1.Assuming the next two configurations of ipods/iphones are a 64 GB touch and a 32 GB iPhone, which would you prefer? Right now I'm looking for a new mp3 player to house my 50 GB+ music collection.
2.Right now I have an iPhone (which i love) but don't even use it for playing music much because syncing music is a pane in the ass. So...a 64 gig iPhone is unlikely to come out, but a 64 gig touch likely will.
3.Do you think its worth sacrificing the speaker, volume key, and play pause button (all of which I use)?
4.Realistically trying to get enough juice out of one battery to be a phone and mp3 player just isn't possible so I'll likely be carrying two devices most of the time anyways. So perhaps getting the touch isn't so bad if I have my iPhone/nokia with me anyways.
Question for an owner of both a touch and iPhone: Can an ipod touch utilise the play/pause function of iPhone headphones?
All of your logic is ridiculously confused.
The iPod Touch and iPhone are two very different products when you look at it. The iPod Touch is for people who want the touch features but do not want / cannot have / cannot afford the iPhone. For some reason you want to have both?? What is the point. It just sounds like you want to have the touch features for the sake of having them all of which are on the iPhone anyway, when you could be sensible, have an iPhone for general iPod use, then get a high capacity iPod Classic for when you are actually needing all that large capacity. An example being myself in which I have an iRiver H340 (old school yea!!) for music in the car, but have the iPhone for when walking about.
1. You want to have a 50GB+ music collection, yes you are speculating that the capacity will rise, but really wanting to have that large a collection really only points to one thing, the iPod Classic. Also going into the 64GB territory at the moment is extremely expensive so I think it will be a while yet before it happens, although I may be wrong.
2. How is syncing a pain in the ass. That is just ridiculous logic when you sync the iPhone and iPod Touch exactly the same way.
3. You said that you
never use your iPhone as a an iPod in point number 2. Now you say is it worth giving up the features which I quote "(all of which I use)" Stating that term like that implies that you use the features reasonably regularly. Again you are making no sensical argument.
4. The iPod on the iPhone I have found is very very good on the battery. Using it all day on my iPhone results in minimal hit to the battery life. So your statement of "Realistically trying to get enough juice out of one battery to be a phone and mp3 player just isn't possible" really is an uneducated stab in the dark obviously with minimal real life exposure to the subject.
I can never ever see the point of
carrying such a large music collection just for the sake of having it for day to day use. Yes having it with you if you are going on a long journey, in the car, needing to take it with you for a specific reason or just to have for the speakers in the house. Otherwise an iPhone is more than enough.
My advice would be to clear your head, start really getting your thoughts on track and actually envision what you will really be doing. At the moment you seem very very confused as to what you want.
My advice would be iPhone for your phone and general iPod, then get a iPod Classic for when you actually need that sort of functionality with you.
