Apple Releases New iPods

[blueerica]

Well, in some respects, yes... but that's more of a black market issue than a suggested retail price issue.

What I take to issue is that someone - for however much time - got to be the "cool kid" on the techie block. They shelled out major bucks for it, so therefore it must have been worth it then. It is their mistake for making a purchase that they likely weren't entirely convinced of the value of.

I had a feeling this would happen - not the price drop, but some form of buyer's remorse. It seemed, at least from my standpoint, that the number of those falling into the "innovator" category was WAY too high. There weren't nearly the numbers (at least my impression of it, I have no hard data to back my statements up - media wasn't as hep on the iPhone after a couple of weeks post release) of the the follow-up I would have expected; if this was statistically normal in any way, sales should only be increasing.

They probably HAD to drop the price - the innovators were the only ones willing to buy the product. Early adopters and early majority weren't following suit, and they certainly don't want another Newton on their hands. Meh, I'm just speculating on why such a move would be made. Interesting topic, though. I might just see if I can find anything else about it.

Oh hey, there was an OP!

I'm not buying one of the iTouchyFeelies. I still just want a stupid Shuffle, even if I can't justify it. I'm sick of lugging around my other iPod. Wow, I'm complaining about lugging around a frigging iPod... how spoiled am I?

[Not Afraid]

There are a lot of new toys I have to have when they first come out. Thankfully, phones aren't one of them (says the woman with the brand new Blackberry).

[innerSpaceman]

Why would you need a touch screen on a music player? So you can see all your playlists at once without having to -gasp!- scroll thru them!?

No, it's only because the internet is attached.


I know folks who say they LOVE the internet at their fingertips at any time. But I can only think of a few moments of any given week where I'd want or need the 'net when I'm out on the street. And so, to me, it's just another bill I didn't have to pay before.

Bah.on.that.

[Alex]

Pretty much my entire life for the last decade has been on the internet (most of my friends are there and it has been my source of employment for the whole time) and I haven't yet developed a need to be able to get on the internet while at the grocery store. Sure there are times when easy internet access would be nice (seeing all movie listings easily rather than dealing with MoviePhone guy) but never particularly important.

Sometimes being lost (figuratively or literally) is fun anyway. I'll never have a navigation system in my car but I suppose someday I'll be have to always have the internet with me (if for no other reason than that I imagine eventually all phones will have it).

[blueerica]

You know, I never appreciated the phone internets as much as I did when Sprint wrongly stripped me of my ability to access it.

Still, decided I don't really need it.

[€uroMeinke]

I like my phone internet - it lets me go places my work internet won't

[Ghoulish Delight]

It was a good short term PR move, but a weak business decision, the kind of "appeasing the hardcore geek base" that's gotten them in trouble in the past. If they're going to compete in the cell phone world, they need to be able to have the balls to be like the other cell phone giants, and one of those characteristics is total price discrimination. Oh no, the price changed in 2 months!! Um, so? Everyone's completely okay with the fact that on any given day, two different people will pay wildly different prices for the exact same phone. Sometimes as dramatic as paying $400 vs. getting it for free. So a 30% price difference after a couple months in the cell phone market is nothing.

Now Apple's just set themselves up for future nightmares as consumer know that if they whine loud enough to a few choice reporters, they can force Apple's hand regarding price choices. It was a panic move by there PR department to quiet a minority segment ("early adopters" is a small segment to begin with, and among THAT small segment, the opinion was pretty much split, so it was half of a THAT). The success of the iPod was driven largely by Apple's bold and uncompromising moves. No tentativeness, no listening to people trying to put price pressure on them. They made decisions and stuck with them. An appeasement move like this does not bode well for the future.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

i love my iPhone.

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by keith - SuPeR K!

i love my iPhone.

..but do you love your $100 rebate ?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by zapppop

..but do you love your $100 rebate ?

The $100 is not a rebate, but an Apple credit.

Unless you purchased the iPhone in the last 14 days, then you get a $200 refund.