News - Written by Felix on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:19 - 0 Comments
Price Cut For iPod & MacBook?
Waiting for the price drop on iPod Touch before you buy? Maybe you’re interested in the MackBook Air, but can’t justify the $1700 price? Get out that checkbook because that joyful experience of bringing home a new Apple product could be right around the corner…
The good folks at ZDNet think the lower prices are coming!
When the 3G iPhone price was announced, I thought Apple would lower the price of the iPod Touch as well. That didn’t happen.
Phone companies like AT&T are paying the difference on the iPhone because they’ll make up that money over the life of the cell & internet contract.
I don’t think many business are willing to eat some of the cost on an iPod Touch - and get nothing in return.
The good news is that Apple has been kicking major ass in Mac, iPhone and iPod sales and they might take advantage of having extremely hot products.
Some analyst from Piper Jaffray said he thinks Apple wants to switch up their scheme and focus on volume and less on profit - which could mean cheaper iPods and Mac computers.
He says that Apple may lower the cost of some iPods and and some of the Macs - Maybe a $999 MacBook (how awesome would that be?). That way, Apple can sell more products and gain a huge chunk of the market.
Is The Price Cut For Real?
All of this is just a guess based on Apple’s recent comments and really, really smart people analyzing those comments. And loser, fanboys like me blogging about it!
Like Larry Dignan said, “If you’re in the market for an Apple iPod or notebook a little procrastination may not hurt given the company’s comments.”
UPDATE: More blogs jumping on the Apple price cut bandwagon. Alleyinsider.com is reporting that Apple sent a message to it’s shareholders about next year’s profits. They warned shareholders that next year’s profits may not be as high, but gave no good reason why. AND that’s after Apple announced it had been kicking butt in sales recently. The idea is to slash the prices and make a run at the big PC makers Dell and HP.
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