new iPod lineup + iPhone price drops!

[chibianh]

whole new iPod lineup--iPod shuggle, iPod nano, iPod classic, and iPod touch! PLUS, price drop on iPhone! Check it out http://www.apple.com

[Nate]

whole new iPod lineup--iPod shuggle, iPod nano, iPod classic, and iPod touch! PLUS, price drop on iPhone! Check it out http://www.apple.com

I ordered a shuggle, can't wait.

[SlamMan]

Anyone who bought an iPhone before today just got fucking owned. 200 Dollar price drop in 2 months. Ouch!

[Skaterkid]

It's called the idiot tax or the "I have to have it now" tax. All cell phones drop in price over their life cycles. Top of the line phones are the worst for depreciation.

[DrJones]

It's called the idiot tax or the "I have to have it now" tax. All cell phones drop in price over their life cycles. Top of the line phones are the worst for depreciation.

I wouldn't go that far. All technology drops in price. By that logic, anyone, who buys a computer ever is an idiot. You can pick up a 10 yr old computer on ebay right now for $15. Buying it new for $3k was a total waste.

It's really just a smart move by apple.

Everyone who already purchased an iPhone for $500 or $600 did so because it was worth that much for them, to have it then. Any semi-intelligent consumer would know that it will drop in price, they simply have to ask themselves if it's worth it to them. If they decide that it is, and shell out the $$$, then it's not really a bad decision at all. In fact, by definition, it's a perfectly rational one.

I'm suprised more companys don't do this. Look at how much money people on Ebay made off selling Wii's and PS3s. Why did they make that cash? Because those things have different values to different people. When they sell it at a single price to everyone, some people end up paying less than they would of. People on Ebay capitalized on this, and purchased the units (which were in very low supply) first, then sold them to people for the price that people were willing to pay. The result was (I have no idea on the exact figure, but I can guess) millions of dollars that was going to people.

It's pretty amazing that companys don't do this more often. That's millions of dollars other people are making off of their product. Don't you think they'd like to shift that cash into their own pocket if they can?

[Street_Kings]

lol, i just got my replacement iphone yesterday, and read this post. i have 2 days left to return it. Needless to say, i'm on hold with apple right now getting an RMA.

[Street_Kings]

Update:

so, i called apple to get an RMA. They ended up giving me a $250 credit to keep my 4 gig, so in total i paid $250 for my 4 gig. bad ass.

[stu]

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It's pretty amazing that companys don't do this more often. That's millions of dollars other people are making off of their product. Don't you think they'd like to shift that cash into their own pocket if they can?


Car dealerships and publishers are the most common example of this type of business...that I can think of.

I don't have to explain car dealerships.

Publishers put out the MUCH more expensive hardback editions of books first, then, months later, restock shelves with the cheaper paper back books. Even though it's the same exact book.

The people who either want the book right away, or like the author enough to have the hardback edition will pay the greater initial cost. Then, those less in a hurry to read the book, or those less willing to pay the mark up, can purchase the same book months later for a greatly discounted price.

Same thing with DVD releases.

[DrJones]

the 4 gig iphones are on apple's site now for $299. They are just trying to get rid of them it seems.

[hatchbackgirl]

I have a 30gb video in black, and I wish they would make the "classic" in more than 2 colors... oh well...

[Kwando]

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who needs an iphone when your regular phone can do the same...

[Terry]

Because it's not an Apple

[Street_Kings]

http://photos.imageevent.com/kwando/mdaiphone/websize/IMG_4900.jpg
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who needs an iphone when your regular phone can do the same...

because 4-8 gig capacity, multitouch, and a 620MHz ARM processor are badass =)

[Terry]

And because its not an Apple

[Kwando]

i like apple but i think the iphone is overrated...

[asianjkim]

Yeah, I wanna get one, but im gonna wait till the are free with a 2 year contract. LOL

[myshtern]

Yeah this concept applies to every industry but I think technology has a good skew on marketing especially.

I bet both Intel and AMD could mass produce processors 30% faster right now with acceptable profit margins but instead they slowly real out something 100mhz faster every month. I bet apple had the iphone stocked up plenty months before the release.

[nicklk]

The new Nano is fucking bad ass

[Nick_S]

Good deal. If they made those ipod touch's with more memory id pick one up.

[DrJones]

Steve Jobs just announced that they want to do a $100 apple credit to people who paid the higher prices.

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/

[chris_venturini]

ive recieved about a dozen phonecalls today about the pricedrop and sold half a dozen iphones. the 4 gig is discontinued, no word on any new products though.

[Zach]

Im not a fan of the new pastel colors....

[hatchbackgirl]

Yeah, I wanna get one, but im gonna wait till the are free with a 2 year contract. LOL

you're gonna be waiting a while, lol...

[Street_Kings]

Im not a fan of the new pastel colors....

what pastel colors?

[Seved]

If you are a Cingular member do you have to renew and get a 2 year agreement to use the iphone? Or can you just buy one up right and use the sim card i have right now with my current plan?

[chris_venturini]

it will renew your plan and it has a new sim card in it. you can keep your current voice plan but you have to add a data plan, its pretty cheap though 20$ gives you unlimited data, visual voice mail, wifi, youtube, email (up to 9 email addresses, and 200 text messages, 1500 text is 30 and unlimited text is 40.

[chris_venturini]

oh, and if you buy it, come to the lone tree att store off of I-25 and lincoln. i need money for college ;) ill give you a free case or something.

[Seved]

Thanks for the info. As of right now I am ovs renewing my contract, I could have sworn i did that like 6 months ago.

[sonikc6]

I think if you get an i-phone you can unlock it and use the same sim card from the original phone. My friend did that with his T-Mobile sim card and it WORKS!