new Ipod/Iphone announced

[patentman]

http://www.macrumorslive.com/

Looks awesome to me. Now I just wonder how much it will cost.

By virtue of its time stamp, this will be the ONE iPhone thread. Enjoy.

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[AnyMal]

It's not Ipod

 

[dartworth]

n00b!!!

 

[SirChadwick]

LOL!

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

LOL at OP's name.

 

[EKKC]

me wants an iPhone

 

[patentman]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
It's not Ipod

9:55 am cover flow
9:55 am find music faster
9:55 am widescreen video
9:55 am you can touch your music
9:55 am startwith ipod.

Sure sounds like an ipod on crack to me.

 

[patentman]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
LOL at OP's name.

Hey, I like my name!

 

[ubercaffeinated]

it's not just an ipod i guess is the point.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: patentman

Originally posted by: AnyMal
It's not Ipod

9:55 am cover flow
9:55 am find music faster
9:55 am widescreen video
9:55 am you can touch your music
9:55 am startwith ipod.

Sure sounds like an ipod on crack to me.

Ughh..... Let's try this again: it's not Ipod.

 

[Gilligansdingy]

Wow a phone that plays Music.... Thats so god damn revolutionary.....

 

[Corporate Thug]

i dont get it: what phone companies are going to carry/support this product?

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
i dont get it: what phone companies are going to carry/support this product?

It's a GSM, so Cingular or T-mo. Probably Cingular at this stage. Since it's a quad-band device, it can work on any GSM network worldwide.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: patentman

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
LOL at OP's name.

Hey, I like my name!

It was apt given the subject matter

 

[AnyMal]

$499.00 4GB model, $599.00 for 8GB model. Prices are with a 2 year contract, ships in June. Cingular gets an exclusive, at least for now.

I pass.

 

[Quasmo]

It's $600 for 8gb, $500 for 4gb. I'll pass

 

[ubercaffeinated]

forget the price. it's exclusive for cingular. sorry but i want phone service that actually works. retarded.

 

[LASTGUY2GETPS2]

Jeebus! How much is this thing going to cost unlocked?

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
$499.00 4GB model, $599.00 for 8GB model. Prices are with a 2 year contract, ships in June. Cingular gets an exclusive, at least for now.

I pass.

WOW, its prolly gonna be close to $1000 for people with a contract or those who dont want the 2 year...

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
$499.00 4GB model, $599.00 for 8GB model. Prices are with a 2 year contract, ships in June. Cingular gets an exclusive, at least for now.

I pass.

How stupid of Apple. They could deb-brand the thing in terms of Cingular and open it up to the world market. Cingular doesn't exist outside of the USA.

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

How stupid of Apple. They could deb-brand the thing in terms of Cingular and open it up to the world market. Cingular doesn't exist outside of the USA.

They're planning on European and Asian launches as well.

I won't switch to Cingular because of this phone, but it certainly looks neat. The interface is pretty amazing. There's practically zero chance of it coming to Verizon since they're not going to want a phone using a competing music service on their network.

 

[imported_Ifrit]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: AnyMal
$499.00 4GB model, $599.00 for 8GB model. Prices are with a 2 year contract, ships in June. Cingular gets an exclusive, at least for now.

I pass.

How stupid of Apple. They could deb-brand the thing in terms of Cingular and open it up to the world market. Cingular doesn't exist outside of the USA.

How big is the Ipod market in Asia? The last time I was in HK, they didn't really subsidize their phones. People usually buy them debranded/unlocked.

 

[Martin]

Looks pretty good, with some nice features. Nothing all that new, but it seems they've made everything work together nicely.

On the down site, its incredibly expensive, and although its quite thin, it looks absolutely gigantic width and length wise (haven't seen any specs besides the 11mm thickness).

 

[40Hands]

More overpriced Apple products. yay!

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Ifrit

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: AnyMal
$499.00 4GB model, $599.00 for 8GB model. Prices are with a 2 year contract, ships in June. Cingular gets an exclusive, at least for now.

I pass.

How stupid of Apple. They could deb-brand the thing in terms of Cingular and open it up to the world market. Cingular doesn't exist outside of the USA.

How big is the Ipod market in Asia? The last time I was in HK, they didn't really subsidize their phones. People usually buy them debranded/unlocked.

We can also put the price in perspective. The original 5GB iPod was $499.00 and we know how people responded. In all truth, $500 is about what you'd pay for an unsubsidized smartphone oversees, so we can speculate that it'd sell well.

On the other hand, I'm sure that Nokia and SE are not going to just sit and wait til Q4 of this year, they will probably roll out their direct competing models by the, so in the end, we may see some very very interesting models come next holiday season.