Apple today released a new, higher-priced version of the iPhone. The iPhone now sells in 8 GB and 16 GB variants, with pricing at $399 and $499, respectively.
The release has been rumored for months, and many expected this release to come out of last month’s Macworld Expo. Macworld saw no iPhone-specific announcements, other than a re-comittment to releasing a Software Development Kit (SDK) this month.
Apple also doubled the storage capacity of iPhone’s non-phone counterpart, iPod touch. iPod touch is also available for $499, but with 32 GB of total storage.
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Chris – a while ago, you mentioned Bluetooth on the ipod when Apple had it “right”. You think that’s still the case, or are they completely skipping over that technology in hopes of “inventing” a new standard instead?
i’d buy a touch but i’m not dropping $500 on something without it working with bluetooth headphones … my VX6700 can do that easily …
Apple could enable A2DP in iPhone whenever they wanted. My last post on it mentioned the business model aspect… Apple won’t enable/add A2DP in iPod or iPhone until they have A2DP headphones that are a cut above the competition.
It’s still not entirely clear as to if current-gen iPod touch units have Bluetooth hardware, they have the integrated chipset, but Apple says support isn’t there. Of course, they also said iPhone and iPod touches couldn’t do video-out either…
So, what exactly is a “non-storage counterpart?”
Editing, guys.
Keep in mind that the iPhone is capable of shooting video as well. The circuitry has always been there and there are people on Youtube who have proven it by shooting 5 to 10 second videos on it. However, Apple has not yet chosen to unlock this feature.
Perhaps once the SDK is released later this month, they will unlock more stuff like the video, mass storage mode, A2DP and voice recording as rumored.