Thread: iPod pricing

Vlad, I hate to say it, but I'd only buy from an apple approved outlet, we have an 80Gb one which holds my whole collection, but it has been replaced twice under warrantee, and I look after my electronic gear.
For the money involved, I wouldn't go second-hand, as you could end up with an expensive model boat anchor.

Fraser

got an ipod touch for the wife for xmas ...$240....from target....brilliant...now holds 970 songs will hold at least 2000....

cheers

I bought a 2nd gen Nano a few years ago and was told the same thing. Everywhere I looked they were within about $1 of each other.
I have seen them cheaper when running out an old model though.

Do you really need to fit your whole collection on at once? That is what itunes is for.

Bought a eBay second hand 40 gig ipod dropped it once cost me $90 to repair, music collection greater than its capacity so l retired it to the bedside speaker unit and got a 80 gig iPod it too is now to small to hold entire music collection which is now about 167 gig, so l just change my playlists every three months to rotate the collection on the 40 gig and 80 gig iPods, thinking of buying a bigger iPod but they are only 160 gig so wait a couple year for 350 gig beastie l reckon.

My advice is buy the biggest memory you can afford l think the 80 gig was like $330 from JB Hi Fi or Dick Smith in 2007

Just been through this saga myself. Definitely need to get the biggest capacity you can afford so you can avoid the upgrade as long as possible and of course it depends on how hard you are compressing your MP3s.

New can be had for about $290 + P/H online... that's about the best anywhere I have found. JB have them at present for $318.

Sadly the iPod is the best option unless you can handle 120G via the Zune or want spend up on the larger capacity units... Archon 7 from memory as one example.

Happy shopping.

I have been told by a I-pod owner that a new I-pod is being released tomorow. that may drive down the prices of what you want to buy. So I would wait a day or two.

Zat right ? Well I shall watch with interest....

Apple has press conference around 2am aus time thursday morning. Prob tablet, maybe macbook pro overhaul, possibly Itouch.

Regarding pricing, yes Apple sets prices but the main issue is that he margins for the retailers are as small as 10% so thats why there is little movement.

Personally from a functionality point of view I'd go with an Itouch 32gb, but if its all about capacity the the classic is the way to go.

cheers
Nick