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Apple Updates iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by kdawson on from the how-to-get-buzz dept.

u-bend writes "With little publicity Apple has released new, higher-capacity models of the iPhone and iPod Touch. The new iPhone boasts 16 GB of storage and is priced at $499 (the 8 GB model remains at $399), and the new iPod Touch has 32 GB, also priced at $499. Although the price is still pretty hefty, it indicates that the capacity/price ratio on these wireless flash-based players is starting to move in the right direction."

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  1. Dammit, now I need another excuse by _xeno_ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dammit, I had said that I didn't want an iPhone, but would like a device that was like the iPhone without the phone part.

    Then Apple released the iPod Touch.

    So I updated my excuse to be that it didn't have enough storage space, that I wanted at least 30GB of space before I'd make the leap.

    And now they've released a 32GB version.

    Now I need a new excuse explaining why I'm not going to get one...

    (Seriously, though, I do intend to grab one eventually - it sounds like exactly something I'd want - but not quite yet.)

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    1. Re:Dammit, now I need another excuse by errxn · · Score: 3, Funny

      My excuse is not being able to get out of my f@#$ing Sprint contract without forking over another $200.

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    2. Re:Dammit, now I need another excuse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      1) Requires iTunes.

      So? iTunes is free on both Mac and PC. Plus it completely rocks as a media player.

      2) Doesn't work with Linux.

      Hardly anyone uses Lunix outside of MIT and other geeky places. MacOS X is better than Lunix.

      3) Is laden with DRM.

      It can play all the stuff I've downloaded in MP3 or H.264 format so it's open as far as I can tell.

      4) Doesn't support popular codecs like OGG.

      I'd hardly call OGG "popular". Nobody uses it outside of the geeks who use Lunix.

      5) ONLY supports iTunes Music Store and not other, cheaper services.

      iTunes rocks so this is irrelevant.

      6) Doesn't allow simple drag-and-drop access to copy music.

      Drag and drop is complicated. I once dragged and dropped key system files to the trash and my computer was broken. Fucking Lunix.

      7) Software is locked down on the device.

      This is more secure.

      8) Non-removable storage.
      9) Non-removable battery.

      These are so thieves do not steal my battery and removable storage card without my knowledge.

      10) Costs $500, much more than cheaper, more open-devices do.

      $500 is pennies. What is that, a few hours of work these days? I have 3 iPhones just for the fuck of it even though I only carry around one regularly. The other two are in different areas of my house so I can have easy access to the iPhone for looking up data if I should forget to carry it with me.
    3. Re:Dammit, now I need another excuse by Poltras · · Score: 4, Funny

      My god are you a fucking loser.

      Will you cradle your iPhone in your arms at night?
      Mine is named Sammy.

      Will you finally feel 'special' when you have one?
      It is my bestest friend, and I know he will not stab me in my back. Sammy talks to me, though I sometimes disregard his advice.

      Will you sit around coffee houses desperately using it as visibly as possible hoping someone cute will strike up a conversation with you? My sister is cute, and she always interrupts my conversations with Sammy...

      Apple really needs to include a 'L' tatoo, with a perfectly chosen font of course, for the pathetic fucks who buy iPhones to stick on their foreheads. I will tattoo Sammy's name over my heart soon. That's what friends do, right?

      If love could be sent using SMS, I'd send you some.
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    4. Re:Dammit, now I need another excuse by MishgoDog · · Score: 3, Funny

      Damnit, I had exactly the same thought process as you...
      Except that I don't have the excuse of my iPod having life in it - my 3rd Gen, 4.5 year old beast is has the battery life of a mouse. A mouse with no batteries.

      Damnit. There goes (AU)$600...

    5. Re:Dammit, now I need another excuse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Dude, until it splits the atom, I'm not sold!

    6. Re:Dammit, now I need another excuse by The+Relentless · · Score: 4, Funny

      Apple really needs to include a 'L' tatoo, with a perfectly chosen font of course, for the pathetic fucks who buy iPhones to stick on their foreheads.

      Hmmm. I bought my iPhone to use as a phone, surf the web, and watch vids. I never once considered sticking it to my forehead. Does the new 16gb version come with some kind of adhesive to make this possible?

    7. Re:Dammit, now I need another excuse by sammy+baby · · Score: 3, Funny

      Mine is named Sammy.

      I make it a personal rule never to trust anyone named Sammy.
    8. Re:Dammit, now I need another excuse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      OGG is for fags.

      That's right. I'm an Apple fanboy (though I prefer "fanboi") and I'm calling you a fag.

      Now fuck off before I give your face a limp-wristed slap and make you cry.

    9. Re:Dammit, now I need another excuse by flosofl · · Score: 3, Funny

      You know, replacement batteries are available from a great number of sources for about $20 (Amazon, Ebay, ...).
      Listen, will you cut it out. Your sensible and thrifty advice is getting in the way of rationalizing our run-away consumerism!

      Now step aside as I purchase my Panasanyosung TruBlak® KulKolor® 108 inch OLED with 10 HDMI ports*! I must have it, because I can still see part of my living room wall. Well, that and I like inducing motion sickness when I have people over to watch movies.


      * I need that many to setup my 360, PS3, upscaling DVD player, HD-DVD player, Blu-Ray player, Tivo, and HD cable converter.
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  2. It also indicates... by IBBoard · · Score: 4, Funny

    Although the price is still pretty hefty, it indicates that the capacity/price ratio on these wireless flash-based players is starting to move in the right direction.

    What it also indicates is that people are willing to pay extortionate amounts for flashy bits of gadget from Apple. Still.

    $500 is ~£250. I'm in the UK and bought a house in October. House prices are high at the moment, and the price of an iPhone is a third of my monthly mortgage! Hmmmm, three iPhones/iPods or one mortgage payment? Oh the tough decisions.
    1. Re:It also indicates... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not apples fault you own a cheap house... ;)

  3. Re:I'm waiting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even better, you can hack it and then put a file server on it! (i have both AFPd and SSHd installed on my iPhone. I'm waiting for someone to port SAMBA for my windows friends)

  4. Re:32 GB of flash?! by moderatorrater · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, when you say "$499 for an iPod Touch" it sounds like a lot It sounds like a soliciting charge just waiting to happen.
  5. Re:Say what? by i_liek_turtles · · Score: 1, Funny

    You enjoying your 8 songs?

  6. An iPhone survived a semi truck by thefinite · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fragile is one thing the iPhone is not. In fact, it survived falling from a moving car at freeway speeds only to be run over by a semi. Other than a lot of cosmetic damage, it still works in every way.

    What were you planning on doing with an iPhone?

    And as for bulk, well unless you take your cell phones the way Zoolander does, the iPhone does pretty well in that regard too. From what I can tell, the only smart phone that is thinner is the Moto Q, and that is only *0.1 mm* thinner.

    But you must be right that the only reason people buy an iPhone is to show it off to other people. Thanks for pointing out our vanity.

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    1. Re:An iPhone survived a semi truck by MachineShedFred · · Score: 2, Funny

      You mean that it won't survive being tossed off a hydroelectric dam and run through the turbines, fished out of the water after going over the spillway and work perfectly without a scratch?

      What a piece of SHIT.

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  7. TMBG by IdahoEv · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... but everybody wants prosthetic iPhones on their real heads!

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