iPod Shuffle gets a price cut. Other iPods wait.

Quincy Pince-Nez
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February 19, 2008
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The iPod Shuffle got cut from $79 to $49. Then the Apple Store went down. Will the rest of Apple's iPod line also recieve some price cuts?  Flash prices are cheaper - so it makes sense.  Stay tuned!

Update: For now, only Shuffles are getting price cuts.  1Gb Shuffle, $49, new 2Gb Shuffle $69.

 

 

Comments (14)

Anonymous Coward (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 5:29am

That would kind of suck if they dropped the prices of the Touch and Phone, I mean they just released the larger GB sizes two weeks ago with no price cuts...

Matthew Smith (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 5:35am

Well, that's technology for you mate. If you waited until prices dropped to buy stuff then you'd never buy anything.

Anonymous Coward (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 6:04am

True, but it usually takes months for a price cut, not weeks. Remember how screwed over people felt when the Phone was cut by a couple hundred just two months after release?

Robin (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 5:37am

Store is up again. No price cuts for the other iPod models.

Darran (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 5:51am

Hang on, that means people in the UK are paying exactly double the price for the Shuffle right now.

Unfair.

alex (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 5:52am

flash was never as expensive as apple sells it for.

bet a 30$ shuffle would still make them a profit. sharks. love them though.

Anonymous cow (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 5:59am

"new 2Gb Shuffle $69"
Um, where? Can't find it.

Aussie Coward (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 6:32am

Looking at AU store, no price drop or new model yet ...

Anonymous cow (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 7:02am

Oh, the new 2GB model is only mentioned here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/. It's not in the Store yet.

Anonymous Coward (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 7:32am

Please stop complaining of price drops.  If you can accept the fact that technology is moving at an ever accelerating pace and that price drops can occur at anytime (days, weeks, or months), maybe you shouldn't buy these types of products.

Mike (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 1:17pm

Hmmm.... so that's Apple still making at least one product announcement every single week in 2008 (so far) - bodes well for the rest of the year!

/wonders if it would be wise to hold off purchasing new toys until December

Anonymous Coward (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 2:19pm

Apple rules.

Michael Jennings (not verified) | February 19, 2008 - 5:32pm

The largest capacity iPod nano has been 8Gb for almost 18 months now. I am slightly surprised they haven't given us a 16Gb model by now. (Yes, I suspect that the 3rd generation model maxed out at 8Gb so the 16Gb touch had larger capacity, but now that there is a 32Gb touch that surely no longer applies.

R&R (not verified) | April 15, 2008 - 5:40am

everyone knows that the ipods shouldnt cost as much as they do but the prices will stay up as long as people are willing to pay for the name ipod