“We just got a tip that Apple is planning on dropping the prices again on the iPhone and iPod touch line within the next month or two – perhaps at the late February event, perhaps as late as mid-April. Our tipster says that Apple will drop the prices by $100,” Cleve Nettles reports for 9 to 5 Mac.
“Also, the 8Gb iPod touch will be dropped from the lineup according to the source. It might also make sense that the 8Gb iPhone would get phased out as well, but it wasn’t mentioned in the tip,” Nettles reports.
“No specifics were given but the iPod nano line might also be the beneficiary of decreased memory pricing and might see capacities double in size,” Nettles reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dirty Pierre le Punk” for the heads up.]
“People really really really (REALLY!) need to take Econ 101 (or at least learn to use the dictionary) before tossing about the word “monopoly”.”
Kinda like the word “recession” lately as well. Sure things have slowed down in a lot of places, and sure, we could end up in a recession. But right now, we’re not in a recession. More MSM mass hype and hysteria and it’s an election year to boot.
Great! The last time I got a $100 rebate, it ended up costing me almost $2000 for a MacBook and various accessories.
Not that I’m not happy with my MacBook<g>
Why is “reality check” here (registered as well!) if he objects to all the “fanboyism”.
Breaking news: This is a MAC FAN SITE. If you are not one please leave. What sort of demented masochism makes a person continually check a MAC FAN SITE when they object to people posting their MAC FAN views.
That is so retarded. It would be like someone going on ILoveBillGates.com and berating all the Gates fans for posting their positive opinions of the man.
I know I’ll probably get some desperately witty put-down in reply to this, but for goodness sakes.
Vodka man is right to be exasperated:
Monopoly = complete market control (usually illegal – ie: Micros**t)
Monopoly ≠ large market share
Worrying about Apple becoming a “monopoly” is like worrying that BMW will monopolize the car industry.
I just wish the dufus people claiming to be a check on reality would go elsewhere and insult someone else with their stupid comments about ‘fanboys’, whatever the heck that means.
> Unreality wrote: Why is “reality check” here (registered as well!) if he objects to all the “fanboyism”.
So by your reasoning, anyone with a mind of his own should not participate on this forum. The guy posted a reasonable comment. And you couldn’t muster up a reasonable counter-argument.
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>Monopoly = complete market control (usually illegal – ie: Micros**t)
>Monopoly ≠ large market share
How did Microsoft lose its antitrust suits if it had “complete market control”. Consumers of Microsoft’s products had alternate choices: UNIX, Linux, DOS, OSX, etc. Microsoft controlled OSX too? You need to brush up on your idea of what a monopoly is.
Microsoft was guilty of engaging in monopolistic practices, not of being a monopoly.
>Non-real wrote: I just wish the dufus people claiming to be a check on reality would go elsewhere and insult someone else with their stupid comments about ‘fanboys’, whatever the heck that means.
Quoted from Wikipedia:
>Fanboy (sometimes spelled fanboi) is a term used to describe an individual who is devoted to a single fannish subject, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession. Fanboys remain loyal to their particular obsession.
I’d add, fanboys often mindless support their obsession and are either unwilling or incapable of any reasonable trade of ideas on the subject they are obsessed about.
A telling trait is that they make up for their lack of reason by name-calling, using words like “dufus”.
I just placed my order for a 32 gb touch which is expected to arrive on Valentine’s Day.. yup $500 for a toy. Is there any truth to the rumors of a price drop of $100 by the end of the month. Does anyone know if I can cancel my order in transit and wait to see???? I mean a $100 is a lot of money to kiss away because of not wanting to wait 2 weeks…. any advice?
to everyone who is posting .have you been to an apple store and just watched the people buying iPods and phones .on all these sites people make comments about how they are cutting the prices sales must be slowing .take a good look anytime during the week ,stores are packed and people are buying.