vintage Apple gear and especially rare pieces fetch a good price.

A sound investment. Any in the UK I wonder? Maybe they wouldn't bother exporting them as they're a one-off.
 

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OS X Dude said:
years down the line, these will be a collectible on eBay, knowing vintage Apple gear and especially rare pieces fetch a good price.

A sound investment. Any in the UK I wonder? Maybe they wouldn't bother exporting them as they're a one-off.
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Hi I am wondering about getting an iphone on pay as you go, like you, is it any good and do you think it's money well spent??
 
sreehemanth said:
what's kinda weird is price point. 4GB iPod nano 119 Euros = 169 USD --> and the new 8GB iPod nano is 149 !??!

i think its a misprint of the price, if so i would guess it should be 99 USD. that would be so cooool! :)

however, this may well be a some graphic designer photoshoping the image to 4GB :p

what say?
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I am quite sure it isn't a misprint. For example: A 40 GB apple tv costs € 251,26 excl. VAT. in the Netherlands. In the USA it costs $229.00 excl. VAT.

Don't believe me?
Dutch apple store: http://store.apple.com/nl/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/apple_tv?mco=MTE3MjA
American apple store: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/apple_tv?mco=MTE2NTk
 
this could be a cool collector's item worth thousands in a few years... maybe.
 
These are also available in Australia at he A$169 price point. An 8GB is $199 and a 16GB is $279.

It's real, I've held one in my hand.
 
deannnnn said:
You guys can't focus on the exchange rates.
Apple products tend to be cheaper in the United States than internationally.
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Correct. I know people who return from holiday and business trips, their pockets filled with iPods and iPhones. The Dutch customs officials at the airport are checking extra careful now, especially for Apple products.
 
Erwin-Br said:
Correct. I know people who return from holiday and business trips, their pockets filled with iPods and iPhones. The Dutch customs officials at the airport are checking extra careful now, especially for Apple products.
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Sorry for being off topic, but what do you mean by checking for iPods/iPhones?
And why especially for Apple products?
Is it the thing where you can get your iPod/iPhone/Notebook confiscated if you have it when flying into the US?
I thought that was only in Austrailia and thought it wasn't being greatly enforced.
 
Gizmodo is running article claiming that a source from Apple has confirmed:

http://gizmodo.com/5051221/apple-confirms-4gb-nano

Following the appearance of mysterious images this morning, Apple has apparently confirmed the existence of a new 4GB nano. Speaking with an Apple spokeswoman, Reg Hardware discovered that the company made a “limited number of 4GB iPod nanos for some international markets." Just how many were shipped out and to what countries specifically remains a mystery. Whether this is some sort of test market for a wider launch is also unknown at this time.
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