Comments on: Video Report: Does Apple’s History Bode Well For An iPod Touch Price Drop? http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/07/video-report-does-apples-history-bode-well-for-an-ipod-touch-price-drop/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:23:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: OlivierL http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/07/video-report-does-apples-history-bode-well-for-an-ipod-touch-price-drop/comment-page-1/#comment-12120 OlivierL Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:00:47 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2373#comment-12120 The. Ipod. Touch. Can. NOT. Be. Cheaper. Than. The. iPhone. Why so many people are asking this question ?! Stop thinking locally ! Apple is a worldwide company and even if its primary market is the US, it sell a huge part of its devices abroad. The iPod Touch can not be cheaper than the iPhone because the iPhone is FREE. In UK, with the highest monthly tariffs, both the 8 and the 16GB version are FREE. So, Apple might lower its Touch prices but it will never ever try to go lower than the iPhone since the iPhone price is just an upfront fee, not an actual price. So, stop talking about subsidized phones and music players prices since this is not an apple to apple comparison (pun intended). The. Ipod. Touch. Can. NOT. Be. Cheaper. Than. The. iPhone.
Why so many people are asking this question ?!

Stop thinking locally ! Apple is a worldwide company and even if its primary market is the US, it sell a huge part of its devices abroad. The iPod Touch can not be cheaper than the iPhone because the iPhone is FREE. In UK, with the highest monthly tariffs, both the 8 and the 16GB version are FREE. So, Apple might lower its Touch prices but it will never ever try to go lower than the iPhone since the iPhone price is just an upfront fee, not an actual price.

So, stop talking about subsidized phones and music players prices since this is not an apple to apple comparison (pun intended).

]]> By: John Muir http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/07/video-report-does-apples-history-bode-well-for-an-ipod-touch-price-drop/comment-page-1/#comment-12101 John Muir Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:54:20 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2373#comment-12101 That interview is frustratingly unfinished. Isn't there a podcast we can check out instead? Multiple YouTube videos is just as bad as those 10 page articles bad sites insist on to inflate their hits. That interview is frustratingly unfinished. Isn’t there a podcast we can check out instead? Multiple YouTube videos is just as bad as those 10 page articles bad sites insist on to inflate their hits.

]]> By: lantinian http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/07/video-report-does-apples-history-bode-well-for-an-ipod-touch-price-drop/comment-page-1/#comment-12099 lantinian Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:18:29 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2373#comment-12099 Lets not forget that the iPhone 3G is not 199$ all across the world. Its almost 800 or more in other countries, where Apple also sells the iPod Touch. So it would not make sense for Apple to sell a new iPod Touch for half the real price of the iPhone 3G. I also agree it would not go lower than $299 Lets not forget that the iPhone 3G is not 199$ all across the world. Its almost 800 or more in other countries, where Apple also sells the iPod Touch.
So it would not make sense for Apple to sell a new iPod Touch for half the real price of the iPhone 3G.

I also agree it would not go lower than $299

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