New Apple Announcements- iPod touch and price cuts
posted in Technology, Mac |That was fast. Apple already cut the iPhone 8gb price to $399. Early adopters are probably feeling a bit raw about paying $200 extra for being in just the first 2 months. But Apple also introduced the iPod Touch in 8GB and 16GB models which is just an iPhone without the phone bit (but, and this is key, including wifi and Safari). My goal is to just have 1 device I can use for whatever, but I’m stuck trying to decide between the phone or the everything-but-phone version. Either I’ll get the iPod now and switch to the next generation of the phone next year (and the old iPod can be used for Fen to watch videos, etc) or just go for the phone now, and deal with having less storage and less of a reason to upgrade next year.
In any case, it really does appear that Apple has hit another set of home runs. It would be great if the iPhone were unlocked, or didn’t use AT&T or had a memory expansion slot or… But it still is so much more compelling than the alternatives that it doesn’t really matter.
I forgot to add, one key for me is that both use flash storage so I can use them in the airplane at altitude.