While I don’t have a cellphone, nor do I plan on getting one anytime soon, my curiosity was piqued when I saw that the new iPhone is being released next month and it will be available in Canada (legally) for the first time.
Now, a few of my friends already have the iPod Touch and it’s a killer gizmo. It’s basically an iPhone without the phone part (and a few other things missing, but very few). So I wanted to see how the new iPhone stacked up in comparison to the existing iPod Touch.
Well, the 16GB iPhone is planning to arrive at a $300USD pricepoint. Taking the current exchange rate into account, let’s assume that in Canada they will price it a) The same price but in Canadian dollars or b)People can just cross the border and pick it up for $300USD.
That being said, I just checked out the price for a 16GB iPod Touch and the lowest price I could find was $359 at Future Shop.
I don’t know if they have planned this, or if they are going to slash prices on the iPod Touch, but it seems to me that the better choice would be to buy the ‘more features, less priced’ iPhone which does exactly the same thing as the iPod Touch (if not more!).
The only caveat is that maybe the iPhone is only available if you purchase a cellphone plan but something tells me that won’t be the case. I’m sure if I enter the cellphone store and say “I want to fork out $300 for this iPhone but not activate the phone portion” they will be fine with that.
So, is there something up Apple’s sleeve? Are they finally putting the iPod to bed now that the price has come down on the iPhone to make the iPod obsolete? Or will there be a price slash in the near future on these iPods?
Either way, I know my iPod has been crapping out on me for the past six months but I’m going to keep it until it dies completely. It still works if I give it a good old whack against a hard object or drop it to the floor from a three foot drop. But it’s reassuring to see that the prices are coming down.
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did you research the price to all possible ends? What I’m getting at is you may need to sign a contract with a service provider in order to get the $300 price tag.
The only reason I say this is that the phone has all of what the iPod touch has, but add GSM hardware. I find it hard to believe that $300 is the final price tag.
Excellent point! So it may very well be that you can get the phone for $300 but only if you lock into an agreement for a couple of years. So I wonder how much the phone can be without the agreement? OR if they actually even sell it without it? Time will tell.