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Interesting that the landing page describes colours, screen resolution, even the CPU architecture and speed - but not the storage capacity. I have >100GB of mus

Interesting that the landing page describes colours, screen resolution, even the CPU architecture and speed - but not the storage capacity. I have >100GB of music on on old iPod Classic and capacity is the most important factor for me.

frobaldo 11y ago
http://www.apple.com/ipod/compare-ipod-models/ http://www.apple.com/ipod/compare-ipod-models/ 16 - 128GB in price ranges of $199 to $399
- agumonkey 11y ago
  Haa 49$ for a 2GB screenless player. I wonder how large is the profit on this one. And I thought Sandisk were mean to charge 40$ for a 4GB Sansa Clip.
caractacus 11y ago
Or the music quality. Same as the iPhone (which is pretty good, admittedly)? Or better?
- hammock 11y ago
  That depends on which bands you are loading onto it.
tetraodonpuffer 11y ago
I think with the current climate of everything being streamed, CPU and speed are a lot more important than available storage. This is especially true for the large mobile gaming market, where it's a lot more likely that a parent will buy an iTouch for $199 for their kids to play with vs getting them an iPhone (which wasn't realistic before the refresh due to hardware limitations) It will be interesting if this refresh will be a one-off or if the iTouch will be kept at parity with the iPhone, surely there should be less concerns about the iTouch cannibalizing the iPhone sales than there were years back when the iPhone was not as ubiquitous.
- andyjohnson0 11y ago
  I prefer to "own" my music rather than streaming it, and I'm aware that I'm not really in the target audience for this device.
  - Zancarius 11y ago
    Same here. I'm also not in the target demographic, and that's fine. Steaming services are relatively useless out here unless you've somehow cached everything you want to listen to. Mountainous terrain with spotty coverage, long distances along service deadspots, etc. But, I'm likely not in the age group that "gets" the obsession with streaming. I'd rather have my music on a device that's with me.

frobaldo 11y ago

http://www.apple.com/ipod/compare-ipod-models/ http://www.apple.com/ipod/compare-ipod-models/ 16 - 128GB in price ranges of $199 to $399

agumonkey 11y ago
Haa 49$ for a 2GB screenless player. I wonder how large is the profit on this one. And I thought Sandisk were mean to charge 40$ for a 4GB Sansa Clip.

caractacus 11y ago

Or the music quality. Same as the iPhone (which is pretty good, admittedly)? Or better?

hammock 11y ago
That depends on which bands you are loading onto it.

tetraodonpuffer 11y ago

I think with the current climate of everything being streamed, CPU and speed are a lot more important than available storage. This is especially true for the large mobile gaming market, where it's a lot more likely that a parent will buy an iTouch for $199 for their kids to play with vs getting them an iPhone (which wasn't realistic before the refresh due to hardware limitations) It will be interesting if this refresh will be a one-off or if the iTouch will be kept at parity with the iPhone, surely there should be less concerns about the iTouch cannibalizing the iPhone sales than there were years back when the iPhone was not as ubiquitous.

andyjohnson0 11y ago
I prefer to "own" my music rather than streaming it, and I'm aware that I'm not really in the target audience for this device.
- Zancarius 11y ago
  Same here. I'm also not in the target demographic, and that's fine. Steaming services are relatively useless out here unless you've somehow cached everything you want to listen to. Mountainous terrain with spotty coverage, long distances along service deadspots, etc. But, I'm likely not in the age group that "gets" the obsession with streaming. I'd rather have my music on a device that's with me.