New iPod coming out for the holidays?

Posted Aug 16, 2007 at 6:22PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Tags: iPhone, price drop, Steve Jobs
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iPod - Image 1Looking at reports and data coming in, the folks down at Engadget believe that a new iPod is due to come out, and soon. They believe it should be out sometime on September or October (pending Steve Job's decision not to mess up their theory).

The conclusion of a new iPod coming out comes from some timing in the marketplace and info from retailers.

For one thing, it's been a while since the iPhone came out and there's sufficient passage of time between the recent release of the new iMac and the coming holidays for the market to be ready for another pretty Apple product.

Info from retailers also suggest a new iPod. Not only are iPods seeing a price drop but shipments are also declining. With the holidays coming up, this strongly suggests that they're preparing the market for something new under the same product line. It's also been brought up that a new iPod might cut down iPhone sales so a new version might not be questionable, but Jobs once commented that if there's any cannibalizing to be done in sales, it might as well be from Apple itself.

So don't go buying yourself an iPod just yet. Who knows? Maybe the next version will actually be the iPhone without the Phone.

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by Just_a_guy - 2007-08-17 05:45
» when...

when your father goes back to school, you can't pass up on the offer for a free iPod with the purcase of a new macbook :)

by me - 2007-08-17 13:15
» ...

second post B_I_T_C_H_E_S!

by WTF - 2007-08-17 18:20
» YAY

Ive been wanting an iPhone after using my friend i jsut dont want the contract with AT&T nor do i want edge I really like turing the iPhone sideways in iPod mode and turning it sideways and making it a treadmill for my fingers

by Yesh - 2007-08-23 16:07
» i hope

i have heard this and thought this for quite some time and i hope it is true. I also love turning the iphone sideways to see the tv show or movie or lastly the choice of music that way. I can't tell you how much happier i would be if they came out with just an ipod version of the iphone with out needing a contract with at&t. I relly hope they do so lets just all hope wait and see!!

by Steve Savage - 2007-09-01 18:08
» New Ipod

The new iPod will look like the iPhone, it just won't do any Phone stuff.

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