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Tue, 27 Dec 2011

1:23 AM - Will the Apple ipod Touch disappear

Beijing time on 27 December, vintagezen wrote blog today, said that Apple's low-end iPhone should be used to replace the existing iPod Touch. The article thought that iPod Touch sales are good, but in an era that everyone has mobile phone has already outdated, so Apple's product line was confusion. Replaced with the low-end iPhone iPod Touch can bring many benefits: at the outset it can attract the original iPod Touch users and users who do not want to check the contract, and can simplify the Apple product line. Apple can also restart the original production of low-end iPhone parts, to reducing costs. In addition, mobile operators can also rely on a low-end iPhone to get more users.

Understanding Apple's act rules, I suggest that they are supposed to make bold moves on the upcoming iPhone/iPod release, to end iPod Touch project.

The ipod Touch has always been a strange device, can be said to be skinned version of the iPhone, cancel the call and data transfer features. Although it is known as the iPod, it is totally different from Apple's iPod that was focusing on music. What is worse, it also has some shortcomings like the ipod, it can not transfer music from ipod to mac directly, so we can not transfer our favorite music, files and videos to other devices, of course, computer is not an exception, if we want to transfer files to pc, the best way is to use a best ipod to computer transfer.The ipod Touch becomes into iPhone application iPhone that has a mobile phone contract and can play iPhone games. There is no doubt that it was very successful, its sales could also better than the other iPod. But the iPod Touch is like a love child, has no iPhone-like status.

With the approach of spring Conference, Apple has the opportunity to take bold moves from its line of iPod Touch to purge. But they should not blank iPod Touch position, rumors that they will use low-end iPhone mobile phone to fill. Low-end iPhone likes iPod Touch, perfectly adapt to the market. For consumers, it is much better than the iPad Touch in many ways.

First, if the low-end phones on sale, non-contract price will be $ 200-300, this price is as with iPod Touch, you can attract a group of users; and since there are phone features, it also attracts more users. For those who do not want to be for users of two-year contract bundling, this is just a dream device. Apple may also use their influence to provide a data plan options, such as 3G iPad. Users can only buy a data plan, and do not need to buy voice communication packages. It can be said to be basically 3G iPod, but also has the iPhone talk.

Low-end iPhone will also simplify existing Apple product line, it can sell both high-end and low-end iPhone, leading users who like music to buy iPod Nano, Shuffle or Classic. Buying an iPod Touch now is a bit confusing, because if you want to buy it, and actually should buy iPhone. Now in this day and age, everyone needs a phone, the action that put it on your phone and iPod approach in pocket is outdated. To get rid of this kind of chaos, Apple as long as put the iPod Touch iPhone into a low-end iPhone.

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